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Prepare for disappointment.
Not literally of course, but logically.
The vast majority of us have discussed ad nauseam the need for a 3 and D SF since the trade, but what rarely, if ever is brought up, is the need to create a rotation spot for said player. With Forbes' emergence and Murray returning next season, they'll have 6 to cover 1-3, without including Walker or filling the gaping hole.
Something's got to give. In an ideal world, that something would be Mills or Belinelli, for obvious reasons. Realistically, neither is happening though, again for obvious reasons.
Unfortunately, that leaves Forbes. Reminds me of Hill, in the sense that you know they'd hate to do it, but he's superfluous, his value is at its peak and he can help fill the exact same glaring hole that they had from '09-'11. Plus, it makes no sense to pay him his next contract, with bigger fish to fry in the back court down the line and the need on the wing.
Speaking of that need, virtually all of the realistic oft discussed names have significant flaws (overpaid, too old, too gimpy, not strong enough, not a good enough 3-point shooter either in %, volume or both). Might as well try to actually fix the problem as opposed to hope to.
Which brings me to Prince. Their current regime didn't draft him, he's almost 25, they're in pick collection mode and have an affinity for shooters. Forbes and the Spurs' 1st might get it done. He'd balance the roster and perfectly thread the needle between winning now and later.
Prepare for disappointment.
I think this a terrible idea. No offense.
A backcourt of Young and Forbes. Nope.
Forbes leaving would be the happiest I've been as a Spurs fan since 5, tbh.
RJ 24 with another whining thread
Memphis is chomping at the bit to get their hands on Forbes.. trade for Jaren Jackson and be done with it
Y'all stuck in the past,he has bulked up and increased his skill set to more than just 3's. Forbes is a keeper if you can have him for a reasonably cheap contract.
His play last night is best indicative of who he is: a chucking, low-BBIQ, unathletic, with zero defensive ability player who can occasionally shoot. We can and should strive for better than him, tbh.
Last edited by SpurPadre; 01-13-2019 at 06:43 PM.
Nah he has turned out to be a pretty decent player love his 3 ball and love that he is able to pump fake and take it to the rim. He is able to do what Bonner and Green were unable to do is fake the three and either take it to the rim or dish for easy basket.
I undertstad the hate I was in that bandwagon to but the kid worked his ass off and is a much better player. Yeah I understand the need for a SF and at some point RC is going to have to make a hard decision and probably trade
someome the question is who - Forbes, Mills, Belli, or Gasol
I'll take LDN's defense over Forbes' drive to the basket ANY day.
LDN could NOT shoot and could NOT dribble yeah his fast break defense was good but other then that he sucked.
Forbes has impressed but TD21 is right that his value is at its peak and he is on a super cheap deal. I would hope PATFO strongly considers trading him during the draft though, in an effort to move up.
Forbes has been solid. Spurs definitely need a 3-D SF but that's something I will leave up to RC/Pop to fix during the summer time.
Forges is going to be massively overpaid in his next contract tbh. Sell now.
Yep. Unfortunately, he is Pop's new man crush and their current charity case so it isn't happening.
I believe Forbes will improve even more going into the next season. His next steps are to improve on ball handling so he can fully exploit the shooting gravity he has.
crofl his 3m deal in 2019-2020 is going to be one of the better bargains in the NBA and you want to sell now?
you're not getting prince for him...
Right? 3m for a guy who can give you 25 minutes of 40%+ volume 3pt shooting is pretty good.crofl his 3m deal in 2019-2020 is going to be one of the better bargains in the NBA and you want to sell now?
you're not getting prince for him
Per Pop, every shot Forbes throw looks like it’s going in and for cheap. I doubt he lets him go tbh.
I’d rather he work on his defense more. He can score but a liability on defense.
Fatty mills money coming up
I agree that something has to give with the PG/SG rotation. Derrick White, DJ Murray, Lonnie Walker, Demar Derozan, Bryn Forbes, Belinelli, Mills; 7 is too many on the roster (note that none of them are natural SF's). Which one(s) should go, IMO, is which will bring the most relative value compared to their Spurs role... Bryn's value, as mentioned is probably pretty high, as a volume 3 pt shooter on a really cheap contract. He's been a good troooer, but if he gets value back, then I won't miss him.
Outside of LMA, DD, Gay, and White any player is tradeable for the right SF, imo. At least if you're plan is to make a le run in the short term.
I just don't know if Forbes would net a good enough SF to really cement the Spurs as legit contenders. That's why I've thrown trading Murray out there. I think he can net more and we already have our PG of the future in White.
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