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Spurscast: Post-Draft Analysis and Summer League Impressions

In Spurscast episode 663, Spurscast host Paul Garcia, Project Spurs writer Benjamin Bornstein, and former Project Spurs writer Trevor Zickgraf discuss: 

The latest news and notes for the San Antonio Spurs

Analysis and Summer League impressions about the Spurs’ rookies Jeremy Sochan (out for Summer League), Malaki Branham, Blake Wesley, and Dominic Barlow

Latest New and Notes

The Spurs officially waived Danilo Gallinari on Friday. The team has also officially signed all three first round pick rookies in Sochan, Branham, and Wesley.

The Spurs can still open the most cap space in the league, though they haven't made any major signings or trades since free agency began July 1.

The only two moves the Spurs haven't made official are the signing of Gorgui Dieng and the two-way signing of Dominic Barlow.

Post Draft Analysis and Summer League Opening Game Impressions

In the episode, Bornstein and Zickgraf analyze the Spurs drafting Sochan with the 9th pick, Branham with the 20th pick, Wesley with the 25th pick, and agreeing to sign Barlow to a two-way contract.

Branham, Wesley, and Barlow's play in the opening game of Summer League against the Cleveland Cavaliers are also discussed.

Sochan won't play in any of the Summer League games after exiting health and safety protocols and because he's also dealing with a hamstring injury.

The Spurs have four Summer League games remaining Sunday against the Golden State Warriors, Monday against the Houston Rockets, and Thursday against the Atlanta Hawks. Their final game will take place on either July 16 or July 17. 

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Spurscast: A Week into Free Agency

In Spurscast episode 662, Spurscast host Paul Garcia discusses: 

Joe Wieskamp and Jeremy Sochan missing all of Summer League

The additions of Gorgui Dieng and Isaiah Roby to the Spurs

The options the Spurs can take with their cap space

Where the roster currently stands

Latest News

Joe Wieskamp will have to miss the Las Vegas Summer League after spraining his right ankle according to the team. Jeremy Sochan will also miss all five Summer League games after returning from health and safety protocols. 

The Spurs officially signed Blake Wesley earlier this week, but the team still hasn't signed Sochan, Malaki Branham, and Gorgui Dieng. The Spurs also reportedly have until July 8 to waive Danilo Gallinari before his deal becomes fully guaranteed for $21.4 million this coming season. 

The Opening Week of Free Agency

In the opening week of free agency, the Spurs agreed to a one-year deal with Dieng and they claimed Isaiah Roby off waivers.

As part of the Dejounte Murray trade, Jock Landale was traded to Atlanta, and then Atlanta traded him to Phoenix. Lonnie Walker IV officially signed with the Los Angeles Lakers this week. 

What are the Spurs doing with their cap space?

The Spurs can potentially open up to $38.4 million in cap space and the question remains, what can they do with that cap space?

There are still notable free agents available like Deandre Ayton and Collin Sexton, while there's also the possibility of being a team willing to acquire contracts for future picks. Lastly, the Spurs could just do nothing with their cap space.

Where does the roster stand currently?

Assuming Gallinari will be waived soon, the Spurs' roster will have 13 players on guaranteed contracts, two players on non-guaranteed deals, and one player on a two-way contract.

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Spurscast: Dejounte Murray Trade to Hawks

In this emergency Spurscast episode 661/Project Spurs Round Table, Spurscast host Paul Garcia, Project Spurs staff members Joe Garcia, Benjamin Bornstein, Vickie Villareal, and Evan Townsend discuss: 

The Spurs agreeing to trade Dejounte Murray to the Atlanta Hawks for future picks

What will the Spurs do with their cap space now?

Will other veteran players be moved via trade?

What will happen with Keldon Johnson’s possible contract extension?

Other offseason notes and more

Murray to be traded to Atlanta

Wednesday the San Antonio Spurs and Hawks agreed in principal to send Dejounte Murray to Atlanta for Danilo Gallinari, three future first round picks, and a future pick swap.

What will the Spurs do with their cap space now?

Once the trade with Murray and Gallinari is completed after July 6, the Spurs can still open over $30 million in cap space depending on what they do with free agents and players on non-guaranteed deals.

Should the Spurs sign free agents to fill out the roster, or should they be a team ready to take on contracts via trade for more future draft picks?

Will other veteran players be moved via trade?

Now that the Spurs are indeed headed toward a rebuild, will veteran players like Jakob Poeltl, Doug McDermott, and Josh Richardson be moved too via trade?

What will happen with Keldon Johnson's possible contract extension?

The Spurs have until late October to extend Johnson's contract. Will they make that move in the coming months, or will they let Johnson become a restricted free agent like Lonnie Walker IV just became?

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In Spurscast episode 660, Spurscast host Paul Garcia and Project Spurs writer Collin Reid discuss: 

The state of the Spurs’ roster before free agency

The three ways the Spurs can use their cap space

The State of the Spurs' Roster

The Spurs will enter free agency Thursday with 15 players under contract barring players being traded or waived before Thursday. Tre Jones, Keita Bates-Diop, and Jock Landale all have non-guaranteed contracts.

The Spurs can have up to 20 players on their roster in the offseason, but before opening night of the regular season, their roster needs to be trimmed to 15 players and two players on two-way contracts at maximum.

The Spurs have decisions to make on whether they'll make Lonnie Walker IV, Joe Wieskamp, Devontae Cacok, Robert Woodard II, and DJ Stewart restricted free agents. Those decisions has to be made by Wednesday June 29.

The Spurs' Three Options with Cap Space

The Spurs can go with one or a mixture of the following options regarding their cap space this offseason:

Sign free agents - With the ability to open up to $34.4 million in cap space, the Spurs could choose to use their cap space to sign a free agent or multiple free agents. Are they a team that throws a max offer sheet at Deandre Ayton?

Trade for players on multiple year deals - The Spurs could use their cap space to acquire a player already under contract via trade. John Collins' name has been mentioned in trade rumors, though the latest reporting has Dejounte Murray included in a hypothetical deal.

Use cap space to acquire future picks by taking on contracts - Similar to how the Spurs used their cap space to acquire Al-Farouq Aminu and Thaddeus Young from Chicago for future draft picks in the deal with DeMar DeRozan last year, the Spurs could go with a similar route to acquire players under contract for future picks. The New York Knicks have reportedly been trying to move veteran players under contract like Alec Burks and Evan Fournier. 

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In Spurscast episode 659, Spurscast host Paul Garcia and Project Spurs writer Benjamin Bornstein discuss: 

The latest draft rumors

Draft prospects in the 9th, 20th, 25th, and 38th pick ranges hours before the draft.

The Latest Draft Rumors

Will the San Antonio Spurs try to trade up to the 4th pick with the Sacramento Kings for a chance at drafting Keegan Murray? That's one of the rumors addressed in the episode. Another rumor discussed would be if the Spurs might try to package the 20th and 25th picks to get a pick in the 11th through 17th draft range. 

Draft Prospects in the 9th Pick Range

Draft prospects discussed in the 9th pick range are:

Ousmane Dieng (Mock average 12th)

Jalen Duren (Mock average 11th)

Dyson Daniels (Mock average 8th)

Johnny Davis (Mock average 10th)

AJ Griffin (Mock average 11th)

Shaedon Sharpe (Mock average 8th)

Draft Prospects in the 20th Pick Range

Draft prospects discussed in the 20th pick range are:

Blake Wesley (Mock average 21st)

Nikola Jovic (Mock average 25th)

TyTy Washington (Mock average 20th)

Dalen Terry (Mock average 23rd)

EJ Liddell (Mock average 23rd)

Jalen Williams (Mock average 16th)

Jaden Hardy (Mock average 24th)

Draft Prospects in the 25th Pick Range

Draft prospects discussed in the 25th pick range are:

Walker Kessler

Jaden Hardy

EJ Liddell

Kennedy Chandler

Christian Braun

Ismael Kamagate

Draft Prospects in the 38th Pick Range

Draft prospects discussed in the 38th pick range are:

MarJon Beauchamp

Christian Koloko

Caleb Houstan

Andrew Nembhard

Max Christie

Jaylin Williams

Gabriele Procida

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Spurscast: Less Than Two Weeks from the Draft

In Spurscast episode 658, Spurscast host Paul Garcia, Project Spurs writer Benjamin Bornstein, and former Project Spurs writer Trevor Zickgraf discuss: 

If the Spurs should try to trade up in the draft

Draft prospects with the 9th pick

Draft prospects with the 20th pick

Draft prospects with the 25th pick

Draft prospects with the 38th pick in the second round

Trading Up

In the event Chet Holmgren or Paolo Banchero fell to 4th in the NBA Draft, do the San Antonio Spurs have a trade package that would intrigue the Sacramento Kings into trading the 4th pick?

Keegan Murray of Iowa and Shaedon Sharpe of Kentucky are draft prospects projected to be drafted before 9th, the Spurs' first round pick. Should San Antonio try to move up via trade to try and get in position to draft one of those two prospects?

Draft Prospects with the 9th Pick

Draft prospects mentioned in the 9th pick range are:

Benedict Mathurin, a 6'6" player out of Arizona, whose mock average is 8th.

Jalen Duren, a 6'11" player out of Memphis, whose mock average is 11th.

Jeremy Sochan, a 6'9" player out of Baylor, whose mock average is 12th, and the Spurs reportedly have interest in.

Dyson Daniels, a 6'6" G-League Ignite player, whose mock average is 8th, and the Spurs reportedly have interest in.

Ousmane Dieng, a 6'9" player from the New Zealand Breakers, whose mock average is 14th.

Draft Prospects with the 20th Pick

Draft prospects mentioned in the 20th pick range are:

Nikola Jovic

Jalen Williams

Jaden Hardy

Kennedy Chandler

Patrick Baldwin Jr.

Draft Prospects with the 25th Pick

Draft prospects mentioned in the 25th pick range are:

Jaden Hardy

Kendall Brown

Kennedy Chandler

Dalen Terry

Patrick Baldwin Jr.

Christian Braun

Ryan Rollins

Caleb Houstan

Draft Prospects with the 38th Pick in the Second Round

Draft prospects mentioned in the 38th pick range of the second round are:

Wendell Moore Jr.

Max Christie

Caleb Houstan

John Butler

Khalifa Diop

Other draft prospects discussed in the episode are:

Johnny Davis

Tari Eason

Blake Wesley

EJ Liddell

Walker Kessler

MarJon Beauchamp

Jake LaRavia

Christian Koloko

Leonard Miller

Gabriele Procida

Peyton Watson

David Roddy

Josh Minott

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Episode Title: Spurscast: How Would Trades Work This Offseason?

In Spurscast episode 657, Spurscast host Paul Garcia discusses: 

How trades would work with the Spurs’ first-round picks

How a sign-and-trade deal would work with Lonnie Walker IV

How trades would work with players on non-guaranteed deals

How trades would work with players on guaranteed deals

How do trades work with draft picks?

The San Antonio Spurs will have four draft picks in the June draft: the 9th pick, the 20th pick, the 25th pick, and the 38th pick in the second round.

In the episode, you'll hear how the Spurs would be able to trade these picks either before or after the draft and what the cap hold amount for each pick means in the different trade scenarios.

How would a sign-and-trade deal work with Lonnie Walker IV?

In the event, Lonnie Walker IV wanted to move on from San Antonio this summer in free agency, rather than sign an offer sheet with another team, another way Walker IV could end up on a new team is if he, the Spurs, and the new team worked on a sign-and-trade deal together.

How do trades work involving the players on non-guaranteed players?

This offseason, Zach Collins, Keita Bates-Diop, Tre Jones, and Jock Landale are all on non-guaranteed deals. The way their deals would work in a trade are discussed in the episode.

The players on guaranteed deals

While there's no reporting the Spurs are looking to move any of the players on guaranteed deals, the scenario is explored in the episode in the event the Spurs were to move a player via trade on a guaranteed deal.

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Title: Spurscast: Pre-Lottery Questions and 2nd Round Draft Prospects

In Spurscast episode 656, Spurscast host Paul Garcia and Project Spurs writer Benjamin Bornstein discuss: 

Social media questions about the Spurs before the lottery

Second-round draft prospects

Pre-Lottery Questions

With the NBA Draft Lottery coming up Tuesday, May 17, we asked Spurs fans to send some pre-lottery questions through social media.

Some of the questions were got were what would it take to land a Top-3 pick via trade if the Spurs don't get a Top-3 pick in the lottery, whether the Spurs will use the draft-and-stash route with one of their picks, and a question about draft prospect Tari Eason of LSU.

Second Round Draft Prospects

In Spurscast episode 655, first-round draft prospects were mainly discussed in the episode. This week we take a look at some players projected to get drafted in the second round with the Spurs having the 38th pick in round two.

Players discussed in this discussion are:

Kennedy Chandler of Tennessee

Leonard Miller of Fort Erie International Academy

David Roddy of Colorado State

Justin Lewis of Marquette

Harrison Ingram of Stanford

Max Christie of Michigan State

Jake LaRavia of Wake Forest

Dyson Daniels of the G-League Ignite and Nikola Jovic of Mega Mozzart are discussed when reviewing first-round draft prospects.

In the final segment, the draft lottery odds are discussed from best to worst odds. The Spurs have a 50.7% chance of landing the 9th pick, 25.9% chance of landing the 10th pick, and a 5.7% chance of landing the 4th pick. Those are their Top-3 best odds of entering the lottery.

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Title: Spurscast: Early Preview of Draft Prospects in First Round for Spurs

In Spurscast episode 655, Spurscast host Paul Garcia and Project Spurs writer Benjamin Bornstein discuss: 

Who the Spurs should draft if they end up with a Top-4 lottery pick

Draft prospects with the 9th pick

Draft prospects with the 20th pick

Draft prospects with the 25th pick

Who should the Spurs draft if they end up with a Top-4 pick?

There's no consensus number one overall pick according to different mock drafts, but one of these two players are projected to go first - Jabari Smith of Auburn, or Chet Holmgren of Gonzaga.

Paolo Banchero of Duke is projected to go third and Jaden Ivey from Purdue is expected to go fourth.

In the episode, Bornstein and I discuss different scenarios of who the Spurs should draft if they end up with one of the Top-4 picks.

Draft Prospects in the 9th pick range

The following players are mentioned on different mocks in the 9th pick range:

Johnny Davis of Wisconsin

Jalen Duren of Memphis

TyTy Washington of Kentucky

Ousmane Dieng of the New Zealand Breakers

Bennedict Mathurin of Arizona

AJ Griffin of Duke

Draft Prospects in the 20th pick range

The following players are mentioned on different mocks in the 20th pick range:

Jaden Hardy of G-League Ignite

Kennedy Chandler of Tennessee

EJ Liddell of Ohio State

MarJon Beauchamp of G-League Ignite

Wendell Moore Jr. of Duke

Kendall Brown of Baylor

Ousmane Dieng of the New Zealand Breakers

Draft Prospects in the 25th pick range

The following players are mentioned on different mocks in the 25th pick range:

Walker Kessler of Auburn

Kennedy Chandler of Tennessee

Patrick Baldwin Jr. of Milwaukee

Christian Braun of Kansas

Wendell Moore Jr. of Duke

Kendall Brown of Baylor

Jalen Williams of Santa Clara

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Episode Title: Spurscast: Spurs' Cap Space Scenarios 

In Spurscast episode 654, Spurscast host Paul Garcia and Project Spurs writer Collin Reid discuss: 

The Spurs’ different cap space scenarios going into free agency

11 Players Projected to be on Guaranteed Deals

The San Antonio Spurs will go into the offseason with eight players on guaranteed contracts next season in Dejounte Murray, Doug McDermott, Josh Richardson, Jakob Poeltl, Romeo Langford, Devin Vassell, Josh Primo, and Keldon Johnson.

The Spurs will also have three first-round picks with their projected 9th lottery pick, the 20th pick from Toronto, and the 25th pick from Boston. From now until the Spurs draft and then sign a player with those picks or trade the pick, the picks have cap holds on the Spurs' salary sheet going into the offseason. So when you combine the three picks with the eight players on guaranteed deals, that's a projected 11 players on guaranteed deals.

4 Players with Partially/Non-Guaranteed Deals

Four Spurs players will enter the offseason with partially or non-guaranteed deals in Zach Collins (partial guarantee), Tre Jones, Keita Bates-Diop, and Jock Landale.

Each player's salary and guarantee date are discussed in the episode, as well as early predictions as to whether the Spurs will keep the player on the roster next season or waive the player in the offseason.

5 Players Entering Free Agency

Five Spurs players will be entering free agency in Lonnie Walker IV, Joe Wieskamp, Devontae Cacok, DJ Stewart Jr., and Robert Woodard II. The Spurs can make any of these players restricted free agents by tending the player a qualifying offer by June 29.

The Cap Space Projections

The Spurs will have multiple cap space projections to explore being able to open anywhere from $16 to $37 million in cap space depending on what decisions they make with the players on non-guaranteed deals and the players entering free agency.

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