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  • Mangoseed8BtoSan Antonio Spurs@nba.spaceMoving some draft picks
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    11 months ago

    Ivey, Kuminga, and Williams are all young guys we could buy low on.

    These teams are not selling these guys low. The Warriors are trying to win another title with Curry. They are not trading Kuminga for a pick. If anything they would use Kuminga to get Curry more help not a pick.

    Ivey is the #5 pick on his rookie deal. They would have to be stupid to give up on him when they have him for cheap for 2 more years. He’s still developing.

    Quickly and Grimes. They are not rebuilding, they are trying to win. If anything they would use these guys in a superstar trade.

    When the Bulls trade LaVine they will pivot to their young guys like Williams. It makes no sense to trade him for a pick.

    All those guys could be had with one FRP plus a second for someone like Doug McDermot (or taking back a bad salary).

    😂 you’re not even attempting to come up with a reason why those teams would make these incredibly dumb trades. Trades are supposed make teams better, either short term or long term. All your trades make those teams worse. This is not NBA2K and you’re trading with the AI. These are so bad for the other team.


  • Mangoseed8BtoSan Antonio Spurs@nba.spaceMoving some draft picks
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    We don’t have many open roster spots (many who I don’t see being with us in 2 years, let alone until the end of the year) at the moment with a few interesting guys in the G league (mainly Sidy and Barlow)

    You acknowledge that most of the guys on the roster will not be here in 2 years then you say we don’t have roster spots. Of course we have roster spots for picks. Everyone except 4 guys are expendable. And I’m being generous. The whole point of the draft is to upgrade. If you draft a better players, McDermott, Graham, Mamu, Champagnie, Bassey, Rice, Bediako are all gone. Some of these guys will be gone as soon as the trade deadline.






  • Lots of mentions of Kawhi’s uncle Dennis (I’ll get back to him) but does anyone remember Chris Carter? I do. Chris Carter is a former NFL player who had a debate style sports show on ESPN. He was friends with Kawhi’s family. When the drama was in full swing he would come on the air and tell the story from Kawhi’s point of view. This made the national narative “the Spurs mishandled Kawhi’s injury”. Years later Kawhi is still dealing with the same issue with the Clippers, no one apologized. The Spurs were right. The Spurs said it’s a degenerative issue that needs be managed. If you rest for a month or if you rest for 6 months it’s not going to go away. Chris Carter spon the story into “the Spurs are trying to force Kawhi to play while injured”.

    Getting back to the uncle. After Kawhi was traded it came out that Kahwi’s uncle was asking the Spurs for a bunch of financial perks for himself that are illegal under the CBA. He did the same thing in Toronto. It was spun as the Spurs didn’t know how to handle a modern superstar. I guess implying that these perks are normal. I don’t think they are, considerering Toronto refused also.


  • Also part of the riff with the team was Kawhi wanted to leave and he used the injury to force his way out. His uncle later admitted this is an interview. (That Kawhi wanted out regardless of the injury). It happens all the time now (players wanting to leave for whatever reason). But it was not normal back then and honestly the Spurs didn’t handle it well. If a player wants to leave you start planning for their exit. The Spurs thought it would blow over once he got back on the court. One of the reasons Pop was so upset with Kawhi was Kawhi’s agents disagreed with the Spurs medical staff and wanted a 2nd opinion. The first person they went to agreed with the Spurs. The 2nd person they went to (now we’re on a 3rd person diagnosing him) said he couldn’t play. So it looked like he was hunting for a doctor that would rule him out. This led to the now famous “ask Kawhi”. A reporter asked Pop when Kawhi would be back from injury. Pop leaned in and angrily said “ask Kawhi, ask him and his team”. Until that point no one knew what was going on behind the scences. It was just a normal player out with injury. Pop reacting that way made the national media look into it and discovered the battle going on behind the scenes. Then there was video of Kawhi walking normally, then he saw the camera and started to limp. LOL Yo, when tell you it was drama, you can’t understand. I won’t even get into the rest right now. Just know it was wild