Lol, at people thinking Spurs getting relevant player for pick and scrubs. Not gonna happen. Even though almost half of the league`s coaches or GM has Spurs past.
A player who could be targeted, assuming Spurs are fine taking post 2015 contracts, is Ersan Ilyasova. He sucks this year because of injuries but he would be a nice fit with Spurs if he can get healthy again.
The issue for Spurs is that there isn't a lo of tanking teams ready to trade away good players for picks and expirings. Maybe it would change around the trade deadline when more teams will be sure that there season is over.
Lol, at people thinking Spurs getting relevant player for pick and scrubs. Not gonna happen. Even though almost half of the league`s coaches or GM has Spurs past.
Can Ayers be traded?
If the target is Young, don't forget the aussie connection...Mills, Baynes and Bonner (plus draft choice) could be the price asked...
I like Ilyasova, and his value is and a nadir. But I'd only take him if Ayres was part of the package. It pretty much takes the team out of contention for a max contract in 2015.
If Spurs add a forward, I don't see them going after one without a 3 point shoot or at least a great midrange shot. Spurs don't have a big enough margin in spacing this year to add another player that can't stretch the floor.
yes, we are of the same mind. I posted this about him a couple of weeks ago.
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Ersan Ilyasova
I think he's a realistic candidate, mostly because he's been so terrible this year that his value must be in the basement when factoring in his deal, 7.9 a year guaranteed through 15/16 (400k of 8.4 guaranteed in 16/17)
He has been vile garbage this season (and hurt). , just watch him play, he fails the eye test. The stats reflect it: His minutes are the same as 11/12 and 12/13, and his usage is very close, but the drop is staggering.
year - min, pts, trb, fg%, 3pt%, trb%, tov%, PER
11/12 - 27.6 mpg, 13.0 pts, 8.8 trb, 49.2 fg%, 45.5 3pt%, 17.6 rb%, 10.1 TOV%, 20.5 PER
12/13 - 27.6 mpg, 13.2 pts, 7.1 trb, 46.2 fg%, 44.4 3pt%, 13.9 rb%, 7.9 TOV%, 18.3 PER
13/14 - 27.4 mpg, 8.2 pts, 4.6 trb, 38.3 fg%, 21.6 3pt%, 9.5 rb%, 15.3 TOV%, 8.9 PER
That's a serious decline. 3PT % cut in half, disgusting (only shooting 14.3% in December!). Rebounds, cut in half, rebound% cut nearly in half off 2 years ago, TOV% nearly double last year, his PER cut in half the last two years.
Is he just stuck in a bad situation and quitting? Or is he just the kind of player who is so dependent on other players that he can't function on a trainwreck like the Bucks? Or was he a fluke? Or another foreign player with a faked age who is really 29 and is just declining a little faster past his athletic prime?
Either way, he should be on the table. If his 3 pt shot could ever come back, it would be on the Spurs. And his deal, while a dealbreaker for other possible suitors like Houston (keeping cap room for summer 2015), might not be that bad on the Spurs. He could be a Diaw replacement. Sure his deal would cut into the rebuild, but not enough to cripple them I would think, besides, he would be an de facto expiring.
As far as matching salary, Bonner and Nando is enough (or Ayres in place of Nando). The question would be is he worth a first rounder this year. Based on how wretched he's been this year, I don't know if he's even worth a first rounder. But just the salary savings to the Bucks would give them the opportunity to get to nearly 17-18 million in caproom not including their 1st rounder, which admittedly will eat up about 5 million of that. So perhaps Bonner, Nando, and a 2nd could be enough.
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Pop and Rc trolling NBA tbh..
Could San Antonio trade the rights for LJC yet? Ideally I'd want to keep Livio, but I could see Philly being interested in him.
Can't see them going after Young. This is a notoriously cautious organization and if they want that type of player, one could be had that lacks long term salary, wouldn't force them to re-jig their rotation, isn't good enough to gripe about a minor role (on a team of this caliber) in the short term and probably wouldn't cost them anything of value. I'm speaking of Marvin Williams, who's about as significant an acquisition as I can envision them making.
This thread will go a ton more pages by the end of the night with some doing a trade machine and speculating who they want for so and so and % chance of it happening. I will believe a trade when I see one, doubt anything big happens.
because they would be interested?
Co-signed bruh!
you would hate to trade CoJo but are fine with giving up Belinelli? seriously, have you watches a spurs game this year?
eh, i know they're both young.. but i think cojo is planned to be apart of the future for SA (talking about him compared to Mills)
Cojo looks ing terrible and has made almost no progress in the NBA.
Jeff Green? Are Boston ready to mail it in?
Wow. Clueless
If Budinger looks recovered from his knee surgery, would you consider him an option?
I would but IIRC wasn't part of the hold up surrounding the AK47 situation this summer due to the Twolves FO not wanting to "help" other West contenders (or at least the Spurs), so I'm not sure how willing they would be to trade Budinger, particularly for what the Spurs have to offer.
I think the key is to have enough room for a max player when the time comes. Maybe delay that 1 year but is risky.
After watching the playoffs last year, it's hard to say that Joseph is either, tbh.
I'd still do De Colo for Chris Singleton.
Joseph is physically built for the post-season, and his strengths are better suited for games that matter. Especially since this season, the bench has two play-makers (or will when Beli moves back). I think Pop really likes Cory, which is the primary reason why I think he'll replace Mills.
If the Spurs can move de Colo, Bonner and a third piece not named Tim, Manu, tony, Boris, kawhi or Marco I'm all for the trade to bring in another wing player with length.
Young makes sense since he is an athletic stretch 4 or a 3 who can play physical and he has a bit of knowledge in the system given what Bret brown is doing in Philly. The guy is young and has untapped potential.
Losing cojo wouldn't be a big deal and although I like mills he's not a point guard. Essentially Manu runs the point for the 2nd unit and his decision making has been better this season.
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