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This exactly!
overall I like what they did. I'm a bit disappointed, that they didn't take Cody at 8, but ok, obviously they didn't believe he will be good enough.
when I read about all the criticism that they traded away the pick, I think most miss the bigger picture. Spurs need to manage minimum 5, or 6, or 7 FRP over the upcoming 3 drafts. you don't want an expensive #8 pick on your roster, when you are confident to get a better (probably less expensive) player in the next 1-3 years.
yes, the pick would only be guarranteed 2 years. but frankly, imagine the criticism from the same people, if Spurs would need to cut a #8 pick before the rookie contract is done.....
trading the pick means some 6 or 7 million more in cap space, right? it might be needed for a FA, or, maybe even more likely, it could be used to absorb salary in a trade. so or so, if they had kept the pick, it would have had an influence about further moves this summer and over the next years. and if the didn't think Dillingham, or Cody, or Carter, or whoever was worth this handicap for the next moves, it was the right move to trade the pick.
this doesn't mean they have a trade or FA signing already in place (maybe they have), but it of course does make a difference when starting negotiations, if you for example can offer a FA about 30 million more over 4 years. that's a do or die number for many deals.
the 2nd rounders I like, after thinking about it. we all knew that the Spurs won't bring in 4 rookies next season. we were all talking about at a good chance of one stash pick. so Nunez is the one.
Nunez is a great passer and definitely has some NBA skills. Spurs can watch him in Europe for some seasons. if he develops enough quality, he will be brought over, no matter what people here say. or he is a nice trade asset.
and Ingram on a 2-way is also a good move with some upside. Sidy and Champagnie don't look like certain pieces of a future team. Ingram could take their spot after this season, if he develops more game than they did.
This exactly!
I may be giving him too much credit, but I've always observed that Wright is always super-cagey with all of his answers to just about everything.I’m still laughing at the Wright interview
Question to Wright: “Do you think this clears a path for you to make some noise in free agency?
Wright: “I don’t know about all that.”
It just proves what we all already know... they're going to roll with what they have plus Castle. With our luck they will barely make the playoffs and get ejected in the first round.I’m still laughing at the Wright interview
Question to Wright: “Do you think this clears a path for you to make some noise in free agency?
Wright: “I don’t know about all that.”
Wright's self-stimming knee rubbing is very weird. He seems like a conflicted man.
I noticed the Spurs war room vibe had some stiff and odd body language on the 8th pick. Pop seemed especially frozen and TD standing in the doorway seemed strange to me.
I'll try to resist reading too much into it, but, only Detroit seemed to have a worse war room vibe.
Yeah, just a week ago he loved the draft, so much so he punted the 8th pick to the moon. At first I was disappointed in his comment about the money saved, but then I realized he probably isn’t being particularly forthright with his thoughts.
Oh thx, I misunderstood
So Carter beat the crap out of Castle with a torn labrum??
That not good... for us
Who cares about ST's reputations?
I disagree with half of the posters and been insulted by the other one
If he's racist that's his problem, not our, let him be and just put him on ignore if it bothers you so much.
I love ST bc there's no filter or taboo, let's keep it that way.
What do you want? pretend there are no idiots and racists in the world or among the Spurs fans?
Look at yourself inviting regularly ppl to "kill themselves"...
Let's leave opinons/words at their place. They're not hurting anyone
Anyone have any further info on this? Is his knee/s OK?
My pet cat is getting in on Brooklyn’s inevitable fire sale to snag Cam Johnson.
I'll wait before judging this draft.
Castle isn't an exciting prospect tbh but he makes sense in a lot of ways so I'm cool with it.
I'm still not over the 60" excitement I had at the idea of having Dilly. That trade to a West oppoent still upsets me a lot.
It's either insane or very smart if it's to save cap space and add assets for a trade THIS SUMMER
I can't really believe it will happen but who knows? Hence the wait before judging for me.
Oh, another person who loves racism. off, .Who cares about ST's reputations?
I disagree with half of the posters and been insulted by the other one
If he's racist that's his problem, not our, let him be and just put him on ignore if it bothers you so much.
I love ST bc there's no filter or taboo, let's keep it that way.
What do you want? pretend there are no idiots and racists in the world or among the Spurs fans?
Look at yourself inviting regularly ppl to "kill themselves"...
Let's leave opinons/words at their place. They're not hurting anyone
No one cares what you have to say.
Their pet cat got picked at #7. Did you expect jubilation?
Clingan?
You mean #6?
One would think they had a deal in place if Salaun gets picked and they didn't like anyone else.
Only found articles that said it was a "minor procedure" and that his rehab had gone "quicker than expected"
Do you have reading difficulties?
Where do I say I love racism?
I love freedom of speach and to know who I'm dealing with
I'm making a huge diffeence between opinions/words and actions, that obviously I don't condone
Keep living in your bubble and inviting people to kill themselves bro, it such a better way to live your life.
See? You're making my point again.
Just put me on ignore
Too busy ing your mom to post much moreImagine a grown man spending as much time as you posting on a board, no life loser
I didn't have expectations, just noticed the weirdness of the vibe.
I didn't expect professionals to telegraph their confusion, disappointment and/or disagreements in front of millions of people.
No one loves hearing himself talk more than you do and 90% of your takes are dog . Every now and then I'll stop and read one and realize I made a mistake. I never can understand why I do it. You are the personification of a "keep scrolling" poster. Lots of words with nothing to say...because your nothing but a whiny got who thinks he's somebody important here.
dude claims to hate ST yet posts here 24/7 like his opinions mean anything
No one loves hearing himself talk more than you do and 90% of your takes are dog . Every now and then I'll stop and read one and realize I made a mistake. I never can understand why I do it. You are the personification of a "keep scrolling" poster. Lots of words with nothing to say...because your nothing but a whiny got who thinks he's somebody important here.
Somehow I got the feel like that OKC getting Nikola Topic will come back to bite SA. OKC always had some Spurs killer.
If he takes the ball out of SGA's hands, that will be a good thing. He sort of plays the same way, which is good, but has the same problems as Giddey. Seems more of a stash than anything.
Later they spent five SRPs to get a player who was widely mocked to be in the mid-second round.
Their approach seemed to be similar to the Spurs overall: We don't like this draft. They haven't solved the big problems they had in the playoffs, but this draft wasn't going to do it.
I think talk of not spending the owners' money at this point is being very forthright.
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