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The Spurs have tons of options to upgrade their front court via the draft and free agency and I know they will. Good list Bruno!
Looking a little at what Spurs could do this summer:
- A draft day trade with Nets for Cam Johnson is a possibility. Nets have their own picks and 3 late first round picks. Spurs could trade down Spurs or Hawks pick for one of Nets' late first round pick and Cam Johnson. Johnson/Barnes/Branham/Wesley would be used to match salaries.
- 3 potential interesting FA PF are Naz Reid, Santi Aldama and Guerschon Yabusele. They might re-sign with their current teams but there are some CBA hurdles regarding them. Aldama might be the most interesting: Grizzlies might renounce to him to raise and extend JJJ.
- There are a bunch of potential backup C: Clint Capela, Larry Nance, Chris Boucher, Brook Lopez, Precious Achiuwa, Kevon Looney, Mason Plumlee, Andre Drummond, Day'Ron Sharpe, Steven Adams...
The Spurs have tons of options to upgrade their front court via the draft and free agency and I know they will. Good list Bruno!
Trade Castle and a 2nd round for Dalton Knect. That's what yall wanted to do at the beginning of the season right?
if all it costs is moving down in the first round, as opposed to giving up 2 FRP as has been the reported price, then sure, Cam is fine for that price. im just skeptical brooklyn agrees to that
naz would be an awesome pairing up front with victor. i just think we're priced out unless we offload the salary of barnes/keldon. right now all we can offer is MLE and he's much better than that. i think Aldama might be gettable, wouldnt break the bank. philly will prioritize keeping yabusele
for centers, i think if they wanted drummond they would have gotten him. i know sharpe has his fans here.
Listening to Vecenie today, sounds like being able to off-load Smart is going to nicely free up MEM to keep Santi, which is a bummer because I really wanted him to be a target for us. In any event, it's looking more and more like JJJ is on his way to All-NBA in which case MEM won't need to raise and extend, then can just give him whatever extension they want.
Hollinger reported that signing Aldama was going to be a priority for the Grizzlies. He is well connected with that org and that must be definitely true. I doubt if Aldama will be available if the Grizzlies make it a priority to keep him.
Cam Johnson, on the other hand, should be a priority for the Spurs.
I like Sharpe. He's a little undersized but a good rebounder, good rim protector, about on par with Bassey in those areas, but better at all the other parts of the game that Bassey is not. Bassey grades out slightly better in CraftedDPM, but Sharpe is significantly better in Crafted OPM.
That's a good point about JJJ making an all-nba team.
Right now, Grizzlies can't both extend JJJ and re-sign Aldama. If they keep aldama, JJJ will be an UFA in 2026.
To do both, they'll need that either JJJ make an all-nba team or to salary dump Brandon Clarke.
A 10th or 11th pick has so much more value than a pick in the 20-30 range. OKC traded 3 first round picks to get the 11th pick in 2022.
I'm labeling that only as a possibility because there are a lot of scenarios where this trade wouldn't work.
If Spurs really like 2 players in the Spurs/Hawks pick range, they might like more drafting these 2 players instead of getting Cam Johnson.
If Nets don't really like a single player in that range, they might view trading up as a poor return for Cam Johnson (as you said).
It has to be Barnes or Keldon, since Nets would need to create couple roster spots for those draft picks coming in, and they do want combo of Branham/Wesley taking them
If Durant can be for Wemby what Paul is for Castle— it, throw everything at him. Something needs to improve Wemby’s shot tendencies. He aint gonna unlearn all that bull by himself.
By my math, if they renounce all of their capholds other than Santi, they'll have $5.9MM of cap space they can use to renegotiate and extend JJJ, which would allow him to get a new deal at a starting salary of $42.4MM, and then they can resign Aldama. Did I miss something? That might not be enough for what JJJ wants, but it's not bad.
Having 5 rotation players making under $2.5MM is pretty huge for them.
I like the idea of a draft trade, but in the other direction than what Bruno suggests. I’m no talent evaluator, but if they love say an Ace Bailey, I’d send Devin with one or both picks to grab him. Theoretically, if a team with multiple picks like the Nets is the trade partner, spurs can probably grab up a pick in the late 20s as part of that deal.
So basically turn Dev, 8, 9 into a blue chipper and 22.
I don't think you missed something.
I'm just assuming that JJJ will get a max extension that will start at 30% of the cap, that is to say $51M in 2026-2027. Grizzlies will need $13M in cap space to raise his salary.
Given the unique situation the Spurs find themselves in and the seeming lack of sensible options in their projected draft range, they should consider targeting a young veteran that's cost controlled and not really available, but might be unexpectedly be gettable for a late lottery pick.
An example would be Camara (if they buy his 3 this season).
I want this playerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......!
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Gentlemen, is there any way to get Camara??
No. He’s a really good 3&D PF who’s on a better contract than Champagnie. They’re a rebuilding team with tons of cap room. There’s no way to leverage them with an offer sheet.
....he would have been perfect for us
He's probably unobtainable but Trey Murphy has everything we need, not only in terms of skills and size but he's also smart and ambitious.
Interesting convo with KOC
Trey isn’t making $2M a year, and is probably equally unobtainable.
With the emergence of Castle and along with the addition of Fox I am done star hunting in trades. So no Durant/Zion or anyone else who needs 12+ shots a game.
Trading for Cam Johnson and drafting a backup C makes the most sense.
I like the idea of exploring a draft move up involving Dev. Might have to take back a bad contract with one or two years left in order to get it done.
That’s a big if. Paul has something of a history of improving his teammates in that manner; I’m not aware of Durant ever doing that. To be fair, I just don’t like Durant either, even though he’s very talented.
This core still isn't good enough. Spurs still need to add one more current star/future star and a couple of solid rotation players and push Sochan/Vassell out of being starters if you rerally want to be a serious contender.
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