Shams: Spurs Have Signed C Luke Kornet to 4-yr/$41M Deal

[Spurs Brazil]

[NASpurs]

We stacked?

[BatManu20]

Hopefully we’ll be seeing some of his patented "Kornet Contests" when he’s too far to close out tbh.

[TimDunkem]

They’ll mostly stagger minutes, but Jumbo lineups with Wemby and Kornet will be intriguing and potentially useful vs big teams like OKC.

Twin tower thing slowly coming back. The Spurs C rotation will be great for those scenarios.

[Spurs Brazil]

KevinOConnorNBA

Best backup of Wemby's career...and Spurs two-big lineups are gonna be crazy fun to watch.

[TimmyBuckets]

This is a minimum Play-in team, and probable playoff team now. 6-7 at best. 8-9th at worst.

[Mnky]

Yea I don't think people appreciate how good of a team defender kornet is. He's a lot bigger than people realize too.

Plus, he has the type of IQ you want on the court in meaningful games. Really happy the Spurs got him.

[TekXX]

Is this like Will Perdue?

[DAF86]

Spurs ranked 26th and 25th in defensive rebounding and defensive rating last year. They were middle of the pack in 3 point shooting.

Defense and rebounding are a much bigger need than shooting especially at the backup C spot.

That defense and defensive rebounding won't be of much help when our entire bench unit is bricking 3 after 3. Also, I want to see how good Kronet defense is when the ones guarding on the perimeter aren't White, Holiday, Brown and Tatum but Keldon Johnson instead.

What I'm basically saying is that I need to see Keldon gone before I can be cool with this signing, tbh.

[onechance87]

That defense and defensive rebounding won't be of much help when our entire bench unit is bricking 3 after 3. Also, I want to see how good Kronet defense is when the ones guarding on the perimeter aren't White, Holiday, Brown and Tatum but Keldon Johnson instead.

What I'm basically saying is that I need to see Keldon gone before I can be cool with this signing, tbh.

keldon shouldint be playing at all.

[spurraider21]

i thought this would have been his approximate value but given the other FA signings we've seen, seems a little on the steep side. still, a good player and had been my top center target for the last month and a half.

[TekXX]

I'm glad the FO realizes we need that guy down there to rebound when the rest of the team is poorly chucking from outside.

[mystargtr34]

This stat was a big reason why I had Kornet above Lopez as a FA target. Lopez was routinely in the top 5 in the league in this stat from 2020-2023 hovering around 50% when the Bucks were contending but regressed significantly the last 2 years to around 56-58% which is slightly above average. Could be due to a difference defensive scheme under Doc, but more likely due to age, loss of foot speed.

[vy65]

Does a Castle/Bryant/Sochan/Wemby/Kornet lineup work? Probably not offensively, but that could be sick defensively

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Anyone’s an upgrade over Zach Collins

[Robz4000]

Solid signing, especially if that last year is a team option.

[spurraider21]

Love it. He's a hard worker, lunch pal kinda guy. Great motor and a fiirst one in last one out type of vet this team needs.

he's the kind of guy you want stuffing your daughter

[DAF86]

keldon shouldint be playing at all.

But you know he will.

[TekXX]

Boston replaced 10 million Kornet with 5.5 million Luka Garza

[scott]

Need a Kornet/Bonner podcast STAT

[LeBowen]

Boston replaced 10 million Kornet with 5.5 million Luka Garza

Garza is amazing offensively and tragic on defense.

[TekXX]

he's the kind of guy you want stuffing your daughter

TBH he looks like the type to go young.

[Tyrone Jenkins]

We still need a stretch 4 over 6'8"

[DPG21920]

I am happy with Kornet as a fit on the team and addresses a need.

I dont love that he got more APY and the longest deal of any back up center signed today. Reed, Capela, Lopez, Looney, Sharpe all got less per year and less years. I really dont understand why SA does this so much.

Not end of the world but kind of annoying to me.

[Spurs Brazil]

KeithSmithNBA


So happy for Luke Kornet. No way the Celtics were going to be able to match that contract. Spurs fans are going to love Kornet!