Re: The Eliminateds Off-Season (Nets/Hornets/Pistons/Rockets/Grizzlies/Trail Blazers/Spurs/Raptors/Jazz/Wizards)
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:50 am
NYG wrote:Spoiler:
What's your moderately optimistic/semi-realistic off-seeason for the Spurs?
I feel like Tre kept proving himself after he got reinserted as starter. While there are some sexy PG names bandied about, and most recently Windy didn't deny that Trae may be the one doing the asking out, and asking out to us, the counter has been that we're not that enamoured with pairing him with Wemby.
Translation: we won't be baited into overpaying. We have leverage if a player wants us and we have many options at PG, including being fine with the one we have.
That's not to say we won't/shouldn't upgrade, but it's now not *as* an immediate issue.
The more pressing one is starting level 3.
I heard this idea on a Twitter podcast or whatever these are called, and in it Evan Townsend suggested a trade with Washington centered around Avdia for Keldon. They both have reasonable, descending contracts, it fills a big SF need for us with a young talent but one with some NBA experience already, and Keldon goes the other way as a bigger scorer, potentially filling the starting 3 in Washington.
The catch was that this would be a bigger incentive for Wiz if we end up with a higher pick and work out a deal to swap for the player they may want more, with whatever filler to match salaries if need be.
They also talked about how Collins could be a desired get for contending teams as a quality backup big.
I like Zach, I hope he gets healthy and stays that way, and even if teams were not calling for him, I'd be looking to get a more above the rim/healthy, hard-nosed backup big, be it draft or trade or FA.
So let's say we pick swap with Washington, they get Sarr and Keldon + filler, we get Topic, Avdia + whatever.
We target a backup big to develop with any of our other picks in this upcoming draft while looking into someone of a Mo Wagner/Olynyk mold. Ironically Zach is that, a tough, defending, floor spreading type, and we will need to shore that up all the more if we part with Keldon who is an absolute bull. But health and contract vs. availability/production means we have to start looking around.
I'd like us to re-sign Mamu and make sure we keep Dom Barlow.
These are some starter ideas of initial changes.