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Yea there’s no way Ayton chooses San Antonio for a backup role vs Lakers starting role. Wouldn’t surprise me if Silvers greasy fingers are on this as well.
The positive for the Spurs is it’s one team out of the running for Kornet, BroLo, Capela.
Ayton has always ed about not getting enough touches wherever he’s been. I doubt he’d even consider the Spurs.
Yea there’s no way Ayton chooses San Antonio for a backup role vs Lakers starting role. Wouldn’t surprise me if Silvers greasy fingers are on this as well.
The positive for the Spurs is it’s one team out of the running for Kornet, BroLo, Capela.
Yes and yes!
i know ayton's been a bummer but i still feel like im the last guy who thinks he can play, just cant be coutned on a starter. also, if his contract has offset language, cant he just sign for dirt cheap and not lose any money anyway?
with that said, if he wants to play a 1 year deal to rehab his value and get one more contract, catching lobs from luka/bron is going be a lot more fruitful than being a backup toi wemby
Ayton was a negative player last year. There's a reason the Blazers are cutting him, because no one wants to trade for him and no one wants him around. Fine if the Lakers want him. He's better than the nothing they have, but his personality is toxic and he's a negative on defense.
well nobody wants him at 30 mil. its always relative
The Spurs can get Brooke Lopez, and I think he would jump at coming here for his last couple of years. He's not what they need long term, but he's just about exactly what they need for this interim period. The only other likely landing spot is the Lakers.
They could land him and Jabari Walker. Walker played about 25% of his time last season as a small ball C. He's a beast on the boards, he revived his 3P% this past season, and he's an adequate defender except against true bigs, which wouldn't be his role anyway. He's a hustle guy. And as a bonus, he's a player who would automatically get better on a real team.
Behind that they need one more legitimate big body. Keep Biyombo for that.
There is nobody that the Spurs can actually get this year that would push them further than that. Next year, if a difference-maker big can be had, move Lopez to the Biyombo role. And IF a legit big man is available at the deadline, you move some contracts/picks to get him, and jettison Biyombo early, with Lopez as the backup.
Do Kornet or Yabusele really excite you? They shouldn't. I know the Wemby connection to Yabusele, but a combination of Lopez and Walker would provide some much-needed perimeter shooting right now, as well as some much-needed physicality.
the problem with Ayton is that he stays up all night to play video games and is more interested in that than basketball
Nurkić ?? Maybe he will be bought out.
Kornet plays the part of a rim running big nicely. Sign him, build up value for players you don’t intend to keep, then find your future starting forward from the draft or from trading your assets. No need to get everyone long term here all at once, especially when there are probably better players available in the future.
Kornet would be great.
Big thing that's really important for role players - his lowlights aren't bad. He won't have awesome dunks in traffic, beat a double from 15 and draw help, rise 3 feet above the rim (does dunk, he gets up and finishes), and show off awesome dribble moves...but really good block and rebound rates, solid in controlling the ball - a nearly 4:1 assist: turnover ratio, and effective at scoring on basic plays.
Love the Luke Kornet highlights.
Even at the minimum I dont want that guy: he told us from the jump what was his plan and perfectly executed it lol. He never really loved the sport and dgaf about winning
He's the perfect anti Spur
Yabuselle with Wemby did pretty well against team USA. Not sure why it wouldn't excite people to get a frontcourt that plays well together?
Kornet also played extremely well in the playoffs. Showed he's a legitimate player in the games that count. I'd love to get them both. Would be an A+ off season addressing the biggest needs with quality talent yet Cheap cap players.
Wow. Didn't realize that was his issue. I thought he had a lack of motivation/love for the game. Didn't realize he cares more about games? Any idea what sort of games he plays? I wonder if he can shift his focus back to basketball, and if so, how good he can be.
You guys think the Spurs will at least check in with him? Weren't the Spurs interested in drafting him, or was it pretty much Luka only they were interested in that draft if they were able to get that second pick from Sacramento?
Luke Hornet is a starter on any other team. It just shows how stacked the C's team was. Sign him noooooow
Luke Kornet and his chad 34 dominating Brook Lopez and his scrub ass 25:
https://youtube.com/shorts/z1wG8fcCr...aWVmiJ5rgFUOoR
But in all seriousness, I think both would be fine, my preference is Kornet bc I’m worried about Brook hitting the decline of his age curve, but Brook on a short term deal is better than many other options
They probably saw how the Thunder guarded Jokić in that last playoff game and figure they can do the same. The only good 3pt shooters on our team are most of our bigs, so maybe they think Fox, Castle and Harper will get all of the rebounds lolThis would be pretty concerning. Do they think that it was just some weird coincidence that our defense totally crumbled every time Wemby wasn’t on the court? Doesn’t exactly take a great basketball mind to see that our lack of rim protection was a major issue
I think Lopez and Walker are solid ideas. I don't think Yabusele is bad per se, but I love that Lopez and Walker are good outside shooters, which we desperately need. I'm not sure what Walker's availability is, but they should be able to make that happen, I imagine.
He reminds me of a worse version of Andrew Bynum. Lots of talent. But eventually burned his bridges.
It doesn't sound like a lot of you watched the Olympics/France in the Olympics. I've never even heard of this Jabari Walker guy until I looked him up right now. He might be a good player, but where are you getting he's a good shooter from? He shot under 30% from three point range his first two seasons, and in his third season, he's at 38%, but that is off of 1.2 attempts per game. The sample size is too small. Yabusele shot 32% from three point range his first two seasons with the Celtics at a similar attempts/sample size, and then last season with Philadelphia, he also shot 38% like Walker, but with over triple the three point attempts as Walker, so a much larger sample size. What are you basing Walker is a good three point shooter from? Have you watched him extensively?
With Yabusele, I saw him help drag France to the gold medal game. If it wasn't for him, France don't make the gold medal game. He stepped up when most of them were playing like (I'm not saying he's the only reason they made it, but a big part of it). He played better than Victor in half of those games. Lebron tried intimidating and pushing him around in the gold medal game, but he was having none of that. He's proven to me that he can play in big games. I trust him a lot more than I trust a guy called Jabari Walker who I'd never ever heard of until his name was brought up.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...ns-video-gamesAyton typically wakes up around 6 a.m. after only getting about two hours of sleep. There's time for a quick round of gaming after eating breakfast, then he's off to practice. Then it's back home to finish talking trash and practicing moves on the virtual court. On game days, Ayton is focused, but that schedule still includes time for video games.
"It's so hard for me to sleep after long games, especially big, long games," Ayton explains. "I don't know why, but I occupy my time with the game. I connect with some of my people. I got brothers in the UK. I got family in Jamaica and the Bahamas. During that game, we talk our smack. Whoever we just beat up on, we talk about it and laugh about it. I ain't going to bed until 4 or 5 a.m. That's how serious it gets."
Alright, I read that some of that article, and it seems 2K is one of the games he plays. I find it strange that an NBA player would actually want to play 2K more than dedicating his time on an NBA court in real life. It's one thing if he mostly played other games that aren't basketball related, but why not just focus on the real thing. I haven't played a game in years, and when I used to play 2K, I would have much rather been an NBA player in real life than playing the game. That is strange to me.
I’d be fine with Kornet. I don’t think he moves the needle much, but he fills a void on the Spurs roster. Plus he stays healthy and isn’t overpaid like John Collins.
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