[Shams] Kelly Olynyk traded to the San Antonio Spurs, Wizards get Malaki Branham, Blake Wesley, 2026 2nd

[doogie_hauser]

Blake Wesley is so bad he makes Isiah Collier look like Russell Westbrook

Branham is the guy I thought had a little something, but this is not a good sign

Washington has a bunch of trash on their roster is how I see it

Wesley trey Johnson bub Carrington.....I don't think they help you win

Sarr looks bad too

Culi baby is the biggest winner on that team

You haven't seen Alex Sarr play have you except maybe when The Wiz played your team ?

He struggled early on but got a lot better as the season went on, and he has a lot of growth and development to go.

I expect him to break out within the next 2 seasons once he matures and gets more games under his belt.

Most big men take a bit longer to develop, very rarely do you see Wemby like Unicorns dominate from their rookie season, and Sarr did have a pretty respectable rookie season.

[BrianInPhilly]

Ehhh Spurs being too conservative in their offseason approach in my opinion ... John Collins would have fit so much better as a way more versatile, younger shooting big but they couldn't beat Clippers offer? Spurs had a clear need at forward heading into offseason (since Wemby's best position is center) and they haven't addressed it.

[JiriWelsch]

Love this for the Spurs. Twelve-year veteran, near seven footer, been around the game his entire life (look up his old man). Great screen setter, 40%+ three point shooter last year, but career great shooter at his size. Good for a young team, great for a young team with historical front court potential in Wembanyama. This is a home run get for the Spurs in terms of culture building, player development, etc.

[bkkrh]

Guard depth is suddenly a need for the Spurs. If only they'd drafted one at 38 instead of dumping it the day before.

People were just talking about how it's an "issue" for the Spurs that they have Fox, Harper and Castle. Now you say they have an issue with Guard depth^^. Branham played 9.1 minutes last season, Wesley 11.8. Those minutes will go to Harper and Castle, who just played 26.7 minutes last season. If I consider Chris Paul´s 28 minutes and that Branham and and Wesley both had a good amount of DNPs that probably accumulates to about 40 minutes per game, which would translate into 32-34 minutes for Harper and Castle, which lines up with Fox playing on average exactly 34 minutes per game as a Spur.

Besides that, the Spurs will have no issues to find another backup Point and Shooting Guard for the Vet minimum, those are the 2 most stacked positions in the league.

[CIN-C-STAR]

Ehhh Spurs being too conservative in their offseason approach in my opinion ... John Collins would have fit so much better as a way more versatile, younger shooting big but they couldn't beat Clippers offer? Spurs had a clear need at forward heading into offseason (since Wemby's best position is center) and they haven't addressed it.

Wemby prefers playing the 4 and Spurs have made it possible to see what that looks like with Kornet and Kelly O, while still having minutes available for him at the 5.
It’s a home run move. Wemby will gradually move to the 5 as he gets stronger.

[Ritzo]

They got the Kevin Love stopper

[pipfan]

Guard depth is suddenly a need for the Spurs. If only they'd drafted one at 38 instead of dumping it the day before.

People were just talking about how it's an "issue" for the Spurs that they have Fox, Harper and Castle. Now you say they have an issue with Guard depth^^. Branham played 9.1 minutes last season, Wesley 11.8. Those minutes will go to Harper and Castle, who just played 26.7 minutes last season. If I consider Chris Paul´s 28 minutes and that Branham and and Wesley both had a good amount of DNPs that probably accumulates to about 40 minutes per game, which would translate into 32-34 minutes for Harper and Castle, which lines up with Fox playing on average exactly 34 minutes per game as a Spur.

Besides that, the Spurs will have no issues to find another backup Point and Shooting Guard for the Vet minimum, those are the 2 most stacked positions in the league.

I agree-they will have Fox/Castle/Vassell/Harper-who all need big minutes. Vassell can play a little 3 too, but he's a 2 guard by size.
I'm sure they'll sign someone for depth, but they have a great guard rotation for now

[bkkrh]

Guard depth is suddenly a need for the Spurs. If only they'd drafted one at 38 instead of dumping it the day before.

People were just talking about how it's an "issue" for the Spurs that they have Fox, Harper and Castle. Now you say they have an issue with Guard depth^^. Branham played 9.1 minutes last season, Wesley 11.8. Those minutes will go to Harper and Castle, who just played 26.7 minutes last season. If I consider Chris Paul´s 28 minutes and that Branham and and Wesley both had a good amount of DNPs that probably accumulates to about 40 minutes per game, which would translate into 32-34 minutes for Harper and Castle, which lines up with Fox playing on average exactly 34 minutes per game as a Spur.

Besides that, the Spurs will have no issues to find another backup Point and Shooting Guard for the Vet minimum, those are the 2 most stacked positions in the league.

I agree-they will have Fox/Castle/Vassell/Harper-who all need big minutes. Vassell can play a little 3 too, but he's a 2 guard by size.
I'm sure they'll sign someone for depth, but they have a great guard rotation for now

Yeah it´s definitely a solid 4 player rotation and Keldon Johnson could also play 2. So resigning somebody like Jordan McLaughlin would probably be more than enough.

[UcanUwill]

kelly is a 7 footer that can handle and pass the ball like a guard and hit 3s...he cant do anything else but what he does well makes him a solid bench player

Kelly is good and they get him for two non NBA caliber players, but please, do not continue the trend of calling every big a 7 footer, when they clearly aren't. Kelly is getting there with age tho, I still remember him being best player on Canadian team in world cup 2010, its been a while, hes been there before Canadian boom happened.

[magee]

CJ McCollum / Bub Carrington / Marcus Smart
Kyshawn George / Trey Johnson / Blake Wesley / Malakhi Branham
Bilal Coulibaly / Justin Champagnie
Khris Middleton / Cory Kispert / Cam Whitmore
Alex Sarr / Richaun Holmes

De'Aaron Fox / Dylan Harper
Stephon Castle
Devin Vassell / Keldon Johnson / Julian Champagnie
Harrison Barnes / Jeremy Sochan / Carter Bryant
Victor Wembanyama / Luke Kornet / Kelly Olynyk

This is how I see the lineups after each trade:

CJ McCollum / Bub Carrington / Marcus Smart
Cam Whitmore / AJ Johnson / Trey Johnson / Blake Wesley / Malakhi Branham
Bilal Coulibaly / Cory Kispert / Justin Champagnie
Kyshawn George / Khris Middleton
Alex Sarr / Tristan Vuckevic / Richaun Holmes

De'Aaron Fox / Dylan Harper
Stephon Castle / Devin Vassell
Jeremy Sochan / Julian Champagnie / Carter Bryant
Harrison Barnes / Keldon Johnson
Victor Wembanyama / Luke Kornet / Kelly Olynyk

[AFM]

CJ McCollum / Bub Carrington / Marcus Smart
Kyshawn George / Trey Johnson / Blake Wesley / Malakhi Branham
Bilal Coulibaly / Justin Champagnie
Khris Middleton / Cory Kispert / Cam Whitmore
Alex Sarr / Richaun Holmes

De'Aaron Fox / Dylan Harper
Stephon Castle
Devin Vassell / Keldon Johnson / Julian Champagnie
Harrison Barnes / Jeremy Sochan / Carter Bryant
Victor Wembanyama / Luke Kornet / Kelly Olynyk

This is how I see the lineups after each trade:

CJ McCollum / Bub Carrington / Marcus Smart
Cam Whitmore / AJ Johnson / Trey Johnson / Blake Wesley / Malakhi Branham
Bilal Coulibaly / Cory Kispert / Justin Champagnie
Kyshawn George / Khris Middleton
Alex Sarr / Tristan Vuckevic / Richaun Holmes

De'Aaron Fox / Dylan Harper
Stephon Castle / Devin Vassell
Jeremy Sochan / Julian Champagnie / Carter Bryant
Harrison Barnes / Keldon Johnson
Victor Wembanyama / Luke Kornet / Kelly Olynyk

I doubt Blake and Malakhi play a second for us. You're forgetting about Will Riley too. Wiz still need to make another move, unless Sarr plans on playing 48 minutes a night.

[magee]

I doubt Blake and Malakhi play a second for us. You're forgetting about Will Riley too. Wiz still need to make another move, unless Sarr plans on playing 48 minutes a night.

Thanks for the note. Yeah, I forgot to add him in on the copy and paste. I had him listed and then deleted his name on accident and didn't proof it.

He'll probably be the combo forward back-up, yeah?

I can see Vuckevic getting 15+ a night, which will help Sarr out. I think they need to play Sarr next to a center, as well, in spurts. I was trying to scour the market for who could fill in at center. I do like Charles Bassey a bit for a year to see how his game would fit on this team. Low cost type of back-up big. Otherwise, the rest of the centers available are along the lines of Marvin Bagley and Bismack Biyombo. Taking fliers on the likes of N'Faly Dante (GO DUCKS!!) or Christian Koloko on a Two-Way with the potential for playing time might be worthwhile.

I know Al Horford wouldn't consider the Wizards and I don't blame him, yet he's the type of vet that this team could really use.

[nate33]

I doubt Blake and Malakhi play a second for us. You're forgetting about Will Riley too. Wiz still need to make another move, unless Sarr plans on playing 48 minutes a night.

Thanks for the note. Yeah, I forgot to add him in on the copy and paste. I had him listed and then deleted his name on accident and didn't proof it.

He'll probably be the combo forward back-up, yeah?

I can see Vuckevic getting 15+ a night, which will help Sarr out. I think they need to play Sarr next to a center, as well, in spurts. I was trying to scour the market for who could fill in at center. I do like Charles Bassey a bit for a year to see how his game would fit on this team. Low cost type of back-up big. Otherwise, the rest of the centers available are along the lines of Marvin Bagley and Bismack Biyombo. Taking fliers on the likes of N'Faly Dante (GO DUCKS!!) or Christian Koloko on a Two-Way with the potential for playing time might be worthwhile.

I know Al Horford wouldn't consider the Wizards and I don't blame him, yet he's the type of vet that this team could really use.

Whitmore will not start at guard. The starting guards will be two among: Carrington, McCollum and Tre Johnson. It'll probably be a training camp decision.

Bilal will start at one forward position. The other forward will probably be Middleton, unless they decide to load manage him as a backup. If it's not Middleton, the other forward will be a contest between Kyshawn George and Cam Whitmore.

[G R E Y]

CJ McCollum / Bub Carrington / Marcus Smart
Kyshawn George / Trey Johnson / Blake Wesley / Malakhi Branham
Bilal Coulibaly / Justin Champagnie
Khris Middleton / Cory Kispert / Cam Whitmore
Alex Sarr / Richaun Holmes

De'Aaron Fox / Dylan Harper
Stephon Castle
Devin Vassell / Keldon Johnson / Julian Champagnie
Harrison Barnes / Jeremy Sochan / Carter Bryant
Victor Wembanyama / Luke Kornet / Kelly Olynyk

This is how I see the lineups after each trade:

CJ McCollum / Bub Carrington / Marcus Smart
Cam Whitmore / AJ Johnson / Trey Johnson / Blake Wesley / Malakhi Branham
Bilal Coulibaly / Cory Kispert / Justin Champagnie
Kyshawn George / Khris Middleton
Alex Sarr / Tristan Vuckevic / Richaun Holmes

De'Aaron Fox / Dylan Harper
Stephon Castle / Devin Vassell
Jeremy Sochan / Julian Champagnie / Carter Bryant
Harrison Barnes / Keldon Johnson
Victor Wembanyama / Luke Kornet / Kelly Olynyk

Flip Sochan and Keldon and it looks like the roster.

I think we start something like Fox, Castle, Vassell, Barnes, Wemby and then make sub adjustments as needed.

Barnes and Olynyk are expiring so they're either flipped at the deadline or depending on standings kept till the end of the year and use the cap space if possible.

[God Squad]

CJ McCollum / Bub Carrington / Marcus Smart
Kyshawn George / Trey Johnson / Blake Wesley / Malakhi Branham
Bilal Coulibaly / Justin Champagnie
Khris Middleton / Cory Kispert / Cam Whitmore
Alex Sarr / Richaun Holmes

De'Aaron Fox / Dylan Harper
Stephon Castle
Devin Vassell / Keldon Johnson / Julian Champagnie
Harrison Barnes / Jeremy Sochan / Carter Bryant
Victor Wembanyama / Luke Kornet / Kelly Olynyk

This is how I see the lineups after each trade:

CJ McCollum / Bub Carrington / Marcus Smart
Cam Whitmore / AJ Johnson / Trey Johnson / Blake Wesley / Malakhi Branham
Bilal Coulibaly / Cory Kispert / Justin Champagnie
Kyshawn George / Khris Middleton
Alex Sarr / Tristan Vuckevic / Richaun Holmes

De'Aaron Fox / Dylan Harper
Stephon Castle / Devin Vassell
Jeremy Sochan / Julian Champagnie / Carter Bryant
Harrison Barnes / Keldon Johnson
Victor Wembanyama / Luke Kornet / Kelly Olynyk

I doubt Blake and Malakhi play a second for us. You're forgetting about Will Riley too. Wiz still need to make another move, unless Sarr plans on playing 48 minutes a night.

Good, IMO they're both bad. I'd rather develop Will Riley than any of Blake/Branum.

[kwajo]

kelly is a 7 footer that can handle and pass the ball like a guard and hit 3s...he cant do anything else but what he does well makes him a solid bench player

Kelly is good and they get him for two non NBA caliber players, but please, do not continue the trend of calling every big a 7 footer, when they clearly aren't. Kelly is getting there with age tho, I still remember him being best player on Canadian team in world cup 2010, its been a while, hes been there before Canadian boom happened.

Kelly's game was ideal for FIBA ball, he looked like a much better player under international rules than NBA rules and excelled at ball movement, spacing the floor, and passing from the top of the key, which many NBA big men used to struggle with in international games. He's aging now, but he still shows a his high IQ and understanding of the game that will help a developing team like the Spurs.

[TGW]

I doubt Blake and Malakhi play a second for us. You're forgetting about Will Riley too. Wiz still need to make another move, unless Sarr plans on playing 48 minutes a night.

Thanks for the note. Yeah, I forgot to add him in on the copy and paste. I had him listed and then deleted his name on accident and didn't proof it.

He'll probably be the combo forward back-up, yeah?

I can see Vuckevic getting 15+ a night, which will help Sarr out. I think they need to play Sarr next to a center, as well, in spurts. I was trying to scour the market for who could fill in at center. I do like Charles Bassey a bit for a year to see how his game would fit on this team. Low cost type of back-up big. Otherwise, the rest of the centers available are along the lines of Marvin Bagley and Bismack Biyombo. Taking fliers on the likes of N'Faly Dante (GO DUCKS!!) or Christian Koloko on a Two-Way with the potential for playing time might be worthwhile.

I know Al Horford wouldn't consider the Wizards and I don't blame him, yet he's the type of vet that this team could really use.

Whitmore will not start at guard. The starting guards will be two among: Carrington, McCollum and Tre Johnson. It'll probably be a training camp decision.

Bilal will start at one forward position. The other forward will probably be Middleton, unless they decide to load manage him as a backup. If it's not Middleton, the other forward will be a contest between Kyshawn George and Cam Whitmore.

I actually disagree here. I think the starting backcourt will be McCollum and Bilal. Forwards will be Middleton and Whitmore. Carrington and Johnson will start the year coming off the bench.

[nate33]

Thanks for the note. Yeah, I forgot to add him in on the copy and paste. I had him listed and then deleted his name on accident and didn't proof it.

He'll probably be the combo forward back-up, yeah?

I can see Vuckevic getting 15+ a night, which will help Sarr out. I think they need to play Sarr next to a center, as well, in spurts. I was trying to scour the market for who could fill in at center. I do like Charles Bassey a bit for a year to see how his game would fit on this team. Low cost type of back-up big. Otherwise, the rest of the centers available are along the lines of Marvin Bagley and Bismack Biyombo. Taking fliers on the likes of N'Faly Dante (GO DUCKS!!) or Christian Koloko on a Two-Way with the potential for playing time might be worthwhile.

I know Al Horford wouldn't consider the Wizards and I don't blame him, yet he's the type of vet that this team could really use.

Whitmore will not start at guard. The starting guards will be two among: Carrington, McCollum and Tre Johnson. It'll probably be a training camp decision.

Bilal will start at one forward position. The other forward will probably be Middleton, unless they decide to load manage him as a backup. If it's not Middleton, the other forward will be a contest between Kyshawn George and Cam Whitmore.

I actually disagree here. I think the starting backcourt will be McCollum and Bilal. Forwards will be Middleton and Whitmore. Carrington and Johnson will start the year coming off the bench.

No way. This organization loves Bub and Tre. At least one will start, if not both.

[magee]

Whitmore will not start at guard. The starting guards will be two among: Carrington, McCollum and Tre Johnson. It'll probably be a training camp decision.

Bilal will start at one forward position. The other forward will probably be Middleton, unless they decide to load manage him as a backup. If it's not Middleton, the other forward will be a contest between Kyshawn George and Cam Whitmore.

What about AJ Johnson? Could you see him surprising people and claim the starting SG spot? I kinda like him more than Tre Johnson, which is saying a lot becauise I really like Tre Johnson.

[nate33]

Whitmore will not start at guard. The starting guards will be two among: Carrington, McCollum and Tre Johnson. It'll probably be a training camp decision.

Bilal will start at one forward position. The other forward will probably be Middleton, unless they decide to load manage him as a backup. If it's not Middleton, the other forward will be a contest between Kyshawn George and Cam Whitmore.

What about AJ Johnson? Could you see him surprising people and claim the starting SG spot? I kinda like him more than Tre Johnson, which is saying a lot becauise I really like Tre Johnson.

Anything is possible for guys this young, but I doubt it. AJ is an electric offensive player who can get to the rim, but at 160 pounds, he's going to be a defensive liability for a while. I just don't see him leaping ahead of Bub Carrington when Carrington posts better numbers across the board with better defense.