We thought Brian is a genius, but the truth is different.
I definitely think Wemby's play spoke louder than his words that this wasn't a normal slow roll to improve and that the FO was already planning to make some moves. Fox deal was just too good to pass up and luckily the Spurs were in a position to play like they'd only accept if it works towards total plan.
So did we do anything else or nah?
nah
i guess bassey aint seriously hurt
we can always get a buy out guy
Now we can focus on off-season trades... there's going to be quite a few Lauri posts coming up..
Lauri's gonna be the old hotness when that ATL pick conveys top 4. tbh.
I'd imagine that interest in Goga / Wendell etc comes up again in the offseason. Magic with Wagner, Goga and Wendell don't have minutes to go around with those 3, Pablo and Franz, Jon Isaac, etc. Crowded depth at F / Centre. Don't think those guys are good enough to be worth spending a lottery pick on, but a Keldon for WCJ or Jon Isaac deal is probably fine.
We thought Brian is a genius, but the truth is different.
NBA is becoming like european football, agents are becoming the real general managers who build rosters thx to their army of players that allow them to lobby or impose whatever they want...
It looks like Klutch who, (we heard noises last season already via Windhorst) absolutely wanted to put one of its player with Wemby did the heaviest part, leaving to BW the final negotiation.
I'm cool with solidifying this relationship personally ^^
They will extend his qualifying offer this summer and maintain control. They can likely move him for 1 FRP anytime they want and it's not like they needed to do it for either basketball or financial reasons, so Marks is just maximizing the time frame in which some dumbass GM will pay the overprice.
I think it’s likely that a soft tank was the plan going into the season.
Many of us here advocated for it.
We knew that the West was stacked and it is a good draft to have lottery balls in.
Let our young talent learn to play winning ball from our new veterans but still end up in the lotto.
And I like being patient until a trade is in our favor.
When you don’t act desperate to make a deal you’re likely to get a good one when the time comes.
I think we all agree now that the Spurs won the Fox trade handily.
There is a very material chance PATFO still aren’t over themselves. After I nutted when the Fox trade broke my immediate reaction was great work, now get back to doing your job.
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He’s on his second contract already, so there is no qualifying offer to extend. Doubt he’s up for an extension with a team in the tank for at least two more seasons. He’s a couple weeks short of29, and probably wants to get on with his career.
depends on the price, but if he says he wants to go to San Antonio...Brian Windhorst:
Kevin Durant stayed put. He was not happy about being included in trade talks, and I think the next few months are unpredictable because that’s the nature of the sport. However, right now, it’s reasonable to forecast that Durant will be breaking up with the Suns this summer.
my happiness over the fox trade has me in a giving mood
also, i like having signatures off anyway. the last few months with them on has been frustrating
you are released from the terms of our bet. thanks for being a good sport about it
im happy we got fox now and not waited two years for free agency
I saw this and had the same thought. That would be such a great addition if possible. I guess it depends on if he's signing straight up or working a deal w/Suns to come to Spurs (prefer not unless they understand they don't have a choice and take minimal). It also depends on his mindset and how he views the team's ability to win next year with him in the lineup.
100%. I know there was a good size segment on here adamant about rushing getting a player to see what sticks to the wall (e.g. dillingham, trae) and even willing to give up this years picks for subpar star power. I would have been good with another two years of middling through the draft extracting the perfect piece. Being patient got them fox for peanuts.
But fox now completely changes the dynamics, and the window to allow for hypervigilance has shrunk significantly because you now risk losing a real possibility of getting a ring for waiting for a more PERFECT piece. With dynasty teams long gone, spurs need to strike now while the irons hot getting wemby's first ring under his belt.
the truth is somewhere in the middle. We should try to find the 3rd guy to the Wemby/Castle pairing in the draft to have our future big 3 that's on the same timeline for a 15-year run. All we need for that is to have the ATL picks in the lottery and strike gold once. With how versatile Castle is, it doesn't matter which position that person plays as long as it ain't center.
Simultaneously we should also look to add the 3rd piece to the Wemby/Fox duo to have a big 3 right now. That would be ideal, because once those players age or you're in a tight cap situation, you can just swap them out with your draft pick who's already developed with plenty of playoff experience under his belt.
That strategy should create some overlap where you basically have a big 4 with an incredible bench unit and are a superteam that dominates the league for a while. Our future swaps should allow us to add cheap role players via draft that we can then develop on the back end, when cap room gets tight.
I always pay my bets. Thanks for the release.
no prob. i wanted to turn sigs off anyway. im not 15 anymore. needing to scroll through images of girls when trying to read about basketball isnt enjoyable tbh
I’ve had sigs off for years. Definitely NSFW.no prob. i wanted to turn sigs off anyway. im not 15 anymore. needing to scroll through images of girls when trying to read about basketball isnt enjoyable tbh
Wright should pay attention to what's going on in Dallas, this situation surely can't have a happy ending.
Hopefully Kyrie does his thing and puts the last nail in that roster's coffin.
Kyrie can opt out, but we don't care about him.
If everything crumbles, we should be all over both Gafford and Washington.
Both would be a perfect fit, Mavs wouldn't be able to ask for much since they will be on expiring contracts and Harrison is obviously an idiot.
ive been wfh for years now. i just find it annoying
Kyrie is opting out, to sign extension. Dallas will pay him anything, if Luca trade was not about moneyWright should pay attention to what's going on in Dallas, this situation surely can't have a happy ending.
Hopefully Kyrie does his thing and puts the last nail in that roster's coffin.
Kyrie can opt out, but we don't care about him.
If everything crumbles, we should be all over both Gafford and Washington.
Both would be a perfect fit, Mavs wouldn't be able to ask for much since they will be on expiring contracts and Harrison is obviously an idiot.
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