I assume Devin, Barnes, Keldon, Wesley and Branham are all on the block. Champagnie is not because his contract is too good. As long as we get a starting PF who can defend and shoot I'm good with it. Jake is one of those guys.
I'm with you. And if we are shaking up the roster more than I think we will... then LaRavia is a top target of mine. I agree $10MM is probably about right for him. Anything too much less and he will probably just go back to SAC for the max $5.1MM they can offer him (which is why the BAE is not an option for Jake).
But... I'm still thinking we're going to be underwhelmed with our offseason moves and all of those guys are still on the team next opening day.
In a new article published today, Jake LaRavia said the 4 teams he'd consider in free agency were Orlando, Detroit, San Antonio, and Denver.
https://www.basketballinsiders.org/n...ertain-future/
Nice! Four teams that could definitely use him.
Spurs should be all over this guy. Fills a need and won't cost much. Lock him up for cheap for 3-4 years. He's 23 and will only get better. These are the type of small moves that I want to see the team make. And the best thing is, you don't even have to trade for him.
He's big enough to play at the SF spot, but I think it gives away a lot; he's doesn't have the size (and strength) advantage he'd have at the guard spots...
The game where LaRavia impressed me the most was against Denver, where he switched multiple times from Jokic to Murray, and did an excellent job defending both.
i had him as a tier 2 prospect if wing and a tier 3/4 prospect if point guard
Draft Harper at 2
Draft Sorber at 14
Trade Vassell, Keldon for Durant, who sign 55/2 extension with player option for 27/28
Resign Fox 225m/5
Resign Sochan 90m/5
Sign Tre Jones for 3m/1
Fox/Jones/Branham/Wesley
Castle/Harper
Durant/Champ
Sochan/Barnes
Wemby/Sorber/Biyombo (vet C)
Getting Durant gives you flexibility to run Fox/Castle/Harper lineup with Wemby. He can also play SF with Sochan/Barnes and only two of F-C-H. I kept Sochan over Johnson because Spurs would need defensive player for dream scenario of switch everything and Wemby protects the paint
Thought about this quite a bit and is probably the way it's going to be be in a Fox, Harper, Castle situation considering Castles' hops. Hope we can augment Harrison with another big wing who can shoot.
My 'soft' ideal off season, without a mega trade for a star like Durant or Giannis
1. Draft Harper
2. Draft 1 of Fleming, Bryant, Coward, or Wolf at 14
3. Take Zikarsky or Yang in second round for development g-league center
Acquire Brook Lopez on a 2 year deal MLE
Acquire either John Collins or PJ Washington with Vassell/Keldon draft considerations. Maybe it takes a Brooklyn reach around for PJ similar to how Boston got Jrue. Dallas dumps him into Brooklyn capspace and then Brooklyn gets the assets from the Spurs including 14?
And that's some solid stuff. Let's say it they lost Keldon in those deals:
Wemby/Lopez/2ndRounder
Washington/Sochan/Barnes
Castle/Sochan/Champagnie
Vassell/Harper
Fox/Harper
Realistically, the PF solution is the hardest to envision with regards to Collins or PJ.
So it might really just end up being:
Wemby/Lopez/2ndRounder
Sochan/Fleming/Barnes
Castle/Champagnie
Vassell/Harper
Fox/Harper
laravia would be an excellent pickup. legit forward size, plays solid defense, can shoot and handle. doesnt seem like he is too keen on returning to sacto. in the article it says "i could see going back as an option"
looking at the 4 teams mentioned (ORL, DEN, DET, SAS):
- pistons are the team that will actually have cap room to splurge a little. they are projected to have 27mil in cap space. but with them already having Ausar, Tobias Harris, Ron Holland, Simone Fontecchio... im not sure forward will be their biggest need. their notable FAs are Tim Hardaway, Malik Beasley, and Shroeder, each of whom are guards. i would imagine that's where their emphasis will be in free agency
- orlando/denver will be a taxpaying teams and will be pushing the first apron. they will have the lower taxpayer MLE which is less than 6m/year. i think laravia will go for more than that.
meanwhile spurs biggest need will be at forward, followed by backup 5. spurs will have the full MLE to play with, in addition to the BAE should they need it
as for ideal offseason, im going to rule out the giannis/durant trades for the time being
im on board with what is becoming a growing consensus here, that one of John Collins or PJ Washington makes a ton of sense. both guys have fit in well to the modern NBA, with PJ being a 3/4 and Collins being a 4/5. both guys have had some good playoff experience (Collins was the #2 player on the Hawks team that made the ECF, PJ was a big piece in the Mavs recent finals run). both guys are quite young (PJ is 26, Collins is 27).
i lean collins because i think he should require less assets to acquire. i dont think you are getting PJ without giving up 14 and then some. with collins, i think the more likely compensation is moving back from 14 to 21 or something like that. depending on what mocks you are looking at, you can still see guys like Fleming, McNeeley, Clifford, Coward, Riley as potentially available
then we'd still have the MLE and BAE to play with.
Laravia as another forward who can play both ways would be nice. i know everybody here loves Adams, but some centers i'd like include Jaxson Hayes, Luke Kornet. im wary of Brook Lopez declining, but he'd be a heck of a veteran presence. he's not very versatile anymore, but as a bench player thats not as big of an issue. im less interested in capela who has been mentioned. he's fallen out of favor in Atlanta and doenst seem to have much juice left
NAW from minnesota is another player i am quite fond of
Last edited by spurraider21; 05-29-2025 at 10:59 PM.
Gotta get this guy and have him play backcourt press coverage the whole game so we can have 48 Minutes of NAW.
I wouldn't make any trades for players this year yet. Spurs are still too young and aren't good enough to be looking for that one missing piece.
Draft Harper, trade #14 and whatever else necessary to get a future FRP, and run it back.
we are going to need future FRPs when all these guys get thier second contract.
who says its "one missing piece"
you acknowledge the spurs need several pieces. the draft is just one mechanism to add pieces. free agency and trades are other ways to continue to add to the talent pool. the only time the "one missing piece" talk applies is when a team goes all-in or near all-in with their remianing assets. trading 4+ first rounders for giannis would be that. trading for collins/PJ or even Durant likely would not
Damn that would be a slap in the face for the kings.Traded for him in the fox deal,Just for him to
leave 4 months later and join the spurs as well lol
- Draft Harper a #2.
- Trade #14 + Vassell + Champagnie for Anunoby.
- Trade #38 and 3 second round pick for #27 with Nets to draft Noah Penda.
- Sign Capela on a short contract with a high salary to compensate.
- Sign Fox to a max extension in August.
Main Rotation:
Fox/Harper
Castle/Harper
Anunoby/Keldon
Sochan/Barnes
Wembanyama/Capela
I like that lineup. I've always wanted Anunoby since I thought the Spurs should have received him in the Kawhi trade (really wanted Siakam, but that was never going to happen. They should have gotten OG as a bare minimum, otherwise called the deal off if Toronto didn't budge).
this team is missing about 6 pieces. So they should try to add 2-3 and for that they will have to make some trades.
Depends on what you define as "missing".
Right now we're missing another point guard (Harper), a legit starting PF and Wemby's backup.
We must acquire those three players one way or another if we're to be a functional team.
Some other players aren't good enough and will need upgrading, but I don't think any is a must get if we're to make the playoffs as long as Harper, starting PF and backup C prove to be good acquisitions.
Yes, we could upgrade Barnes, but having him start for one more season won't kill us.
Nice team in 1995, no shooting at all.
trade fodder for gobert
What? Who is trade fodder?
Yep, that's true.
I would like more Brook Lopez as backup C but I think he will be looking at a starting spot and that's why I went with Capela. Replacing Keldon with a shooter should also marginally helping that area.
At the end, Spurs' main issue shooting wise is Sochan. His lack of shooting is really problematic for the offense. I'm not sure if they should keep him or trade him.
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