Shams: Spurs Trading Malaki Branham, Blake Wesley, & a 2026 SRP to the Wizards for Kelly Olynyk

[jmard5]

Nice. No more logjam at the G position, and the newcomers getting their minutes.

[bluebellmaniac]

Hopefully the next step is bringing in veteran guard depth. Could they bring in Núñez? Not that he's good or ready, but may as well start developing him in Austin rather than hoping he develops overseas.

Is CP3 retiring? Hadn't heard what's up on that front.

[Spurs Brazil]

BobbyMarks42

Olynyk can be rerouted again within 2 months of the recent trade because his contract is not aggregate with additional salary.

[CGD]

Nice move. Turn just under 10M of expirings into a 13M one, but for a guy who can actually help.

[Mr. Body]

Probably shows how lowly they thought of Raynaud.

It's widely reported that he specifically wanted Sacramento. He went to college nearby, so he has his reasons.

[TekXX]

Deals like this are always interesting to me because we heard absolutely nothing about the Spurs being interested in Olynyk or that they were shopping Branham/Wesley and suddenly they're traded out of nowhere makes me think the vast majority of rumor mill reporting is complete bull

Who knows if they were interested in Olynyk but someone was finally interested in taking our G-league, Wright specials, so you go for it.

[LeBowen]

They might be planning on Wemby playing PF full time or at least most of the time now. Though I can't help but notice how Kelly and Barnes are two decent-sized expiring contracts.

Wemby at PF narrative needs to stop.
Olynyk is just an insurance policy so we can have a functional rotation when Wemby doesn't play.
We'll obviously see some lineups with two bigs in specific matchups, but Kornet won't start.

[Spurs Brazil]

PaulGarciaNBA

Once the trade is completed, the Spurs will have 12 players on the roster.

3 open roster spots now plus 3 open two-way spots

The Spurs will be $8.5 mil below the tax and $16.5 mil below the 1st apron hard cap

[ismael-robert]

Diaw n splitter (kornet) 2.0

[tbdog]

Deals like this are always interesting to me because we heard absolutely nothing about the Spurs being interested in Olynyk or that they were shopping Branham/Wesley and suddenly they're traded out of nowhere makes me think the vast majority of rumor mill reporting is complete bull

The Spurs and Magic are two teams that are pretty much had a the lid closed. Magic never leaked who they would select for number 1 in the draft. Spurs never leaked Primo issues until he was waived.

[NASpurs]

But yes, another big white dude who played with the Celtics. Seems to fit a mold.

[Davidicus]

We got our John Collins

[mystargtr34]

Olynik is a 4 imo he will share the 4 minutes with Barnes and hopefully plays next to Wemby and Kornet exclusively. Very good shooter and solid rebounder (much better rebounder than Barnes). High IQ, good passer. I like it as long as he’s playing next to Wemby and Kornet.

[Maddog]

But yes, another big white dude who played with the Celtics. Seems to fit a mold.

Hank Finkel is still living

[BatManu20]

Someone tell Jeremy he might be joining 'em if he doesn't start hitting his 3's tbh.

[ginobilized]

This is great news in my book.

I recall watching a Pels game last season and thinking that he'd be a great fit for the Spurs. High IQ player, brings some movement to the offense, defense and 3 point shooting. He's always a chaos merchant and can't be left unaccounted for by defenses.
Olynk will really diversify our lineup options.

We are starting to look like a professional basketball team, finally. I'd be surprised if the Spurs don't sign a veteran backup point guard.

Thanks for the memories Blake and Malaki! RIP to the Power of Friendship.

[Chinook]

Wemby at PF narrative needs to stop.

The Spurs should always be willing to explore which players work best with Wemby. Duncan played with many different co-stars in his career. Olynyk may not even make it through the off-season if another trade comes along, but he's good enough to deserve minutes. I just made a post with a projected minutes distribution, but you could give Olynyk 12-18 MPG with some tweaks. I don't think the Spurs are looking at him as solely a deep-bench guy, even if Blake and Malaki asked for trades. I do appreciate that they have good center depth though, and I hope they continue that by signing a big to a two-way deal.

[Russ]

Watch Branham go ballistic now.

[CorrectCrusader]

Two busts, sad they couldn't turn into anything. Hope they can put it together on the wizards!

[Uriel]

This is great news in my book.

I recall watching a Pels game last season and thinking that he'd be a great fit for the Spurs. High IQ player, brings some movement to the offense, defense and 3 point shooting. He's always a chaos merchant and can't be left unaccounted for by defenses.
Olynk will really diversify our lineup options.

We are starting to look like a professional basketball team, finally. I'd be surprised if the Spurs don't sign a veteran backup point guard.

Thanks for the memories Blake and Malaki! RIP to the Power of Friendship.

Chris Paul? Jk

[Eaglenole2002]

I remember thinking why the heck weren’t we in on the Olynyk deal when he was first sent to Washington. Glad to finally get him. Pretty good third center/depth 4.

[Spurs Brazil]

Olynyk shot a career-high 42% on 3-pointers last season and has shot 41% on catch-and-shoot 3s over the last three years, according to GeniusIQ. Olynyk also recorded shooting splits of 52% from from the field, 40% from 3 and 83% from the free throw line over the last three seasons.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...k-deal-wizards

[BatManu20]

Olynik is a 4 imo he will share the 4 minutes with Barnes and hopefully plays next to Wemby and Kornet exclusively. Very good shooter and solid rebounder (much better rebounder than Barnes). High IQ, good passer. I like it as long as he’s playing next to Wemby and Kornet.

Agreed. He's def a stretch-4. He'll fit in nicely on this team tbh. Spurs still badly need more outside shooting and he's an elite one.

[ginobilized]

Watch Branham go ballistic now.

I could see that happening.......in China

[Spurs Brazil]

2nd unit now can be Harper/Champagnie/Sochan/Olynyk/Kornet