What’s next for NBA teams who MISSED OUT in Kevin Durant sweepstakes: Spurs, Heat, & Timberwolves

What’s next for NBA teams who MISSED OUT in Kevin Durant sweepstakes: Spurs, Heat, & Timberwolves

ñ >> Haley: THE KD SWEEPSTAKES, TAKING IT TO H TOWN, GOING TO THE ROCKETS, ON A DEAL WORTH OVER MILLION– 54 MILLION DOLLARS. WHAT’S NEXT FOR TEAMS LIKE THE HEAT AND THE SPURS AND THE TIMBERWOLVES, TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY. BEFORE WE DISCUSS IT ON OUR END, KD, TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER IN THE WEEK. >> Reporter: I WANT TO KNOW, WHY HOUSTON, CLOSE TO AUSTIN, YOU VYOU KNOW, JEFF, YOU HAVE PLAYED WITH HIM. WHY HOUSTON? >> Player: HAD A GREAT SEASON LAST YEAR, A LOT OF GREAT LEADERSHIP. I FEEL LIKE I WOULD BE A WITH GOOD ADDITION. >> Haley: FEELS LIKE HE WOULD BE A GOOD ADDITIONMENT WE WILL SEE HOW IT FITS OUT THERE. ADDITION BEYOND THE ARC PODCAST, JOHN AND SAM ARE WITH US. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED KD, ON THE ROSTER, HOUSTON GETS THE KNOD. SAM YOU HAVE A GREAT ARTICLE ON CBSsports.com, DETAILING WHAT’S NEXT FOR A LOT OF THESE TEAMS. THAT WERE INTERESTED IN KD, WE WILL PICK IT UP WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS. YOU LIKENED THIS, IT WOULD BE A LUXURY TO HAVE HIM DOWN IN SAN ANTONIO AS OPPOSED TO A NEED HERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT SAN ANTONIO, WHAT’S NEXT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT DEAARON FOX, VICTOR WEMBANYAMA AND THE LIKES OF THAT? >> Sam: IF SAN ANTONIO COULD HAVE GOTTEN KEVIN DURANT, WHY WOULDN’T YOU, YOU GET DEVIN DURANT WITH FOX AND WEMBANYAMA, YOU FEEL YOU ARE ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP CONVERSATION, BUT THEY HAVE WEMBANYAMA, WHO IS ONLY 21 YEARS OLD. THEY CAN GO AT THE PACE THEY WANT, THEY DON’T CAN HAVE TO RUSH THIS. THE REASON THEY WERE SO CAUTION — CAUTIOUS ON THE DURANT OFFER, WHY TRADE FOR THE 37-YEAR-OLD WHEN YOU COULD TRADE FOR JOHNSON — GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO, WHO IS ONLY 30. THE JALEN BROWN TYPE, THEY COULD DO THAT IF THEY LIKE THE PRICE ON SOMEBODY THERE. FOR THE TIME BEING I THINK THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WAITING IT OUT. THEY HAVE THE #2 PICK, THEY WILL TAKE DYLAN HARPER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM ADD TO THE SHOOTING THIS OFF-SEASON. USING A MID-LEVEL EXCEPTION, GET SAM MERRIL IN THERE, AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, SOMETHING SMALLER, A BIT OF SHOOTING IN THE BUILDING. AND NOW THEY ARE BIDING THEIR TIME, THEY WILL MAKE A STAR-TRADE, BUT THEY DON’T HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. >> Haley: THAT’S THE FOLLOW UP, TO JOHN, YOU THINK ABOUT THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS, GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO, DOWN THE ROAD, WE ARE WAITING TO SEE HOW GIANNIS FEELS LATER IN THE SUMMER. TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, HOW MUCH IN THIS OFF-SEASON, GOING AFTER KEVIN DURANT, OR BRINGING IN DEAARON FOX AT THE TRADE DEADLINE, HOW MUCH HAS OUR PERSPECTIVE CHANGED ON THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS, ARE THEY A TRUE CONTENDER IF THINGS FALL INTO PLACE FOR THEM? >> John: THEY WON 34 GAMES LAST YEAR, HALEY. THEY HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE THE PLAY-IN. ALL OF A SUDDEN, WEMBY WITH THE BLOOD-CLOT ISSUE CROPPED UP. AND, THEY ARE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. I THOUGHT THERE WAS A CHANCE THAT MAYBE THE SPURS WOULD RE-THINK THE DK, I THINK — KD, THING, OR MOVE ON FROM STEPHAN CASTLE. THEY DON’T NEED TO MAKE THE MOVE RIGHT NOW AS SAM OUTLINED. THEY ARE PUMPING THE BRAKES LIKE HOUSTON DID BEFORE THEM, BEFORE THEY TOOK THE BIG SWING ON KD. THEY CAN WAIT IT OUT, MY PERSPECTIVE ON THE SPURS IS, THIS IS A GOOD TEAM, IT COMES DOWN TO WEMBY, THOUGH. IF THE BLOOD CLOT ISSUE CLEARS UP, IS BACK IN THE LINEUP, AND CAN PLAY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE GAMES THEY WILL BE GOOD AND IN THE MIX. THE PROBLEM IS, EVERYONE IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE, OUTSIDE OF LIKE, MAYBE 3 TEAMS, THE PHOENIX SUNS, WHO WE CAN LAUGH ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON THERE, PUT THEM TO THE SIDE. UTAH, I THEY THINK HAVE USEFUL PIECES. BUT WITH THEY WERE A BAD TEAM LAST YEAR, MAYBE THEY ARE GOING TO TRY TO COMPETE THIS YEAR. AND, THE PELICANS HAD A TON OF INJURIES, PUTTING THEM OFF TO THE SIDE, TOO. 12 TEAMS ARE LEFT IN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE, INCLUDING THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS, WITH REAL DESIGNS, INCLUDING PORTLAND WHO TRADED FOR JRUE HOLIDAY. WHO HAVE DESIGNS ON TRYING TO MAKE THE POST SEASON. IT’S A BIG MIX, BUT THE SPURS ARE IN THE MIX. >> Haley: THEY HAVITALEN, >> Haley: THEY HAVE TALENT, WE HAVE TO SEE HOW THIS SHAKES OUT. MIAMI HEAT ARE IN THE MIX, LOVE THEM OR HATE THEM, WE TALK ABOUT THE HEAT CULTURE. SAM, INTERESTING, LOOKING AT YOUR ARTICLE, WE DESCRIBED KEVIN DURANT, BEING A “LUXURY”, FOR SAN ANTONIO, YOU FIELD KEVIN DURANT WAS A NECESSITY IN SOUTH FLORIDA, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT JIMMY BUTLER AND HOW POORLY THINGS WENT AFTER THE TRADE THERE. WHAT IS NEXT FOR MIAMI? NO KD, WHERE DO THEY TURN NOW? >> John: THIS IS TOUGH, THEY ARE A 37-WIN TEAM, THE APPEAL OF GETTING DURANT WAS NOT JUST GETTING A STAR. THEY DON’T HAVE THE ASSETS TO GET THE YOUNGER GUY, TO GET A GIANNIS ORIALEN BROWN– OR A JALEN BROWN. HE’S IN THEIR PRICE RANGE, THEORETICALLY. FOR HOUSTON, THEY MATCHED THE VALUE IN THE TRADE, BUT DIDN’T DO IT. YOU ARE IN LIMBO, YOU CAN’T TRADE FOR THE YOUNGER STAR. THERE’S NOT AN OLD ARE ONE OUT THERE. THEY ARE BIDING TIME. NEARING THE LUXURY TAX. THEY NEED TO ADD SHOT CREATION, TYLER HERO, ASIDE FROM HIM, NO ONE ELSE CREATED THEIR OWN SHOTS LAST YEAR. THEY MAY TAKE A SHORT-TERM SWING, A DEMAR DEROSEN TO KEEP THE OFFENSE AFLOAT, HOVER AROUND 500 FOR THE TIME BEING. IN THE LONG RUN, WE HAVE SEEN THE HEAT GO THROUGH SEVERAL LONG STRETCHES, WHERE WITH THEY SORT OF HAVE BEEN WAITING AND WAITING AND WAITING FOR THE STAR. 2017-18-19, HOVERING AROUND 5 IN THE WHOLE SPAN THAT. ARE WAITING FOR THE NEXT GUY TO LOOK AT MIAMI AND SAY I WOULD LOVE TO BE A STAR IN SOUTH BEACH. UNTIL HE SAYS THAT, THOUGH, THEY ARE IN LIMBO. >> Haley: WE ALL KNEW THERE WERE PROBLEMS IN SOUTH BEACH WHEN TYLER HERO HIMSELF SAID WE CAN’T WIN GAMES WITHOUT JIMMY BUTLER, HUGE RED FLAG THERE. SOUTH FLORIDA IS AN INTERESTING PLACE FOR THE HOOPS. SO IS MINNESOTA, LATELY, JOHN, AND INTERESTINGLY, WE TALK ABOUT ANTHONY EDWARDS, SO MUCH OF THE BACK-HALF OF THE SEASON WAS SPENT ON TRYING TO PIDGION HOLE HIM INTO BEING THE FACE OF THE NBA. HE CLEARLY DOESN’T WANT TO BE THE FACE, BUT HE’S THE FACE AT THE WOLVES. THE PROBLEM IS, I FEEL LIKE HE NEEDS MORE HELP. WE SAW JULIUS RANDLE STEP UP AND BE THE PIECE. AND, HOW WILL THEY GET PAST THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS COMP? >> John: THIS IS A TRICKY SPOT. SAM AND I TALKED ABOUT IT ON THE BEYOND THE ARC PODCAST. ANTHONY EDWARDS IN HIS PRIME, AND THEY MADE TWO STRAIGHT WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO GET OVER THE HUMP. YOU WANT TO KEEP ANTHONY EDWARDS HAPPY. RANDLE HAS A PLAYER OPTION. NAZ REID, MAYBE THEY RETAIN HIM. ALEXANDER WALKER MAY BE ON THE MOVE. GOBERT, THAT EXPERIMENT IS DONE. ARE THEY GONNA WANT WITH THE NEW OWNERS TO BE DEEP INTO THE SECOND APRON, WILL YOU PAY A MASSIVE BILL FOR A TEAM THAT COULDN’T GET TO THE NBA FINALS? IT WOULD MAKE A LOT OF SENSE FOR THIS TEAM, TO MAYBE TAKE A LITTLE STEP-BACK, IN 1-2 YEARS AS SAM AND I DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW. MAYBE THAT’S WHEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER SHOT TO MAKE IT BACK TO THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS AND BEYOND THAT TO THE NBA FINALS. AND THE PROBLEM IS, AGAIN, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT RISK? AND NOT BE SUPER-RELEVANT, WHEN YOU HAVE ANTHONY EDWARDS, RISKING THEM SAYING, THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT SPOT, I HAD A GOOD TIME IN MINNESOTA, BUT WITH IF WE DON’T GET OVER THE HUMP AND ARE NOT GOING TO ALOWICATE THE RESOURCES FOR US TO MAKE IT TO THE NBA FINALS, MAYBE I SHOULD FIND OUT WHERE I CAN GO. OR I IDENTIFY THE NEXT HOUSTON, AND MOVE ON. LIKE KD. SO THIS IS A TRICKY SPOT FOR THE WOLVES. THEY ARE JUST GOOD ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO PROBABLY WIN THE WESTERN CONFERENCE. >> Sam: THEY ARE IN THE SAME BOAT AS MIAMI. THEY ARE OUT A PICK, THEY DON’T HAVE A WAY TO TRADE FOR A STAR. THEY TRIED TO MAKE BIG ADDITION,. THEY ARE TRYING TO KEEP RANDLE, AND ALEXANDER WALKER. THEY CAN KEEP TWO, TO STAY BELOW THE SECOND APRON, IF THEY WANT ALL THREE, THEY HAVE TO TRADE DEVENCENZO, UNLESS THEY ARE READY TO PAY THAT TAX BILL, YOU PROBABLY ARE GONNA LOSE AN IMPORTANT PLAYER THIS YEAR AND, TAKE A STEP BACK! >> Haley: ISN’T IT CRAZY HOW IT COMES FULL-CIRCLE. ONE MINUTE YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT FIGURED OUT, AND NEXT WE WITH ARE TALKING ABOUT IT HERE ON HQ SPOTLIGHT. THE NBA DRAFT IS COMING UP TOMORROW, APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE. THE FREE AGENCY FRENZY GETS UNDERWAY FOR A LOT OF TEAMS. WE WILL SEE THE MOVES THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING. KEVIN DURANT IS “OUT”, AND TEAMS, IT WILL BE HARD TO GET LeBRON JAMES AWAY FROM A 53 MILLION PLAYER OPTION IN LA. BUT THERE ARE INTERESTING PIECES ON HERE. WE WILL SEE HOW THEY MOVE, FR EE

Sam Quinn and John Gonzalez join CBS Sports HQ to break down the offseason needs for the NBA Teams that failed in the Kevin Durant sweepstakes.

[00:00:00] Intro
[00:00:46] San Antonio Spurs
[00:04:35] Miami Heat
[00:06:33] Minnesota Timberwolves

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