jsc8116 said:
Moving on to the draft....think any chance that Spurs trade both of their 1st round picks to move up in draft or package them for an established star if both of those picks arent favorable? Hard to see them onboard 2 more rookies with guaranteed contracts.
Having players on cost controlled rookie contracts is insanely valuable now. A 10th pick makes about $5m/year. A 15th pick makes about $4m/year. You have them locked into that for 4 years. These are around 4% of the salary cap.
I think the Spurs use at least one pick and might use the other if they rate the player high but also might trade back to have two picks next year or in a following year. Also possible to trade up if they super value a player a few spots up, but I see that as unlikely.
This year's draft is super deep with a lot of valuable players that will be around even in the mid-picks.
St. Joseph's PF Rasheer Fleming is shooting 55/41/70 and putting up 16/9 with 1.6s and 1.6b. He's expected to be picked in the 15-25 range. He's a junior that turns 21 in the summer and plays in the A10, but he played really well against Villanova and Texas.
Liam McNeeley fro UConn, Tre Johnson from sip, Kon Knueppel from Duke, Asa Newell from Georgia, Thomas Sorber from Georgetown and Khaman Malauch from Duke are all supposed to be in that 6-15 range, and all fill needs at shooting, forward, or post.
Because there are so many good options, I think it is more likely we keep them. We don't really have any attractive contracts to move now. No one wants Keldon's last 2y35M. Maybe next year.