Official 2016 Spurs Offseason Thread

[look_at_g_shred]

Max for Beal? Good lord..

[DPG21920]

No one has anything to say about the Wiz maxing Beal ? I mean, I guess it's expected but c'mon.

[TheGreatYacht]

OKC losing Ibaka and Kanter (Spurs killers) to get a terrible rebounder in Horford???? Yes please

They'll also lose Waiters.

Is Horford, Oladipo, Ilyasova, Sabonis really better than Ibaka, Kanter, and Waiters? Eh

[Kindergarten Cop]

Max for Beal? Good lord..

No one has anything to say about the Wiz maxing Beal ? I mean, I guess it's expected but c'mon.

Honestly, who else are they going to get to come to the capital?

[NASpurs]

I await a new amnesty program in the next CBA negotiations with the contracts some of these dudes are going to get

[look_at_g_shred]

Honestly, who else are they going to get to come to the capital?

Brooks

[DPG21920]

If OKC does have to cut Ersan in addition to trading Kanter, then I agree - that puts them on shakier ground.

The SL will still be damn good and end of games they will have options with Roberson or Dipo playing with WB/KD/Horford/Adams, but that bench will have holes.

However, having one pretty talented 6th man can make up for a lot of that. Having Ersan on the bench would be really big, but that's the risk OKC is taking. Horford upgrades over Ibaka and they risk that Dipo can bring more overall than Kanter to the team.

[Nathan89]

Horford makes them much better vs GSW. Any of the small-forwards can guard Ibaka. Ibaka can be guarded by Klay and Curry. So it will make switches significantly more difficult. Also playing Draymond at the 5 becomes significantly less favorable for GSW. OKC will have a big lineup and a small lineup to matchup with them.

[DPG21920]

OKC losing Ibaka and Kanter (Spurs killers) to get a terrible rebounder in Horford???? Yes please

They'll also lose Waiters.

Is Horford, Oladipo, Ilyasova, Sabonis really better than Ibaka, Kanter, and Waiters? Eh

Waiters sucks and having 2 good series doesn't change that. He went right back to the mean vs GS. He had a terrible regular season this year and because of 10 games people think he's special. Playoffs have that effect though.

Horford > Ibaka
Oladipo > Waiters
Ersan/Sabonis ? Kanter. Probably worse, but there's upside there with Sabonis.

[Kindergarten Cop]

Brooks

Honestly, how bad does THAT decision look now?!?!?

[Chinook]

I don't think it changes much vs. the Spurs, as I said earlier, but I like the move vs. other teams..IIRC, Kanter got benched in the Warriors series, Donovan had no confidence playing him..

OKC wasn't as good as they appeared to be in the playoffs IMO, they received a ton of breaks(2 game-changing calls vs. the Spurs, Roberson having literally the best stretch of shooting in his NBA career, Curry playing on 1 leg, etc), I don't think they could have won a le with their previous roster..

They needed to make high-risk/high-reward moves like getting Oladipo as another creator IMO..I wouldn't replace Roberson in the SL, though, I'd go with Oladipo in the Waiters role..

I think they got worse if they don't get somebody like Horford to help their D, though..Adams isn't a rim-protector, nor is he a special defender..

If the Spurs get Gasol, they're going to ram the ball down the Thunders' throats. As of right now, they are relying on Sabonis to be their third big with probably a healthy dose of Durant at the four. I wouldn't be surprised it the Ibaka trade is what encouraged the Spurs to keep Diaw. KD at PF against the Spurs' second unit is death for the Thunder.

I'd go as far as to say that OKC is weaker if they move Kanter and Ilyasova to get Horford. I think they'll be a more consistently good team, and I think Gasol would be better managed having a solid defender in Horford. But I also think they're very exploitable, and they are relying on young guys stepping up, which isn't a given. If GS makes any large roster sacrifice to match OKC, I do think the Spurs have an obvious window if they can keep their roster together.

[TheGreatYacht]

Waiters sucks and having 2 good series doesn't change that. He went right back to the mean vs GS. He had a terrible regular season this year and because of 10 games people think he's special. Playoffs have that effect though.

Horford > Ibaka
Oladipo > Waiters
Ersan/Sabonis ? Kanter. Probably worse, but there's upside there with Sabonis.

Horford is one of the most underperforming bigs in recent history, check his stats. The strength they had against the Spurs will be gone which was crashing the boards and rim protecting. As much crap as Kanter gets for his defense, he's actually a good post defender. Oladipo will take shots away from Russ and Kevin, unlike Waiters who killed us as a spot up shooter. Like Chinook said, Ersan will have to be moved.

Presti might pull off another robbery for Kanter + Ilyasova, but as the roster stands.. They don't match up well against us IMO

[TheGreatYacht]

Woj's show has started y'all. Said OKC believes they'll keep him, and if he does leave then GSW are the favorites with the Clippers second

[NASpurs]

Woj saying that the two teams other than OKC with the best chance to convince Durant to join them are the Warriors and the Clippers

[siraulo23]

Per Woj:

Other than OKC, the warriors then the clippers have a shot of landing him

[cutewizard]

everyone maxing everyone, thats just great......

omg

[siraulo23]

^^

[SAGirl]

It sounds as if I'm in the minority here, but I'm fairly confident we're right in the Championship mix with a few minor tweaks. Is it just me - or did most of the people here forget that the Spurs won more games last season than they had ever won before? Combine that with the fact that it took more than a third of the season for Aldridge to adjust to his role on the team. If not for an injury to Aldridge's shooting hand and horrendous officiating, it's not out of the realm of possibility to say that we could have advanced and pushed the Warriors in the WCF - and perhaps made it to the NBA Finals.

I realize that I may be a bit naive and perhaps a tad overly optimistic, but one would surmise that the Spurs had barely made the playoffs and were on the verge of being a lottery team if they were just going by the posts of most of people here. I refuse to believe that the sky is falling if Durant does not sign in SA (which was a long shot in the first place).

Definitely a lot of doomsaying in here. I am with you. I tend to think we were one roleplayer away from making out of there. Just too many guys not showing up, most of them, save one, proven veterans, so it was unfortunate. We strengthen up even one of those spots and we make it out.

[cutewizard]

how the are the ing Clippers suddenly in the picture?

what the...............................??????

[NASpurs]

https://t.co/92ODzkxByS

If you want to watch the Woj stream

[TheGreatYacht]

If KD goes to Golden State, Spurs are going to have to drop Parker and max Conley out.

Curry <--- Conley
Thompson <--- Green
Durant <--- Leonard

[T Park]

For a guy who said it would be a basketball decision, Woj listed nothing but non basketball stuff.

Shocking.

[NASpurs]

http://hoopshype.com/2016/05/14/nba-...e-top-players/

That list looks so much better than the ty free agent class this year. Spurs might punt this year on free agents.

[tonight...you]

http://hoopshype.com/2016/05/14/nba-...e-top-players/

That list looks so much better than the ty free agent class this year. Spurs might punt this year on free agents.

I think they should and RC diving deep into Europe may signal he's thinking the same.
We'll see.

[DPG21920]