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Malauch, Nipple, Essengue, Bryant with darkhorse Demin, Jaku, Newell. Reports leaking out of #2 trade already should discuss this guys now.
the KD trade will tell us more. If it happens before the draft. It could happen on draft night
Malauch, Nipple, Essengue, Bryant with darkhorse Demin, Jaku, Newell. Reports leaking out of #2 trade already should discuss this guys now.
Have the Spurs ever drafted the best player available?
I'm afraid those rumors could have legs
Yea? A year ago?
And two years ago?
i don’t think this is going to go over how you think!!!
Castle???
Wemby????
Duncan???
Branham, Wesley, DJ, KA, KJ, Lonnie, Blair, Tre, Wemby, JA
I'm OBVIOUSLY not talking about no brainers 1st picks guys...
Castle fit a need as much as being bpa
Vassell and Sochan were fits more than bpa
This #2 is a clear no brainer, as was Castle at #4 last year.
Michael Ruzic one of the better draft and stash candidates from this class has withdrawn his name.
Philly seems like a weird choice, Harper isn’t necessarily a great fit there either.
I'm not so sure.
I hate to have to side with KOC but he makes some good point about the fit and Harper shooting.
It's just a feeling, not a wish but I think PATFO have decided to build with Fox and Castle and in a talented draft they could go for the fit rather than the (supposed) bpa
Knuppel seems obvious but the more I watch and learn about Maluach the more I think he can become a monster in this league, his progresses have been exponential and he seems to have a real feel for the game.
Imagine him paired with Wemby...
They are trading down. Maluach is the supposed target, but this could also be a classic San Antonio smokescreen. My guess is they are definitely targeting a frontcourt player. And they definitely have a clear target, otherwise those reports wouldn't be coming out:
Last edited by RC_Drunkford; 06-12-2025 at 12:35 PM.
I fully agree about moving up from the 14. I've been consistent about that area being a dead spot relatively and the pickings not too great. If they don't move it for Durant.
However, I do think they'll wind up taking it and much ado about nothing here.
About Harper, they're not trading that one, I wouldn't think.
I'm trying to wrap my head around the idea of trading down and what adequate value would even look like. With Philly calling about #2 and NO supposedly interested in Ace, what if it ended up being something like:
SA: #7, PHI 2031, TMIII, Jared McCain
PHI: #2
NO: #3
+matching salaries
Passing up on Harper would be a tough pill to swallow regardless.
Last edited by RedAzSa; 06-12-2025 at 01:08 PM.
Would you give up Vassel and the 14th, would that move the Spurs up, and if so for who.
you’re OBVIOUSLY moving the goal posts!!
My thoughts exactly.
If we presume that Branham and Johnson would be the matching salary to the 76ers and Pelicans, respectively and that this hypothetical would be dependent on Maluach being available at 7, this would basically fill every need.
I'm not even sure how much a Durant trade would make sense at that point, but if it's in conjunction with it, then Vassell, Barnes, 14 and the 76ers '31 1st or Sochan? would leave the following rotation . . .
Starters: Durant, Murphy III, Wembanyama, Castle, Fox
Bench: McCain, Maluach, Champagnie, Sochan?
I'm not necessarily in support of that path... but that would be a pretty exciting team imo
Is there a world where there's a 3 team trade sending pick 2 to Philly, pick 3 to Dallas, and pick 1 to the Spurs? I struggle to see much value in trading pick 2 to Philly for pick 3 plus a couple picks 5 years in the future given the uncertainty around the value of those future picks.
I've been out for a while, why is my man suddenly talking in every single post as if he got inside info, tbh?
Last edited by DAF86; 06-12-2025 at 05:20 PM.
If Flagg didn't exist, Harper would be the unquestioned #1 pick. If the Spurs are really considering trading away from picking a #1 talent in the draft, they better be damn certain about who they are targetting and what else they are trying to get, tbh.
Imagine a near future, where Harper becomes an all-star, and the Spurs are the team that traded away Dylan Harper for fringe rotation player Khaman ing Maluach. It's a scary thought.
this seems like way too much of a pipe dream
so if i have this straight, spurs give
#2 and 14, Vassell, Barnes
and get #7, Durant, Trey Murphy, and Jared McCain?
Maluach terrifies me. tantalizing tools but i think he has high bust potential. and even if he pans out, he may not be able to share the floor with wemby much
good amount of risk for potentially not much reward if he just ends up a good backup center who we cant afford to keep 4 years later because you cant overpay backups
While this is a lineup I can definitely get behind, and I find it plausible that Philly would do 2 for 3 + McCain + 2031 1st, I find it very hard to believe that NO would be dumb enough to offer #7 and TMIII for even Vassell + #3, never mind Keldon and Branham
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