I dont't think anyone is surprised here.
Some backround:
Brooklyn is dangling the 29th pick and Mason Plumlee for a lottery pick.
Houston got a potential lottery pick that ended up being the 18th from the Pelicans.
Hopefully this happens draft night because Willie Cauley-Stein falls
“I don’t think it’s active shopping,” one executive said, “but teams are informed he’s available.”
Shopping Splitter + OKC and Pacers (Draft) Rumors = Frank Kaminsky (and possibly LMA)
Not a surprise. But trading Splitter is a huge mistake unless the Spurs absolutely hit home runs with their FA haul and draft picks tbh.
the front office will regret moving tiago.
Baynes is ready
Yup. There are some matchups where he is just too valuable. IE, Portland & Dallas last year
Willie Cauley-Stein could be available at the end of the lottery. I would take him. Thoughts?
He would be a nice pairing with LA. or any big that's worth signing in free agency...
Last edited by raybies; 06-24-2015 at 03:55 PM.
Of course they will, but I agree with Richie that the Spurs should trade him now for value rather than in July in desperation. Now if the Spurs give up value to move Splitter, that will be a major problem.
That's exactly the reason I want him and why I would be willing to give up Splitter... LMA + WCS would be quite the pairing
I am legitimately surprised the trade market for Tiago isn't very active. I would think GM's would surely value him highly.
Not really. Don't get me wrong -- he's talented, but he doesn't make the team significantly better the way Tiago (when healthy) can.
I really hate the idea of trading Splitter as much of a china doll as he is. His pick and roll defense is irreplaceable, as we saw in the Clippers series when he wasn't healthy. If Splitter wasn't so injury prone I wouldn't even entertain the idea of trading him for Aldridge in a sign and trade, much less salary dumping him at the draft before the Spurs can even contact LMA. I don't know if they're really confident in signing LMA or if Pop has just soured on him after his calf injury wrecked the 2014-15 season.
FO knows to dump this guy for picks.
It would just be weird trading Tiago to OKC and then we sign LA and he guards him rather well. Would be setting them up against us. Also he has guarded Duncan in practice for the last how many years. I dunno
No way Pop has soured on him. They may have to take some gambles for LA depending on how much info they have, but I find it hard to believe they would gamble too hard without being pretty damn confident.
It wouldn't make much sense for OKC. I can't see them bailing on Kanter and Adams already.
Pop sounded pretty salty when he was talking about a couple of unnamed players not showing up in the playoffs. It's hard to imagine Splitter isn't who he was talking about. I just hope Green wasn't one of them he was pissed at too.
Legitimate durability questions about him is the main reason why it isn't active.
Yeah, Splitter was worthless for all but about 15 games this season.
I doubt the Spurs trade Splitter until tomorrow at least. They may even have deals lined up already, but they want to see who falls. Could be a surprise like in 2011 where Diaw is traded instead, though.
Tiago is very much overrated for his job on the spurs. He does what he is asked to do very well but the comparisons of what we have seen to what we have had in the past is night and day. Gms don't want to trade offense for a big who is oft injured and can't be used in small ball situations.
Trading Diaw would be such a huge mistake, they're going to desperately need his playmaking off the bench if Manu retires. Plus I can't imagine Boris netting much in trade when it's well known he'll quit on a ty team like he did with Charlotte.
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