Future Spur: Dylan Harper

[spurs10]

^this has been posted 3 times in the last 2 pages but i dont mind

One more time with gusto!!

[scottspurs]

Credits his hard work to his mom. Says his mom is always on him about working harder.

[scott]

I'm 100% convinced by Harper and I want to draft him, but for the sake of discussion, how many extra assets would be enough for the Spurs to trade down for Bailey?
No chance I'd trade down to #4 or #5 unless it's a ridiculous overpay.
Would the Sixers evevn want Harper over Bailey? Maxey isn't a true point guard and McCain isn't near Harper's ceiling.
#3 and McCain for #2?
I'm not that high on Bailey, but Bailey's best case scenario outcome is exactly the wing Spurs need.

I think Spurs going for the BPA is guranteed, I just don't think they're 100% on Harper over Bailey before extensive workouts and interviews are done. No need to rush things, there's plenty of time.

I also think Castle and Harper would enable eachother to reach their full potential.
Nothing better than practicing against your mirror matchup on daily basis.

I am personally out on Bailey... but for the sake of discussion lets say the Spurs really like Edgecomb or Johnson.

In that case I would ONLY agree to a deal with either CHA or NOP whereby if VJ/Tre (whichever one was the one I wanted) fell to them, we'd agree to swap Harper for VJ/Tre and Miller or TMIII.

This scenario would be wholly dependent upon the Spurs scouting departing coming to the conclusion that VJ/Tre is an equal prospect to Harper (by either being higher than consensus on VJ/Tre or lower than consensus on Dylan).

Lots of assumptions to make here, but those are the only possible moves. I thought about maybe the same deal for Bilal, but Bilal is several tiers lower than Miller/TMIII.

[scott]

Super pumped about drafting Harper. My youngest daughter is named Dylan and I'm hoping this also helps her get into the Spurs

She did wear her Wemby t-shirt to school on Lotto Day (and I wore mine as well in matching solidarity) for "Support your Team" day. She reported back that all the other kids out here on the islands asked her if the Spurs were a football team NBA not as big out here

[heyheymymy]

Givony on ESPN just now said that he's "99.99% sure" that the Spurs are going to take Harper and are not considering a trade out of the #2 spot. Says Spurs brass are signaling to other teams that they have no interest in trading that pick. So there you go.

disconnect the telephone and see you in June

[exstatic]

I'm 100% convinced by Harper and I want to draft him, but for the sake of discussion, how many extra assets would be enough for the Spurs to trade down for Bailey?
No chance I'd trade down to #4 or #5 unless it's a ridiculous overpay.
Would the Sixers evevn want Harper over Bailey? Maxey isn't a true point guard and McCain isn't near Harper's ceiling.
#3 and McCain for #2?
I'm not that high on Bailey, but Bailey's best case scenario outcome is exactly the wing Spurs need.

I think Spurs going for the BPA is guranteed, I just don't think they're 100% on Harper over Bailey before extensive workouts and interviews are done. No need to rush things, there's plenty of time.

I also think Castle and Harper would enable eachother to reach their full potential.
Nothing better than practicing against your mirror matchup on daily basis.

The Spurs pretty much know everything they need to, short of doing the interviews. Bailey just isn’t a connector, which is something they look for in wings. The fact that he has more turnovers than assists is appalling.

[rjv]

from everything that I have read and seen over the past week, there are two sure-fire picks in this draft and the spurs have the chance to get one of them. there's no doubt in my mind that the spurs will, and should, take harper.

[RC_Drunkford]

I'll leave this one here before anybody beats me to it: "Who are the 5 best guards in the NBA?"

[Mnky]

I'll leave this one here before anybody beats me to it: "Who are the 5 best guards in the NBA?"

Perfect.

[CorrectCrusader]

Credits his hard work to his mom. Says his mom is always on him about working harder.

His mother was a D1 basketball player from New Orleans, makes sense

[BatManu20]

Kid gets it.

[RC_Drunkford]

[CorrectCrusader]

The Spurs pretty much know everything they need to, short of doing the interviews. Bailey just isn’t a connector, which is something they look for in wings. The fact that he has more turnovers than assists is appalling.

I'm not a HUGE bailey fan but let's not pretend that rutgers team was anything short of dysfunctional in a basketball sense. It hurt Bailey more than it did Dylan.

[benefactor]

Okay I'm getting pretty excited about this tbh

[CorrectCrusader]

Okay I'm getting pretty excited about this tbh

October can't come soon enough

[Leetonidas]

Dude sounds very Spursy already. Zero chance the Spurs pass on him

[Ice009]

Not to be greedy, but if only Atlanta's pick also fell in the top 4. I wouldn't mind Ace Bailey too .

[spurs10]

Super pumped about drafting Harper. My youngest daughter is named Dylan and I'm hoping this also helps her get into the Spurs

She did wear her Wemby t-shirt to school on Lotto Day (and I wore mine as well in matching solidarity) for "Support your Team" day. She reported back that all the other kids out here on the islands asked her if the Spurs were a football team NBA not as big out here

Sweet! In many parts of the world Spurs means football/soccer for sure...especially the UK!!

[Dejounte]

Says he wants to be MVP of the league before saying he wants a championship. Not very Spurs-like tbh

[Dex]

Having a hydra in the backcourt (Fox, Harper, Castle) with a dominating force (Wemby) in the front is a scenario we could only have dreamed about 3 years ago. Plug in whoever you want at the 4.

[PhantomDashCam]

The best player in this game like Castle was in ‘23.
Shows some off-ball skills and shot making.
The additional 15 or so lbs that he is playing with here are noticeable too when compared to College and Combine videos.
Yep, convinced that we would be foolish to pass on, trade etc this guy.

[heyheymymy]

Not to be greedy, but if only Atlanta's pick also fell in the top 4. I wouldn't mind Ace Bailey too .

Thought crossed my mind too, I'm not even high on Bailey at all I just like the idea of keeping duos intact sometimes. Not sure if these Rutgers two have that kind of chemistry to be worth it but similar thing last year when I thought about the idea of Clingan at #8 with Castle in the same concept but alas.

[benefactor]

Having a hydra in the backcourt (Fox, Harper, Castle) with a dominating force (Wemby) in the front is a scenario we could only have dreamed about 3 years ago. Plug in whoever you want at the 4.

Agreed. I think a lot of us got distracted by Giannis and the potential for a trade (which is understandable) and we are all sort of now seeing what we have right in front of us. We have gone from will Wemby leave because all these role players suck to just how high can this guard threesome and Wemby fly

[Ice009]

Thought crossed my mind too, I'm not even high on Bailey at all I just like the idea of keeping duos intact sometimes. Not sure if these Rutgers two have that kind of chemistry to be worth it but similar thing last year when I thought about the idea of Clingan at #8 with Castle in the same concept but alas.

I think the Spurs would have done it last year if he was still on the board and I would have liked to get him on the team too. As for Bailey, the reason I'm warming up to him is because Dylan speaks highly of him and his game. In that video above he said he can score when he wants to, facilitate, play defense. He says all we see is his scoring. Says his IQ is underrated. If you sit down with him, you'll understand it. Says he can see over everyone at 6'10" (another person calling him 6'10"). Calls him a young T-Mac. Very twitchy. He'll get to his spots and can get buckets. Yeah, maybe talking him up as he's a teammate, but man, very intriguing prospect. Who do you guys think will pick him? I am guessing Utah would want him and he doesn't go further than that. I wonder if the Spurs would be interested in trying to trade up and/or what it would cost to get there (probably too much and not worth it).

[exstatic]

When the dust settles, if we draft Harper we're going to have a LOT of our talent tied up into Point Guards. I think there is a strong case then for signing one more guard to the roster to serve as a mentor for these guys.

What I envision is an older player with a ton of experience but maybe only a little left in the tank. They'd be willing to sign for the minimum and likely wouldn't play most of the season. But they're capable of stepping in for a handful of games, if needed, and can help mentor these guys. The name that keeps coming to mind if Jacque Vaughn, whom we signed for the minimum to be our 3rd PG (although he played a bigger role once he actually got here). I think Castle and Harper would really benefit from that. And while Fox already has a lot of experience, he's still only 27 and would probably benefit some as well.

Fox has been in the league for 8 years. That’s enough experience to be a mentor.