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Any G-league centers worth looking at ?
tbh i liked late career dwight
its too late career now
Any G-league centers worth looking at ?
Mo Bamba cleared waivers today. No idea if he’s any good though.
4 teams have said "no thanks" since february 2023
Just bring in Duncan to finish the season for the vet minimum tbh
I'm just not sure I see a trade that'll net us a backup C unless Phoenix makes Mason available for a 2nd. If we can't get one, I actually think I'd sign Bamba on a contract that I'd feel comfortable waiving if someone better hits the buyout market.
drummond?
Didn't Drummond scuffle with Wemby in the @PHI game where at one point you see Drummund go up to Wemby saying "you're soft"
It truly sucks for Bassey because it's again his left knee. He broke his patella in March 2023, tore his ACL in December 2023 and has now a MCL sprain at that knee. His left knee issues have started in college with a broken tibia plateau.
I don't think Spurs will spend 1 or 2 second round picks on a backup C for the reminder of the season. If they spend these picks, it will be on a player that will help them beyond that.
I think it would be wise to take a look at teams that are just over the luxury tax. We can take back up to $3.2MM without sending anything out... so maybe there are some candidates on a team who just needs to slide under... we might be able to get a scrub C and pick up some seconds for helping a team get under the tax line.
CLE is $1.8MM over the tax line, NOP $2.1MM over, DAL is $4.2 over, GSW $5.9 over and PHI $6.4 over. Then you jump up to DEN who is $11.7 over.
Cleveland could send us Tristan Thompson and get them under the tax... feels like he is pretty washed though
With NOP, lots of folks have mentioned Theis, but he doesn't quite make enough, but Jeremiah Robinson-Earl would just be enough.
Dallas could send us Dwight Powell and Dante Exum (with the RMLE) for Blake Wesley and avoid the tax. I don't know how vital these guys are to the team though.
GSW has a lot of other things cooking and they may not care about the tax... but Looney and Gui Santos for Blake and Bran would get them there.
PHI could Drummond and Yabu for Blake and trim $7.1 off of their cap to get under the tax.
Just throwing some ideas out there.
I also doubt the Spurs would pay much if anything for a back-up big for this season. The most important part would be running a ton of PnR with Wemby and Fox to get familiar with each other, wins be damned.
There are a couple of cheap options like Tillman, Theis or Reath but they’ve been horrible this season. Drummond has been incredibly bad as well. Mo Bamba btw has had a better season than most would imagine, I wouldn’t hate it.
As for tax teams, Dallas is no longer over after the Luka trade and I think the Pelicans situation will be relaxed a bit because of DJ’s bonuses that he won’t be able to earn.
Spotrac is still showing Dallas a $4.2MM over the tax line after the Luka trade: https://www.spotrac.com/nba/dallas-mavericks/tax
Yeah, because of the Grimes trade. They’re hard capped at the first apron but managed to fit it juuust under it.
He is with Pels
While scouting for an available back-up center
Get Yabusalle if possible, thats enough hehe
GM of the Year beckoning to you Mr Wright!
I'd love to get Yabusele now but I suspect Philly feels like they have a decent run in them if everyone gets healthy.
Yeah I read they want to see if they can retain him.
How about Moses Brown with the G-League Knicks.
7'2" and averaging 13 rebounds, 2.6 blocks, 16.4 points, 64% shooting.
I would make a run at him this summer if feasible.
Hasn't really done anything in the NBA in multiple seasons. I really kind of like Bamba if we're just talking about getting through the season.
Bamba always had the pedigree, just never really hit.
I don't know about this guy and his "sauces", but pretty interesting if true. That would mean Keldon or Barnes are being shopped.
Those names are worth chasing until the deadline. Bamba if/when it doesn't work out.
I doubt Claxton would want to be a long-term backup. And he's making $27M this season.
The only reasonable explanation would be that we flip him in the summer.
Jakob would be a perfect long-term solution, but he's also too good to be a backup.
It has to be Keldon going the other way, we can't afford to lose Barnes, our only player who can play PF and has a reliable jumpshot.
the guy says the Spurs want somebody who can be a starter. Meaning they probably want to start big and then play small after the first 5-6 min.
no, I don't want to go back to PF Wemby and horrible spacing.
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