Call your Ideal 2025 Off-Season

[vander]

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.

when you need 6 pieces, you aren't trading for specific players, you're going fishing. you need to find some unexpected value, especially with this luxury tax system.
but do we even know that we need 6 pieces? lot of unknowns and what ifs on this roster. can we at least get one season of these guys playing together without injury before we throw half of them away for some trending player.

WWSPD what would Sam Presti do?

[R. DeMurre]

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

The Kings are hampered by his contract situation and can only offer him $5.1mil... they knew that when they traded for him and took that chance, but his play has attracted too much attention and he's sure to get an offer that tops that. Not so much a slap in the face as it is bad asset management by the Kings. He's not going to sacrifice money to stay loyal to a team where he only played a few months, especially a team notorious for being poorly run for a long time. He said in that interview he wants to play for a young team with a chance of contending, and that's definitely not the Kings.

[exstatic]

trade fodder for gobert

I’d rather have fodder. He can’t even finish on the PnR any more.

[RC_Drunkford]

when you need 6 pieces, you aren't trading for specific players, you're going fishing. you need to find some unexpected value, especially with this luxury tax system.
but do we even know that we need 6 pieces? lot of unknowns and what ifs on this roster. can we at least get one season of these guys playing together without injury before we throw half of them away for some trending player.

WWSPD what would Sam Presti do?

that I agree with. What's clear is that we need a starting PF. So I'd like to trade for one. I'm also in favor of using the 14 pick to draft a rotation player, instead of trading it

[R. DeMurre]

I haven't seen much mention of Larry Nance Jr... He's not a world beater, but for a cheap UFA I think he's an interesting player for 15 mpg, and at age 32 he just had the two best three point shooting percentages of his entire career, at 41.5% and 44.7% the last two years. 6'8.5" with a 7'2" wingspan.

[scott]

when you need 6 pieces, you aren't trading for specific players, you're going fishing. you need to find some unexpected value, especially with this luxury tax system.
but do we even know that we need 6 pieces? lot of unknowns and what ifs on this roster. can we at least get one season of these guys playing together without injury before we throw half of them away for some trending player.

WWSPD what would Sam Presti do?

Continue to add talent, move on from the pieces that aren’t working (for us, that would mostly be The Power of Friendship) while they still have value, providing more (better fitting) talent or assets to acquire more talent later.

Front offices don’t need to be perfect… no front office is. They just need to stop getting attached to things that don’t work. Fail fast and quickly adapt.

[exstatic]

I haven't seen much mention of Larry Nance Jr... He's not a world beater, but for a cheap UFA I think he's an interesting player for 15 mpg, and at age 32 he just had the two best three point shooting percentages of his entire career, at 41.5% and 44.7% the last two years. 6'8.5" with a 7'2" wingspan.

I don’t know what this is,but it’s what knocked Nance out late in the season.

Out For Season (Knee) - The Hawks announced on Wednesday (Mar. 27) that Nance Jr. will miss the rest of the season while recovering from a right medial femoral condyle fracture. (Updated Mar.26, 2025)

[scott]

The Kings are hampered by his contract situation and can only offer him $5.1mil... they knew that when they traded for him and took that chance, but his play has attracted too much attention and he's sure to get an offer that tops that. Not so much a slap in the face as it is bad asset management by the Kings. He's not going to sacrifice money to stay loyal to a team where he only played a few months, especially a team notorious for being poorly run for a long time. He said in that interview he wants to play for a young team with a chance of contending, and that's definitely not the Kings.

LaRavia was just an add in to the Marcus Smart salary dump by MEM. SAC didn’t give up anything they care about (Colby Jones and Alex Len) to get LaRavia, and they knew they were unlikely to be able to retain him (though I’m sure it still sucks to see for them and their fans). So not even really bad asset management… just a nothing move that gave SAC a short-term useful player as they were actually trying to make the playoffs.

[CorrectCrusader]

We should grab LaRavia

[pad300]

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

If I understand correctly, they knew he was leaving when they traded for him... Due to the CBA rules, they can't offer him more money than something like $5Million /year, and he's very much expected to get more than that on the open market.

[buttsR4rebounding]

One thing I think the Spurs shoul do this off season is to extend Champ. He’s one of the best 3 point shooters on the team and his defense has improved each year. He likely would sign a 3 year extension in the 8-10 million a year range. If he signs a 3 year deal for 27 million you can decline the team option for 26 and spread the 30 million over 4 years. Then you have a valuable bench piece locked up for 5 years on a very team friendly deal.

[palangi]

Trade pick #2, Barnes, Keldon, Branham
to Utah for
Markkenan, Hendricks, picks #5 and #21


Trade pick #14, Sochan
to Atlanta for
Jaden Johnson, Bufkin, and pick #22

Draft:
#5- Khaman Maluach C Duke
#21- Danny Wolfe PF/C Michigan
#22- Drake Powell SG North Carolina
#38- Yanic Conan-Neiderhauser

Roster

PG- Fox, Bufkin, Wesley
SG- Castle, Vassell, Powell
SF- Johnson, Champaigne, Hendricks
PF- Markkenan, Wolf, Mamu
C - Wemby, Maluach, Yanic

[RC_Drunkford]

I'm changing my scenario:

trade Keldon, Barnes, Branham, Bassey (sign and trade) and #14 for Durant

trade #2 for Nets #8, #19 and 3 future Knicks picks

draft Maluach at #8 and Coward or Powell at #19

sign Jake LaRavia with the MLE

sign Tristan Vukcevic and Riley Minnix for the minimum

sign Malcolm Brogdon for vet minimum

Fox/Wesley/Brogdon
Castle/Vassell/Coward
Sochan/Champagnie/Minnix
Durant/LaRavia
Wemby/Maluach/Vukcevic

[mo7888]

I'm changing my scenario:

trade Keldon, Barnes, Branham, Bassey (sign and trade) and #14 for Durant

trade #2 for Nets #8, #19 and 3 future Knicks picks

draft Maluach at #8 and Coward or Powell at #19

sign Jake LaRavia with the MLE

sign Tristan Vukcevic and Riley Minnix for the minimum

sign Malcolm Brogdon for vet minimum

Fox/Wesley/Brogdon
Castle/Vassell/Coward
Sochan/Champagnie/Minnix
Durant/LaRavia
Wemby/Maluach/Vukcevic

Off the Dylan Harper train i see...

[ace3g]

NBA offseason 2025: 10 teams to watch this summer


Bobby MarksJun 9, 2025, 08:00 AM ET

Like Houston, San Antonio fits the requirements -- draft assets, young players, sizable contracts and a win-now roster -- to add a third star next to Wembanyama and De'Aaron Fox.

Not only does San Antonio have two picks in the lottery, including No. 2, but the Spurs also have the right to swap firsts with the Atlanta Hawks in 2026, the Hawks' unprotected first in 2027 and multiple other pick swaps. The Spurs are also allowed to trade two of their own first-round picks (2029 and 2031 or 2030 and 2032). The Spurs have 17 second-rounders available to trade.

They also have an advantage of financial flexibility to aggregate contracts sent out and take back more salary in a trade. Entering the offseason, San Antonio is $32 and $44 million below both respective aprons. Not including Fox and Wembanyama, the Spurs have 10 players earning between $3 to $27 million.

[exstatic]

Trade Vassell, Barnes, and #14 to PHO for Durant.

Draft and keep Harper

Fill out the last 5 roster spots with the two exceptions and 3 minimum deals.

[scott]

I keep seeing the Spurs listed as a time with a war chest of picks… but unless SRPs are counted as a war chest, we really don’t have one any more.

After this year, we no longer have any excess FRPs, just one per season going out.

With that said, the picks we have are of the finest quality, having been enriched via swaps (multiple, in some cases… we had a nice thread on this last summer).

[Mr. Body]

Last year, I thought the Spurs would either trade for Chris Paul's contract or try their best to convince him to come play. I didn't like any of the big name trades (Markannen) people loved. I got right the draft night actions (Castle, trade #8) and was a big proponent of Castle from the start.

This year, I have a nagging su ion that Cooper Flagg will not wear a Dallas Mavs uniform, nor will Dylan Harper wear a Spurs uniform.

[SpursFan86]

Vassell/Keldon/14 for Durant (I suspect it’ll be Barnes but would rather give up Keldon)

Harper at #2

Kalkbrenner/Raynaud/Niederhauser at #38 - this is probably overly optimistic, so would add that I’m willing to give up a future SRP or 2 to jump up and grab one of these guys if needed

LaRavia with MLE

Fox/Castle/Harper taking up majority of guard minutes with Wesley playing spot minutes as needed. Castle can also play the 3 to unlock more minutes for this trio.

KD/Sochan/Champagnie/LaRavia will eat up most of the minutes on the wings. Someone like Minnix for the minimum can fill in as well.

Wemby + one of the rookies I mentioned should handle large majority of minutes at the 5.

[koriwhat]

Last year, I thought the Spurs would either trade for Chris Paul's contract or try their best to convince him to come play. I didn't like any of the big name trades (Markannen) people loved. I got right the draft night actions (Castle, trade #8) and was a big proponent of Castle from the start.

This year, I have a nagging su ion that Cooper Flagg will not wear a Dallas Mavs uniform, nor will Dylan Harper wear a Spurs uniform.

Elaborate, please.

[spurraider21]

I keep seeing the Spurs listed as a time with a war chest of picks… but unless SRPs are counted as a war chest, we really don’t have one any more.

After this year, we no longer have any excess FRPs, just one per season going out.

With that said, the picks we have are of the finest quality, having been enriched via swaps (multiple, in some cases… we had a nice thread on this last summer).

well, the trove of assets includes Castle and the #2 pick this year which have more value than typical "first round picks", and as you mentioned, most of our remaining picks are enhanced picks.

no we dont have a ton of extra first rounders anymore, but those were consolidated into Fox, somebody who theoretically positions the team to be "a star away" from having a legit big 3

and the spurs have contracts that make a lot of the math work, without any of them being very bad. no, we dont like Vassell here, but hes not some albatross deal that we'd have to attack assets to get rid of

[Mr. Body]

Elaborate, please.

No

[exstatic]

No

Keep it vague and claim victory whatever the outcome.

[Mr. Body]

Keep it vague and claim victory whatever the outcome.

What's the le of this thread?

[koriwhat]

No

I was truly interested but ok. No problem.