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I think we've found our run-on sentence of the year winner.
Nah, a player’s prime doesn’t last that long. Tatum will be 30, and Brown 32 when the following season starts, but more importantly, as their skills diminish, their pay continues to grow. They expect that, so Boston will either have to offload one, or strip their roster bare to pay both. That’s already kind of started.
I think we've found our run-on sentence of the year winner.
Celtics will be one to watch. Jrue will be done by then, Porzingis will be early 30s, White will be mid-30s. Their big problem in the next few years is the cap and tax aprons. Brown makes a ridiculous amount of money, $53 million in 2025-2026, for example, when Tatum has a player option for $37 million and wanting his next contract -- he'll want at least as much as Brown is getting.
This year's cap is slightly lower than expected. It'll go up every year but the media/revenue environment is less expansive than they might have thought. They're gonna have trouble replenishing their role-players and second rank guys. Bad draft picks. Getting Porzingis was a stroke of genius this year but he'll only pay out for 2-4 years at most. Horford is very important but is about done.
This. The DW trade was made before the enactment of the 2nd apron, or they might not have included the swap. They’re under tax stress already, and it won’t improve over the next 4 years.
And Doncic will still be in his prime in 2030. A lot can happen in four years in Boston. They could keep being bridesmaids and Tatum forces his way out to try to win elsewhere. They could have injuries in 2027-28. Racist Boston fan could come in Tatum's bed and he asks out. etc
Definitely can see Boston continue to be compe ive as Brown and Tatum are in their primes, but the rest of the team will be hard to keep up. Hope by then the Spurs will be starting to peak with Wembanyama only like 24 years old. The swap could move us up 10-15 spots even if Boston isn't a lottery/play-in risk.
Don't want either of the Boston prima donna loser gots.
Unless it is for vet minimum. Even then would have to consider if they would pollute the team.
You... you don't know what is being swapped, do you?
MT is the Forest Gump of basketball.
Is that supposed to be an insult? Forrest Gump wasn't book smart but he was very intelligent and successful.
He was the opposite of intelligent, literally an idiot who was in the right place at the right time multiple times, through none of his own doing. THEY LITERALLY HAD TO DROP A BANNER TO STOP HIM FROM RUNNING OUT OF THE STADIUM.
Jealousy issues ^^
What? He was literally re ed
Holy crap, all these years and I come to find out that Forrest Gump was actually re ed!!! You guys are sharp
Most re ed part of the movie was that it was supposed to make you have faith in America, like even this for brains can become a billionaire because USA USA and because of the strength of his character.What? He was literally re ed
It's indeed not because spurs should do something that they should do anything and jump on the first Trae passing by. They didn't patiently come to the sitation they are now to waste their cap and picks on the first star available. Wemby is accelarating things and putting pressure on them to give him some help but also pressure to bring the right guys.
Either you haven't watched the Spurs or you suffer from Alzheimers, cause RJ was supposed to replace Bruce Bowen, not Sean Elliott
I'm not the biggest Aldridge fan, but I think it's overstating the facts to say it led to nothing. The Spurs won 67 and 61 games in his first two seasons, and lost in the conference finals to an all time great team after Kawhi was injured. I don't think you can categorize those seasons as complete failures.
anyone who put up with Jenny the way he did would have to be an idiot.
With the quan y and quality of draft capital the Spurs have, it'd be almost impossible to go "all-in".
There's a middle ground they need to walk between that and "standing pat".
Just because certain things didn't work out in the past, they shouldn't be overly cautious in that regard moving forward.
Trying to recreate the past is a fool's errand. Almost everything about that was unique.
Resorting to the old ad homenim/grammar response is the surest sign that one concedes.
Actually, I was so distracted by my pedantic obsession with the grammar that I never really even paid attention to what you were talking about. I mean, just because I made a joke about the grammar doesn't mean one should infer I didn't agree with you.
there's a changing of the guard happening in the NBA. The majority of star players that we know are reaching the tail end of their career, while a new generation of stars emerges. The Spurs should try to trade for a 2nd star soon, but there aren't many young ones out there that are available. Another aproach would be to find that emerging star player, like Mavs Jalen Brunson or OKC Harden. A guy who can become that, but is stuck behind other players on the roster when it comes to usage.
Trade for Jordan Hawkins while he may still be cheap to trade for.
Spurs need to add shooting.
Keldon for Jordan Hawkins and Herb Jones
Last edited by rascal; 02-06-2024 at 06:44 PM.
Yeah. What would you be conceding if you weren't arguing over anything?
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