Marco Belinelli plus someone else possibly going to be traded

[NASpurs]

At this point, I’ll take addition by subtraction when it comes to Marco and call it a day.

[spurraider21]

Marco + Metu for Marvin Williams or Ilyasova.

The S&T stuff doesn't make sense unless it's with the Celtics for Morris tbh.

yeah but OP said its for a free agent, so seems like a sign and trade...

[Mr. Body]

Yeah, we're probably getting too greedy now. Just clearing a path for the young guys at guard would be a big win. Hopefully Mills or Forbes go too.

Might as well hang on to Mills/Forbes/Beli then. Injuries killed at the beginning of last season. We don't know how Murray looks yet. If the logjam needs to be cleared, you can move guys after the season starts. And I don't see Mills traded.

[timvp]

Just did the math, if SA traded DeRozan and Beli into cap space/trade exceptions and signed Rudy, Morris and Carroll at their reported salaries and signed their draft picks to their reported salaries, they would have about 15M in cap space.

The only team with notable cap space right now is the Mavs (~$15 million). Everyone else is under $7 million.

I don't know who has trade exceptions, though.

[spurraider21]

At this point, I’ll take addition by subtraction when it comes to Marco and call it a day.

marco for a trade exception? honestly wouldn't mind lol

[spurraider21]

The only team with notable cap space right now is the Mavs (~$15 million). Everyone else is under $7 million.

I don't know who has trade exceptions, though.

porzingis is a forward who can shoot 3's tbh

[Mr. Body]

Just did the math, if SA traded DeRozan and Beli into cap space/trade exceptions and signed Rudy, Morris and Carroll at their reported salaries and signed their draft picks to their reported salaries, they would have about 15M in cap space.

What's the deal with Milutinov? Is he for sure staying, or can cap space bring him over?

[Mugen]

I don't even want another playing coming back tbh. Even a 2nd rounder with minimal protection for Beli would be a huge win. The roster is pretty much set and I'm relatively happy with it all things considered tbh:

Murray/Fatty/Quindarry
White/Lonnie/Forbes
Derozan/Carroll/KJ
Morris/Gay/Samanic
LMA/Poetl/Eubanks

That's easily a playoff team. With health and the young guys making a jump, that's possibly a top 4 seed in a wide open west.

[FutureMan]

Maybe something like Belinelli & Metu for McDermott. Would open up a roster spot too to sign a third string C

[apalisoc_9]

Its a 2 for 1 trade to free up minuted for Walker and White.

[slick'81]

Id do belli for a 2nd

[Mugen]

Marco salary dumped to Dallas followed by Ryan Anderson for the vet min. I know Pop just can't help himself after bringing in Carroll and Morris tbh.

[MannyIsGod]

Aren't the Spurs hard capped now because they did a sign in trade? That would have to impact any cap space no?

[Down Under]

Could be Oubre. He's had 2 of the worst development programs in Phoenix & Washington.

[ElNono]

Hopefully it's Lonzo Ball, tbh...

[FkLA]

I don't even want another playing coming back tbh. Even a 2nd rounder with minimal protection for Beli would be a huge win. The roster is pretty much set and I'm relatively happy with it all things considered tbh:

Murray/Fatty/Quindarry
White/Lonnie/Forbes
Derozan/Carroll/KJ
Morris/Gay/Samanic
LMA/Poetl/Eubanks

That's easily a playoff team. With health and the young guys making a jump, that's possibly a top 4 seed in a wide open west.

I don't even want DD touched. We're deep af, with plenty of quality combo forwards to throw at LeBron, Giannis, Neph, PG, etc. Just give it a shot with this roster. You never know.

[bluebellmaniac]

Aren't the Spurs hard capped now because they did a sign in trade? That would have to impact any cap space no?

I believe the hard cap keeps you to no more than $4M into the luxury tax, which is called the apron. (?)

[DPG21920]

What's the deal with Milutinov? Is he for sure staying, or can cap space bring him over?

Seems pretty unlikely he’s coming over. Sure, he still could and don’t need cap space (still have some MLE left).

[ElNono]

[timvp]

Celtics roster sits at 15 players and they renounced their free agent rights to Morris in order to create the space needed to bring in Walker, so they would only have been able to offer him a veteran’s minimum contract.https://www.boston.com/sports/boston...-antonio-spurs

Yeah, I saw that.

If Belinelli is being traded, what makes most sense is those Boston writers are wrong somehow and the Spurs and Celtics can do some sort of sign-and-trade. All the other transactions are official for the Spurs other than Morris, so maybe there's something there? I don't know another reason why the Morris signing wouldn't be official yet.

Belinelli + something (Metu?) for Morris and then use the MLE to sign Trey Lyles? That'd kinda fit with what OP is hearing.

[DPG21920]

Aren't the Spurs hard capped now because they did a sign in trade? That would have to impact any cap space no?

They are hard capped because they did a S&T (and/or they used the MLE). It would not impact any cap space though. Spurs wouldn’t be close to that hard cap with salaries going out.

[MannyIsGod]

With the new signings, I don't think there's much room for an actual rotation player in the front court. I mean we have 3 combo forwards now, plus LMA and DeRozan to play at the forward spots. Maybe even Lonnie. If they're doing this, then they likely don't think Marco factors into the rotation and might be doing him a solid. Also, they're almost certainly bringing back less in salary since they are hard capped now by the sign and trade.

This is almost certainly going to be a trade for a guy that sits on the bench but can hit a 3.

[Degoat]

Doesn’t make sense to get a forward imo we have plenty of guys who can play both forward spots now

[I'm confused]

Where may someone find information on the international players the Spurs have draft right to?

[ElNono]

If they can do a 2 for 1 and leave a spot for a Toros guy, that'd be nice. Gives some wiggle room if they want to touch up the roster a bit mid-season.