***** 2025-2026 San Antonio Spurs Thread *****

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In reply to AggieEP • 10:34p, 2/19/26
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I really hope we're active with our 2nd round picks this year looking at experienced guys like Chinyelu and Veesaar. I think we missed out on some easy cheap depth last year not taking a flier with Raynaud, Kobe Sanders etc. The key to keeping our window open for as long as possible is going to be finding a few of those guys that can hold down a roster spot for 2 million dollars a year.

Hindsight is 20/20 but knowing now that we just cut Sochan, we likely could have flipped him for a future 2nd at a minimum back then and saved money and rostered a cheap 2nd rounder.

Yeah, I think they wanted to give Sochan the benefit of the doubt because he is a legitimately really good iso defender.



We all would have been pretty pissed if Sochan was traded for a 2nd in the off-season.

Raynaud was a huge miss. My understanding is he wanted to stay in the Bay Area and have a guaranteed contract. Kings gave him 2y guaranteed and Spurs wanted a two-way deal.

I do want to take some swings, but also think a lot of people that would go late 1st or 2nd that still have eligibility will go back to school because they will make more money in NIL than they would with an NBA contract. Michigan gave Yaxel a minimum of $3M, which is about what a late 1st can get. It's almost triple what the Kings are paying Raynaud. Guys like Amari Allen, Isaiah Evans, etc will probably go back to school if they aren't projected in top 20.
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In reply to Guitarsoup • 11:05p, 2/19/26
That's why you pick guys like Raynaud and Sanders that have exhausted their eligibility with those second round picks.

Raynaud can want the Bay Area with all his might, but he doesn't have a lot of leverage to block SA from picking him. I guess he could sulk and play like crap for a year or two as vengeance, but then we'd cut him and his NBA career would likely be over.

And yes we would have been pissed selling off Sochan for a 2nd, that's why I say hindsight. Clearly no one was advocating for that in the off season. Most of us thought he was a decent candidate for an extension of some sort. As I said earlier on this thread, the move of the year for the front office was being patient there and not tying up 10-15 million a year in him.
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In reply to AggieEP • 11:27p, 2/19/26
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Most of the second round now is pre negotiated. I think the athletic did a story on it. Guy like Raynaud could just go to Europe and make way more than the two way we offer.
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In reply to Guitarsoup • 12:08a, 2/20/26
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Anyone know why Carter didn't get run until late? Clearly wasn't hurt so it was either being in doghouse or a classic Mitch forgetting he's down there somewhere on the bench situation.

I think it is kind of hard to have a 10-man rotation and Barnes/Julian/Devin/Keldon were all +16 or better.


Meanwhile with the other Rookie:





Oh come on now. Tonight was the perfect night to sit Barnes second half and give all the run to Bryant.
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In reply to Guitarsoup • 9:28a, 2/20/26
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Then on the other end they called Castle with his 5th.


Then Wemby went supernova including dunking on half the Suns so it worked out.


Here you go:


I absolutely love it when Wemby flexes on 'em
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In reply to FTAG 2000 • 10:13a, 2/20/26
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Would have been nice to see more meaningful minutes, but no one played over 25m. I think they wanted to get back towards a typical rotation in the first game back from a week+ break. And don't bench the rotation guys if they aren't playing bad.
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In reply to AggieEP • 10:18a, 2/20/26
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Most of us thought he was a decent candidate for an extension of some sort. As I said earlier on this thread, the move of the year for the front office was being patient there and not tying up 10-15 million a year in him.

I would bet there was some sort of an extension talk, and I wonder just how low the Spurs offer was. I don't think the Spurs just didn't offer him.

Jovic got 4y62. Jaylin Williams got 3y24. Keegan Murray got 5y140M because the Kings are the dumbest franchise in existence.
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10:43a, 2/20/26
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Rest of the games around the league weren't super great for us, except the Clippers beat the Nuggets.

Lakers/Wolves tied for 5th/6th place. Clippers are a game and a half up on GSW for 8th place.

Our ideal seeding imo is if Spurs stay at 2, Rockets get 3 and Nuggers/Wolves are 4/5.

Houston, Denver, Lakers, Minn are all separated in the 3-6 seeds by 1 game. Something to watch.
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11:44a, 2/20/26
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Glad one of our 2nd rounders hit.
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4:23p, 2/20/26
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Still one of the guys I would take a chance on
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