DRAFT A Player at 14 or TRADE the Pick!?

DRAFT A Player at 14 or TRADE the Pick!?

Spurs fans, all the focus has been on pick number two. Let’s not forget we have one more lottery pick. [Music] What is up, San Antonio Spurs fans? Welcome to TSR Sports. What a crazy week this week. What an exciting for week for us for Spurs fans. My question to you, the number 14 pick, should we draft someone or should we trade the pick? I’ll give my two cents in just a few moments. But we’re going to continue on from an article from Pounding the Rock where they talked about who we could possibly draft with the second pick. And we’re going to pick up with the 14th pick. First up, Carter Bryant, the 67 wing at Arizona who did measure just a little under 67 for the record. Bryant is a is a long, strong, athletic wing who shot the ball well in his freshman season. Just about a quarter inch shy of an inch of a 7 foot wingspan. I read that weird. And uses that length to be a real disruptor on defense. He may be one of the best three ND wings in the draft and he shoots 37% from three. Bryant may be a fast riser in the draft with his combination of size, athleticism, defense, and spot of shooting. He’s an excellent fit for our Spurs who could use more versatile defenders and shooters around Wemby. While I can’t argue with guys that can play defense and can actually shoot the ball. Up next, Thomas Sorber, the 610 center out of Georgetown, who was a little under 610. He’s actually just barely over 69, 69 and 1/4 in. I’ll get to why I’m giving out the uh the measurements here in just a moment. What the Spurs need a center? Yes, they do. Sorber is a strong, athletic, and long center despite his height. He has a 7 foot6 wingspan, and I do believe that is actually correct with a 9 foot1 standing reach. Okay, so our guy’s got some long arms. Sorber hasn’t spaced the floor yet, but his jump shot mechanics are smooth. His biggest strengths are his physicality and rim deterrence defensively. While offensively, he’ll be a solid weapon as a rim runner and short role playmaker in the pick and roll. Okay. And last but not least, Liam McNeely from UC N Yukon, the 67. Just slightly under 67 wing. McNeely may be the best shooter still on the board at 14. He didn’t shoot the ball particularly well last year, about 32% from three. He has been long been known as a three-point sniper. Pew, who has had hot shooting stretches at Yukon. He has size and strength on the wing, plays with fire, and comes from a great college program. The best college program there. Yep, Miss DSR. Defensively, he will need some work. Okay. And I think that’s actually all I have to say on my Yep. Okay, that’s it. So, short article. All right. So, and there’s five guys on the thumbnails here. I I want to ask you guys, are they measuring everyone with shoes on? Because man, when they do the combine, everybody comes up shorter. I’m also been keeping an eye on Rasher Fleming, who came up a little short at 68 and 1/4 in. He was originally listed at 69. And then Danny Wolf, who’s right above me, was listed as 7 foot. He’s actually 610 and a half. Uh, okay. And one thing I forgot to mention, by the way, if you watch Thomas Sorber’s highlights, if we were to draft Sorber sober, Sorber, oh my gosh, maybe I need to be sober to do this video. Thomas Sorber, I am. It would be team scream because I saw in quite a few of his dunks he was yelling doing the whole Kelman Johnson thing. I’m like, “Oh my gosh, can you imagine both him and Johnson on the court screaming together and screaming at each other?” We we literally would have to start keeping track of screams plus assists and rebounds and points and all that other good stuff. But anyway, at the start of the video, I said, “What would I do?” I would draft somebody at 14. We traded the eighth pick overall last year, but I like some of the talent that’s available at 14. I think there’s going to be a lot of guys off the roster. Bismac, Byambo, uh, I forgot about Charles Bassy for a second. We’re going to need a big, so I would draft anybody at 14, but a guard, not draft anybody. I would draft any one of these players, although I would prefer somebody 68 or taller. Rasher Fling has definitely been one I’ve kept an eye on. It’d be very interesting to see what the Spurs do really roster-wise moving forward, guys. We need a big, we have these two lotteryies, lottery tickets, if you will. It seems like almost a certainty the Spurs are going to draft Dylan Harper with number two which does raise a lot of question marks of fit when you got Fox you got Castle but selling him but I also agree with you guys 100% you don’t want to be the team that passes up the best player in the draft because of fit you guys are some of you referenced an old school one where and I do remember this I didn’t watch it but I certainly get the frame of reference in the what 84 draft the Portland Trailblazers because they already had a shooting guard and Clyde Drexler needed a big and he drafted Sam Buoie who was pretty much a bust and bypassed Michael Jordan who went third overall and became only the greatest basketball player on the planet. So I’m not saying Dylan Harper’s going to be the greatest thing, you know, the next Michael Jordan, but I understand if there’s a talent that and from what I understand in this draft, you know, it’s Cooper flag, it’s Dylan Harper, and then it’s everybody else. And if that’s there’s that much distance in the prospects, then I’m all in on Harper. It just it kind of I don’t get the fit. What I do know, what I do know is we need size on the court. We can’t have Wendy be the only big out there. It’s just not going to work. We saw it last year when he came off the court. The team got destroyed. When he went down with injury, we’re getting out rebounded left and right. People were dunking on us left and right. We need to get a big and I I like some of the bigs here. My question is which one? I honestly don’t know. I’ve seen some good things about Rasher Fleming. I’ve seen some reasons to not draft him. I’ve seen some good things about Danny Wolf. I’ve also seen things reasons not to draft him, which you know you could apply to any prospect, but those those weaknesses in their game are going to be much more glaring and there’s going to be more of them when you’re somebody that’s picked later in the draft. And let’s not forget, we also have the second round. Maxine Reo is a name a player we’ve talked about a lot on this channel. We pick 38th in the second round. I see some mocks having him go higher. I see some draft boards having him lower. He might be available at 38, maybe not. But if this is a player the Spurs really want, and I’m certainly up for it, another French player that’s also played with Wendy, I I believe correct, maybe with the 8 million second round picks we have, and I think next year we have five second round, four or five second round picks, which we’re never going to use them all. Take your own second round pick, give him another one, and move up in the second round. Why not? We don’t really, we talk a lot about moving up on the first round and doing this and doing that. Let’s not forget the second round has some quality players. Hello, Mano Ginobi. uh Nicole Joic you I mean not saying we’re going to find that type of player in the second round but sometimes you can find a really good player and we need a big and he certainly fits the bill. There’s also the question what’s going to happen in the offseason. Will he make any trades? Who will come back? I think I have said I think I said earlier in the video I think a lot of guys are going to be gone off this roster. Bassie, Byambo, Mamu’s a giant question mark. That’s three of our bigger players right there. I don’t see a world where Brandon comes back or or Wesling. I think the Spurs picked up their contracts for next year, but they also might still be options. I honestly I don’t know on that one because right now I’m just kind of off the cuff. I didn’t plan for this part of the video. If we draft Harper, we don’t need we don’t need Brandon. We don’t need Wesley. And a lot of you saying we don’t need Vel. And I like Devin. I just I I don’t we we have too many wings and and Harper’s just going to give us a plus one on there. So, we got to start subtracting. Chris Paul probably won’t be back and he would save us 10 million on the cap. And that’s one thing we have to remember too. I say this on every video because I I need I want folks to remember the salary cap is something you have to pay attention to with our team. We just can’t you know I’ve seen some folks say let’s bring in Giannis and KD. I’m like the Spurs are not a franchise. That’s not going to blow away the salary cap but then blow away the luxury c tax then go to the first floor and then the second floor. We’re not going to sit there and pay or they are going to pay millions upon millions upon millions of taxes to the NBA and blow up the salary cap. We’re not that team. The Spurs, in my experience, and fandom will try to be at it. May go over it. We’ve gone over it. I don’t think I correct me if I’m wrong because I don’t remember the numbers. I don’t think we’ve blown it out of the water when we’ve won had, you know, championship caliber teams. But we’re not the type of team that’s going to be 100 million over the cap. That’s just that’s not the Spurs. And if you have Giannis with his 50 to 60 million, Fox getting his 50 million, WHMY getting what, 40 when his extension comes up. Yeah, you’re gonna have three awesome players. They got nobody around him. Absolutely nobody. And then your franchise when that that big player brought in gets old or or retires or or gets traded or whatever happens. I I like the way we’re building now. I don’t want to rush it. I don’t want to make mistake we’ve seen many NBA teams do where they they give up a lot of assets. the bring in an older player, win now, and yes, maybe they win one and then and then the wheels fly off. The Lakers are a good example. I I mentioned the Lakers a lot. You got LeBron James, the star, they had Anthony Davis, and they had a bunch of young players, and they won the bubble championship. And you put an asterisk on you all you want. It’s an NBA title. If the Spurs won that year, y’all wouldn’t be a would you? No, you wouldn’t. And then they traded away all their young guys, a lot of their young guys at least, and brought in Russell Westbrook, a win now move. Totally backfired. And yes, Giannis Ant combo is certainly at this time better than Westbrook was at that time, but it was a win now move. And it absolutely backfired. And I don’t want to see our team do that. Try to play the win now move, maybe win one, maybe win none. And then in three years, four years, five years went back and be like, what the hell did we do? Because the Lakers a great example. They have not been in the finals since that championship. They keep trying to bring in stars, trying to do that, you know, win now, win now. And Giannis, KD, those all feel like win now moves. I don’t want to win now. I want a dynasty. I want 15 years of Spurs greatness ahead of us, if not more, depending on how Wemy’s career lasts. So, that’s that’s where I’m at. I’m rambling. Drop a comment on your thoughts on the players we talked about. Hit that thumbs part the channel and subscribe and help part Spurs community. I thank you. And as always, go Spurs go.

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