Great write-up Timvp, thanks for the break down of everything that went on behind the scenes. It’s been historically hard to figure out what the FO thinks. Now we got something to look forward to in the summer league with the rooks and primo! I’m really interested to see Primo play and see what he’s been working on.
I just want ot make it clear that the Spurs don't "have" Hall. They are having him play on their SL team, but that doesn't give them any rights to him. He could be signed by another team tomorrow. The Spurs have Barlow's rights for three years if they want to keep giving him contracts. Now, Hall might get a two-way from the Spurs later on, but not now.
Could you please hold off on slitting your wrists until we know WHAT pick it is? Doesn’t have to be Memphis own…
It's officially LAL's 2024 pick.
https://basketball.realgm.com/nba/dr...rafts/detailed
In terms of pure picks, it's not an improvement. But it's nice to have a guaranteed extra second in four of the next six drafts2024 second round draft pick from L.A. Lakers
L.A. Lakers' 2024 2nd round pick to San Antonio (via Memphis) [L.A. Lakers-Memphis, 9/10/2021; Memphis-San Antonio, 6/24/2022]
They got a future 2nd round on top of money to pay for Barlow. Pretty clever really.
From the official NBA site (further reassurance): https://www.nba.com/grizzlies/news/m...o-spurs-220624
Memphis, Tenn. – The Memphis Grizzlies today announced the team acquired the draft rights to Kennedy Chandler, the No. 38 overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, from the San Antonio Spurs for a 2024 second round draft pick (via the Los Angeles Lakers).
Great write-up, and just want to thank timvp for all of his efforts here. Not only taking the time to write up the content, but I can't imagine the behind the scenes work it takes to evaluate these players, network with scouts, etc.
As your Big Boards and the draft showed...you were basically on target. Moreso than some of the "major media" outlets out there.
This is why SpursTalk is the quintessential place for Spurs discussion, thanks to LJ and Kori Ellis
Called the Dieng smokescreen, tbh.
Not possible that so many people in NBA or fan circles were figuring out he was spurs pick and that he actually would. Very unspursy.
Especially from an asset perspective. We probably won't use some of those picks, but we can package them to bring people in or move people out.
They'll be fine. They're the LA freaking Lakers. Once Westbrook is off the books, they'll still have LeBron. My guess is Unibrow is gone too. Thus theyll have a bunch if capspace. They'll just replace those guys with the absolute best available FAs because they can. They rarely have to draft to win. It sucks buts its how the world works.
I am starting to appreciate the draft better after the dust settled:
1 go-to scorer- Brahnam
2 defensive PF - Sochan
3 point of attack defender - Sochan, Brahnam and Wesley (both 6’10” wingspan)
4 Backup Center - Barlow
Plus over the fence prospect Blake, with Iveyish athleticism still raw but already dominating the workout
All three trajectories to be top draft prospects next year as their roles increased.
Sochan would start to dominate when his Point Forward skills are further developed. A better Simmons, Barkley-esque bully in the paint.
Brahnam not first-step fast but knowing how to manufacture points
I don’t want to get ahead of myself, but these guys have over the fence upsides, could be really really good, enough for me to forget Davis
Lol. OKC never smokescreened about him. I posted like 2 months ago how one of their scouts went on record saying he was the steal of this draft. Multiple other teams were clearly very high on him, including PATFO, as timvp reported his intel said he was a possibility.
And what ended up happening is we took the BPA as Sochan was clearly higher on their board. But OKC gave up 3 backdoor FRPs for him. There was no smoke. Dieng is all fire.
I'm gonna love watching the ST narrative have to eat crow on him. And yall will get plenty of opportunities as we face him 4 times each year. He's gonna be good to great. Smoke ain't worth 3 FRPs.
---------------------------------------------------------I am starting to appreciate the draft better after the dust settled:
1 go-to scorer- Brahnam
2 defensive PF - Sochan
3 point of attack defender - Sochan, Brahnam and Wesley (both 6’10” wingspan)
4 Backup Center - Barlow
Plus over the fence prospect Blake, with Iveyish athleticism still raw but already dominating the workout
All three trajectories to be top draft prospects next year as their roles increased.
Sochan would start to dominate when his Point Forward skills are further developed. A better Simmons, Barkley-esque bully in the paint.
Brahnam not first-step fast but knowing how to manufacture points
I don’t want to get ahead of myself, but these guys have over the fence upsides, could be really really good, enough for me to forget Davis
Plus the Jordan Hall --- Point Forward, too
Thanks, timvp.
You answered the biggest question I had, the cherry on top question -- whether the Spurs would've take Procida at 38 (my hope was growing as it continued to look more possible until it didn't).
I'll be in Vegas in two weeks to see the Spurs first three games. This will be a fun team to watch (although I'm pretty sure most Spurs games will be at Cox Pavilion rather than the main stage as usual).
Can't wait to see Sharpe's coming out party (spare the jokes) for Portland as well!
Lebron might not that is when Bronny is draftable and AD still on the books and looks broken down the last 2 years.
They'll swap him back home to Chicago for DeRozan. Draft Bronny wherever they have to. Then get Durant and every other FA looking to win. Theyll be a playoff team in 2 years, injuries aside. They don't have to rebuild. It's bull but it's reality
Over on the Hawks fan site they are wanting DJ so bad lol they’re off-season is going to be ruined if they don’t get him
Holy crap. This guy is on attack mode all the time, and he’s not shy. Goodbye Lonnie. Seriously if he comes out next year, this guy would be top 5 prospect, all 3 of them as a matter of fact. It’s going to be a great Summer League
Thanks for sharing.
I'm not bothered by trading #38 if there was nobody the Spurs really liked there.
Nah Dejounte is gonna love these kids. We got ourselves some serious ballers
This was not a deep draft.
LeBron won’t be on the team in 2 years.
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