I could have worded it better.

We have two Congolese centers now.

Just In: Three-time NBA All-Star Ben Simmons intends to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers after clearing waivers, league sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/D37Tzmik46

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 8, 2025

Spurs missed out on another defender who cant shoot.

The Portland Trail Blazers are signing former Spurs guard/forward Sidy Cissoko to a two-way NBA contract, sources tell ESPN.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 8, 2025

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The Portland Trail Blazers are signing former Spurs guard/forward Sidy Cissoko to a two-way NBA contract, sources tell ESPN.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 8, 2025

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His 4th team in a week.

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Guitarsoup said:

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The Portland Trail Blazers are signing former Spurs guard/forward Sidy Cissoko to a two-way NBA contract, sources tell ESPN.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 8, 2025

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His 4th team in a week.

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I am just glad he caught on somewhere, especially somewhere that already has a French player in Rayan Rupert

For my League Pass gang....which feed do you pick when the Spurs are on the road?

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For my League Pass gang....which feed do you pick when the Spurs are on the road?

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Depends on the team. I like generally listening to the other teams' guys and their impressions of us, but flip back to Spurs if they are too annoying.

This game would be so incredibly ugly if Harrison Barnes didn't think he was Klay Thompson

There's some quality announcers (the big markets for sure, plus guys like Kevin Calabro in Portland or Craig Bolerjack in Utah) but a lot of it is just meh. I tend to stick with the Spurs/in arena feed.

Jeremy nailed a three from the top of the arc as trailer?

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There is never any room to buy low on a white guy on the Jazz.

They have Kessler and Lauri. Hoping to draft Cooper Flagg then trade up for Kon Knueppel and signing Josh Giddey this summer as a free agent.

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Lol, kind of agree, but if Lauri signals he's not interested in staying there, then maybe he's available.

I wouldn't have thought buying low on Fox was an option 3 weeks ago, but it happened because he wanted to be here.

This Castle kid might turn into something.

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Guitarsoup said:

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There is never any room to buy low on a white guy on the Jazz.

They have Kessler and Lauri. Hoping to draft Cooper Flagg then trade up for Kon Knueppel and signing Josh Giddey this summer as a free agent.

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Lol, kind of agree, but if Lauri signals he's not interested in staying there, then maybe he's available.

I wouldn't have thought buying low on Fox was an option 3 weeks ago, but it happened because he wanted to be here.

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I think we are going to see more of that this off season. Will be interesting to see what rumors start popping up as the season gets closer to over.

Come on Trey Murphy, demand a trade to SA!

Lakers say the Mark Williams/Dalton Knecht trade has been rescinded.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 9, 2025

Lakers back to a Jaxson Hayes and Christian Wood center rotation.

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Lakers say the Mark Williams/Dalton Knecht trade has been rescinded.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 9, 2025

Lakers back to a Jaxson Hayes and Christian Wood center rotation.

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And competing with the Spurs in the C buyout market?

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Lakers say the Mark Williams/Dalton Knecht trade has been rescinded.

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 9, 2025

Lakers back to a Jaxson Hayes and Christian Wood center rotation.

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And competing with the Spurs in the C buyout market?

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Good thing we already got Wemby's Dad.

Can't even beat scrub teams.

So many close losses. I think the future looks good, but I think we're going to regret letting a lot of these close ones get away.

Orlando isnt a scrub team. They have been injured all year and are just now healthy.


I don't know how we didnt play Sochan more. Issac, Wagner, and Paolo are cookin and we play Sochan less than 20 minutes? He was +8.

Really don't like Paul in at the end. He can't defend and if he's not the primary on offense he's doing nothing to help space things out.

Spurs desperately need a big. Teams going at them in the paint when Wemby goes to the bench. Wemby still putting up numbers but not sure if he's healthy since he's been back.

At this point, just get the players and Fox chemistry with each other. If you don't make the play in so be it. Maybe getting their own first round draft pick will help them as they keep losing. Atlanta has basically blown up their own team so that can help spurs. I wouldn't mind two first round draft picks that fall anywhere from 1-7.

Fox and Wemby have zero chemistry right now, which is understandable.

yikes we aren't winning games we should

We honestly looked really good in the minutes without Vic today. That lineup with Castle at PG, Sochan at C, and then just 3 wings who can shoot has looked really good. We start switching a lot more and it leads to us smothering passing lanes.

I have been not super on board with the CP-Fox starting lineup but one byproduct of that has been that we've gotten these switch everything bench lineups and they've looked great. Sochan is actually a capable rim protector by the numbers (and served really well in that role tonight), we just get outrebounded.

I don't understand, though, why Mitch just outright doesn't want to play all or most of our core guys at the same time. I still don't think we've seen any Fox-Dev-Steph-Sochi-Vic minutes.

I also hate the CP3/Fox lineup, but I don't think we go to the Fox/Dev/Castle/Sochan/Wemby because of the spacing. When we are doing that 2nd team thing with them, we are having Jeremy as a screener, but when playing both with Wemby, we dont have enough shooters to space away from him. That's why we have to keep Barnes in there with him. Barnes and Vassell together was almost enough to win.

I really wish we could take CP3 out. CP3 is smart enough to know that is a bad lineup, especially when he is at 32% on catch and shoot threes this year.

It is a development year, and I like that we are letting Castle run things a bit. He probably had 5 unrealized assists tonight.


Hawks won again, but Chicago and Portland are also both winning. Matas Buzielas is cookin Jimmy Butler.

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That is not how capture the Flagg is played. 4D chess move keeping Orlando in front of Atlanta and dropping the Spurs another loss closer to moving up a spot themselves. At this point in the season the goal should be to beat Brooklyn for the 6 spot in the draft.

BTW: the NBA changed the rule a while back that a player couldn't call a time out while falling out of bounds. That Wagner timeout shouldn't count and it led to the Paolo shot.

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BTW: the NBA changed the rule a while back that a player couldn't call a time out while falling out of bounds. That Wagner timeout shouldn't count and it led to the Paolo shot.

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Though the rule is you can't do it if you get ball in air. But can if you have possession before you jump

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yikes we aren't winning games we should

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Well Orlando was favored. We did cover though. Yay

Quick off-season preview now that the deadline is over. The percentages are percentage of the salary cap.

Fox 37M - 24% (will likely get an extension starting in following season, but ending contract)
Vassell 27M - 17.5%
Barnes 19M - 12% (ending contract)
Keldon 17.5M - 11%
Victor 13.4M - 8.7%
Castle 9.6M - 6%
Sochan 7M - 4.6%
Branham 5M - 3% (ending contract)
Wesley 4.7M 3% (ending contract)
Julian 3M - 1%

10 players: 143M - 91% of the cap (expected to be 154M)

Spurs will not have cap space.

Two roster holds for the two first round picks. We also have a second round pick.

Free Agents:

Chris Paul
Charles Bassey
Mamu
Jordan McLaughlin
Bismack Biyumbo (or whatever buyout center we sign)

Exceptions:

Mid level ~14M
Bi-Annual ~5M
Bird rights: Mamu, Bassey (can sign them for whatever)
Non-Bird: Chris Paul, McLaughlin (Can resign with up to125% raise.)
Veteran

Our roster makeup is generally (some players obviously play multiple positions like Castle)

Center: Wemby
Forward: Sochan/Julian/Barnes
Wing: Vassell/Keldon/Branham
Guard: Fox/Castle/Wesley

So with the five open roster spots, we need a couple centers, a forward, wing, and guard. With how the draft looks, my best guess is we take a forward and a wing with our two picks and both will be shooters... unless we trade one pick back to a later year like we did last year.

If Chris Paul wants to come back as the backup PG, we could sign him for up to ~13M without touching our MLE.

Some Free Agent Centers:

Brook Lopez
Clint Capela
Luke Kornet
Steven Adams
Mo Wagner
Kevon Looney
DayRon Sharpe
Marvin Bagley
Larry Nance
Yabusale

Some free agent forwards that can shoot:

Santi Aldama (RFA)
DFS (player option, likely to stay in LA)
Bobby Portis
Chris Boucher
Jake LaRavia
Taruean Prince

Some free agent guards/wings that can shoot:

Malcolm Brogdon
Caris LaVert
Luke Kennard
Jevon Carter
Malik Beasley
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
Ty Jerome

Odds that they can ship Keldon and Barnes + picks to acquire a third banana boat member?

Barnes is a free agent after this year.

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Barnes is a free agent after this year.

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Nope. he is a free agent in summer 2026. He is on for 19M next year.