The Sacramento Kings have agreed on a sign-and-trade that will land DeMar DeRozan on a three-year deal, send Harrison Barnes to the San Antonio Spurs and Chris Duarte, two second-round picks and cash to the Chicago Bulls.

[HankChinaski]

Pick swap unprotected where the spurs should theoretically be making runs in the playoffs is decent pull while bring in some vet experience.

I like it.


Curious if there is another move to be made with the current roster construction

[DPG21920]

Not surprised and it’s a net win for Sa. Give a 2nd rounder and get back an unprotected swap for facilitating the deal. Def more upside than the 2nd they gave up especially considering they have extra and Barnes is also useful. Smart GMing

[Spurs Brazil]

[LeBowen]

Same, useless and borderline unplayable a lot of nights. We'll just have to hope that on any given night, somebody's going to be useful and gets played

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=quQpkDJsjaE

If Jeremy even learns to do this, I'll write a personal letter of apology.

[Mugen]

You had my man BWrong at "swap" tbh

[Degoat]

I’ll be bummed if Julian gets traded, my tinfoil theory all summer is KJ has asked to be traded…

[BacktoBasics]

This offseason is a lesson in smart prudent moves that improve your team without unloading serious draft capital. This is how you give Wemby some feeling that he can compete while still preserving the concept of patiently building the team.

[SpursFan86]

With the swap now being corrected to 2031, how does that work with us having the infamous Minnesota 2031 pick? Can we only swap our own pick with Sacramento?

[vy65]

20131

[Mr. Body]

Probably preferred Huerter over Barnes, but Barnes obviously is more of a veteran presence + can fill in at PF where we really don’t have much depth.

Also, unprotected 2032 pick swap is actually pretty damn solid. Was expecting a SRP or two but unprotected swap that far out is better. We now are poised to have some potentially very nice picks all throughout Wemby’s prime. Just have to get some talent around him before then so he sticks around

I might have preferred Huerter, but Barnes provides an actually needed role plus more veteran leadership.

[Robz4000]

Hopefully they find a way to keep Champ tbh. He's really on a bargain contract.

[jeebus]

I might actually create an old school, upstairs semen cloud if Wesley and Branham get kicked to the curb.

[Raven]

I’ll be bummed if Julian gets traded, my tinfoil theory all summer is KJ has asked to be traded…

why would he get traded

[jeebus]

With the swap now being corrected to 2031, how does that work with us having the infamous Minnesota 2031 pick? Can we only swap our own pick with Sacramento?

They can only choose one; the other can be trade bait.

[LeBowen]

With the swap now being corrected to 2031, how does that work with us having the infamous Minnesota 2031 pick? Can we only swap our own pick with Sacramento?

We get the best of SAS/MIN/SAC, so just swap with one team if needed, other one keeps their position.

[AusSpur]

Trade kicker is paid by the team trading the player, not the team receiving. So could this save Champ?

[Obstructed_View]

I'd straight up rather have Harrison Barnes on the Spurs than Demar Derozen.

[Mr. Body]

With the swap now being corrected to 2031, how does that work with us having the infamous Minnesota 2031 pick? Can we only swap our own pick with Sacramento?

The Sacto and Spurs picks would only be swapped. The Minnesota one stays put regardless.

[Obstructed_View]

We get the best of SAS/MIN/SAC, so just swap with one team if needed, other one keeps their position.

That's pretty bad ass.

[Robz4000]

Don't they own Minny's '31 pick outright?

[SpursBills]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=quQpkDJsjaE

If Jeremy even learns to do this, I'll write a personal letter of apology.

Doubt he will, goal for Jeremy is to be a switchable defender and passable shooter moving forward. I like Barnes a lot for what he brings to the locker room especially for our young guys, and he'll have nights where he blows up and puts up 30, but those nights are getting fewer and further between and his defense has been slipping a lot.

I'm not really going to make this about Sochan because he was objectively one of the worst players in the league last season, but he's still got a decent runway so I'm not going to demand he gets traded for a protected second or anything unless he doesn't show anything at year 4.

[Beaverfuzz]

I might actually create an old school, upstairs semen cloud if Wesley and Branham get kicked to the curb.

Yes Yes Yes!

[vy65]

This is laughable. Barnes is a net negative player. He’s a career role player. CP3 at least has been an elite player. You can’t say that about Barnes. Back in the day, we’d bring in vets like Mario Elie, who’d have proven their mettle. Barnes is a garbage player, who can’t contribute on the court and can’t contribute in the locker room.

Vic is figuring to take a major leap this season. We’re not going to get a top 10 pick naturally (hope I’m wrong). But this trade doesn’t advance the ball at all, and signals a white flag on meaningful moves like Lauri. Like, wtf is this front office doing or thinking

[Mugen]

I'd straight up waive Sidy after today's SL game if it meant keeping Champ around

[SpursFan86]

The Sacto and Spurs picks would only be swapped. The Minnesota one stays put regardless.

So let’s say Sacramento is 10th, Spurs are 24th, Minnesota is 28th. We can’t swap out Minnesota’s pick, so we’d end up picking 10th and 28th in this scenario?