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    I think both BacktoBasics and I (who he's replying to) agree that it's selling low. I can get that it's efficient in moving from a pick counting against the salary cap to one that won't, but, even in a weak draft, it was #8. You should be able to get something more than a pick and a swap.

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    Yes. He’s a much cheaper, albeit lesser, version of Trae. Dejounte is not a needle mover for me.
    Dejounte has become a big time player with all eyes on him.

    Trae has led his team to the eastern conference finals.


    Dilly will be a rookie who played against backups in college and likely unplayable in any meaningful minutes such as the playoffs when teams game plan. You can't hide him on defense and nba defenders will be a lot different than college backups.

    Dilly would have been fun, but he's not even an NBA player yet. I'd take the proven guys any day.

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    Well passed on Buzelis and Cody Williams. Drafted Dillingham only to trade. If you are team tank this was a great draft. Stephon Castle PG experiment should help the tank. I think he will be useful role player just don’t see him as a PG as of now. Spurs choose to go the route of being a more defensive oriented team. Not having another top ten pick in this draft opens up cap space for the spurs to take on a bad contract and receive even more draft capital. Meh vey lukewarm conclusion to the night, but let’s see how the rest of the off-season goes. Maybe the Spurs are thinking 2025 is their year to strike and go all in. Maybe they saw this as a weak draft and weak free agency I didn’t see a path to success in the West this season. I think they more so punted on this draft than them actually thinking those T-wolves assets having value. Hard to feel positive but it’s going to hard to screw up this process with Wemby.
    Nailed it. This is a total tank move, unless we hear about another deal coming down the pipe (which I doubt). There are no FA worth adding space for - I can see us being a salary dumping ground, yet again. It's exhausting loving this team as of late.

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    Let’s all say a short prayer for Charlotte who saved us from getting Tiddy- ed today!

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    That the Wolves got Shannon at 27 just makes it sting even more. Shannon was probably the second-best perimeter dynamo in this draft after Dillingham. If you told me the Spurs got him and a future unprotected for from Minny for Dilly, I wouldn't be elated, but I would understand. But instead, the Spurs seemingly put a huge emphasis on swaps, and Minny somehow adds both dynamos to their team.

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    I hope you're right, but the same people who seem to think that are the ones who thought Primo was so valuable it was worth suppressing sexual-harassment accusations to protect him. It's getting harder and hard for me to put stock into their ability to identify keepers.
    Agreed. B Wright has had more negative drafts than positive. His greatest accomplishment was depleting the team to tank for Vic. That has bought him at least 3 more years.

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    That the Wolves got Shannon at 27 just makes it sting even more. Shannon was probably the second-best perimeter dynamo in this draft after Dillingham. If you told me the Spurs got him and a future unprotected for from Minny for Dilly, I wouldn't be elated, but I would understand. But instead, the Spurs seemingly put a huge emphasis on swaps, and Minny somehow adds both dynamos to their team.
    yea wtf did the spurs just do.

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    Should be a decent prospect available at 35 tomorrow if we don’t trade it to the Twolves lol

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    Got the BPA at 4 and traded 8 for two future firsts which I wanted them to do with both picks but managed to get essentially two unprotected firsts just for 8. I'm pretty satisfied tbh.
    It's one unprotected 2031 first and a protected 2030 swap whose protection has yet to be revealed.

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    Nailed it. This is a total tank move, unless we hear about another deal coming down the pipe (which I doubt). There are no FA worth adding space for - I can see us being a salary dumping ground, yet again. It's exhausting loving this team as of late.
    I mean, just that. Wemby is a top 10 player. He alone probably prevents you from having a top 5 worst record. I get that next years draft is better, but is #8 or #10 next year really going to move the needle and vault us into contention?

    People are quick to point to OKC as our model. How many top 10 picks did they punt 7 years out on when they were in the thick of losing? I don’t know, but strongly suspect that number is 0.

    Meanwhile, you’re asking an ascending Wemby to stomach yet another year of tinkering (lol Castle PG experiment). How much goodwill does he have? Are the 2025-2026 spurs in the playoffs? Play in? I doubt it at this rate.

    If you have a generational player, you should have a plan. Short of a trade this offseason, tanking yet another year is not a ing plan.

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    lol…….. you win with vets and young talent sprinkled in. We got two more picks to leverage in a trade with teams that will be desperate in the future. We’ll make a few moves this offseason …… sit tight!

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    It's one unprotected 2031 first and a protected 2030 swap whose protection has yet to be revealed.
    It’s top-1 protected I think.

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    It's one unprotected 2031 first and a protected 2030 swap whose protection has yet to be revealed.
    It's just top1 protection.

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    Adema Bona, Tyler Smith, Cam Christie, Furphy, Filipowski, Klintman, Edwards, Nunez, off the top of my head that could be some decent reaches in the 2nd round at 35 tomorrow afternoon.

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    For better or worse, the Spurs just plain don't appear to be trying to win now. That view can change a lot depending on how free agency goes but I'm not expecting much at this point.

    I didn't really like Dillingham's fit with the team, but punting the pick not just down the road but out of the ing stadium is strange at best and insane at worst.

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    Honestly not a bad night after some time to think about it.

    Actually was kinda sweating as # 8 rolled around because I didn't really like the remaining choices so much after Salaun was busted up and I kinda wanted out. So glad we didn't take Matas wow what a dodged bullet and shows that SA didn't view Buze as a desirable option. But when Dilly was called it kinda made sense and I got excited. Even before they announced the trade I was already kinda getting buyers remorse about defensive woes.

    In the end Castle was my #1 and I got what I wanted big time. Outside of Carter/Williams and maybe Dillingham I didn't really even want # 8 and of those choices I think I'd pick just trading out so since that's what happened I can't complain. Like someone else said, I think I just wanted the two toys and felt robbed by the trade. Even though I was well aware one pick could be traded away. What a waste of time looking at combos lol

    My only issue now is the su ion that CHA picked Salaun vindictively and I took that personally. Let's see: Salaun was a stretch at 8 so he was a huge reach at 6. CHA wanted Castle reportedly. So did CHA get mad at SA for taking Castle and then took Salaun as payback? Oh well, it's for the best, Salaun is going to be a lot of work to get up and running and I hope Hornets ing choke on the development needs. It's probably best that he wasn't picked for SA.
    Charlotte's a pretty awful franchise but can't imagine they'd cut off their nose to spite their face like that just because the Spurs were two spots ahead of them and took the guy they wanted most. I suspect Salaun was a smokescreen anyways just like Carter and that maybe Holland was their target all along at #8 or they were hoping to take Clingan and flip him somewhere.

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    Does anyone need to point out that Malaki Branham is more useful this year than every guard in this draft?
    What? Lol, no. Branham has been a huge disappointment both may suck at defence but at least Dillingham can dribble and score.

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    Jay Bilas mocking us on ESPN.

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    We didn't get two unprotected first. We got one, and a swap. A swap is not a pick.

    It's one thing to punt out of the draft, but this is a straight F on value.
    An unprotected swap at that point for the Spurs should basically be a first if all goes to plan. Swapping a late first for a top 5 pick is huge.

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    It’s an absolute pathetic front office

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    Jay Bilas said props to the Spurs to be able to scout 11 and 12 year olds. How embarrassing. Brian Wright was and is a bad hire from jump. He can dump players but drafting is not his forte.

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    It's one unprotected 2031 first and a protected 2030 swap whose protection has yet to be revealed.
    thought it was the swap that was unprotected. Even better tbh.

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    Spurs look like a poor franchise duping their best player and their fans rn, unfortunately

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    Jay Bilas mocking us on ESPN.
    As he should, tbh.

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    Adema Bona, Tyler Smith, Cam Christie, Furphy, Filipowski, Klintman, Edwards, Nunez, off the top of my head that could be some decent reaches in the 2nd round at 35 tomorrow afternoon.
    kolek,djusuric,furphy,smith....Spurs better not sale that pick

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