In Spurscast episode 706, Spurscast host Paul Garcia discusses the Spurs Offseason Begins to Slow Down:
Intro 0:00
The latest transactions by the Spurs 1:00
Upcoming moves and decisions by the team 2:00
Who gets waived or traded before opening night? 6:15
Brainstorming potential starting lineups 12:42
The latest transactions by the Spurs
Since the last Spurscast episode, the San Antonio Spurs have waived Lamar Stevens, acquired Cameron Payne from the Phoenix Suns, and officially re-signed Tre Jones.
The Spurs are now over the salary cap and still have access to the $7.7 million room exception.
Upcoming moves and decisions by the team
Sandro Mamukelashvili will soon officially re-sign with the Spurs, from there the team has decisions to make on what types of deals Summer League standouts Dominick Barlow and Sidy Cissoko are going to get.
If Barlow and/or Cissoko get full roster deals instead of two-way deals, the team will be faced with a situation of needing to trade or waive a player(s) before opening night with the roster spots Barlow and/or Cissoko will fill.
Who gets waived or traded before opening night?
The Spurs currently have 17 players with guaranteed deals. Before opening night in October, the NBA requires teams to have only 15 players on guaranteed deals, meaning in the next 2.5 months the Spurs will have to either trade or waive two players.
In the episode, a list of potential players who could be traded or waived are discussed.
Brainstorming potential starting lineups
After seeing Victor Wembanyama mostly play as a forward in Summer League, there’s an interesting question of what the starting lineup will be to begin the season.
Do the Spurs go with a more traditional point guard like Tre Jones, or do they go for a more versatile lineup with wings and bigs only in the lineup?
4 Comments
Your starting lineup with Keldon as the 6th man would be really versatile.
The Spurs roster makes a lot more sense not thinking about positions, but about abilities.
We have guys that can bring the ball up, guys that can shoot, guys that can get under the basket. It's gonna be a fun and crazy season
Cut Khem and Devonte as they have the least value for trades
Have you been watching the Spurs? The non traditional lineup is a better shooting lineup then the traditional one. Sochan has a developing shot and can't be left alone, Devin/Keldon are both good shooters people just judge Keldon off a year he had to be the number 1 offensive force, Wemby can def shoot maybe not at 40% every night but most surely some nights and Zach is a 37% shooter from three. Get that traditional trash out of here