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The trading season started with some major transactions. Chris Paul will play Phoenix, while the Bucks renewed their backcourt by signing Jrue Holiday and Bogdan Bogdanovic from the Pelicans and Kings, respectively.
Beyond the transactions already agreed, there are reports on James Harden, Russell Westbrook and Gordon Hayward, all potentially on the move. The league is poised for a lot of action this offseason, and according to some reports, this time around the Spurs could get involved.
There are many trade rumors, some including the Spurs. Are you expecting San Antonio to make big moves?
Marilyn Dubinski: I think they’ll manage to move at least one of the LaMarcus Aldridge or DeMar DeRozan, either before or after the start of the season, and it helps that they have contracts about to expire. It may not be on the same scale as your 2018 trade, but I hope something goes down sooner or later. If I had to choose which one is more likely to move at this point I’d probably go with Aldridge. While he’s older, his game could be perceived as wedged into more offensive schemes these days thanks to his three-point pitch in development, and it’s rumored that the Spurs wouldn’t mind returning the Bubble roster and seeing if there really was anything in between. DeRozan and the youth.
Mark Barrington: If it happens, we will hear it the moment it happens, when they end up moving up in the draft if the player they want is available in the place they have previously agreed to a deal with. Kind of like when they got up to the 15th pick in 2011 and they selected a guy. If it doesn’t happen on draft night, I’m not expecting anything big. [NOTE: My record with predictions is really, really bad.]
Bruno Passos: It certainly seems like they’re trying harder than usual to get something done, so I’ll say yes. They still face the same realities we’ve mentioned in the past given tough markets for an Aldridge or DeRozan, but there should be teams chasing situational updates due next summer.
Jesus Gomez: I sure hope so. I understand why the Spurs decided to go in the direction they took when Kawhi Leonard was forced out, but two years of respectable mediocrity without a clear path back to contention is enough. They need to turn things around as soon as possible, and with two veteran stars in the final year of their contracts and a group of intriguing young talents, they could do just that.
Ideally, they’d trade DeRozan and Aldridge for an additional pick in this draft or a young prospect, but even if they get a future draft asset and an expiring deal, he’d be fine with that. Trading any of the young players is a bit trickier, but it shouldn’t be off the table either, if a good offer comes along.
JR Wilco: Maybe it’s my own delusion, but I think (considering the NBA Draft is upon us) when there’s the kind of smoke people have been smelling coming from the San Antonio main office, there’s definitely something on fire somewhere. . So many people are talking about how the Spurs are maneuvering for possible trades that I have a serious feeling on the 2011 Draft right now.
Nine years ago the noise was about how Tony Parker might want to go to New York and / or how the Spurs might want to move him … so the smoke seemed to be going in a direction the wind wasn’t blowing. but PATFO had really been making moves behind the scenes and they ended up trading George Hill to advance in the draft so they could take KL and everyone knows the rest.
The point is, with all the stories that come out with people saying they’ve never seen San Antonio so active in the commercial market, my thinking is that they like someone who probably goes early in the draft, before the eleventh pick. – and they’re talking to everyone who thinks they’re likely to value someone they have so they can make another 2011: that is, trade a guy they love for a selection that will give them someone who meets a need.
But it could be wrong. It has happened before.
