Shams: Olynyk to Spurs for Wesley, Branham, '26 SRP

Post #1 » by **Rafael122** » Tue Jul 8, 2025 11:55 pm

NatP4 · Post #2 » by **NatP4** » Tue Jul 8, 2025 11:57 pm

What? Why would the Spurs do that?

NatP4 · Post #3 » by **NatP4** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:01 am

I don’t think Branham or Wesley are NBA players, but might as well swing on the upside and get a 2026 2nd round pick in exchange for a player with zero value to us.

Post #4 » by **Rafael122** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:03 am

2nd rounder is least favorable of Philly, OKC, and Dallas so this will be OKC's 2nd round pick. It looks like we have 4 2nd round picks next year (our own, Phoenix, OKC's, convoluted 4 team swap), top 8 protected pick and OKC's first round pick. Not to mention the ability to swap with Phoenix.

Edit: Olynyk was going to make $13.4 million next season. Wesley and Branham combined make about $9.6 so its about $4 million in savings.

J-Ves · Post #5 » by **J-Ves** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:03 am

NatP4 wrote:I don’t think Branham or Wesley are NBA players, but might as well swing on the upside and get a 2026 2nd round pick in exchange for a player with zero value to us.

It’s going to be the 60th pick. Pointless trade

long suffrin' boulez fan · Post #6 » by **long suffrin' boulez fan** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:05 am

Good value I suppose. But I’m having a hard time understanding the plan. We now have about 23 young wings with roster filler upside.

I guess the strategy is to keep taking bites of the apple, see what happens.

trast66 · Post #7 » by **trast66** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:05 am

Anyone know if those are guaranteed contracts this year? I think they are. Wish we could have got Julian Champagnie.

TGW · Post #8 » by **TGW** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:06 am

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NatP4 wrote:What? Why would the Spurs do that?

Because they want some playable bigs for the playoffs. They don’t need anything they gave up.

Wizards are just trying to replenish the pick that they lost but more than likely it’s a pick at the end of the second round.

WallStar · Post #9 » by **WallStar** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:07 am

long suffrin' boulez fan wrote:Good value I suppose. But I’m having a hard time understanding the plan. We now have about 23 young wings with roster filler upside.

I guess the strategy is to keep taking bites of the apple, see what happens.

I have a feeling they're not done yet.

SUPERBALLMAN · Post #10 » by **SUPERBALLMAN** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:07 am

Seriously?

Post #11 » by **Rafael122** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:07 am

trast66 wrote:Anyone know if those are guaranteed contracts this year? I think they are. Wish we could have got Julian Champagnie.

They're both in the last year of their contract.

NatP4 · Post #12 » by **NatP4** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:10 am

long suffrin' boulez fan wrote:Good value I suppose. But I’m having a hard time understanding the plan. We now have about 23 young wings with roster filler upside.

I guess the strategy is to keep taking bites of the apple, see what happens.

There isn’t enough opportunity/playing time for this many non-established young players. Branham and Wesley have shown nothing so far.

They basically have one big on the roster now in Sarr. I wonder what happens next.

AFM · Post #13 » by **AFM** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:10 am

Sarr gonna play 48 minutes a game

WallToWall · Post #14 » by **WallToWall** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:10 am

Wesley and Branham are both on expiring deals. So, we take a look and see if they are worth hanging on to, or we trade them away.
Olynyk for a late late late 2nd is an ok trade. He pretty much is just going through the motions right now till the end of his contract.

Captain Obvious says that we have at least one more trade in the works....because we cant have 397562 wings.

J-Ves · Post #15 » by **J-Ves** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:15 am

Noticed both players have team options for 25-26. I don’t know if it works this way but it would be cool if we could cut both guys and essentially free up a roster spot

Post #16 » by **nate33** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:15 am

This is a bizarre move. It only makes sense if there is something else in the works. We have no centers on the roster except Sarr, and he is barely a center. Why trade our backup center for a 6th guard and an 8th forward? And the pick, the likely #60 pick in the draft, is literally no better than a training camp invite.

The only thing that makes sense is that we will be applying the $4M saved in the transaction in some other trade for a center.

80sballboy · Post #17 » by **80sballboy** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:16 am

I doubt they keep both guards.

Post #18 » by **nate33** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:16 am

J-Ves wrote:Noticed both players have team options for 25-26. I don’t know if it works this way but it would be cool if we could cut both guys and essentially free up a roster spot

We can cut them. We would still have to pay them, but they would be off the roster and we could sign someone else to replace them.

Jay81 · Post #19 » by **Jay81** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:18 am

nate33 wrote:This is a bizarre move. It only makes sense if there is something else in the works. We have no centers on the roster except Sarr, and he is barely a center. Why trade our backup center for a 6th guard and an 8th forward? And the pick, the likely #60 pick in the draft, is literally no better than a training camp invite.

The only thing that makes sense is that we will be applying the $4M saved in the transaction in some other trade for a center.

Maybe we want to lose

Post #20 » by **nate33** » Wed Jul 9, 2025 12:19 am

Jay81 wrote:
nate33 wrote:This is a bizarre move. It only makes sense if there is something else in the works. We have no centers on the roster except Sarr, and he is barely a center. Why trade our backup center for a 6th guard and an 8th forward? And the pick, the likely #60 pick in the draft, is literally no better than a training camp invite.

The only thing that makes sense is that we will be applying the $4M saved in the transaction in some other trade for a center.

Maybe we want to lose

Kyshawn George is now our backup center.