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we have 2 roster spotsWasn't DAF86 in love with Poku as well?
Wasn't DAF86 in love with Poku as well?
we have 2 roster spotsWasn't DAF86 in love with Poku as well?
Problem with most FAs is they'll want more than single year contracts and part of the appeal of Bassey and Mami is that they were on single year salary structures.
I see Precious Achiuwa and Paul Reed are available, any chance we sign one of them?
I don't see how any rational person would prefer Bassey to Reed.
Do I hear my music?
Bassey will be on a year to year contract, Reed will want multiple years.
Love this idea, I want us to roster at least a couple non guaranteed deals yearly, could prove very useful/maybe valuable dealing with apron teams
^ I may just be triggered but I listen to the hoop collective every week and Tim Bontemps NEVER says anything positive about the spurs, matter fact he always talked Chet > Wemby for almost the entire season
He said rational.
I pretty much agree. It will help with development but Im not sure how many more wins CP + Barnes add. Now, the guys they are replacing the bar is pretty low so it could help and any leap from Wemby/Dev/Sochan will indeed help, but projecting play in level (42-45 wins)? I dont know. I could see 10-12 game improvement though which is 32-35 wins. Spurs lost some close ones last year and record was probably a little worse than it should have been with all the blown leads so I think 12 wins is very doable.
40+ means Wemby goes off alongside Dev/Sochan/Castle really helping etc…
But margin for error is very low still; if Wemby missed 15-20 games or something Spurs will be in the running for bottom 5 record for sure.
30-35 wins is where I'd put us. If Vegas set the O/U at 33.5, I'd have a hard time picking a side.
If CP3 and Barnes start in place of Tre and Champ it will mean that we replaced two guys who have no business starting with two guys who are barely passable starters. Yeah it's an improvement, but not by too much. The benefit of CP3 and Barnes will come not necessarily from immediate on the court play, but in the long-term from the mentorship and leadership they provide.
This team will basically go as Wemby goes but at least this year he has an actual NBA rotation around him and should always be playing with a PG. But yeah, if Wemby gets hurt for an extended period of time they will quickly rack up Ls. It is what it is.
I see a 30-35 win team coming up, which is a sneaky tank that would landed as the 8-10th worst record last year.
Sneaky tank.
I’m predicting 36-38 wins
Even if not, a 20 win jump (and that’s what it would take to be a play-in team) just seems like a lot given the major additions are CP + Barnes. I dont think they have that much left in the tank.
Now, if Wemby Dev Sochan truly leap and we think that SA should have had 27 wins (they blew a ton of leads + very limited Wemby minutes) then I can see thinking they improve from 27 wins to 40. But if they were more legit a 22 win team, I think 35-37 wins sounds about right overall.
Just have to see.
Keith Smith reporting (on his YouTube show) rumors that Brunson might sign an early extension next week, would mean Brunson is leaving something like $80mil on the table versus waiting for a max extension.
Looking at the team, I'd guess we look something like...(Bold where I'm very confident of rotation spot, could move Castle and Sochan around etc)
Paul / Tre / Blake
Vassell / Castle / Malaki
Sochan / Keldon
Barnes / Champagnie
Wemby / Collins
A PF / C definitely feels like the biggest need, so Bassey (or, room exception Reed) seem like the best options. Second unit is still very small, I think you want Collins in a two big setup with him at the level and another rim protector (of sorts, not a Wemby level guy, but some more rim protection than Keldon / Champagnie offer).
Castle better not be riding the pine in a limited 15 minute role. I don’t care about record he needs to be playing 25 mins a game.
this in-season tournament is not for stephon
Lol, who's that last guy, he sounds like an idiot.
If mayonnaise could talk, it would sound like Tim Bontemps. Just awful to listen to.
God, just realized that was ESPN. No wonder it was complete garbage.
Pretty close to what I was thinking, soft floor was about 28 before Paul/Barnes, about 5 more now, with the wins not coming from Paul’s/Barnes play so much as the stabilizing force they represent, & the accountability they (Paul) will demand. PATFO were happy to lose games, I think most of the roster didn’t really care.
I think Wendy, Paul, & Barnes & prolly Castle will actually care and that alone will account for a couple wins. Up shot of 35-38 if everything falls right. Only way I see a play-in chance (barring major acquisition) is multi-injury tanks + Wemby plays 80games & big minutes= not realistic.
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