Collins with a Sochan and Keldon and Vassell on the wing won’t.
Collins at the 4...cool
Collins at the 5...is like Keldon at the 4, we going to get killed in the paint
Our offense would probably go from 8th to 5th though
Collins with a Sochan and Keldon and Vassell on the wing won’t.
I'd expect Bamba to be relatively affordable but I'm sure someone is going to attempt to overpay him.
Yeah I think so too, they gave Banchero his jersey number too lmao so he’s gone from Orlando for sure
I don't think Mo is a starting caliber center on a winning team, too soft
Same he’s not an upgrade over Jakob or anything but a backup front court of Mo and Sochan would be interesting to me
I like Bamba as a plan "B" or Mitc Robinson if the Knicks throw all their money at Brunson.
Having said that: you can still build this team and make it a threat. Best case scenario:
You can sign or sign and trade Ayton and then acquire John Collins in a deal without DJ.
If you use mcnuggets Richardson and Poetrl and Langford a combo of those already offset Collins.
Or
You can trade for Collins go for a Mitc Robinson or Bamba obviously less of a threat but still trading the above players you still have money to add other player or two.
Maybe spurs colored glasses but I believe line up of:
Collins/Sochan//Zollins
Ayton/Zollins/Landale
Keldon/RookieFA/Sochan
Vassell/Primo
Murray/Jones/Primo
Bamba same line up maybe then improve on FA small forward.
How can the Ayton line up not grow together and hopefully flourish who is the oldest in that starting five DJ? At what 25 or 26 Collins same?
That to me is a playoff team with scoring at all positions
Man I'm officially out on the juicers then no thanks
Also agree that Mo Bamba is not too intriguing.
Collins sucks
The deals would need to be separate. And i think it can still work. So for example Richardson, protected first for Collins. Walker sign and trade for future second. But you'll have to see if the Hawks can swallow walkers contract without giving back salary. Then Hawks will say, we can sign walker without your help. So who knows. Also Hawks want to offload gali as well. So do you do something like Poeltl McDermott for Collins. Richardson and Longford for gali? And the numbers still don't work by about 3 mil. Walker sign and trade does not help here.
if the spurms do trade for ayton, u think suns will offload a bas contract to the spurs?...how long is cp3 contract got left? spurs do need a pure pg....
Free agents are so garbage this off-season
next season is no better. ayton is the only big FA that makes sense for spurs.
I still like Jalen Smith. His numbers for Indy were solid to finish out the season.
I think this is more our speed. What do we think he'll command on the open market?
so were Drew Eubanks' on a tanking team
That's for real.
He was showing some good stuff with Suns towards the end of his run. I don’t think the guys fools gold at all.
I was all for signing him, but we need to trade for a starter
Feel like Jalen Smith and Zach Collins are very similar players, wouldn’t make much sense to target him imo
I kind of agree, but kind of think that's why he could be a target. Zollins is a 4.5, like Smith. So having two of them gives you some flexibility. I think you could probably play both of next to each other as well, as they each can space the floor and threaten from 3.
Similarly, I think Miles Bridges would be a good fit as a 3.5 (but not if you sign Smith) if you wanted to go more that direction. Could see a really nice 3.5 rotation with KJ and Sochan, or even all 3 on the court at the same time with Sochan sliding to 5 in small lineups.
Free Agency Predictions from Bleacher Report:
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...2022-nba-draft
Deandre Ayton Lands in San Antonio
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The Detroit Pistons ending up with Jalen Duren should put an end to Ayton's chances at getting a max contract offer from Detroit.
There's another destination out there that could make sense for the 2018 No. 1 overall pick, and perhaps one even more ready to win than the Pistons.
Ayton to the Spurs should be a real possibility.
San Antonio can give Ayton the max contract he seeks (with about $32.6 million in cap space, per Spotrac's Keith Smith) and has a potential need at center with Jakob Poeltl entering the final year of his deal.
It's worth noting that the Spurs had three-first rounders in the 2022 draft and declined to take a center with any of them, even with Poeltl's contract situation. San Antonio selected forward Jeremy Sochan out of Baylor with the No. 9 overall pick when Duren was still available.
The Suns won't let Ayton just walk for nothing, however.
Phoenix should push for Poeltl back in a sign-and-trade deal, including anything else it can get from the Spurs. A core of Dejounte Murray, Ayton, Keldon Johnson, Devin Vassell, Josh Primo, Sochan and Malaki Branham (selected at No. 20 overall) should be in the West playoff picture next season.
The Pistons now have two young centers on rookie contracts to build around. The Spurs have none.
Ayton will end up a Spur and become the next great big man to wear the black and silver.
haha wow i’ve been banging the table for months he has no future in Orlando and he could
come cheap.
Yeah day 1 of free agency, just show up, drop the max, and be done.
i like ayton in spurs but max contract its too much imo
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