Trade our Dybantsa/Peterson/Boozer ticket for a back-up big, capped at 15 mins per game? No way.
In theory you would still have a ticket if both Portland and Atlanta moved up but I get it. Harper, Castle, Wemby and one of those top guys next year. We would need the Holts to sell the team to Saudi Arabia to pay that 3rd Apron and keep that team together lol
You will still have a first rnd pick. It’s just swap rights. So if Portland and Atlanta moved up Portland would get hawks pick if was higher and spurs would get blazers pick
Exactly. I'm not against trading future picks but this 2026 swap I'm keeping at all costs, unless it's for a legit star. It's possible Atlanta make the playoffs next year as the East is so bad, but they'll have a massive decision on Trae this offseason, so you never know what could happen, especially with the Spurs lottery luck.
I deleted my post when I realized that your proposal left us with the middle pick of those 3.
Hawks win lottery next year, Blazers move to up to number 2. Hawks would swap and spurs would get their pick at 2. Hawks would get the spurs pick
Oh ok gotcha! Yeah if everyone really thinks Atlanta will be bad it makes less sense to make that trade but I don’t think they would finish worse than Portland. So you would end up moving up 3 spots for absolutely nothing
There‘s no reason to trade up. 14 is right where some of the 3-and-D wings will be available. If you want to trade up, trade up from 38 or trade down from 14 to 19/28
3 and D prospects won’t help the Spurs rebound but I guess in theory the Spurs could fix that problem via trade or free agency.
Deni Avdija anyone?
I do like him, but with most things, it depends on price.
I'll preface this by saying I watched a total of 1.5 UNC games this year... and they were both very early in the season at the Maui Invitational and the game I really watched was against Dayton.
With that said, I noted at the time that UNC wasn't doing much with Drake, just sending him to stand in alternate corners. His shot looked good though (he was 2-2 that game, both 3s), but wasn't being asked to do much. I don't recall him standing out either way on defense. In contrast, Ian Jackson was given a lot more free reign in the offense and reminded me a lot of Lonnie (in all the positive and negative ways).
I'll see if I can dig up my report from the time... but I recall coming out of that game noting some good movement and athleticism but he was clearly being misused.
I know there are some weird rules about trading incoming swaps... for example, the Spurs can't trade the rights to swap with ATL to POR so that POR's pick becomes the best of POR or ATL, but I do believe the Spurs could make a trade whereby ATL gets the worst of ATL or POR and POR gets the best of POR or the best of ATL/SA, and then SA would get the second best of POR or ATL/SA.
Love me some confusing AF swap scenarios!
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Yeah, the logic is the same as with the Spurs 2030 swaps with Dallas and Minnesota. As realgm eloquently puts it:
Most / more favorable of SAN, DAL and MIN 2-30; less favorable of SAN and DAL to DAL; less favorable of (i) MIN 2-30 and (ii) more favorable of SAN and DAL [or MIN if MIN not conveyable] to MIN (via SAN swap for DAL; via SAN swap of SAN or DAL for MIN)
Do our European friends have any updates on Hugo Gonzalez? Like when do we get measurements from the international guys?
I find it somewhat odd that he was a Top 5 pick to start the season and now consistently mocked in the 20s. Are evaluators missing something? Or is the dip justified.
You’ll love this:
San Antonio will receive the more favorable of its 2026 1st round pick and Atlanta's 2026 1st round pick; Utah will receive the most favorable of its 2026 1st round pick protected for selections 9-30, Minnesota's 2026 1st round pick and Cleveland's 2026 1st round pick; Minnesota will receive the less favorable of its pick and the Utah pick if conveyable; Atlanta will receive the more favorable of (i) the less favorable of its 2026 1st round pick and San Antonio's 2026 1st round pick and (ii) the less favorable of (a) the Cleveland pick and (b) the more favorable of the Utah pick if conveyable and the Minnesota pick [or (ii) the Cleveland pick if the Utah pick is not conveyable] and Cleveland will receive the less favorable of (i) and (ii) (if the Utah pick falls within its protected range and is therefore not conveyable, then Minnesota's and Cleveland's obligations to Utah will be extinguished) (via Utah's right to swap for Minnesota; via Utah's right to swap Utah or Minnesota for Cleveland; via San Antonio's right to swap for Atlanta; via Atlanta's right to swap Atlanta or San Antonio for Cleveland
Yahoo Sports mock draft 2.0
https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/article...165027293.html
You can taste Kevin O’Connor’s salty tears lol from that mock draft.
KOC is really skeptical of us taking Harper of late. He needs to get over it.
He’s such a . Definite Spurs hater.
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