They turned down 4 firsts for Mikal last offseason, but id guess they were all protected to a certain extent.. Probably a better chance to make a run at him in the offseason using a player and couple unprotected picks.
They're in a tough spot at the moment, owing Houston their next three picks (starting this year) with the middle one being a swap. They're in a soft rebuild, yet they crushed OKC at home last night. I don't think Bridges is going anywhere - he's a model citizen esp compared to the Durant-Kyrie-Harden circus. Dinwiddie expires this year. They have too many SFs and could be active there in the trade market.
Didn’t Pop say in an interview that he wasn’t interested in trades this year because they were at the bottom of the standings? I think he was pretty derisive when the thought even came up. He seems to be cool with not trying to improve the team going into next year.
I don't think they're making any big moves during the year.
I don't either unless something intriguing pops up participating in a 3 team deal. IF that were to happen I'd guess it would involve bending LA over...
i trust those reports as far as i can throw them
This isn't specific to Pop or the Spurs, but this is also the problem with the HC being the GM or having authority over the GM (as is the case with the Spurs), IMO. Of course, it is a matter of preference, but I think a team works best when there are separation of powers that collaborate to form a partnership. Specific to the Spurs, I could easily see stubborn Pop not interested in even looking at opportunities or knowing what's out there - but it's the GM's job to do that and make moves to improve the team. Wright will be hamstrung in that sense because of the organizational structure.
Wright deserves a lot of criticism for drafting and roster construction, but I do think he has done really well when it comes to trades.
It's funny cause throws like girl
Are we sure Pop has much say with GM moves? One my friends (4down RIP) told me he was sitting next to RC at a game in like 2011 and when Bonner + Blair were stinking up the joint he asked RC why Splitter wasn't getting minutes and said RC just gave this frustrated look towards Pop but wouldn't say a word about it.
Maybe Pop doesn't elect to have much direct say in GM moves anymore, but he is still Wright's boss - so he may be able to simply say "hey Brian, no need for any trades" and be done with it. This, of course, is all just speculation. But I generally do not like the circular nature of Coach Pop reporting to GM Wright who reports to President Pop.Are we sure Pop has much say with GM moves? One my friends (4down RIP) told me he was sitting next to RC at a game in like 2011 and when Bonner + Blair were stinking up the joint he asked RC why Splitter wasn't getting minutes and said RC just gave this frustrated look towards Pop but wouldn't say a word about it.
I much prefer this kind of arrangement:
love moneyball, but also love how that movie completes ignores the existence of Miguel Tejada, who won league MVP that year, Barry Zito, who won the Cy Young award that year, and also Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, Eric Chavez, Jermaine Dye (basically their 3 best pitchers and 4 best hitters did not exist in the movie). just pretends it was entirely a band of misfits
plus theres no truth to the hatteberg/pena controversy
Just picturing Branham in the locker room dancing to Parliament with his pants down after the game and Pop walking in, smashing the boombox, and asking if giving up 140 to the other team is fun. Though in reality 2024 Pop would have just dozed off in his office after the game.love moneyball, but also love how that movie completes ignores the existence of Miguel Tejada, who won league MVP that year, Barry Zito, who won the Cy Young award that year, and also Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, Eric Chavez, Jermaine Dye (basically their 3 best pitchers and 4 best hitters did not exist in the movie). just pretends it was entirely a band of misfits
plus theres no truth to the hatteberg/pena controversy
would be funny if there were 2 pops. coach pop and ceo pop. coach pop finally benches Branham and ceo Pop promptly trades Tre Jones for a 2028 second rounder.
CEO: you're playing Malaki at point today
coach: no i'm not. i'm playing Tre. its my decision
CEO: well you cant play Tre. he's been traded to the Kings
CEO Pop asks BWrong if we're better with Tre or with Sochan at point and Wrong tells him it's close, but Sochan.
i think this small market team has a better chance acquiring talent via trade rather than drafting even younger players to put around wemby.
i would think differently if wemby wasn’t the generational talent that he is … wemby can win now, he doesn’t need years to develop.
if wemby was a rookie SGA then yeah, there’s years to wait.
wemby is arguably a better draft prospect than lebron james. let that sink in.
i try to make wemby happy now. he might lose RotY. if he does, he’ll say all the right things but none of us know how much that might bother him.
And they surrounded LeBron with vets, they didn’t win, and he left. Let that sink in.
shams says mavs "showing interest" in siakam
a 34 year old antawn jamison, 37 year old shaq, 34 year old anthony parker
these are not exactly the moves that create winning expectations. the best teammate lebron ever had in cleveland was what, mo williams?
its one thing to bring in vets who can still hoop at a high level, like the spurs did with diaw. cleveland did with lebron for his first stint and he left for greener pastures.
The biggest difference between these spurs and lebron's cavs are the hawks picks over the next 3 years thank god. But lebron's future in cleveland was probably already done by summer 2004. Boozer signed with the Jazz, the Cavs drafted Luke Jackson with the 10th pick right after Iguodala came off the board, and after that the cavs got too good. Mo williams wasn't going to move the needle in 2008. That's why this year's draft matters so much and it's unfortunate that it's so weak. There will probably never be a better opportunity to get Wemby the 2nd banana he needs.
the cavs didn't go the draft route like the thunder, lebron was able to pull their record way up in a super weak eastern conference.
lebron bolted because the FO made all the wrong moves. they just brought in old ass, washed up players.
shame on exstatic, he should know better.
i'm talking about acquiring a prime pascal siakam. not donyell marshall
would trade a two second rounders for dennis schroder....would be upgrade over branham and tre jones
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