2025 NBA Draft

[Guru of Nothing]

Two days before draft and I'm feeling firm liking Sorber, Coward, and Beringer at the 14 in that order. Would feel okay if we traded out to replenish capital too.

[Mr. Body]

If PATFO had picked Saluan last year, you'd be slurping him off like every other FO move just like how you'll be sniffing whoever they pick this year. Or maybe that was just a Pop thing?

No, I would have ing hated it.

I'm not like you crew who pre-decide your position and then just whatever happens you still go with it. Man, there are still people here who claim this team isn't doing anything. It's like you're MAGA. No matter what changes happen, you're still ing and moaning. Before the draft, I hated Salaun. If they drafted him, I would have hated the pick.

[Seventyniner]

Backup big at #14 and third stringer in free agency, or backup with some/all of the MLE and third stringer at #38 make sense.

[Mr. Body]

If OKC really wants Sorber, and I'm not sure they do, they'll likely trade up to ensure they get him away from SAS.

[Tyrone Jenkins]

I'd go with stretch 4-D (starter) who can be backup 5.

Fleming, Bryant, Sorber, Newell, McNeely (in that order)

[CorrectCrusader]

First of all, Beringer is a center. Idk how you can compare him to Tidjaune when their roles in the NBA will be completely different. Dude has excellent mobility for his size & can jump. He'll be an excellent lob thread & decent rim protector right out of the gate.

[spurraider21]

drafting a toosly athlete to be a rim running shotblocking center is a better bet than doing so at a different position. i wouldnt compare them 1 to 1

i still dont like the idea of taking beringer at 14, but taking him at 14 would not be nearly as bad as taking salaun at 8 last year

[poopbox]

losing one of our few competent shooters in Vassell as the means to acquire an undersized non-shooter in Fears would not be a good thing

the spurs have 0 need for Fears. he is a score first point guard. we have Fox, Harper, Castle. why the urgency not only to add fears, but to trade up for him?

I don't want Fears either but I don't think Devin is a competent shooter. Not consistent enough. I think he needs to be one of the best shooters in the league to justify his playing time because he doesn't get to the rim nearly enough.

Spurs don't have a need for Harper either. He has years, maybe his entire rookie contract, to go before he could even be as good as Fox is. But the Spurs are going to draft him anyway at two no questions asked.

[spurraider21]

I don't want Fears either but I don't think Devin is a competent shooter. Not consistent enough. I think he needs to be one of the best shooters in the league to justify his playing time because he doesn't get to the rim nearly enough.

Spurs don't have a need for Harper either. He has years, maybe his entire rookie contract, to go before he could even be as good as Fox is. But the Spurs are going to draft him anyway at two no questions asked.

devin's shooting isnt good enough to be a specialist (which is what we need from that spot) but he is clearly a competent shooter

[sfernald]

First of all, Beringer is a center. Idk how you can compare him to Tidjaune when their roles in the NBA will be completely different. Dude has excellent mobility for his size & can jump. He'll be an excellent lob thread & decent rim protector right out of the gate.

idk I’ve watched a lot of his tape and it seems like there’s something off with him. Something off with his processing that makes me think he’ll be the next Jaxon Hayes instead of Rudy Gobert. I like Essengue a lot better when it comes to French bigs.

[CorrectCrusader]

idk I’ve watched a lot of his tape and it seems like there’s something off with him. Something off with his processing that makes me think he’ll be the next Jaxon Hayes instead of Rudy Gobert. I like Essengue a lot better when it comes to French bigs.

I think Essengue is the better prospect but I doubt he'll be there.
I'm pretty sure Joan has only played basketball for 3-4 years so that's probably what you're sensing.

[spurraider21]

idk I’ve watched a lot of his tape and it seems like there’s something off with him. Something off with his processing that makes me think he’ll be the next Jaxon Hayes instead of Rudy Gobert. I like Essengue a lot better when it comes to French bigs.

i wouldnt even hate jaxon hayes as the backup C ... but id rather just fill that role with a cheap FA than a #14 pick

[LeBowen]

Spurs don't have a need for Harper either.

We absolutely need another point guard to replace CP3.
Harper being overqualified for the backup role is just a bonus.

[Mr. Body]

idk I’ve watched a lot of his tape and it seems like there’s something off with him. Something off with his processing that makes me think he’ll be the next Jaxon Hayes instead of Rudy Gobert. I like Essengue a lot better when it comes to French bigs.

Beringer is straight up bad. You're completely correct.

It's this bizarre philosophy that you can take a body with great measurements and he's going to magically learn to play basketball. There are elements you absolutely have to see straight off and they're not there. This never, ever works.

[poopbox]

We absolutely need another point guard to replace CP3.
Harper being overqualified for the backup role is just a bonus.

That's essentially saying your using the no 2 pick to draft a backup point guard for somewhere between 1 and 4 years

Between Fox, Castle, and Harper, someone is primarily a backup. That's either a top 5 pick being a backup, an all nba caliber player being a backup, or the no 2 pick being a backup

Not ideal especially with all the other glaring holes on this team.

[scott]

The bickering is increasing in the forum... draft day is almost here!

[Guru of Nothing]

The bickering is increasing in the forum... draft day is almost here!

No it isn't.

[LeBowen]

That's essentially saying your using the no 2 pick to draft a backup point guard for somewhere between 1 and 4 years

No, it's just that your reading comprehension is horrible.
We needed a backup and we got much more.
Your average backup would be getting 15ish mpg and we'd get a backup SG, Harper can easily play 30+.

Between Fox, Castle, and Harper, someone is primarily a backup. That's either a top 5 pick being a backup, an all nba caliber player being a backup, or the no 2 pick being a backup

96 minutes available at guard positions and Castle can easily play SF in most matchups. If Harper and Castle improve their 3pt shooting, there won't be any issue with all 3 of them playing together.
Until then, two can always be on the floor and whoever is doing better on that given night closes the game out. Nothing like healthy compe ion between teammates.
If it becomes another Fox/Haliburton situation a few years down the road, we trade one of them and get a haul. Win/win.

Not ideal especially with all the other glaring holes on this team.

Two glaring holes are backup C and starting PF.
Backup C isn't worth spending assets on, we'll either get one with #14 or for cheap via trade/FA.

There's no starting PF available in the draft who'd make an immediate impact, so I don't see the point of connecting that issue with Harper pick.

[Mr. Body]

No it isn't.

Yes it is.

[RC_Drunkford]

My guess what the Spurs are thinking:

at the 14th pick
Plan A is Maluach
Plan B is Sorber
Plan C is Beringer
and if all else fails, Coward

I don’t think they have any plans to trade up at all. They have contingencies for every scenario and while Maluach (if he’s their target) is a longshot, they have to make a plan if he does slip to 14th.

take out Beringer and that would be my top 3 in that range as well. I don’t want Beringer because he‘s 2 years away from being 2 years away. He‘s a draft and stash project that can easily bust.

You can draft a player like that in the second round, but not at 14

[RC_Drunkford]

Oof.

Givony has been swearing on Joan to the Spurs for a while. He had Joan going there way before he was on anyone's radar.

For my part, god I hope not. Beringer screams Tidjane Salaun to me. I wasn't able to accept the Spurs were actually thinking about Salaun last year, and I still don't. Just a total non-basketball player. Salaun actually has skills Beringer doesn't, like a jump shot.

I'm not excited about Cedric Coward, either. He doesn't seem that athletic and his stats are all against sub-par compe ion. It's... good? Not like J-Will who did it in Division 1. I guess the strength is good, but the rest is pretty good, I guess. Just don't know about this one.

I'm okay with Sorber.

Cedric Coward top 6 in every athletic category in the combine

Ms. Body: „he doesn’t seem that athletic“

[Degoat]

I recommend if anyone hasn’t to check out the 2024 McDonald’s all star game on YouTube! Harper dominated the game!! They’re divisive prospects but I don’t think Tre Johnson or Derik Queen will fail in the NBA… Ace Bailey and Liam Mcneeley played awful lol

[Mr. Body]

Cedric Coward top 6 in every athletic category in the combine

Ms. Body: „he doesn’t seem that athletic“

I've said over and over, I don't give a about the combine. Look at him on the court. He's not using it, if he's a workout marvel. He has good strength, sure, but on the court he's a functional athlete, nothing more.

[Mr. Body]

I recommend if anyone hasn’t to check out the 2024 McDonald’s all star game on YouTube! Harper dominated the game!! They’re divisive prospects but I don’t think Tre Johnson or Derik Queen will fail in the NBA… Ace Bailey and Liam Mcneeley played awful lol

I think Tre is an amazing shooter and could be really good. And speaking of combine measurements, again I don't give a , because Derik Queen moves in space phenomenally well for a player his size.

[RC_Drunkford]

I've said over and over, I don't give a about the combine. Look at him on the court. He's not using it, if he's a workout marvel. He has good strength, sure, but on the court he's a functional athlete, nothing more.

he has the same vertical as VJ Edgecombe, who's the most athletic player in the entire draft you dumb .

Like "no, he doesn't use it. He never jumps in a game." Make it make sense.