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If Trae comes, I'll root like for him to succeed... I just think there are better avenues we can go.
But.... I also thought we should use the #8 pick. Your mileage may vary.
Guessing you never watched him play.
If Trae comes, I'll root like for him to succeed... I just think there are better avenues we can go.
But.... I also thought we should use the #8 pick. Your mileage may vary.
"He was just injured bro he was just injured he doesn't turn over the ball shoot wild inefficient shots play no defense and just stand around watching all the time bro he was injured bro."
My concern isn't that Trae is bad, but that I have no faith in this coaching staff to properly channel him. There is no denying that there are things he does at an elite level. The question is if the other things are a result of bad habits or no accountability.
I'd take Trae Young, in a heartbeat. Doesn't mean he isn't flawed, and possibly he does even lower your ceiling. The main sticking point for me is his contract. Would he take less money to keep the Show running?
At the least, it'd show the FO has balls and are willing to make a move to earn Wemby's loyalty and that future stadium. If it's a rental for sure because Trae wants max money in a year or so, that wouldn't be the right move, though. Still, a selfish part of me is dying for even just one season of Wemby+Trae just to show how it should be done when we do get "the guy", at least on offense. Just wouldn't do that for a bunch of first round picks (unless we're planning on doing some more punting...).
Aren't the Lakers out of assets?
The Lakers have available to trade:
2026 Swap
2028 Swap
2029 FRP
2030 Swap (or FRP if they don't trade 29 or 30)
2031 FRP (though I believe the Spurs are closely eyeing this one)
I watched that game you keep ranting about -
c'mon man - he had recently come back from injury -you could see his body was not cooperating and he got frustrated and pressed and then he got worse -
it can happen and i am not some trae fan - and it is not about excuses - but i have also seen him carrying his team in the playoffs and willing them to upset some teams and being a surprise -
regardless...i think your harsh critiques of trae might even be understandable if the spurs were stocked with studs and all stars and adding trae would be adding a bad piece and having the team regress...
but literally no one outside of wemby is even near traes talent and here you are acting like some en led armchair GM talent expert -
just bizarre
Signing him is a huge cap hit -
2024 - 43 million
2025 - 46 million
2026 - 49 million
And we still will have to pay for a starting SF and deep bench at minimum
You like Garland any better?
I'd still consider Knecht's rights liquid too. How funny would it be if the Spurs traded Bronny's rights away after all that pageantry with them drafting him?
Just say no to Trae
Could have just drafted Dilly.
2031 though!
Trae
Castle
Devin
Sochan
Wemby
Maybe?
Why don't we trade back their picks and pay him 40 to 60 a year to find out?
Fact of the matter is, Trae doesn't work with ANY star player. He has to dominate the ball. You can give him another star and it won't work. Put him with Wemby and they'll have to take turns.
You know why he never gets invited to the Olympics?
Anyway clearly I hurt feelings from the EA Sports crowd for pointing out how challenged he is. Just don't get the constant love affairs for the John Collins DeAndre Ayton Trae Young players in the league. Someone will have to explain that to me someday, why this forum keeps falling in love with the worst most expensive non stars in the league. Tobias Harris. Forgot him. At some point I'd think you'd rethink your thought processes.
It's why drafting a guy you hope can eventually do what Young can do while spending that money on a vet forward made the most sense. But I'm a broken record.
One of the things overlooked in a Young trade is that the Spurs have the cap space to absorb Hunter while still being able to provide matching salary for Young. So they could acquire their starting SF in the same transaction as they acquired Young. But yes, it's not a great move.
yeah - ^ that sure doesn't sound ish in any way mr expert
thanks for setting us all straight with your wisdom
That’s just leftover Luka/Giannis fantasies talking. Other realistic targets were Garland DJM and Lauri.
I’d love to still make a run at Lauri if we get Young.
I've never been a delusional Luka/Giannis dreamer. The better avenues I'm talking about don't even involve superstar trades... but this FO seems like they have it all figured out..........
They were marginally better when Trae went out last year, and DJ ran the show.
Dude wasn’t even willing to trade for Luka last year saying the same . Basically according to the “wise” people on Spurstalk the only two players who are worth trading for and paying money to are Giannis and Jokic.
Ngl I'd like to see that
Or, they realized they never would, and have moved on to get returns on what they can. The consensus was that DJ held more value in a trade than Trae, and they only got two FRPs and some salary.
My evaluations and opinions of Young are from watching him play. I assure you that they aren't at all influenced by someone I had to remove from my ignore list to reply to. You're en led to your opinions. I'm not obligated to agree.
I'd have preferred to draft someone Victor's age to develop with him, someone that has more upside than Julian Champagne, but here we are. The nice thing about the Trae Youngs of this world are that if he turns out to be empty stats, someone will give you value for him.
If he doesn't get invited to the Olympics for a reason, then Popovich is the author of that reason, and you don't have to worry about the Spurs trading for him.
The Laker one could be anything from mid to very nice, but the other one is hot garbage, worst of NO and Milwaukee.
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