So we know the Spurs are extremely likely to draft Wemby with the first pick. We'll take that as set.
Now the Spurs did a bunch of scouting for guys in the rest of the upper lottery, and I'm sure they have guys they had made their peace with drafting. With all of the assets they have, should the Spurs consider making an aggressive move to snag one of them? I assume they could get most picks if they were willing to go all-in, but that would be stupid in my book. But trading some future firsts and/or someone like Johnson or Vassell might make sense if they think there's a second key player on the board.
Does anyone have any sense of who such a target could be and how much a realistic trade for such a prospect would cost?
Spurs should trade pop for a top 10 pick
The only type of player they would need to bust out for us a PG.
Wonder if Orlando wouldn't mind being a seller of #11 if Black somehow fell or if Cason Wallace caught the Spurs eye.
Puts a lot of strain on our developmental assets, but PG is the only position that would seem to make sense on paper. #33 + CHA FRP + our next year FRP + the CHI pick?
timvp, would you mind changing the le from Bears to Texans?
edit: i laughed because thread le said bears implying trading out of the #1 pick
chinook has clarified saying he wants us to move UP for another high pick in addition to that #1 overall pick. thats quite interesting. we have a lot of future 1's to play with
Lets pull a Texans and trade for the #2 as well. What would it take to get Scoot
I could see them trading into the back half of the first round if they really covet someone. And you do have to remember unlike football where you need to buildout a lot more starters plus depth, there are a limited number of guys you can keep around long term. You have to decide if guys are must keeps or nice to haves. Given future draft assets, I’m totally fine trading current guys on roster plus their early second to move up. And if they really want to move up, it probably takes a couple of future firsts plus a Vassell or Johnson type.
The Spurs OWN firsts just became a lot less valuable though. Good thing they have a few pick swaps!
Keep generational talent. The Spurs have enough draft picks and assets to get any player of need through a trade. People give up those assets for the chance to draft Wemby. Not a single player I’d trade him for given his age and skill set.
No...
Draft your 7'3" power forward, suck again next year, get another star even if he's not Wemby level good next year.
Build like the OKC Thunder built from 2007 to 2009. Get a bona fide All Star three years in a row. #BuiltNotBought
And don't be an idiot like Sam Presti and trade away one of your three young stars immediately after making the f**king NBA Finals, just because you didn't want to pay him AND Kendrick f**king Perkins.
That is all.
I posted months ago my dream scenario was Spurs 1 Hornets 2. Since the Hornets aren’t likely to draft Scoot I’d test the waters with KJ plus our 24 pick plus Charlotte’s own pick plus another non- Atlanta future 1st. Depends how in love they are with BM.
nah. They should move up in the late first round with their high 2nd rounder and those other 7 2nds that we got. Adding top draft talent to a playoff team down the line will be super valuable, especially when you don't have much cap space. I'm not trading future firsts for another pick in this draft.
If they believe in Amen, then go for it. Realistic chance he falls out of the top 5 with the teams slotted to pick there. I can only see Houston being interested tbh.
I agree with Butts about testing the water with Charlotte, but I seriously doubt either team goes for that. Rascal has proposed in the past moving Toronto's pick next year for Utah's 16th pick this year. I wasn't in favor of that bit, in light of today's lottery blessings, I might consider it. I also think 8-11 could be had for various packages... Basically, there's alot to sort out there and it's time for this FO to put in the work....
I would just call all the scouting the Spurs did due diligence. You can't fully prepare for the draft in only 5 weeks.
If the price is right and the Spurs really love a player in the 2-7 range, sure why not. But the scouting on those other players is a sunk cost now.
okc had to trade 3 firsts to get the #11 pick and ousmane dieng last year. would be pretty pricey to hop into the top 10
Nah. Let the cards fall where they will this season and figure out what they have with Wemby. We still don't know how his body will hold up in the NBA or what position will suit him best. Next season start cashing in their assets to put talent around him (unless something unforseen comes along like Doncic).
Agree with this. Even if they take Miller at 2, which seems more likely now, I’d also tests Portland’s resolve at 3. Are they true to Dame, or are they gonna take Scoot with plan to move Dame later?
If they’re serious about keeping Dame I’d build offer a package around Keldon and 2 FRPs.
Yeah, the price would be exorbitant.
Absolutely, in fact I think it’s malpractice of them not to kick the tires in this way. The gap is obviously PG and outside of Scoot I have no clue whether this draft is deep enough at that position, but if they do it’s worth the try
Trade to try and get Bilal so he can join his french fella and teammate Wemby, then both can adapt faster and better. They got their star, now they can take a flyer on Coulibaly who has a lot of upside.
Yeah, but the protections on those were ty as . I think one was like top-18. None were better than 15th pick.
Bilal may be there at 32
They traded three bad firsts. It would be like the Spurs trading the Charlotte first, the Chicago first and their own heavily protected first. That was a low price facilitated by New York not wanting to keep the pick.
I would fully expect one of Johnson or Vassell to be in the deal.
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