Spurs NEED Another BIG! Can They Sign One?

Spurs NEED Another BIG! Can They Sign One?

Spurs fans, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Our team needs size. It needs length. It needs girth. [Music] What is up, San Antonio sports fans? Welcome to TSR Sports. Hope you’re having a great week. What an absolutely crazy bonkers night in the NBA last night, which I’ll talk a little about at the end of the video. But first, we’re going to talk about our San Antonio Spurs. You may draft a big, but we could use another big. And there’s a pretty nice free agent list of bigs that are going to be available after the season courtesy of Hoop Hype. I’ll put the link uh in the comments below because I’m going to grab some pictures from the their article. It’s just a really long article and scrolling would have been driving me crazy. But I wanted to talk about the guys that are going to be available and as we talk about each player, whether I think we can get them, whether they’re going to stay with their team or maybe we just don’t want them. And of course, I’m talking about the four guys behind me. All right, now that’s all said and done. Let’s get into the the cream of the crop. Naz Reed, the Minnesota Timberwolves are currently in the Western Conference Finals as we speak, although they did not look very good in game one. Hopefully have a better game two tonight. This is a former sixman of the year. Made 14 million last season, 14 points a game, six boards. I would love to have him on the Spurs. I think he’s going to Minnesota. You’re you’re on a championship attending team now. Sure, the Spurs are up and coming, but we’re not to the point of where Minnesota is. So Nazar would love to have him, especially if the price is right. I don’t see him coming to San Antonio. But you guys have been talking about him, said TSR, talk about him. So we’re talking about him, but I don’t see us getting Nazarid. Up next, I think a couple of you mentioned this. Bobby Portoris, he has a player option similar to Nazare. He has a player option. So he could choose to stay in Milwaukee, but I think a lot of that might depend on if Giannis stays or goes. That could work two ways. If Jiannis stays, he might be like, “Okay, we’re trying to win something. If Giannis goes could also be maybe I get more minutes. Bobby Poris is a 610 stretch four. He’s a good rebounder. Freddy’s not the best defender in the league. Actually says it right there. Not the most impactful, but he will give us size rebounding and three-point shooting. Three things we’ll need. The 30-year-old’s cost looks like it’ll be about what 13 million 14 million. If we could pick him up in free agency, I could see him being a solid player off the bench. Maybe a spot starter if needed. So this is a, you know, having bets on the team is not a bad thing. I know we all talk about the timeline a lot and that makes sense if you’re going to get a player that you the Giannis talks. Does he fit our timeline? We’re not ready to be a finals champion, you know, a contender at this very moment in time. Bring in Giannis that accelerates a time, but do our young players match the timeline as he’s getting older, maybe more injury-prone. So, you know, vets though, you know, your Harrison Barnes, your Bobby Portoris, your Chris Pauls, those type of players that can contribute. Yeah, I’d be up for Bobby Porters. Just it depends what if he says Milwaukee, then this is all moot point, right? Up next, the Swiss Bank, Clint Capella. One of the actually he’s the oldest one we’re going to talk about here today. He’ll be 31 this season and with us he would be a backup center if the price is right. Yeah, right now he’s looking a little expensive at 22 million, but he’s also coming off a down season where he averaged under nine points a game and under nine rebounds. Is Atlanta ready to move on from him? Maybe, maybe not. I don’t know. Clink Capella, if we could get him on a good contract, you two years, I’m thinking like 15 million a year in my head, but is he gonna is he going to take that much of a pay cut? Can he get that much of a pay cut with the way the CBA is written? I don’t know. But Clinkapella, yeah, I’d like him as a backup. He’s a great rebounder. He’s actually, I believe, he led the league in rebounding many moons ago. Last but not least, and this is the one that you all have probably talked about the most and the one I’m going to spend the most time on. The dancing bear himself, Gershan Yabiselli. I’m going to read the right actually they have there. Versatile defender, quick feet, strong, stout, and able to hit open threes and finish around the cup. Had a solid return season in the NBA. One that should earn him another look with Philadelphia who was a dumpster fire this season with injuries. 11 points per game, just around six rebounds, 50% from the field, and the very nice 38% from three. So, what’s stretch four? And he earned $2 million last season. All right, a little bit to unpack there. He’ll be 30 this season. I know I’ve already said that, but 30. He’s a power forward, but could play a small ball center type role. He is not small. He’s 6’8 so he doesn’t bring a lot of height to the team but he is 265 pounds so he brings the WMBB’s Olympic teammate from last year so there’ll be chemistry there big question here for his fans is he’s going to get a raise he’s going to get a big raise based on last season how much of a raise though three years for 30 million which would be what quintuple his salary years for 36 million maybe more I have no idea what his market value is based off that one season. He looked good in the Olympics and then before that played with the Celtics and I think he lasted two years and did it just did not pan out for him. But I would love to have him on the Spurs. Just a nickname alone, dancing bear. Isn’t that worth it? Okay, maybe not just based on a nickname, but I think he would fit perfectly what we need. A big that can shoot a three. He’s got the WBY chemistry great as a backup a spot starter. just to question his cost and of course is Philly what’s Philly gonna do Philly actually that is a damn good question what is Philly gonna do they were messed last season tons of injuries Jeremy McCain was looking like rookie of the year blew out his knee Joel Embiid was just usual his usual injured self they brought in Paul George that was a mess they have the third overall pick in this draft which is going to cost some money I believe third overall picks first year salaries at least probably around what 10 millionish nine to 10 million I think that’s what Steph’s his first year. So nine or 10 million. Do they have the cap to bring him back? Maybe, maybe not. But I would love to see Gershan Yasili join the Spurs. I think that would be a lot of fun. And just Yeah, I I’d like to see him with our team. He was fun to watch in the Olympics. I didn’t really see much of him when he was with the 76ers except for the games he played, the Spurs. This is a player out of the four I mentioned that I’d like to see us target the most and try to get. That brings it back to you guys though. Out of the four that I mentioned, Naz Reed, Bobby Poris, Clint Capella, and Gerban Yav Gerson Yavoselli, which one do you think we have the best chance of getting? Which one do you think fits the roster the best? One of these guys or none of the above? There’s a bunch of other players on that hoop type list. Again, I’ll put in the comments. Brooks Lopez is on there. Too old. Al Horford. Um, we got Santiago Adam, I think, was on that list. There’s there’s quite a few guys and more than I realized, but I was like, okay, there’s a lot of bigs out there that are available, but it’s ought to come down to fit and cost timeline, too. I mean, we don’t want to get Al Horford, Brook Lopez. I think Lopez made 20 million last year. He’s pushing 40. The Spurs are not going to pay 20 million for a player at that age at this point in their career. Just not. But it’ll be interesting to see what our Spurs do and if they can get one of the available bigs on the market. I did talk about the NBA playoffs a bit at the beginning. So last night, if you didn’t, I’m sure you know by now, an insane comeback by the end of Pacers. A historic comeback. Uh teams leading by like 14 or more with 245 left were like 977 and zero. Now they’re 977-1 because the Pacers came back. A crazy shot by Tyresese Hallebertton. And then he did the Reggie Miller choke thing at the end. And I did a short of it. And I’m sharing with this with you guys because not only an amazing moment as an NBA playoff uh NBA fan watching the playoffs, but my short was 2 minutes long because I wanted to get that whole big ending of the fourth quarter, the missed free throw, I think was OG missed a free throw, the the three but not three two-pointer by Kyle Burton and everything leading up to it and it got blocked by YouTube. That’s the first time I’ve had a short get blocked. And I looked into it a little bit and it turns out you apparently don’t have to worry about copyright if a YouTube short is less than a minute, but over a minute it get copyrighted. And by the time I took it down, shortened it, re-upload it, it was 10 minutes after the moment happened and there were already a bajillion other videos out there. So that probably could have been one of our biggest shorts on the channel, but got the old copyright. I’m sharing this with you guys. If you create content or thinking about making content, seems like you’re pretty safe if you make a short less than a minute. So, moving forward, all TSR shorts, sports shorts, whether it’s the Yankees, the the Giants, or the NBA playoffs, I’ll be live for Spurs game. So, obviously, there’s no shorts on that for the most part. Keep them under a minute. Got to keep them under a minute and you keep under a minute, too, if you’re doing it. So, that’s all I got. Drop a comment, likes, comment, you know, like, comment, subscribe, all that good stuff. Having a lot of fun this NBA season. Love the NBA playoffs. This is the most fun I think I’ve had watching the playoffs in a long time. It’ be even a funner. Spurs are finally in it, right? I thank you and as always, go Spurs go. Go cuz the giant sting.

There will be some great free agents in the NBA this summer. Can the Spurs sign one?

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