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i think we going to buy a pick or trade up....hill and blair conotract is dispensable
Two. 29 and 59
i think we going to buy a pick or trade up....hill and blair conotract is dispensable
25 college players have withdrawn form the draft to keep their NCAA eligibility:
http://www.nba.com/2011/news/05/11/n...wls/index.html
I boldly predict that we're going to do nothing.
Some random thoughts:
- Today is the lottery, who will get top picks could create some trade opportunities for Spurs.
- The Eurocamp participants list looks damn good this year. Keep an eye on it.
- DX's twitter is reporting that Chicago is trying to package #28 and #30 to move up without success. If Spurs try to trade #29, they will have a hard time getting something good for it.
- When you look at mock drafts, there is about 20-22 players who should all be gone in the first 25 picks and after that, there are a lot of uncertainties. Unless someone slip like Blair two years ago, there are literally 20 or 30 players that Spurs could pick at #29. It's going to be a wild draft for them.
-Just wondering what teams you think would benefit the spurs if they were able to move up or down tonight?
Last edited by yavozerb; 05-17-2011 at 01:17 PM.
lookin towards former spurs scouts workin in diff organizations atm to screw us again
I haven't thought at what team(s)s could benefit Spurs if they get a top pick, it was more of a general reflection. Top prospects are this year point guards and big men. A possible scenario would be a team ready to trade one of its bigmen because this team will draft a big with a top 5 pick.
After the lottery, the team that could be a trade partner is Minnesota.
The consensus it that Cavs will go after Irving. He is said to be the best prospect in the draft and Cavs have a hole at PG. Baron Davis isn't part of their future and Ramon Sessions isn't starting material.
After Irving, the BPA is Derrick Williams. The problem is that Minny has a lot of bigs with Love, Beasley, Randolph, Pekovic, Milicic and Tolliver. Spurs could try to get one of these with Love being of course off limits. Hill could fetch Beasley or Randolph. Minny could look to dump Milicic or Pekovic contract's. Spurs have the ability to take these contract with Dice expiring and partially guaranteed contract.
Hill for Randolph is a steal. If that's available the Spurs better pull the trigger
, NBA draft combine is offically underway...
When I compare to the activity level of previous years, this thread is so damn quiet. Is this draft so bad that no one is interested in it?
I think the badness of the draft is compounded with the Spurs pick.
Last year with the 20th it was easier to get a handle on who could be there and then focus on that, that's how I was able to predict the Spurs getting Anderson in the draft prediction thread contest (I blew the 2nd rounder thinking it would be Aradori).
Picking so late in a draft that is so uncertain due to the low level of quality makes it hard to get a grasp of good candidates.
Plus I would argue the realization that the Spurs are finished as contenders kind of sucks the energy out of draft-following. Not a lot of incentive to waste hours on looking at players who even if they were any good, wouldn't likely help. And even if they could help, Splitter serves as a reminder that Pop won't play them anyway.
While I usually find the offseason somewhat fun to follow, I agree with you that it's kinda depressing this year.
The offseason is also unclear. We were a 60 win team, which would usually indicate that we were contenders, but the playoffs really slaughtered that idea. We have to adjust to that, and have no real ammunition to upgrade the team, and we don't know what will happen with the CBA yet.
Then with, all the options w.r.t trades, we don't have a position to focus on. We need PF/C help, but any #29 rookie won't really help other than depth, so we probably have to trade, which opens up holes elsewhere. It's hard to follow every position as everyone is so unlikely.
Hopefully the athletic testing should give us more info on who should be available around the Spurs pick, people moving up with good results and down with poor ones.
I really think most are still depressed from the early bailout from the playoffs..With that said I myself am very excited cause it is always interesting to see what new players could possibly be out there. This draft may suck for lottery teams but it actually is not too bad for late teams like the spurs.
I actually do like Vucevic as well. My top 3 big men who I think may be around in order is Trey Thompkins, Jordan Williams, and Vucevic.
pre-draft measurements:
http://www.draftexpress.com/nba-pre-...=0&pos=0&sort=
Vucevic with that size and 7'4 wingspan is looking alot better at #29..thanks bruno
There's not going to be a season next year. Not with the owners pushing for a $45 million hard cap and contracts guaranteed to a max of 50% on the first $8 million and 25% after that. And then caps of 2% (non-Bird) and 3% (Bird) on yearly raises? I doubt we see the Spurs again before November 2012. By then it'll probably be time to jump in on the tank for Drummond. I do love the idea of trading Hill for Randolph though.While I usually find the offseason somewhat fun to follow, I agree with you that it's kinda depressing this year.
I don't think there will have a long term lockout.
The whole talk about the league losing $300M per year seems BS to me. There are so much signs pointing in the direction of the NBA going well: franchises are sold for a lot of money, players got big contracts last summer, TV ratings are raising by a lot... The latest of these signs was Doc Rivers getting $35M/5 years.
My guess is that owners will accept a CBA way more player friendly than their current proposition. That's just my guess.
I think the Spurs have made their "draft" already. Their "picks" are Ryan Richards, Danny Green, De'Sean Butler, and James Anderson.
I think they dump the first round pick for one in a later draft. There are teams shopping. With all the players who pulled out this year, even a pick in the 20s next year would be a lottery equivalent in this year's draft.
My early predictions on the draft.
#29: JaJuan Johnson, PF
#59: Justin Holiday, SG/SF
FYI, there is a list of players by position who have reportedly work out with Spurs in the first post of this thread.
Where would Ryan Richards be drafted this year?
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