2025 NBA Offseason Thread

[spurraider21]

tell me something I don't know

I open mouth kissed a horse once

[spurraider21]

I'm still praying for Horford. Perfect fit...but probably will rather retire than play for the 5mio we can offer.

There’s zero buzz there. At this point you may have to settle for Kevin Love after Utah buys him out

[RC_Drunkford]

look someone who can be had for free

[Seventyniner]

that's awesome

[spurraider21]

i mean for an end of bench guy who will only see the floor very situationally, you could do worse than kevin love as a vet to have. we're really scrapping the bottom here, but there really arent any appealing frontcourt guys available

[exstatic]

It's funny how Austin Ainge could come out of the gate with a lot of bravado, saying the Jazz would not be tanking, and now they're tanking harder than ever. The justification will be a fuzzy argument around about how the team will be playing hard, and not trying to lose, as if putting a terrible team on the floor on purpose isn't actually tanking.

The quote:

When asked about tanking, manipulating minutes, holding out players to keep performances on the low end in order to get better lottery odds, Ainge was crystal clear and did not skirt the subject in any way.

“You won’t see that this year,” he said.

[R. DeMurre]

The quote:

When asked about tanking, manipulating minutes, holding out players to keep performances on the low end in order to get better lottery odds, Ainge was crystal clear and did not skirt the subject in any way.

“You won’t see that this year,” he said.

So you go out of your way to not make the word tanking bold and think that proves a point? They're still tanking, but trying to use some suspect nuanced manipulation of the definition to act like they're not.

[scott]

He made 3rd team all nba this year so I think JDub has already qualified for the rookie supermax extension.

Would be wild if Chet made all nba this upcoming season and now they have SGA, JDub, and Chet on supermax contracts

Sort of a death sentence contract tbh. Every player in the history of the nba who became super max eligible either signed it or got traded, no in between.

JDub hasn't qualied yet. To qualify you must make All NBA (or win DPOY or MVP) in the year immediately proceeding your extension (which will be next year) or two of the previous three years. So if JDub had got it in 2023-24 and 2024-25, he'd be eligible. But since he only made it in 2024-25 (thus far), he'll need to make it next year to become eligible.

I'm guessing Chet won't even get the 30% language put into his contract, if he even gets the 25%. You'll start to see extension this summer that include the escalator clause, like Paolo's deal announced yesterday. It includes the 30% escalator, but he hasn't actually earned it yet, so it may turn out to be a 25% rookie max.

Edit: one clarification, winning MVP is a little different from the other qualifiers, you just have to win it once in the 3 years before your extension to be eligible for the supermax.

[scott]

There’s zero buzz there. At this point you may have to settle for Kevin Love after Utah buys him out

Would love for us to add Kevin Love to the end of our bench, like an all-knowing Buddha passing his knowledge on to the youths. My guess is that he joins a team with a superstar he has a relationship with already though (Lakers?)

[Raven]

Would love for us to add Kevin Love to the end of our bench, like an all-knowing Buddha passing his knowledge on to the youths. My guess is that he joins a team with a superstar he has a relationship with already though (Lakers?)

good lord, every day worse

[spurraider21]

Would love for us to add Kevin Love to the end of our bench, like an all-knowing Buddha passing his knowledge on to the youths. My guess is that he joins a team with a superstar he has a relationship with already though (Lakers?)

yeah if they'd rather have a low maintenance vet than another young guy who needs development, Love would fit the bill. also adds some rebounding, shooting, and passing in a pinch

[baseline bum]

I don't even care about Jollins, but I would have sent out 4, or even more. They're clearly of zero value to us. Send out as many needed to get good players in return. I could say "well, we need to save some to acquire other players too", but I'll start believing we can walk when we at least take our first step.

The last time we used an SRP to acquire a player (outside of acquiring a player being salary dumped by another team) was the McBuckets S&T in 2021.

Before that, we sent an SRP to SAC for Ray McCallum in 2015.

Those are the last two times we've used an SRP (or multiple) to acquire a player.

Shocking, honestly.

Spurs sent out those Charlotte seconds in the Fox trade last year

[poopbox]

JDub hasn't qualied yet. To qualify you must make All NBA (or win DPOY or MVP) in the year immediately proceeding your extension (which will be next year) or two of the previous three years. So if JDub had got it in 2023-24 and 2024-25, he'd be eligible. But since he only made it in 2024-25 (thus far), he'll need to make it next year to become eligible.

I'm guessing Chet won't even get the 30% language put into his contract, if he even gets the 25%. You'll start to see extension this summer that include the escalator clause, like Paolo's deal announced yesterday. It includes the 30% escalator, but he hasn't actually earned it yet, so it may turn out to be a 25% rookie max.

Edit: one clarification, winning MVP is a little different from the other qualifiers, you just have to win it once in the 3 years before your extension to be eligible for the supermax.

Ah. I thought all you had to do was make all nba once in your rookie contract to get it. In that case no way Chet becomes eligible.

[scott]

Spurs sent out those Charlotte seconds in the Fox trade last year

As clarified later, I'm referring to a trade where the primary compensation (other than matching salary) was SRPs. Obviously, the SRPs were not the key part of that trade.

[scott]

Ah. I thought all you had to do was make all nba once in your rookie contract to get it. In that case no way Chet becomes eligible.

Yeah, it's a little confusing the way the rules are laid out versus how it gets talked about in the media... easy mistake to make.

[SpursFan86]

Count me fully in on Love if we’re not looking at making any sort of larger trade-type move. I honestly think he could still be better than Barnes tbh. Last year was a weird year and maybe he really did just fall off a cliff but if he returned to his 2023-2024 form he’s absolutely worth adding.

[rjv]

ST hard up on landing any Kevin this offseason.

[scottspurs]

Kevin Bacon will be next

[exstatic]

So you go out of your way to not make the word tanking bold and think that proves a point? They're still tanking, but trying to use some suspect nuanced manipulation of the definition to act like they're not.

Oh, I absolutely think they are too, just wanted to point out his emphasis. You don’t have to do any of that if you strip your roster bare enough. Honestly, they should have done this last summer.

[heyheymymy]

[TimDunkem]

ST hard up on landing any Kevin this offseason.

Sign me up then.

[spurraider21]

anybody wanna pretend they'd heard of this guy and convince us that this would be a sneaky waiver claim that could fit within the remainder of the MLE after the kornet signing?

[Mr. Body]

anybody wanna pretend they'd heard of this guy and convince us that this would be a sneaky waiver claim that could fit within the remainder of the MLE after the kornet signing?

In no way does this Tweet sound like a paid thing from an agent or anything.

But we missed on Duncan Robinson, we may miss on Jordan Miller. I'm holding out for Barkley Malone.

[scott]

anybody wanna pretend they'd heard of this guy and convince us that this would be a sneaky waiver claim that could fit within the remainder of the MLE after the kornet signing?

We could have Jordan, Carter and Bryant on our roster... buckets for days

[spurraider21]

In no way does this Tweet sound like a paid thing from an agent or anything.

But we missed on Duncan Robinson, we may miss on Jordan Miller. I'm holding out for Barkley Malone.

if that was coming from shams or something i'd agree... i dont really think Keith Smith is some connected guy. seems like a genuine fan of the game imho