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My worries is if Braun is 30M what is the number for Sochan
Wishes:
Pick Harper, unless the insane miracle of Flagg presents itself.
Roster improvement at the F and C positions with 2-3 of Steven Adams, Luke Kornet, Santi Aldama, Naz Reid, Dean Wade, John Collins and/or Jake LaRavia being the prime targets. Cappella, Mo Wagner, or Brook Lopez as 2nd tier C options.
Adding coaching staff. Not sure why Spurs have 3 coaches on their staff and most teams have 8 or more. That's kind of odd.
Mitch steps into this new role with a surprising amount of vision, presence and savvy.
Pop transitions gracefully and masterfully as a FO presence.
Worries:
That 2-5 of the above are not addressed satisfactorily.
My worries is if Braun is 30M what is the number for Sochan
an anticipated 30m/year extension for Braun is a perfect encapsulation of why the Nuggets have slowly deteriorated since winning their chip
Weird, because I only know of the one poster who once got so mad he "retired" from a message board only to come back and claim he forgot it ever happened.
Half of that if he is lucky.
They’re not going to pay him that because no one else will.
Pretty sure he thought Reaves was gonna get $100M too
Braun started and out played MJP. He deserves an extension. Sochan no playoff appearance. Who knows if he can start let alone finish a playoff game
I think this is pretty specific to Denver. They really have no way of improving their roster bc of MPJ's deal, so they kinda have to overpay their own players.
Instead of pre-emptively giving Christian Braun $30MM/yr (btw tbqh), this seems like a perfect case of just letting him hit RFA and matching whatever other offers he got (which will probably be none because other teams won't want to tie themselves up with an offer sheet they'll know will get matched) and then just end up signing him to an Austin Reeves-like 4 year deal at 9% of the cap (notable that Reaves was and is still better than Braun at the time of the deal).
crofl if Denver does this
edit: this is what we should do with Sochan, btw
My worry is the Nuggs overpay Braun and Spurs overpay Sochan because of it.
Reaves was a much better RFA than Braun is, and he was never signed to an offer sheetInstead of pre-emptively giving Christian Braun $30MM/yr (
crofl if Denver does this
edit: this is what we should do with Sochan, btw
100% agreed as to sochan. they only way extending sochan makes sense is if it is a very favorable, team friendly deal, which sochan would be pretty dumb to take. it would be the type of deal that he's better off turning down, betting on himself to show growth in his age 22 season, and then being able to leverage that into a bigger offer, whether it be an offer sheet or having the spurs signing him outright before he's able to test the waters
basically it would take sochan deciding that maximizing earnings be damned, he likes san antonio and wants to be here for the wemby era
Yep. Steven Adams is the guy I want. Interesting that you brought up Kevin Willis who I really liked in 2003, but I think in 2004 he wasn't as good, and also, I think was responsible for Devin Brown injuring his back late in the season as I remember reading that he was wresting him or something.
Anyway, I just wanted to say, Tony Massenburg was the guy I was thinking of rather than Kevin Willis when thinking of an enforcer. T-Mass would come out there in the 2005 season when the Spurs were up 20 and lay wood on guys. Play very physical and keep that lead. It seemed like players would say to him during some games to calm down a bit as he was just playing super hard all the time being very physical with the other team. I wish he came back for the 2005/06 season as I think he could have made a difference against the Mavs with the Spurs not having to play small ball the whole series IMO. I remember Timvp said he (Tony Massenburg) got into a car accident and couldn't play the following season otherwise he would have been back. Tony is the last really good true enforcer I remember the Spurs having (not sure if I am missing/forgetting about someone that came after), and I've always wanted the Spurs to get a similar player ever since.
I think Steven Adams will be the same physical presence as Tony Massenburg (I'm comparing them physicality wise as Steven Adams is definitely the better overall player, so that would be a bonus) was the 2004/05 season. Adams won't from anyone, play hard and physical, and in my opinion will help maintain leads rather than lose them.
Having said that, not sure if Adams will be asking for more money than the Spurs would be willing to spend so guys like Kornet might be the better option, but I don't think he's as physical? I haven't watch Kornet play much, though, so I don't know how he is physicality wise. I'm guessing nowhere near Adams on that front?
Are you saying if the keep the number 2 pick it's create a awkward or toxic situation? If so, I disagree. At best it could be amazing, not awkward. Or are you talking about trading for Antetokounmpo?
Last edited by Ice009; 05-20-2025 at 01:07 AM.
I offer Sochan the Keldon extension with a team option after the third season, and if he doesn't take it just let things play out tbh.
Nice post, but I'm not sure I'd call Denver an aging team. Jokic is still squarely in his prime and just took OKC to 7 games with two injured starters. Honestly if Braun, Strawther, Pickett, and DaRon Holmes all just take a small step forward in development, Murray, Gordon, and Porter Jr stay healthy, and they add one reasonably decent free agent with the MLE (LaRavia, Nance Jr), I think they'll be ready to compete for a championship.
I remember when Shaq fouled Tim (or maybe David) so hard he had to leave the game. Pop sent Felton Spencer into the game in response and Shaq was immediately pulled by his coach & sat the rest of the game cause Felton fully intended to lay Shaq out & Shaq knew it.
there is no MLE for them, they will be in the tax cause Murray‘s max contract kicks in next season
Almost forgot this in my original wish list:
I wish for the Spurs to stop finding people off Fiverr and hire an actual graphic designer to do the Alternate and City Edition jerseys this year. We have one of the highest potential design schemes in the league but still find a way to deliver a bottom 3 set of uniforms as of late.
No more brown and orange trim HemisFair themed unis.
What do those brown and orange trim colours signify? I've been meaning to ask, but never got around to it.
Lack of quality bigs and lack of good shooters. Also, our 3 point defense is brutal.
oh , you’re right. I thought they had an avenue to get under the tax line, but it looks like that’s extremely unlikely.
I think it's a reference to the 1968 Hemisfair World's Fair and/or an homage to Bill Miller BBQ.
Cool. I'll have to do some googling as I don't know what either of those things are (I'm not in SA or the US). That makes it more interesting if it's based on something from that long ago.
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