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Kinda sad Hansen Yang went so early because I would've been banging the desk to trade back into the 2nd for him.
I'd be happy trading back in for Maxime or Kalkbrenner though.
Players on Spurs taller than 6'8":
Wemby
Bassey
Minix?
Did I forget anyone?
I hope the Spurs target Kornet, but I think Celtics can retain him now that they've shed Holiday and Porzingus.
Raynaud, Kalkbrenner, and Broome still on board, and a few other interesting projects.
I predict board sentiment will lean strong towards Collins. Can either Aldama or LaRavia simulate backup center? Not too familiar with their games?
I won't be upset if Biyombo is brought back. He looks like he can turn in 15 minutes of B+ backup work on the regular.
Kinda sad Hansen Yang went so early because I would've been banging the desk to trade back into the 2nd for him.
I'd be happy trading back in for Maxime or Kalkbrenner though.
Daniel Gafford would be the ideal. Mavs extended him to trade him, it seems, although there are going to be big suitors and I don't think the Spurs will bid heavily.
Aldama is very promising.
LaRavia I have less of a feel for, but yeah.
One of those players. I'd be okay with Kornet. There's a premium on good bigs in the league and the Spurs badly need some.
- If possible, trade in for Raynaud & Kalkbrenner (though both CHA and BOS need bigs)
- FA Targets: Lopez; Kornett; Capella
I hope our plan isn’t Biyombo. Great dude and all but he is not good, he only looked good for us in limited action last year because we are so deprived of what decent backup C play looks like that anything resembling it looks good to us. Maybe as an energy third string option… but if he is our backup C, then I promise we’re all going to be complaining about him in no time.
I’m a huge Santi fan, and he’s tall enough to play some backup big minutes but he’s really not a C. He’s more of just a very tall 3/4 (which is part of why I like him). He can play some spot C minutes, but IMO he shouldn’t be counted on to be our backup C. He’s less of a C than Mamu, IMO. Would be a great option as our starting 4 though.
Also a huge LaRavia fan, he’s a 3 capable of playing the 4. He would be useful here, but we have a lot of 3s who are capable of playing the 4 (including just drafting one). If LaRavia is coming, some other guys gotta go.
Capela is slightly washed, but I think he’d be an upgrade over Biyombo.
Loving all the moves Brian is making, so I’m not complaining… but I do hope there is a plan here because that glaring need at backup C is becoming a blinking red light.
Capella or Lopez are ancient but would be good grabs for a couple of years.
2030 FRB and 3 SRPs for John Collins (Utah)
Lopez doesn't really fit since we're obviously going to play at a high pace, he's got no legs left.
Timelord would be ideal if he could stay healthy, I don't think he'd be expensive, Blazers have too many bigs.
But he's never healthy.
Forgot about Gafford. Had not thought about Dallas as a possible destination for Devin if he gets moved, but it looks like there is a definite role for him there. Would never happen.
And Clingan? Is it worth trying to shake him loose. Would be an odd-fit amid all the Spurs athleticism, but maybe he posts Rodman-like stats here. That would be great.
What's Boban doing these days ?
Walker Kessler?
Nic Claxton?
I think it was LeBowen who jokingly mentioned Ayton… but… what about Ayton? He’s an expiring, so for 1 year as a backup on a bloated salary it wouldn’t be bad. You could do Devin + Bran or Barnes + Keldon to make the money work.
I think this is a poor return for Vassell, but that deal at least gets you off long term money and helps clear out the logjam. Barnes and Keldon would work better probably for POR, and cleans up our logjam at the wings even better, but doesn’t clean up the Vassell money.
If POR would add a 1st, I’d definitely do the Devin deal… but I’m not sure they would.
POR and BKN are the two teams with too many centers on their roster… I think we should be paying attention there.
DaRon Sharpe is an RFA, but not BKN has too many C’s… maybe he’s an option?
Capela if they end up with blanks in the second round
i like ayton more than most, but i dont think those deals make sense. we still need barnes quite a bit, and id only trade him if we were landing a legit starting forward (like the KD speculation). and with vassell, yes we have our issues with him. let me ask you this, if it were an option, would you amnesty vassel right now? because trading him for ayton to be a backup center and expiring contract kind of feels like that
i also dont like the idea of trading first round capital for gafford
The issue is that they just traded Simons for Jrue in order to create space (both on the floor and financially) for Sharpe. They have no interest in Devin.
We could do the deal with $26.25M in salaries, but I don't want to give up Barnes for Ayton and I'm not sure Blazers would take an extra year of Keldon.
As a player, he'd be a great backup and he'd surely put some effort in because it's his contract year.
But I don't see him as a Spur long term, meaning I wouldn't give up anything more than other pieces with no value.
Would have to include a third team, but I have absolutely no clue what are Blazers planning to do.
Another option I'd consider would be a John Collins + Kessler package.
But again, Jazz wants nothing to do with Devin and I suspect it would cost us either '26 or '30 FRP, if not more because they really value Kessler.
Devin+'30 swap returned+seconds for Gafford and Washington still seems ideal, I'd even throw in another protected FRP assuming Washington signs an extension right away.
much rather target somebody who should be cheap like Capela or Jaxson Hayes if other options like Kornet fall through
The thing is that a lot of playoff teams will offer a bigger role to Capela.
Lakers, Warriors, Grizzlies, Bucks need a starting big, I see no reason why would Capela join us if he can be a starter somewhere else.
Hayes is garbage.
I agree with you. If we did the Barnes + KJ deal we’d absolutely need something like Aldama coming in to make it work.
I also agree on Vassell. No I wouldn’t amnesty him. That’s why I mentioned I felt it was a poor return on Vassell. To make it work for the Spurs, POR would probably need to kick in an FRP, but I don’t think they’d do that.
Brooklyn is interesting, but has Sean Marks ever traded with the Spurs?
Fleming and Raynoud are currently projected as 31 and 32 picks this night... They could be the best options considering they both can play center and we lack three spots all, IMHO, for PF or c roles... Lopez, Yabusele and Kornet the other possible and affordable choices for 1 to three of these spots...
ive had a crush of Fleming throughout the draft process. his game is rudimentary and he only does a few things but he does those things well and all those things should translate.
including Harper and Bryant, we have 12 guys on our roster. that's also before any hypothetical re-signings whether they be Mamu, Biyombo, Bassey, etc
i would imagine the spurs want to at least make 2 free agent signings using the MLE and potentially BAE. they could still move up for a second rounder and do that. if they are willing to be active on the trade market, i dont think branham/wesley would be too difficult to move off of. i like wesley and would have liked to keep him, but that was before Harper fell into our laps
Dark horse candidate: Tristan Vukcevic. A UFA, still only 22, showed improvement from year one to year two (on a bad team), shot 37% from 3, improved on his foul prone tendencies this season, would be inexpensive.
Yeah, Brook Lopez is done, one year of him would be my absolute last option if there's nothing else. RWIII's knees are also done, you can probably get him for a couple second rounders but I'd aim at someone who can be relied on long term. I like Kalkbrenner if we can get him for a couple seconds, maybe Phoenix could make Nick Richards available for a second round pick now that they landed Maluach and Mark Williams.
I'm also interested in Aldama and LaRavia but they don't qualify as bigs, so I'm not going into that here.
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