What move are Spurs trying to pull before signing Leonard & Green?

[DesignatedT]

Fournier has shown flashes.

[HarlemHeat37]

James Johnson would be good, but NBA coaches seem to strongly dislike giving him minutes, for whatever reason(probably shooting, I suppose)..

[apalisoc_9]

Bonner will probably be the 5th big. There aren't really any Centers left. Aldrich, Perkins and perhaps Bargnani, but they all suck. And for the wing I am sure the Spurs are searching for a guy that can shoot the 3. So I'd say Dorrell Wright would be a good option. And if they are looking for a defender then Prince.

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[Russ]

Today naturally would have been the day to also announce the signings of the rest of the Spurs' free agency commit class, Leonard, Green, West, & Ginobili.

So what deal are the Spurs trying to pull? Between Reggie Williams' contract (non-guaranteed?) and cap space the Spurs could offer a salary dump to another team of some magnitude, before signing Leonard, Green, et al to their new contracts.

Who's out there on a $3.0 to $3.5 mil contract the Spurs could be looking to deal for?

What happened to Seraphin?

Or the Spurs can play the long game and keep some cap room to bid for talent that becomes available during the season. (They got Diaw mid-season.)

[noles1983]

Olynyk what about him?

[024]

I saw Anthony Morrow on the list... is he available? He just needs to stand at the 3 pt line and shoot. Perfect role.

[apalisoc_9]

James Johnson would be good, but NBA coaches seem to strongly dislike giving him minutes, for whatever reason(probably shooting, I suppose)..

Holy , I didn't even see his name up there.

James Johnson was one of the best players for the raps last year. Dude was always a positive on the court..

Sign him NOW!

[TheGoldStandard]

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3 without a lot of D = Luke Babbitt. Guy shot 51% from 3 this season

[HarlemHeat37]

What happened to Seraphin?

Or the Spurs can play the long game and keep some cap room to bid for talent that becomes available during the season. (They got Diaw mid-season.)

Seraphin is way too redundant with West and Diaw already on the team..

[DesignatedT]

Prince is done. Butler is done. Even Wright looks pretty slow. I liked the idea of Wright for awhile but he can't really do much but shoot. Would rather get somebody who can handle the ball a little bit better but still have good length and size.

[Mr. Body]

Spurs-Hawks deal coming, the second part of the underwhelming Splitter trade today.

[Mugen]

Always thought Jeremy Lamb was a good project for the Spurs. Him being one of the ugliest dudes I've ever seen gives him a pretty high floor as a defensive player tbh.

[HarlemHeat37]

Holy , I didn't even see his name up there.

James Johnson was one of the best players for the raps last year. Dude was always a positive on the court..

Sign him NOW!

Casey hates giving him minutes, though..as bad of a coach as he is, there still must be a reason that Johnson can never stick with a team, despite being a solid defender and energy player..

[DPG21920]

Ben Gordon might be possible. Has a Gary Neal handle, more talent than Neal/Beli, but has been pretty busted and seems like he might not care about winning. But hey, Spurs have made more from less by putting a player into a good situation.

[HarlemHeat37]

And ya, I'd rather get a Beli replacement, if anything..

With Green and Mills being limited in putting the ball on the floor, and Ginobili either having a bad game/sitting out, Spurs could use another wing that can put the ball on the floor and/or shoot..weak defense would be a problem in the playoffs, but it's more important for the Spurs to find a wing guy that can eat up regular season minutes like Beli did..

The key for this team is health and preserving bodies for the playoffs, they will need to have some depth for those ty December games vs. the Knicks and Wolves, etc..

[DesignatedT]

Just keep thinkin if it's one of those 50 game Manu seasons, do we have enough ball handling/play making without him running the second unit.

[DesignatedT]

What about Shved?

[Mugen]

I'd rather whoever they bring in at the wing to be a knockdown shooter rather than a good defender tbh. As I see it, I see two knockdown shooters on the team in Patty & Danny...

Also, easier to find a shooter who can thrive in the Spurs system than a solid defender for cheap tbh......

[TheGoldStandard]

I'd rather whoever they bring in at the wing to be a knockdown shooter rather than a good defender tbh. As I see it, I see two knockdown shooters on the team in Patty & Danny...

Also, easier to find a shooter who can thrive in the Spurs system than a solid defender for cheap tbh......

Enter Luke Babbitt

[Mugen]

What about Shved?

Dude has a Kobe mindset with a Nando skillset tbh. No thanks.

[apalisoc_9]

Evan Fournier is probably the best at handling the ball out of that list...And he's also expandable I think with Hezonja drafted.

He's also 6'7.

But why would the Magics even trade him..He was one of their main scoring options at the start of the season last year.

[DesignatedT]

Who else can handle the ball out there. I like the Fournier idea but yeah.

[Marcus Bryant]

What happened to Seraphin?

Or the Spurs can play the long game and keep some cap room to bid for talent that becomes available during the season. (They got Diaw mid-season.)

The space goes away after they sign Leonard and Green to their new contracts. Then you have the room and minimum exceptions. Ginobili is rumored to be signed for the room and West to a minimum. Basically they could use the cap space to sign Manu and then leave the room exception open for use later in the year.

[DesignatedT]

Damn if only we had Beli on that $3M contract for one more year.

[HarlemHeat37]

The options for another wing that can put the ball on the floor through cheap FA or trades is pretty scarce, though..

Jeremy Lamb
Fournier
Ben Gordon/Marcus Thornton(chuckers, horrible defenders, a la Gary Neal)
Covington(on and off at putting it on the floor and not a playmaker, though)
Alexei Schved