Phoenix Suns expect to part ways with Kevin Durant this offseason. Could the Spurs be a good landing place?

Originally Posted by baseline bum

But Pauleta14 told me Trump was the peace candidate.

I did what now?!??

Just make stuff up

Originally Posted by Dejounte

This guy is pretty clued in, isn't he? Darn. Seems very close to happening then. Not going to get anywhere near 200 pages from the looks of it as I thought this is going to drag on a for a while.

Unfortunately i’m getting bad vibes that it’s houston

Miami.

Oh well, if we miss out, I guess we miss out. So you guys think it's not Spurs if it's getting announced within the next day or so? What makes you say that?

Good things never happen to the spurs, that’s why

Originally Posted by Ice009

Oh well, if we miss out, I guess we miss out. So you guys think it's not Spurs if it's getting announced within the next day or so? What makes you say that?

Silver lining will be not having to pay a 38-39 year old Durant $50M+ per

I'd love to see him play next to Wemby but let's not act like it's not without its risks

That being said, if it's not Spurs then I hope he goes out East with Miami.

Originally Posted by Dejounte

Good things never happen to the spurs, that’s why

Except winning the 2023 lottery, drafting the ROY at 4, having Fox demand to be traded here, moving up from 8 to 2, etc

Have some faith boys

Originally Posted by Dejounte

TOMORROW!

I kinda hope it’s Houston, feel like they’re more likely to take someone at 10 that the spurs would want at 14 lol

Originally Posted by Dex

Silver lining will be not having to pay a 38-39 year old Durant $50M+ per

I'd love to see him play next to Wemby but let's not act like it's not without its risks

That being said, if it's not Spurs then I hope he goes out East with Miami.

Would be funny to see Houston give Phoenix their picks back

Originally Posted by Dejounte

Good things never happen to the spurs, that’s why

I try not to think about that these days. I feel it's shifted a bit with Victor, but in general, I guess you're right. That's the way it used to be. Even if missing out on this, hopefully it changes more and more with Victor and this current team. It already has recently, and I'm hoping it will continue on with more and more players want to be part of this team the Spurs are building.

Originally Posted by Dex

Silver lining will be not having to pay a 38-39 year old Durant $50M+ per

Yeah, good way to look at it. As I've always said from the start, I mostly wanted him on the Spurs to teach Victor, didn't really want him as a player that takes over the offense and team. I am guessing if he goes to one of these other teams, that's what they're going to want him for, so they'll likely offer more to get him.

For the Spurs, I just sort of wanted him to be a pressure relief valve as I thought he'd fit good because we don't have a lot of great shooters. This is also dependant on whether or not he's injury free too. Do you guys think his body will hold up as good as Lebron's has at a similar age going forward? Would suck having that money tied up if he's missing time. I still would like to take that chance, though, so I still want the Spurs to try and get him.

Y’all need to fix your anti-jinx detectors fr

that’s all im trying to do here lol

Originally Posted by Ice009

Do you guys think his body will hold up as good as Lebron's has at a similar age going forward? Would suck having that money tied up if he's missing time. I still would like to take that chance, though, so I still want the Spurs to try and get him.

Doubt it. LeBron is a freak of nature. Durant has missed significantly more games in his career already and is also post-Achilles.

Originally Posted by Dejounte

Y’all need to fix your anti-jinx detectors fr

that’s all im trying to do here lol

Not sure a double-reverse jinx is what you want here.

Originally Posted by baseline bum

Would be funny to see Houston give Phoenix their picks back

Houston depleting their assets for KD is the second best scenario from a Spurs perspective. But all signs point to Rockets lowballing as much as we are. What Ishbia doesn't understand is that neither Hou or SA are really desperate for Durant. He is a nice consolidation move for both teams but he isn't drastically changing their fortunes. Rockets would still be in 2-4 seed range and below OKC in pecking order and Spurs would at best go from play-in (7th-8th) to direct playoffs as a 5th-6th seed.

I'm starting to think Miami will swoop in at 11th hour and KD will eventually go along with it.

I think Miami is most likely, and I’m fine with that outcome for the Spurs as it means there will be another team that should 100% be better than ATL for the next year or 2.

Really the only outcome that would suck at this point is if Houston does land him with a lowball offer. If Houston just gives up 10 + Jalen Green it would sting a little.

Originally Posted by SpursFan86

I think Miami is most likely, and I’m fine with that outcome for the Spurs as it means there will be another team that should 100% be better than ATL for the next year or 2.

Really the only outcome that would suck at this point is if Houston does land him with a lowball offer. If Houston just gives up 10 + Jalen Green it would sting a little.

Yep. If the Spurs don't get him, Miami would be the next best team as that can help get another team over the Hawks in the standings.

Originally Posted by Dex

Doubt it. LeBron is a freak of nature. Durant has missed significantly more games in his career already and is also post-Achilles.

Played 72 and 65 games with the suns, 37mpg which is just asking for trouble.
If we get him, he'll have the senior citizen load management treatment, probably around 32mpg.

It's possible it could be the Spurs that report did say multiple teams Phoenix was working with so perhaps it's a multi team trade with Durant to Spurs and whatever players Spurs trade going elsewhere.

There’s no way they announce it today considering game 7 of the finals is this evening. I’m skeptical it’d be tomorrow either for the same reason.

momentum has been trending away from SAS for weeks now tbh. MIA would be a better landing spot than HOU obviously but i still expect the latter at this point.


hope you're all ready for: Golden State Warriors expect to part ways with Jonathan Kuminga this offseason. Could the Spurs be a good landing place?

Originally Posted by vy65

There’s no way they announce it today considering game 7 of the finals is this evening. I’m skeptical it’d be tomorrow either for the same reason.

Agree with this. They’d be stepping all over their own product.

SUN: Game 7
MON: Gin up the winner
TUES: Durant trade
WED: Day 1 draft
THURS: Day 2 draft (trash but whatever)
FRI: Free Agency pivot