[Shams] Luke Kornet has agreed to a four-year, $41 million deal with the San Antonio Spurs

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #41 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:17 am

bisme37 wrote:Gonna miss Luke. He's amazing in the locker room and a great guy. And dude can really play. Enjoy, Spurs fans.

I don’t get it what exactly Boston doing , while JRue and KP was understandable this one not so much

Post #42 » by **G R E Y** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:24 am

Wingy wrote:Who now has the strength to stand against the armies of San Antonio?

To stand against the might of Wemby and Luke Kornet, and the union of the Two Towers.

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #43 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:32 am

bisme37 wrote:Gonna miss Luke. He's amazing in the locker room and a great guy. And dude can really play. Enjoy, Spurs fans.

To cheer you up Bisme I gotta tell you Niang is also amazing in the locker room , maybe he can fill this void after Luke :lol:

I’ll better shut up or ban coming my way again :lol:

Wingy · Post #44 » by **Wingy** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:34 am

G R E Y wrote:
Wingy wrote:Who now has the strength to stand against the armies of San Antonio?

To stand against the might of Wemby and Luke Kornet, and the union of the Two Towers.

Wrong one, G R E Y! :lol:

Time for Timmy and The Admiral to move over and make some room!

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #45 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:36 am

G R E Y wrote:
Wingy wrote:Who now has the strength to stand against the armies of San Antonio?

To stand against the might of Wemby and Luke Kornet, and the union of the Two Towers.

I want only one Spur on the Nets roster , we gotta find a way to trade for Jeremy Sochan , it’s not like you need him anyways

ConSarnit · Post #46 » by **ConSarnit** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:38 am

hugepatsfan wrote:I like Luke. We'll see what the guarantees/options are. On the surface though, this is a bad move. Reminds me of that year they splurged on McDermott and a bunch of other JAGs.

Fortunately for them they learned from their mistakes post Kawhi and prioritized picks over staying fully a treadmill team. But this moves wreaks of their old ways. Since Kawhi trade, this has not been a good front office on the overall balance of things IMO.

McDermott made nearly 12% of the cap on his Spurs deal. Kornet will make 6%. This deal is significantly cheaper than the McDermott or Collins deals they handed out.

Post #47 » by **G R E Y** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:41 am

Wingy wrote:
G R E Y wrote:
Wingy wrote:Who now has the strength to stand against the armies of San Antonio?

To stand against the might of Wemby and Luke Kornet, and the union of the Two Towers.

Wrong one, G R E Y!

Time for Timmy and The Admiral to move over and make some room!

Lol eh it's a new era but still The Spurs Way!

Post #48 » by **G R E Y** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:43 am

ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
G R E Y wrote:
Wingy wrote:Who now has the strength to stand against the armies of San Antonio?

To stand against the might of Wemby and Luke Kornet, and the union of the Two Towers.

I want only one Spur on the Nets roster , we gotta find a way to trade for Jeremy Sochan , it’s not like you need him anyways

We don't need a rangy 1-4 guarding DGAF menace? Sure we do.

hugepatsfan · Post #49 » by **hugepatsfan** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:45 am

ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
bisme37 wrote:Gonna miss Luke. He's amazing in the locker room and a great guy. And dude can really play. Enjoy, Spurs fans.

I don’t get it what exactly Boston doing , while JRue and KP was understandable this one not so much

Celtics right now are $2,046,821 below the 2nd apron with 14 players signed right now. They can sign a rookie for the 15th spot if they want, but even a minimum deal for a player with 1 year of experience or more would take them back over the 2nd apron. It doesn't make sense for them to incur those basketball penalties for a Tatum-less year.

If Tatum were healthy, they'd probably be more aggressive moving Simons/Niang and possibly Hauser for either salary room to keep Kornet and/or Horford or just for better front court players in the deal. But those are negatively valued contracts so it'd take draft assets to do so. For a Tatum-less season, it simply doesn't make sense for them to spend their future draft capital to re-balance their roster. They'll save that future draft capital for the years Tatum is back. So in the meantime, they'll deal with the worst center rotation in the NBA.

Next year, with Simons/Niang expiring, they're well under the tax line so they get their flexibility back.

Castle Black · Post #50 » by **Castle Black** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:48 am

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Blame Rasho · Post #51 » by **Blame Rasho** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:48 am

ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
bisme37 wrote:Gonna miss Luke. He's amazing in the locker room and a great guy. And dude can really play. Enjoy, Spurs fans.

I don’t get it what exactly Boston doing , while JRue and KP was understandable this one not so much

No reason to pay over 300 million in taxes if you have no chance to win title. It is that simple.

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #52 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:52 am

Blame Rasho wrote:
ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
bisme37 wrote:Gonna miss Luke. He's amazing in the locker room and a great guy. And dude can really play. Enjoy, Spurs fans.

I don’t get it what exactly Boston doing , while JRue and KP was understandable this one not so much

No reason to pay over 300 million in taxes if you have no chance to win title. It is that simple.

Dude cost 3.2m and Boston was under before this , don’t act like frickin Kornet would cost Boston 300 Large :lol:

Blame Rasho · Post #53 » by **Blame Rasho** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:56 am

ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
Blame Rasho wrote:
ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
I don’t get it what exactly Boston doing , while JRue and KP was understandable this one not so much

No reason to pay over 300 million in taxes if you have no chance to win title. It is that simple.

Dude cost 3.2m and Boston was under before this , don’t act like frickin Kornet would cost Boston 300 Large

It’s a combo of all those things… they have no reason to keep him at a price that will be significantly higher than any other team.

I am a spurs guy and am very meh at the contract, just imagine having to pay additional money for being over the 1st apron and close to 2nd.

It isn’t string theory. The Celtics bloated payroll is the reason why he left along with Tatum injury which detrailed their plans for next year.

ArksNetsSince99 · Post #54 » by **ArksNetsSince99** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 2:59 am

Blame Rasho wrote:
ArksNetsSince99 wrote:
Blame Rasho wrote:
No reason to pay over 300 million in taxes if you have no chance to win title. It is that simple.

Dude cost 3.2m and Boston was under before this , don’t act like frickin Kornet would cost Boston 300 Large

It’s a combo of all those things… they have no reason to keep him at a price that will be significantly higher than any other team.

I am a spurs guy and am very meh at the contract, just imagine having to pay additional money for being over the 1st apron and close to 2nd.

It isn’t string theory. The Celtics bloated payroll is the reason why he left along with Tatum injury which detrailed their plans for next year.

I get all that , but I doubt Simons and especially Niang is in their future plans , I rather have resigned Kornet for continuity post Tatum injury

The Servant · Post #55 » by **The Servant** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:02 am

hugepatsfan wrote:I like Luke. We'll see what the guarantees/options are. On the surface though, this is a bad move. Reminds me of that year they splurged on McDermott and a bunch of other JAGs.

Fortunately for them they learned from their mistakes post Kawhi and prioritized picks over staying fully a treadmill team. But this moves wreaks of their old ways. Since Kawhi trade, this has not been a good front office on the overall balance of things IMO.

The Spurs FO is washed imo. Can anyone point to some good moves or draft picks from the past decade?

Wemby is a no brainer lmao.

Rust_Cohle · Post #56 » by **Rust_Cohle** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:12 am

LOVE this move!

makubesu · Post #57 » by **makubesu** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:19 am

Just wait until he teaches Wemby the Kornet Kontest, the league is screwed.

Joshyjess · Post #58 » by **Joshyjess** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:25 am

It's easy after a player is traded to talk bad about him. He can't do this, or we won't miss that... but with Kornet, that won't happen. He was not only a fan favorite, but was an amazing locker-room presence as well (from all reports). He was also so good at doing what he was supposed to do. No, he wont' ever be the guy with the huge numbers that leads your team, but he will be the ultimate professional who gives all he has to be the best he can. SA is going to love having him. As a Celtics' fan I am really bummed that he is gone. Best of luck Green Kornet!!!!

DwayneSchintzus · Post #59 » by **DwayneSchintzus** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:25 am

happy to have him.

you know the front office is getting serious when they actually start plugging the holes in the roster haha.

GameChannel · Post #60 » by **GameChannel** » Tue Jul 1, 2025 3:56 am

The Servant wrote:
hugepatsfan wrote:I like Luke. We'll see what the guarantees/options are. On the surface though, this is a bad move. Reminds me of that year they splurged on McDermott and a bunch of other JAGs.

Fortunately for them they learned from their mistakes post Kawhi and prioritized picks over staying fully a treadmill team. But this moves wreaks of their old ways. Since Kawhi trade, this has not been a good front office on the overall balance of things IMO.

The Spurs FO is washed imo. Can anyone point to some good moves or draft picks from the past decade?

Wemby is a no brainer lmao.

- They stole Fox for a very modest cost
- Got CP3 as a FA to mentor their young core
- Drafted Sochan who is among the best defenders in the league
- Drafted Wemby
- Drafted Harper
- Drafted Castle
- Drafted Bryant
- Drafted Vassell and signed him to a very friendly extension
- Traded Murray to the Hawks for a great return
- Traded the corpse of Thad Young to Toronto for a 1st round pick
- Traded Yak to Toronto for the #8 pick
- Amassed attractive future picks like 2028 1st swap with Boston, 2026 1st swap with ATL, 2027 Atlanta 1st, 2030 1st swap with Dallas/Minny, 2031 1st swap with Sacramento.

That's hardly washed