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He also didn’t understand that as a specialist, you don’t trashtalk legends.
Brooks never embraced the role as a defensive specialist only. He thinks he is also a main offensive threat and jacks up 3's like he's the first option, but at a 32% clip.
He also didn’t understand that as a specialist, you don’t trashtalk legends.
Modern day Ruben Patterson.
I hope he doesn’t have a nanny, then.
I still like Isaac Bonga as a guy to keep an eye on for the future, for a potential Bruce Bowen style bench player. He doesn't score much but defends well and moves the ball, and just won Gold with Team Germany. He's signed this year for his German Euroleague team, but could be an interesting inexpensive option later on. 6'8", 7' wingspan, has an improving 3pt shot. Could be a good deep bench asset.
rockets would have to give up more than just a flimsly 2nd to unload him imo. could be a way for us to get some more draft comp instead of just waiving a couple of guys. i think birch + osman works. nobody has cap space at this point to just absorb him. houston could get some expirings including birch who can probably get them an injury exception too
Yup... I've put zero thought into it but if we can move a few pieces for him for good compensation (do they even have any good compensation left?) then that could make sense if nothing materializes. Of course, we waive him before the inks dry on tne trade.
Didn’t he just sign an extension. Waiving would be costly if that’s the case.
only has 1 mil guaranteed beyond this season
That’s not bad at all. They should be able to move him if they’re truly motivated. Two 2nds and cash might get it done.
Not clear what's going on here with the Rockets.
How do you get to the point where you're paying Kevin Porter Jr $15 million a year? Granted it was year-by-year but the amount is bizarre.
They're looking for a player who can help them now. It's not a salary dump. I read this as a player who may have more than one year on his contract.
Who is this player? What could they possibly be looking for? Rox are a pile of mismatched parts already, why would they use assets to throw another player on the pile?
From a PR standpoint, just waive him. Move on. Team-building, they're like the anti-Spurs this summer, just throwing random stuff together, some of it really expensive. It seems like their directives are all crossed, with the demand to win now - they don't own their own draft destiny - but there's no order to it. And now they say they want to spend more draft capital for some random, unseen good player.
I wouldn't trade for KPJ even just to waive him. It's a bad PR move for fanbases who don't always see the logic behind deals. But then it looks like they want more than a Reggie Bullock type anyway.
That's $7.5 million per second round pick. Plus you'd be giving up a supposedly good player. I don't understand it.
That’s a fair point.
spotrac article ranking the worst signings/acquisitions
https://www.spotrac.com/news/worst-d...ffseason-2017/NO OFFER SHEETS – SAN ANTONIO SPURS
CONTRACT: NONE
Fine, this is cheating, but sometimes the worst things are missed opportunities. That was the case with the San Antonio Spurs this offseason.
The Spurs had over $30 million in cap space this summer. They used that $30 million to come away with exactly zero long-term rotation players. And they didn’t even acquire great assets by renting out their cap space either. A couple of vets may stick for this season, but the chances of them being a part of the next great Spurs team are very, very small.
It’s fair to point out that the free agent class wasn’t a great one. Inevitably, someone will say “Did you want San Antonio to do what Houston did?” And that’s a reasonable question. But the Spurs weren’t under the same pressure to add win-now pieces, which is where the strategy differs.
And that strategy mostly falls at the feet of not making any of the in bent teams sweat with a restricted free agent offer sheet. The most-talked-about example was with Austin Reaves. San Antonio could have forced the Los Angeles Lakers to match a nearly $100 million offer sheet, and to take on the wonky cap hits that would have come with matching. But the Spurs left Reaves dangling for too long, and he eventually re-sign with the Lakers.
They also stayed away from Herb Jones, who in fairness likely had a prearranged deal with the New Orleans Pelicans when they declined their team option. Cam Johnson could have made some sense. Grant Williams and P.J. Washington certainly made sense. Even Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White could have made sense for point guard-thin Spurs.
Mostly, this was a chance for San Antonio to do that second big thing, after drafting Victor Wembanyama. Instead, they just punted on it to act as a clearinghouse for cap- and tax-strapped teams, without coming away with any choice assets for doing so.
Just endless with these braindead, idiot takes. 1) The FO told the world explicitly what they wanted (or didn't want) to do; 2) Stop with the ing Austin Reaves bull . Goddamn it makes people look like pinheads.
They're so dumb, they thought that we rented our cap room for Bullock, Payne, and Cedi. Hey dumbasses, you take on contracts people don't want for picks. We got two SRPs in the Cedi trade, one SRP and a bag of cash in the Payne trade, and an unprotected 2030 FRP swap from Dallas.
Not commiting big money to guys who don't move the needle to preserve flexibility seems like a win to me. Dumb article
i think the article's main flaw is that it says we didnt get back any meaningful assets, but that mavs pick swap should certainly qualify
They said that they didn't think any of Cedi, Payne, or Bullock were in the Spurs long term plans. Hey dumbasses, they won't be on the opening night roster.
It's like the two choices are either spending ungodly money for Fred Van Vleet and Dillon Brooks or do nothing.
Except the do nothing part brought in some draft stuff. I know people were miffed that it wasn't huge hauls, but those days are gone.
Yeah,between us, Utah, and OKC,there just aren’t FRPs available to trade. The well is dry.
not sure why people pretend that the only options were to do exactly what the spurs did and do exactly what houston did
btw, the article addresses that point exactly
It’s fair to point out that the free agent class wasn’t a great one. Inevitably, someone will say “Did you want San Antonio to do what Houston did?” And that’s a reasonable question. But the Spurs weren’t under the same pressure to add win-now pieces, which is where the strategy differs.
SA and Houston did the exact opposite things and both got panned for it. There's no way to win with these guys.
BTW, why is Houston under more pressure to win now than we are? Other than making ty trades, and having their pick for 2024 only top 4 protected, that is. If anything, they should avoid making bad, short term decisions to keep one draft pick from conveying as a good pick. You win more games to make your pick worse when it conveys? Yeah, that'll improve your long term outlook.
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