Best Spurs Offseason Scenario
Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:29 pm
There have been some question marks, but I think with the right moves this team could give Golden State a run for their money for years to come. This is a deep draft. And the Warriors have no pick at all. We should use that to catch up to them.
1. Let Dedmon and Mills walk (and definitely Joel Anthony who has no business being here in the first place).
2. Trade Kyle Anderson to the Orlando Magic for their 33rd pick. Seems realistic as he was on their offseason drawing board that our prospect Pato Garino posted on the internet.
Aldridge 21,461,010
Leonard 18,868,625
Tony 15,453,126
Green 10,000,000
Bertans 905,249
Murray 1,233,240
Forbes 905,249
Simmons cap hold 1,268,433
dead money:
Duncan + Livio 3,123,490
Total: 73,260,000
3. Draft OG Anunoby, Tony Bradley and Josh Hart. Anunoby is supposed to fall due to a knee injury that he had, nbadraft got him at 28th, Bradley at 36th and Hart at 49th. We should be able to trade up in the 2nd round by giving up Anderson.
http://www.nbadraft.net/2017mock_draft
29th pick salary is projected to be 1,170,500
I'm not sure about the 2nd rounders, but let's say they are about 1 million each, probably less
76,430,000
4. Tell Pau to opt out and resign him for a longer deal that gets him about 10 million a year (3/30 seems realistic). There's no way we should be paying 16 million for a player coming off the bench who plays 20 min a game.
86,430,000
5. Sign George Hill for 16 million. I'd say sign him for 1 year + player option. We got a lot of cap space in 2018, so he can opt out and maybe get more, depending on his performance. He would definitely give us a hometown discount.
103,000,000
6. resign Lee & Simmons
we got bird rights for Simmons so we can go over the cap, we'd also still have the MLE or LLE for David Lee. I think he would definitely take that.
7. Sign Tiago Splitter and Kyle Korver for veteran minimum
the roster would look as following:
C: Splitter/Gasol/Bradley
PF: Aldridge/Lee/Bertans
SF: Leonard/Simmons/Anunoby
SG: Green/Korver/Hart
PG: Hill/Parker/Murray
D-League stashes: Forbes, Hanga?
The NBA added that you can stash 2 players in the D-League. I'd send Forbes down there, just to make this NBA roster as stacked as possible. I'm not sure if his salary would count against the cap either.
now let me explain:
Center:
There are plenty of bigs in this years draft with a Dedmon type of skillset and they have way more upside. Dedmon is just athletic and mobile enough to handle switches. He's a good rim protector, but neither a good passer nor does he have any offensive moves in the post. He also fouls too much, something most rookies do.
Bradley seems like a less athletic version of him, but he's been described as a Spurs type of player character wise and has high basketball IQ. He should be able to take on that role and at the same time save us some money, since Dedmon should get a nice offer from somebody (Stan van Gundy?). Bradley should still be the 3rd string center, for the starting spot I would bring back Splitter. Due to his injuries he should be available for the minimum, which means low risk, high reward scenario. He knows the system, is a good defender and rebounder, but most importantly: He's a roller that can pass. As we see in this Memphis series, our roll man has to be a good passer. When Kawhi gets double teamed, he passes to the roll man who then can kick out to shooters as he rolls to the basket. Now Dedmon can't do that. Lee can, but he's pretty bad on defense. Splitter would fix all of this while also knowing the system. Besides that he seems to have worked on his 3-point shot, he knocked down 2 of 6 for Philly (I know small sample size, but still). This could make him even more valuable. Now the downside is that he has chronic injuries, which gets me to
Power Forward: Keep that exactly how it is. Bertans should get more playing time, but I'd prefer to also keep Lee in case Splitter gets injured. That would give us the same rotation we have now in the playoffs. Pop could give Splitter a lot of rest in the regular season and slide Lee to C with LA at PF.
SF: Kawhi will be even better next season, that alone makes it scary. Simmons should have a break out year in his 3rd year playing, although he does need more playing time. Who I really want is OG Anunoby. He has been compared to Kawhi. Now imagine we have 2 Kawhi's down the stretch? That Warriors super team would get run over. That alone is a reason to take the risk and get him by giving up Kyle Anderson, who really isn't great at anything. Worst case scenario, Anunoby would be an athletic defender, which would still help us a lot. We need to have 3 great wing defenders in order to go small and counter Golden State.
SG: Korver would be another shooter. He can play the Marco Belinelli role off the bench. Something Pop said has been missing. He also fits our locker room and team culture. He should be cheap due to his age and I think he'd be a great fit here. Josh Hart is described as a Spurs type of player as well. Good character, classy guy. Him playing a couple of years in college should make it easier for him to adapt to the NBA. A lot of scouts compare him to be able to turn out like Malcolm Brogdon. He has improved every year in college, is a shooter, good defender that plays passing lanes and a high IQ player who can also serve as a secondary playmaker.
PG: George Hill is perfect to play with Kawhi. He can break down the defense and is a good spot up shooter, which is useful when Kawhi handles the ball. Besides that he knows the system and would help us get another leader on the team. What I really like about Hill is that he's a good defender and we can slide him to the 2 occassionally when Murray or TP play PG. This is a huge upgrade from a Mills/Parker line up that gets scored on with ease. He should also be willing to give us a little hometown discount and it would be great to have him playing alongside Kawhi after that trade in 2011. Parker can be our 6th/7th man together with Pau. Murray could play the 2 off the bench together with Parker or be the back up PG so Parker can get rest.
This would be a quality roster with vets, players in their prime, incredible defense and a lot of young talent while having great character guys with high Basketball IQ. We can run a lot of different line ups with this group, I'd say this team is even deeper and more versatile than the one we have right now, while also having more upside and improving on both ends.
Lamarcus should be profiting the most, since Hill can make things easier for him on offense and Splitter can make him preserve some energy on the defensive end. Danny Green should also be more effective playing alongside a PG who can break down the defense. If he struggles just insert Korver or slide Hill to SG and let Parker play PG.
1. Let Dedmon and Mills walk (and definitely Joel Anthony who has no business being here in the first place).
2. Trade Kyle Anderson to the Orlando Magic for their 33rd pick. Seems realistic as he was on their offseason drawing board that our prospect Pato Garino posted on the internet.
Aldridge 21,461,010
Leonard 18,868,625
Tony 15,453,126
Green 10,000,000
Bertans 905,249
Murray 1,233,240
Forbes 905,249
Simmons cap hold 1,268,433
dead money:
Duncan + Livio 3,123,490
Total: 73,260,000
3. Draft OG Anunoby, Tony Bradley and Josh Hart. Anunoby is supposed to fall due to a knee injury that he had, nbadraft got him at 28th, Bradley at 36th and Hart at 49th. We should be able to trade up in the 2nd round by giving up Anderson.
http://www.nbadraft.net/2017mock_draft
29th pick salary is projected to be 1,170,500
I'm not sure about the 2nd rounders, but let's say they are about 1 million each, probably less
76,430,000
4. Tell Pau to opt out and resign him for a longer deal that gets him about 10 million a year (3/30 seems realistic). There's no way we should be paying 16 million for a player coming off the bench who plays 20 min a game.
86,430,000
5. Sign George Hill for 16 million. I'd say sign him for 1 year + player option. We got a lot of cap space in 2018, so he can opt out and maybe get more, depending on his performance. He would definitely give us a hometown discount.
103,000,000
6. resign Lee & Simmons
we got bird rights for Simmons so we can go over the cap, we'd also still have the MLE or LLE for David Lee. I think he would definitely take that.
7. Sign Tiago Splitter and Kyle Korver for veteran minimum
the roster would look as following:
C: Splitter/Gasol/Bradley
PF: Aldridge/Lee/Bertans
SF: Leonard/Simmons/Anunoby
SG: Green/Korver/Hart
PG: Hill/Parker/Murray
D-League stashes: Forbes, Hanga?
The NBA added that you can stash 2 players in the D-League. I'd send Forbes down there, just to make this NBA roster as stacked as possible. I'm not sure if his salary would count against the cap either.
now let me explain:
Center:
There are plenty of bigs in this years draft with a Dedmon type of skillset and they have way more upside. Dedmon is just athletic and mobile enough to handle switches. He's a good rim protector, but neither a good passer nor does he have any offensive moves in the post. He also fouls too much, something most rookies do.
Bradley seems like a less athletic version of him, but he's been described as a Spurs type of player character wise and has high basketball IQ. He should be able to take on that role and at the same time save us some money, since Dedmon should get a nice offer from somebody (Stan van Gundy?). Bradley should still be the 3rd string center, for the starting spot I would bring back Splitter. Due to his injuries he should be available for the minimum, which means low risk, high reward scenario. He knows the system, is a good defender and rebounder, but most importantly: He's a roller that can pass. As we see in this Memphis series, our roll man has to be a good passer. When Kawhi gets double teamed, he passes to the roll man who then can kick out to shooters as he rolls to the basket. Now Dedmon can't do that. Lee can, but he's pretty bad on defense. Splitter would fix all of this while also knowing the system. Besides that he seems to have worked on his 3-point shot, he knocked down 2 of 6 for Philly (I know small sample size, but still). This could make him even more valuable. Now the downside is that he has chronic injuries, which gets me to
Power Forward: Keep that exactly how it is. Bertans should get more playing time, but I'd prefer to also keep Lee in case Splitter gets injured. That would give us the same rotation we have now in the playoffs. Pop could give Splitter a lot of rest in the regular season and slide Lee to C with LA at PF.
SF: Kawhi will be even better next season, that alone makes it scary. Simmons should have a break out year in his 3rd year playing, although he does need more playing time. Who I really want is OG Anunoby. He has been compared to Kawhi. Now imagine we have 2 Kawhi's down the stretch? That Warriors super team would get run over. That alone is a reason to take the risk and get him by giving up Kyle Anderson, who really isn't great at anything. Worst case scenario, Anunoby would be an athletic defender, which would still help us a lot. We need to have 3 great wing defenders in order to go small and counter Golden State.
SG: Korver would be another shooter. He can play the Marco Belinelli role off the bench. Something Pop said has been missing. He also fits our locker room and team culture. He should be cheap due to his age and I think he'd be a great fit here. Josh Hart is described as a Spurs type of player as well. Good character, classy guy. Him playing a couple of years in college should make it easier for him to adapt to the NBA. A lot of scouts compare him to be able to turn out like Malcolm Brogdon. He has improved every year in college, is a shooter, good defender that plays passing lanes and a high IQ player who can also serve as a secondary playmaker.
PG: George Hill is perfect to play with Kawhi. He can break down the defense and is a good spot up shooter, which is useful when Kawhi handles the ball. Besides that he knows the system and would help us get another leader on the team. What I really like about Hill is that he's a good defender and we can slide him to the 2 occassionally when Murray or TP play PG. This is a huge upgrade from a Mills/Parker line up that gets scored on with ease. He should also be willing to give us a little hometown discount and it would be great to have him playing alongside Kawhi after that trade in 2011. Parker can be our 6th/7th man together with Pau. Murray could play the 2 off the bench together with Parker or be the back up PG so Parker can get rest.
This would be a quality roster with vets, players in their prime, incredible defense and a lot of young talent while having great character guys with high Basketball IQ. We can run a lot of different line ups with this group, I'd say this team is even deeper and more versatile than the one we have right now, while also having more upside and improving on both ends.
Lamarcus should be profiting the most, since Hill can make things easier for him on offense and Splitter can make him preserve some energy on the defensive end. Danny Green should also be more effective playing alongside a PG who can break down the defense. If he struggles just insert Korver or slide Hill to SG and let Parker play PG.