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Sorry if this was posted before (embedded tweets don’t show up half the time on this ty site)…but Spurs tendered qualifying 2-way offers to both Ingram and Minix per Keith Smith.
guess will see.
Sorry if this was posted before (embedded tweets don’t show up half the time on this ty site
Lebron about to demand a trade back to CLE to finish his career. Or another contender. Which would surprise no one.
Lessort came back from his leg injury to play a couple of games during the Euroleague final 4 and will play with FNT this summer. I don't know if he has lost some athleticism with this injury, we'll see this summer. From what I've read, his new contract in Europe hasn't a NBA buyout until 2027. It seems highly unlikely he will go to the NBA this summer.
Lessort is a fun and likable player and I think he could have been a good NBA backup C despite his lack of size. Playing in the NBA was his dream but he seems destined to stay in Europe. It is fine for him because he has a great thing going with his team in Greece.
Yabusele if fine as PF and not as undersized C like with Sixers last season. I like him for Spurs if they do a trade for a backup center that includes Barnes or Keldon. Otherwise, I fear signing him will create a logjam of, good but not great, players at the forward spots.
Cavs are over second apron, they can't trade for him.
Incoming Keldon/Barnes/Vassell for Lebron offer, tbh.
They've already given Lopez's jersey number to Carter Bryant, so I'd assume the Spurs won't be going after him, or do you think that doesn't mean anything?
My first instinct is LeBron to warriors for Kuminga and pieces
The Rich Paul quotes sound like a trade request to me
In my head I was thinking, " Lebron, but damn he would actually fit really nicely at the 4 beside Wemby"
Edit*: Keldon/Vassell/Barnes for Lebron/Reaves/Vanderbilt does work money-wise though tbh.
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I think it means nothing, especially since Spurs aren't officially allowed to talk to Lopez right now. Saying to Carter Bryant not to take Lopez's number would be half admitting that Spurs are doing some tampering.
Ohhhhh a new tool… which app is this?Looney's underrated still and he's a decent backup option for lower salary if Spurs can't get Kornet. The biggest thing with Kornet is that he's got some promise of playing with Wemby.
In a very small sample size of 203 minutes over the last two seasons, Kornet/Porzingis is +25/100 (Porzingis alone +8.7, Kornet alone +12.8, no Porzingis/Kornet +7.8 in many more minutes)
Looking at his impact with Horford: Horford alone +9.5, Kornet alone +14.3, no Horford/Kornet +6.4, Horford/Kornet +12.3
So it seems like even though his primary role would be as a backup big, there is an avenue toward more minutes by playing him together with Wemby and at the very least not be a net negative
Of course, this is with Boston's 5 out spacing, but I think there is enough signal there to support the notion that Kornet could be an excellent fit on this team both with and without Wemby
Hope LeBron stays in LA. He should keep holding that franchise back from building a compe ive roster. If it was up to me he should play there until he's 50 and earn the max every year.
Very much so. All this "ring" talk in the media the past couple weeks is getting to Lebron. First he and Steve Nash do a podcast about how he's frustrated that Championships play such a major part in player's legacies, then a week later he's "leaking" trade requests. He knows he'll never surpass Jordan as the GOAT unless he wins at least one more. He has no reason to leave the Lakers other than this insecurity. He loves living in LA, his family loves it there, and that entire franchise caters to him. He wants one more and he know the clock is ticking.
Sounds like David Duke is gone thenSorry if this was posted before (embedded tweets don’t show up half the time on this ty site
Yeah so by my count 3 roster spots and 1 two-way spot available
I just hope the Spurs make good use of the MLE and BAE, and not just resign Mamu, Bassey and Bismarck (none of which should even command the BAE, all are vet min guys)
I was leaning Kornet but this is a really good point. Spurs should highly value flexibility moving forward.
Eventually we're going to get to a point where the money is going to dry up for a lot of players because of the CBA. I don't know how long it will take, but once more teams get tied up like that then it's hard to envision how everyone gets paid.
That is a really well done website. If you guys give me ideas I can build one too scott
100%, but I’d say OKC is following a model that best equips them for dealing with this (and this will happen to all teams who are both very good and deep… we’re already seeing how that has impacted Denver, and now the tearing down of BOS has begun).
OKC’s strategy for dealing with this is the one I hope we take - fill the pipeline with players and picks to backfill the guys you lose, and actively move guys right before they get really expensive. Cason Wallace is a good example of this, IMO - a guy who will be extension eligible next summer and has really shown out in his role, to the point where teams might view him as someone willing to take on a bigger role. I think OKC should look to move him now (while his contract is cheap and easy to absorb for another team) getting back picks. Then the cycle just repeats. I think Joe and Wiggins are guys similarly situated on OKC’s roster. This will allow them to keep their big 3 and just keep rebuilding the team around them with first round talent on staggered rookie deals.
It’s a really smart approach by OKC, but it requires not getting too attached to your “glue guys”. Brian Wright has shown the for ude in the past to part with team and fan favorites Dejounte and Derrick… but that was in a different context. He’ll need to be willing to do the same on a team that is actually winning. Spurs fans get easily attached to players (we’re the first team in history to miss the playoffs 6 years in a row but have a roster full of untouchable players according to casual Spurs fans), so the Presti approach might be tough to swallow. I can just see the posts on Spurs Reddit/Twitter now: “THE SPURS ARE GOING TO REGRET LETTING GO OF KELDON!!!”
I'm feeling optmistic today and I'll say that if we can get Yabusele for BAE and Kornet for MLE, we'd be just one trade away from a legit playoff roster.
That trade being an upgrade to a new starting PF with some of the friendship crew members.
Everyone always thinks they can get away with it, having not paid attention to the likes of Dollar Tree Porter, where they basically OUTLINED how they caught him. He was on a two way. Beasley might be the first legit NBA player to been ended over this. With as much heat as sports are taking over gambling sponsorship,there will be zero leniency.
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