Get real. Everyone was shocked that Charlotte took Salaun at 6. Prior to the draft, taking him at 8 would have been considered high. No one would have thought to even consider doing a deal to get up to 6 to grab Salaun. You are talking as if everyone knew he would go at 6. No one did!!!
Will just be great for every young player to have him around he'll probably only play 20-25 minutes a night and will miss games but with them wanting Castle to be the future PG there's nobody better to learn from and he'll get every other young guy good looks
I remember Pop telling a young Dejountè to watch Chris Paul tapes. The Spurs value his expertise as a pg and Castle will benefit greatly having Paul as mentor.
I would really like for the front office to hire UConn Head Coach Dan Hurley (51 years old). Popovich and Hurley have winning and dynasty in their blood.
I won't be surprised if we get him now. Problem is the Spurs like to fleece teams and so does Danny Ainge. Just depends on which and how many of all those picks the Spurs are willing to move with likely, Kaeldon and someone like Graham
@@limejuiceph8030 we dont know the asking price for Lauri . It’s prob 3+ 1st rounders and I’m glad we never got rid of ours.. I mean look we got wemby and can get cooper Flagg next year would be crazy
Eh why does it blow your mind? Look how young our team is, it ain’t happening this year especially when ainge owns the lauri cards. He’ll take all our picks for someone like Lauri and he’s 10000000% not worth doing that for. Be patient, one more season.
CP to the Spurs at age 39 seems like staging himself for a career move on the coaching staff and a way to get some future hardware by attaching himself to Wemby. Timely move!
Back in 2016, I read an anonymous scouting report that stated the Spurs coaching staff considered Paul the best player in the league, ahead of Lebron, Durant and an emerging Steph. Their reasoning? "Chris Paul can go anywhere he wants, anytime he wants." I like Chris, but I thought this was a bit of a reach, until I realized those coaches had just been treated to front row seats of Chris snake dribbling his way through their defense in that epic 2015 series. Obviously Chris is a long ways removed from that player; hell, he's a pale shadow of the player that went to the Finals with Phoenix, But he's going to an organization that has always held him in reverence, and they're clearly hoping late career mentor CP will essentially be a player coach for them.
Spot on... completely agree. Having CP3 in the line-up for Castle's first year and Wemby's second will be worth every dollar for how it speeds up their development. Tre also. Even guys like Sochan and Vassell will learn a lot as well.
I like this for Spurs CP# has always wanted to play for POP Even if only a year he will give the young guys so much knowledge Its impossible to NOT like this move IMHO
Juan Nuñez has been a Real Madrid youth star like Doncic. For years he has been the leader of the Spanish youth team and has won everything, as Wemby knows who has faced him many times. He is an organizing, creative point guard, and a good defender. In attack he is not bad, he simply needs a little more time to improve his shot, but if he played in the US he would have been chosen in the middle of the first round.
Keldon is gone to get an All-Star 3 or 4. 2024-25 is another "see what we got" season. They could have 3 lottery picks in 2025 if the Bulls pick conveys. PATFO will be going all in next 2025 draft and picks that are piling. VW will have his superstar running mate in Year 3 of the VW era.
With VW, the Spurs better get a billionaire partner and stop thinking "small market team" b/c VW will leave if the Spurs aren't going to surround him with the $-players need to compete for titles EVERY YEAR starting in VW's 3rd Year.
VW-Sochan-Castle are going to be a "D" juggernaut next season to turn 19 losses by 6pts or less into 12-15 wins. Castle will be better than Bruce Bowen.
It was a weak draft. Spurs never intended to draft Dillingham. It was Minnesota’s pick all along. Obviously the Spurs weren’t very high on players in this year lottery.
I'm not knocking 2nd round picks or even the two guys that we got, I just don't feel that either one will be an immediate impact player and with the position we were in going into the draft, I hoped we would get better overall talent is all. These two could end up being great players, I just don't see them adding wins this season
@Therealreallos I don't completely disagree. I don't know about genius, if everyone on the team besides Wemby and Vassell are available for trades. A lot of guys he has drafted didn't pan out and are gone, and a lot of them apparently aren't so good they're untouchable. As farvas the rebuild goes, I agree that they are out-thinking everyone else. Brian Write fleeces teams in trades, but his track record on drafting is definitely debatable. I agree that the team will be fine long term
I liked the Ingram Pick whenever I watched Carolina always felt his game could translate well to the NBA a little undersized but a great wingspan and ability to shot it think he can carve out a role for himself in the League
I agree...I was just hoping for a more impactful player at one of the positions of need. If they had done better with the 8th pick and maybe just had one second round pick, I'd like him more. Getting Keldon 2.0 and not addressing a bigger 4 or a sharp shooter is my main complaint
i think they wanted holland but he was gone at 5. so they got outta there with more than likely their best offer available that had little protections from a poorly ran organization. those will be pretty valuable based on the new cba and how the tax penalties will be applied. they got their guy at 4 already and now have more assets to use or package in a deal. most people dont realized how valuable an unprotected pick is and a top 1 protected are however far down the line they are. on top of that the spurs have been stockpiling assets from some of the historically worst ran organizations in the league. the hawks were nice when the spurs got their picks and theyre already about to hit the reset button. history says the wolves wont sustain their success either. the spurs are sitting pretty. SA and OKC for that matter have set themselves up for sustained success, not the one year wonder multiple max deal free agents/trades that might result in a ring but more than likely wont. I.E the kd beal booker suns, butler embiid simmons then harden embiid sixers, dwight nash kobe lakers, kg pierce nets, kd irving harden nets. dwight cp3 harden rockets. its pretty rare for high priced free agents and or trades to result in a title, unless its Lebron James who is the exception to this. the push your chips to the middle and mortgage the future route doesnt have a good track record at all. draft and develop has dynasty track records.
couldn't agree more! i'm working on video about the Dillingham trade and say a lot of these same points. you clearly use logic over emotion...i love it!
@@spursfangary8725 glad I'm not the only one. Too many people with a platform in the media are knee jerk reactors without giving much thought into what they're propagating and the mindless sheep just follow along. The spurs are an upstanding organization through and through you'd think they have earned the benefit of the doubt from their fans.
Can't believe Detroit took someone like Holland at 5. I wonder if the Spurs would have at 8 and kept him. I hear Ron was a projected first pick overall 2 years ago.
Horrible pick and trade!!! Spurs need a true point guard and good outside shooter. This pick and trade do neither to address their needs. Spurs already have plenty of role players. What they need is impact players like Clingan and Sheppard. As for the trade, Wemby will be long gone. Do you really think he is going he going to stick around until 2031 to get a good player?
didn't love the trade, although I didn't want Dillingham, but an impact player would have been better than nothing, unless they use that future pick towards a vet in free agency
Castle is good just hope the Spurs don't play him as there ball handler and point guard next season. He is not ready for that. He is still raw offensively. But amazing defensively.
