This is well-written and thought out. And I agree, on one hand the thought of building around Amen and Wemby is absolutely ideal. On the other hand, the cost to get him at #4 is almost certainly way too high. Vassell and Sochan are such good complementary pieces to Wemby that I’m hesitant to move them for a high risk high reward player like Amen.
That takes us to the second tier of lead guards, and I honestly like Black and Wallace almost identically as prospects. With the recent rise of guys like Coulibaly and Dick, the chances of one of them falling to an attainable slot keep getting higher. I’d be ecstatic with either as long as it’s not a massive overpay.
The good news is, no matter what the Spurs FO decides to do, they already have the big prize. Wemby WILL be a Spur and with the war chest of future firsts and intriguing young players, the sky is the limit. No decision they make in two weeks is going to mess this all up. It would take multiple years of mismanagement, bad coaching, and injured/acts of God to ruin what we have going.
waffle-winner
Good read but lost me at dev for amen, can’t deal with that.
Thunderhorse74
I too believe this was well conceived and written, primarily because it reinforces my point of view from a high level perspective. That said, it goes all in on the top PG prospects and neglects the next tier where the Spurs are very possibly likely to gun for value in that next tier including Wallace, Bufkin, and Hood-Schifino.
I think the author’s price in draft capital is a little light. If you told me now the TOR, CHI, and CHA(fake 1st) would be enough to get Anthony Black, I’d be running to the podium like the love child of Usain Bolt and Jerome Bettis. The assumption that the Toronto pick being top 6 protected that we’re giving away the seventh pick in the draft is a stretch and also assumes Toronto is going to suck *just enough but not too much* next season. Those odds, that it lands #7, is similar to landing #1. The idea of giving up a potential 7-12ish pick sucks, but to get an second tier elite prospect *now* to pair with Victor *now*, I think you do it and you still retain all our own picks, all the ALT picks and swaps and the Boston swap.
Emotional fan me is more inclined to deal picks than our guys and we don’t have anyone here who is an immediate helper and off timeline such that it benefits us to let them go – We’ve more or less already cleaned house in that regard.
Bonesawisready5
Nah a bad write up. Hoping we can turn some picks into a 10-15 this year. CHI 25 and TOR 24 plus a future spurs pick would be great if it gets Wallace or Couliby
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This is well-written and thought out. And I agree, on one hand the thought of building around Amen and Wemby is absolutely ideal. On the other hand, the cost to get him at #4 is almost certainly way too high. Vassell and Sochan are such good complementary pieces to Wemby that I’m hesitant to move them for a high risk high reward player like Amen.
That takes us to the second tier of lead guards, and I honestly like Black and Wallace almost identically as prospects. With the recent rise of guys like Coulibaly and Dick, the chances of one of them falling to an attainable slot keep getting higher. I’d be ecstatic with either as long as it’s not a massive overpay.
The good news is, no matter what the Spurs FO decides to do, they already have the big prize. Wemby WILL be a Spur and with the war chest of future firsts and intriguing young players, the sky is the limit. No decision they make in two weeks is going to mess this all up. It would take multiple years of mismanagement, bad coaching, and injured/acts of God to ruin what we have going.
Good read but lost me at dev for amen, can’t deal with that.
I too believe this was well conceived and written, primarily because it reinforces my point of view from a high level perspective. That said, it goes all in on the top PG prospects and neglects the next tier where the Spurs are very possibly likely to gun for value in that next tier including Wallace, Bufkin, and Hood-Schifino.
I think the author’s price in draft capital is a little light. If you told me now the TOR, CHI, and CHA(fake 1st) would be enough to get Anthony Black, I’d be running to the podium like the love child of Usain Bolt and Jerome Bettis. The assumption that the Toronto pick being top 6 protected that we’re giving away the seventh pick in the draft is a stretch and also assumes Toronto is going to suck *just enough but not too much* next season. Those odds, that it lands #7, is similar to landing #1. The idea of giving up a potential 7-12ish pick sucks, but to get an second tier elite prospect *now* to pair with Victor *now*, I think you do it and you still retain all our own picks, all the ALT picks and swaps and the Boston swap.
Emotional fan me is more inclined to deal picks than our guys and we don’t have anyone here who is an immediate helper and off timeline such that it benefits us to let them go – We’ve more or less already cleaned house in that regard.
Nah a bad write up. Hoping we can turn some picks into a 10-15 this year. CHI 25 and TOR 24 plus a future spurs pick would be great if it gets Wallace or Couliby