San Antonio's First Domino: Should The Spurs Give DeMar DeRozan A Contract Extension?

[phxspurfan]

Should The Trade DeRozan?

If the Spurs aren't going to extend DeRozan, they have to at least consider trading him. What kind of player could they get in return? If they trade him to a team that is willing to absorb him into cap space, how does that impact what the Spurs can do in free agency this summer? What teams could be interested in him? Up next, I will investigate the possibilities.

If we get picks and go full youth movement, LMA will most certainly be gone unless our young guys turn into world beaters a la Denver. We can basically say goodbye to LMA when his contract is up and let him go back to Portland off into the sunset.


But it might not be a bad move if we can get a few picks for DeRozan from some fools like the Knicks, or Wizards.

[phxspurfan]

what on earth possessed you to spend money on a derozan jersey

I was excited for the possibilities okay! And happy that I got to return my Kawhi jersey

[gambit1990]

don’t be surprised if the spurs extend him.

the people on ST who want him moved are likely the people who didn’t want him in the first place. spurs wanted demar for some reason even though he hasn’t had a great track record. PATFO like him cause he’s loyal, etc. pop wants to win on his terms...

[GreekSpursfan]

This is probably Pop's last year imo and that means that DDR will not be traded because i don't see a trade that can bring us more value back. Pop will try one more year to succeed with what we have but deep down he knows this team has a ceiling with DDR and LMA and that is WCF at the very best. I can see us trading him next summer when Becky takes over.

[DAF86]

There's no scenario where an extension makes sense. None. I hope PATFO do something sensible in terms of free agency for once in a long ass time.

[DPG21920]

Semi-related; LMA is probably in the same boat no?

[DAF86]

This is probably Pop's last year imo and that means that DDR will not be traded because i don't see a trade that can bring us more value back. Pop will try one more year to succeed with what we have but deep down he knows this team has a ceiling with DDR and LMA and that is WCF at the very best. I can see us trading him next summer when Becky takes over.

Pop just signed a three year deal.

[SpurSpike]

I don't think they extend him this year, DDR will be shopped (half heartedly) but the Spurs will only take a GREAT offer for him which they will not find... Maybe the fact that they couldn't find any serious takers in a trade will help give the Spurs a little leverage in negotiations next year if they want to keep him around?

[duncan2k5]

Trade

[look_at_g_shred]

we should just trade off lma and DeRozan while there value is high... we ain't doing with these 2 anyways..
. Let's just rebuild and get high picks for 1 or 2 years.. then we go for a max player later along with solid role players

[spurs10]

I don't see the Spurs extending him. If a great trade came along they'd have to consider it. However I don't see much happening this summer. We do have room for someone at the MLE I believe.

[NASpurs]

https://www.reddit.com/r/NBASpurs/co...he_spurs_give/

I like how this thread was posted on reddit and some dude was downvoted to oblivion for dropping truth nukes with stats. The users there are such a joke.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NBASpurs/co...m_medium=web2x

[LaMarcus Bryant]

I think we either re-sign him and the bad FA moves continue, and slight chance we just let him walk.

The era of spurs unloading contracts for anything other than DeJuan Blair's powdered 30 year old knees type are over. No one wants to trade with SA unless the trade is absurdly in their favor.

[Mugen]

I think we either re-sign him and the bad FA moves continue, and slight chance we just let him walk.

The era of spurs unloading contracts for anything other than DeJuan Blair's powdered 30 year old knees type are over. No one wants to trade with SA unless the trade is absurdly in their favor.

My dude, everybody should be lining up to trade with the Spurs after last summer.

[cool cat]

With LMA wanting to resign with Portland after this contract I wouldn't mind trading out DeMar this offseason, even if you don't get equal player value at least try to get a pick or 2. Then next off season trade off LMA while there is still a bit of value.

[JeffDuncan]

I think we either re-sign him and the bad FA moves continue, and slight chance we just let him walk.
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The smart thing to do, financially, would be to let DDR walk when his contract expires. The way that contract is, there's no gain to be found in a trade. The Spurs would just dig themselves deeper. At some point the team has got to free up some serious money.

[Genovaswitness]

I was excited for the possibilities okay! And happy that I got to return my Kawhi jersey

Fair enough. Better than being an idiot like me and getting two kawhi jerseys the year he left

[MaNu4Tres]

Pop just signed a three year deal.

Doesn't mean anything. He has an option to retire after each year on his terms.

[baseline bum]

If DeRozan could develop a three point shot he'd be a max player easy. But I don't see how you could go from 15% to 40% in a year even with Chip Engelland who fixed Leonard's shot and Parker's shot to make them strong outside shooters. So I'd prefer see him traded this summer and would be mad AF if they extended him. I don't see how he can play with Murray next season even with Dejounte's improved jumper.

[baseline bum]

That said, I think it'd be absolutely the wrong move to extend his contract. As productive as DeRozan can be (and was last season), there's never been proof that he helps a team win basketball games. His on-off numbers suggested the Raptors were always better when he was on the bench, even when he was racking up All-Star and All-NBA awards. In his first season in San Antonio, the phenomenon repeated itself, as the Spurs were five points better per 100 possessions with DeRozan on the bench than with DeRozan on the court. (That number ed in the postseason to an unholy 25.8 points better with DeRozan on the bench.)

Do you know what his off/on numbers were like early season vs late? It seemed like he was winning the Spurs games the first 20 or 30 games or so when the offense was red hot. By the time the games started mattering though he was pure frustration to watch. I wonder if that horrible playoffs on/off was just the culmination of a year long slide from good to terrible.

[KDKSpurs24]

If DeRozan could develop a three point shot he'd be a max player easy. But I don't see how you could go from 15% to 40% in a year even with Chip Engelland who fixed Leonard's shot and Parker's shot to make them strong outside shooters. So I'd prefer see him traded this summer and would be mad AF if they extended him. I don't see how he can play with Murray next season even with Dejounte's improved jumper.

He doesn’t even have to shoot 40% for us. I just want him to at least take them! He needs to work on it all summer and I’d be happy with 35% on about 3.5 attempts per game. That would drastically improve the team as a whole solely for the increased spacing

[Play Boban]

We need to run this incel out of town tbh.....

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs should not extend his contract. But I'd keep him until see what White/Murray/Walker can do.

[K...]

Probably easyt to say " pop is retiring, we don't want to hamstring the next coach, let's play it out"... It's not certain pop will retire, but I assume pop will decide how much talent to defer vs the win now stuff. Also don't forget the value of a name player in selling tickets.

Getting value from DeRozan is fine, but letting pop go out in style is probably more a factor. Pop is a name too.

[slick'81]

What a situation to be in