Jock shot 6-8 for 14 points in the bronze medal game

Reporting with @RamonaShelburne on ESPN: The NBA has opened up investigations into possible tampering violations involving two sign-and-trade deals completed in free agency: New Orleans and Chicago centered on Lonzo Ball, and Toronto and Miami centered on Kyle Lowry. Story soon.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 7, 2021

Haha / Nelson

Big news

The San Antonio Spurs have renounced the free agent rights to DaQuan Jeffries and Quinndary Weatherspoon.

— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) August 8, 2021

Incredibly proud of you, Coach 👏 #Tokyo2020 | #Basketball pic.twitter.com/gprSSwzQE3

— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) August 8, 2021

The Spurs have acquired Doug McDermott, a 2023 protected second round pick and the right to swap 2026 second round picks with Indiana in exchange for San Antonio’s 2023 protected second round pick.

— Noah Magaro-George (@N_Magaro) August 8, 2021

McBuckets a S&T. Not sure the reasoning for having to do this but whatevs

HummingbirdSaltalamacchia said:

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The Spurs have acquired Doug McDermott, a 2023 protected second round pick and the right to swap 2026 second round picks with Indiana in exchange for San Antonio’s 2023 protected second round pick.

— Noah Magaro-George (@N_Magaro) August 8, 2021

McBuckets a S&T. Not sure the reasoning for having to do this but whatevs

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Possibly get a draft pick, Indiana gets a trade exception.

Bird rights convey via s&t as well don't they?

S&T usually are about the contract structure and salary cap.

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Bird rights convey via s&t as well don't they?

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All sign n trades have to be with a 3-year or longer contract, so by the time the contract is over they will have bird rights anyway

Toronto isn't Goran Dragic's 'preferred destination'.

h/t @townbrad pic.twitter.com/KVqKXU0mCO

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) August 9, 2021

Send them Aminu

Come back to where you drafted, Goran. Come home.

I really like Primo. He's a smooth offensive player. Outside shot is tight. He'll be very consistent. Ball handling, passing and defense has all been nice. He is turnover prone right now so I'm not sure how much time he'll get.

Ag Natural said:

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I really like Primo. He's a smooth offensive player. Outside shot is tight. He'll be very consistent. Ball handling, passing and defense has all been nice. He is turnover prone right now so I'm not sure how much time he'll get.

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Yea. Even thought he really struggled tonight, he still made a lot of nice passes and some good defensive plays. We just have so many guards that are further along in development at this point. A season in Austin will do him good.

So now it's out that the Spurs somehow lost the trade with Indy, how we feeling about the world's greatest GM in Brian Wright?

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So now it's out that the Spurs somehow lost the trade with Indy, how we feeling about the world's greatest GM in Brian Wright?

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WTF are you talking about?

The NBA posted it was complete two days ago.

https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pacers-complete-trade-spurs

Guitarsoup said:

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AG 2000' said:

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So now it's out that the Spurs somehow lost the trade with Indy, how we feeling about the world's greatest GM in Brian Wright?

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WTF are you talking about?

The NBA posted it was complete two days ago.

https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pacers-complete-trade-spurs

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From what I understand the respective 2nd round picks are top 31-55 protected, so essentially this is just a filler as neither will likely convey. Then the Spurs get a pick swap out of it. Spurs signed who they wanted and got a pick swap out of the deal. Pacers get a trade exception.

Spurs did not lose the trade. It was just a way to get extra stuff in addition to McBuckets and it benefits both teams

Enzo The Baker said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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AG 2000' said:

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So now it's out that the Spurs somehow lost the trade with Indy, how we feeling about the world's greatest GM in Brian Wright?

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WTF are you talking about?

The NBA posted it was complete two days ago.

https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pacers-complete-trade-spurs

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From what I understand the respective 2nd round picks are top 31-55 protected, so essentially this is just a filler as neither will likely convey. Then the Spurs get a pick swap out of it. Spurs signed who they wanted and got a pick swap out of the deal. Pacers get a trade exception.

Spurs did not lose the trade. It was just a way to get extra stuff in addition to McBuckets and it benefits both teams

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There were three picks.

The Spurs 2023 2nd to Indiana (protected 31-55, will not convey)
The Pacers 2023 2nd to Spurs (same protection, same wont convey)
A pick swap where Spurs get the best 2nd rounder in a few years.

So the Spurs could have signed him outright, but we did a trade where we move up in the 2nd round in a few years. Spurs can also technically include the Indiana 2nd rounder that wont convey in another trade.

So not sure how we lost it. Instead of just signing McD, we acquired two tradable assets.

The more interesting thing is the big 5-team Nets/Lakers/Wizards/Spurs/Pacers trade with Westbrook and Dinwiddie hasn't been completed, nor has the Spurs/Bulls trade.

That says to me, teams are trying to expand it.

Like send Thaddeus Young, Derrick White, and a box of rocks to Philly for Simmons.

Yea I could see us trying to move Thad. His skills are much more valuable for a contending team. Not really on our timeline. And if we ended up liking him and wanted to retain him we would have to pay him a good amount to keep him. He doesn't exactly make sense for our squad.

Enzo The Baker said:

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Yea I could see us trying to move Thad. His skills are much more valuable for a contending team. Not really on our timeline. And if we ended up liking him and wanted to retain him we would have to pay him a good amount to keep him. He doesn't exactly make sense for our squad.

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Murray: 15.4 (48 left)
White: 15.2 (64 left)
Thad Young: 14.2
Aminu: 10.2
Hutchinson: 4

We've got some easily movable assets.


Only contracts extending beyond this year that aren't rookie contracts:
Murray
White
Collins
McD
Poetl
I think Forbes and Jock have an option.

Murray's is 12.5% of the cap, the rest of them are smaller than that.

Spurs are in a good, solid financial position right now. Easy to trade for a big contract, easy to make a run at fre agency next year.

Enzo The Baker said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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AG 2000' said:

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So now it's out that the Spurs somehow lost the trade with Indy, how we feeling about the world's greatest GM in Brian Wright?

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WTF are you talking about?

The NBA posted it was complete two days ago.

https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pacers-complete-trade-spurs

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From what I understand the respective 2nd round picks are top 31-55 protected, so essentially this is just a filler as neither will likely convey. Then the Spurs get a pick swap out of it. Spurs signed who they wanted and got a pick swap out of the deal. Pacers get a trade exception.

Spurs did not lose the trade. It was just a way to get extra stuff in addition to McBuckets and it benefits both teams

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The Pacers would have to be a top-five team in the NBA in 2023 or the Spurs would have to finish with a better record than both Indiana and Miami in 2026 to be able to swap a second rounder in that draft. And then even if the latter situation happens, the Spurs get the worse of the Indiana and Miami picks.

If we are a top 5 regular season team in 2 years we give a pick to IND and end up with nothing in return (they walk away with the trade exception and the second rounder).

That's what Wright signed is up for. Incompetent.

The Bulls have now officially acquired Lonzo via S&T and signed Caruso.

Because of the Lonzo S&T, the Bulls are hard capped and might be waiting on a decision with Markkanen before completing the S&T for DeRozan.

— Paul Garcia (@PaulGarciaNBA) August 10, 2021

Maybe moving to Austin isn't happening ever.

BREAKING: Spurs Sports & Entertainment publicly unveiled plans today for a new 45-acre development on the far Northwest Side that includes a state-of-the-art training facility for the Spurs, medical and research offices, retail, park and community space. https://t.co/hKqzpajnLj

— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) August 10, 2021

I have a friend at SSE and i sent them that tweet and they told me "ok listen I did a good job of keeping my mouth shut"

Enzo The Baker said:

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superunknown said:

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Maybe moving to Austin isn't happening ever.

BREAKING: Spurs Sports & Entertainment publicly unveiled plans today for a new 45-acre development on the far Northwest Side that includes a state-of-the-art training facility for the Spurs, medical and research offices, retail, park and community space. https://t.co/hKqzpajnLj

— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) August 10, 2021

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Spurs plan' for retaining Simmons when his contract is up in '25.

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Is there room next to it for a new arena in a few years?

AG 2000' said:

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Enzo The Baker said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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AG 2000' said:

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So now it's out that the Spurs somehow lost the trade with Indy, how we feeling about the world's greatest GM in Brian Wright?

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WTF are you talking about?

The NBA posted it was complete two days ago.

https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pacers-complete-trade-spurs

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From what I understand the respective 2nd round picks are top 31-55 protected, so essentially this is just a filler as neither will likely convey. Then the Spurs get a pick swap out of it. Spurs signed who they wanted and got a pick swap out of the deal. Pacers get a trade exception.

Spurs did not lose the trade. It was just a way to get extra stuff in addition to McBuckets and it benefits both teams

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The Pacers would have to be a top-five team in the NBA in 2023 or the Spurs would have to finish with a better record than both Indiana and Miami in 2026 to be able to swap a second rounder in that draft. And then even if the latter situation happens, the Spurs get the worse of the Indiana and Miami picks.

If we are a top 5 regular season team in 2 years we give a pick to IND and end up with nothing in return (they walk away with the trade exception and the second rounder).

That's what Wright signed is up for. Incompetent.

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So instead of signing Doug outright, he put a bottom five seconds round pick at risk and got a pick swap with two underachieving teams, and that makes him incompetent?

all the butthurt poors are mad it's on the northside and not the south or east side. Yea let's build a $500M complex in the ghetto and not close to where the players live

Guitarsoup said:

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AG 2000' said:

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Enzo The Baker said:

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Guitarsoup said:

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AG 2000' said:

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So now it's out that the Spurs somehow lost the trade with Indy, how we feeling about the world's greatest GM in Brian Wright?

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WTF are you talking about?

The NBA posted it was complete two days ago.

https://www.nba.com/pacers/news/pacers-complete-trade-spurs

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From what I understand the respective 2nd round picks are top 31-55 protected, so essentially this is just a filler as neither will likely convey. Then the Spurs get a pick swap out of it. Spurs signed who they wanted and got a pick swap out of the deal. Pacers get a trade exception.

Spurs did not lose the trade. It was just a way to get extra stuff in addition to McBuckets and it benefits both teams

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The Pacers would have to be a top-five team in the NBA in 2023 or the Spurs would have to finish with a better record than both Indiana and Miami in 2026 to be able to swap a second rounder in that draft. And then even if the latter situation happens, the Spurs get the worse of the Indiana and Miami picks.

If we are a top 5 regular season team in 2 years we give a pick to IND and end up with nothing in return (they walk away with the trade exception and the second rounder).

That's what Wright signed is up for. Incompetent.

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So instead of signing Doug outright, he put a bottom five seconds round pick at risk and got a pick swap with two underachieving teams, and that makes him incompetent?

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Read it again Soup..

So this is the rumor of the day:

I'm told the Suns have discussed trade options involving both Jalen Smith and Dario Saric together and separately. Any discussions regarding Thaddeus Young and the Spurs will be centered around Dario Saric and Jalen Smith. Nothing is imminent at the moment but talks are ongoing.

— FLEX From Jersey (@FlexFromJersey) August 10, 2021

Meh. Would rather have a pick.