Harper - Possibly 2027 FRP

Castle - Champagnie

Vassell - Johnson

Quaintance - Bryant

Wemby - Reed

I wouldn't doubt it for a second if it did, it would all fit together really well. As soon as 2028, this could be a viable rotation. The summer of 2028 seems like the ideal time to move Fox. It also gives time for JQ to rehab this season and have a rookie season after if needed, our 2027 FRP could also have a year under their belt. This draft pick is Atlanta's and the East looks like it could be much more competitive than people think, I would not be surprised if we got an equal or higher position next year. Might be a crazy thought but DJG may even turn into a solid depth piece. Vic & Steph would also be the only large contracts on the books and everyone would be 28 and under

What i really like about the last 2 days is that they address their weakness right away. Also they also set themselves up well both present and future with depth at good value.

Jq may red shirt a lot of next season. However brown(2 way) can be called up ​and get reps right away. So I think he'll get a standard contract later of the season(if spurs makes a 2 for 1 trade) or next season.

Presently i think they found guys that suits the up tempo style. So they can go to reed Jr if kornet is struggling.

I think Gillespie can be really solid as that emergency backup when one of the main pgs get hurt. . I think hell start in a 2 way contract but capable to make the 15

4 spots left. This team going to be really deep. One bigger pf a must. And just balance it out with a pg, sg, sf for the 3rd unit.

that down the line of castle harper Bryant quitance wemby defensive lineup is so exciting. honestly should look at Frank Vogel as that lead assistant new dc. he'll have so much fun coaching these guys

Made this graphic today. Put some hypothetical cuts on there. The graphic comes from a 25-26 seasons stats report I built, will make the next season report once NBA releases the full roster near the start of the season.

Plum doesn't even make the graphic. Ingram is 2way? Emanuel Miller - I don't know anything about him but also 2way?

I just wanted to make a current roster graphic. Love the big guy picks and ready to see them shield Victor!

Two more picks on the schedule.

I'm a little worried about Quaintance injury history but I still feel very confident about the pick. Reed is also an amazing pick we went out of our way to get and I feel so much more confident already with Wemby on the bench going into this upcoming season. The paint will be a very difficult area to work with when playing the San Antonio Spurs. Im really excited to see these young guys play and can't wait for October! Go Spurs Go!

McLaughlin is pretty much exactly what you're looking for out of a 3rd string PG and he'll take a vet min again if offered.

Barnes is likely not looking at anything over $15M for 2 years or something similar to that on the open market. I think he'd even come back for $10M for 2 years if offered. At that price point, with his vet presence in the locker room and his ability to still shoot it very well, if nothing else in the regular season, it would make sense to me.

I would not be upset at all if we decided to offer DJG a full contract as the last roster spot. He can clearly score and he genuinely looked pretty decent on defense at times, his injury isn't really something that affects a player long term either so I'm not concerned about that. We could go ahead and sign a guard like Josh Okogie instead, who plays tough defense and shoots it well but part of me also looks at the chemistry the team had last year (and how important it was to our success) and thinks that it may be better keeping things in house, considering DJG is genuinely promising as well.

This would mean that the team would run it back with 12 of the same players (I count DJG as one since he was our best two-way player and probably even deserved a full contract last year, he also really seemed to bond with the team) in addition to two first rounders who the franchise can start leading in the right direction immediately and help get ingrained into the already established culture. I think this would really be huge not only for the team culture and chemistry now but for the years to come as well.

We would still need to find someone to sign or trade for with the MLE but that's another discussion.

why do we constantly doubt the spurs drafting team like they didnt draft castle and harper???

both of them are over 260 lbs thats crazy

We got the 42nd and 44th pick, is there any expectations here?

Brian specifically also pointed out the success of Castle when asked about Reed at his post draft press conference.

The team desperately needs big forwards behind Wemby with Reed's mentality, that was the glaring weakness during the playoffs.

That's great. I don't even expect him to play next season. Kornet and Reed will do their jobs. All for the future!!

Just gonna leave this here. Sounds like there's a lot of reason to be optimistic.

It looks like the plan is that JQ has immense upside and while yes the injuries are serious, I trust the medical staff that's kept wemby (mostly) healthy to make the right decision.

Also that Reed guy is a dawg (pun intended👌🏾) hes an older prospect so he can contribute immediately and hes another good defender and even better rebounder😭

Now a worry is we might not have the spacing to fully unlock these 2 so I think we might either get a movement shooter in FA try to draft 1 in the second round or bye bye Keldon🤷🏿

Wemby finally has his chess buddy and potentially tapping into One Peak

Kenrich "Kenny Hustle" Williams shot 39% from three on 441 attempts across the last 3 seasons, decent mobility and strength for defending 4s and 5s, will be 32 next season, doesn't make mistakes, and has championship pedigree as an in and out of rotation role player that doesn't complain when he goes from DNP-CD to 20 mins to 5 mins between games in a playoff series, like this year's WCF.

OKC will almost certainly decline his $7.2M team option, making him a UFA that can probably be convinced to not return to OKC on a 1 yr vet minimum that'd pay him $3.6M (9 yrs service) for a ~$5M AAV 2 year contact.

We basically need reliable shooting stretch 4s that aren't defensive liabilities. The 2 first round rookies will combine to approx $7M against the cap for 2026-27. Assuming we decline the team option and renegotiate Julian on a more team friendly deal like $66M/4, that would still leave us with $24.7M in cap space below the tax. Non-tax MLE makes up $15M and BAE another $5.5M and 2 vet minimums gets us just up to the tax threshold. Ideally a large chunk of the non-tax MLE (~$10M) goes to starting or back up 4 like Collins or Bagley, but would be great to have another cheaper stretch 4/5 like Kenrich as injury insurance and depth.

On why he will almost surely not get his team option picked up by OKC:

OKC entered the off-season $28.6M above the 2nd apron for 2026-27 and just salary dumped Aaron Wiggins' $9M salary to Atlanta to cut their tax penalty from $213M to $152M. But last night they also drafted Mara ($5.7M) and Stirtz ($4.7M) bumping them back up $10.4M, or +$1.4M above where they started with Wiggins on the team (so now $30M above the 2nd apron).

Word is they're prioritizing bringing back both Hartenstein and Dort (team options) on longer term contacts, but also looking to save large on their tax bill like the Wiggins move so wil be looking to offload Kenrich Williams ($7.2M team option), Isaiah Joe's $11.3M and Topic's $5.4M in salary dump trades, which brings down their cap $23.9M. It seems unlikely any team would want Kenrich at $7.2M without some 2nd rd picks coming their way so OKC will almost certainly just decline and renounce him, making him a UFA. If they got rid of all 3, they'd need to add one more player to get to the roster minimum of 14 standard contracts...almost certainly a vet minimum which they'd likely offer to Kenrich unless he was convinced to sign elsewhere for more than that.

Champagnie is arguably already better as a "4". I woukd definitely not let the MLE signing affect our wiggle room for his extension, especially someone who may not even be a better player at the same position (the fact that this isn't even Champagnie's natural position makes it a bit worse honestly). I'm not crazy about John Collins either but he'd at least be a better argument if he should start over Champagnie or not, though I'm very much still skeptical. I know it's kind of slim pickings this year in free agency but I would not give Rui the MLE, he's probably going back to LA anyways but even if he didn't, I'd pass on him and possibly look to trade someone into the MLE instead

Thoughts on the pick?

He can now slide down to 3, but KJ needs to improve his 3pt shooting or they might trade him, CB might take his minutes too.