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San antonio spurs reddit Continue San Antonio Spurss our election and then tell us one that you'd build your team around ⬇️As Buckley (Bucha) players like Patrick Beverley, Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams bristled when Leonard was allowed to take games to manage his body and live in San Diego, which often led to him being late for the team's flights (self.nba)112 points113 points114 points1114 points presented 2 days ago jones-roasted pork-airalamo.com/2020/0 ... I've watched how Western teams have been doing in the last 10-15 games since I noticed a lot of falls (Kings, Mavericks, Grizzlies, etc.) and was surprised to see that the Spurs are not only the best team in the West over the last month (15 games for them) but the best team in the NBA. They rank 1st in offensive rankings, 3rd in defensive ranking (only 0.2 back 2nd place Oklahoma City), and 1st in net ranking by a wide margin. Their net rating is 15.5 pounds, and the 2nd-place Pacers are at 10.7.7.Overall, they are 12-3 last month, with wins against playoff team/playoff contenders like the Lakers, Jazz, Clippers (twice), 76ers, Nuggets, Celtics, and Raptors.Maybe I just missed it, but I haven't seen much talk about how great they were. Page 2 412 Comments Source: FocusDraft AssetsFirst: No 11Second: No 41Future: Spurs own all of their future first-round picksCash: $5.6 million (for receiving) $5.6 million (for sending) Cap Space Breakdown DeRozan player option and $11.3 million free agent hold Jakob Poeltl has San Antonio for salary cap. For San Antonio to have financial flexibility, DeRozan needs to opt out and Poeltl must be returned. The Spurs will have $15 million in the room, but lose a 20-point scorer to DeRozan and a backup center in Poeltl for nothing. Spurs would have $10 million in the room if DeRozan opts out, Poeltl returns and Trey Lyles and Chimezie Metu are both waived. Lils' $5.5 million contract will be guaranteed if he is listed on October 18. Lils currently has $1 million guaranteed. A $1.7 million contract with Metu is not guaranteed. He has $500K in salary protection if he hasn't given up one month after starting free agency. The full amount is guaranteed if it is not cancelled on the first day of the regular season. Staying over the salary cap would leave Spurs with $9.3 million midlevel and $3.6 million bi-annual exceptions. They will have a $5.0 million mid-level number if they go under. Team needsStarting small forward if there is no DeRozanBackup small forward and centerExtension right: DeMar DeRozan, LaMarcus Aldridge, Derrick White (rookie), Patty Mills and Chimezie Metu Since September 4) Free agent status future Demar DeRozanIn normal circumstances, four-time All-Star is coming off another strong season in The prime minister of his career will give up his contract, looking at that last big bite of free-apple agency. However, in DeRozan's case, the unknown about the salary cap in 2020-21 - along with a small pool of teams that have a cap space - makes his future uncertain. The factor is that Spurs are at a crossroads, heading to the lottery for the first time since 1997, when Tim Duncan was selected. If DeRozan makes a choice in his $27.7 million contract (a decision that should come by October 13, five days before the start of free agency), both sides will have to weigh up what the future holds and below options: Chris Paul on June 28, 2017, Paul chose in his $24.3 million contract with the LA Clippers - but with the intent to get traded to the Houston Rockets. The players the Clippers got in the trade (Lou Williams, Patrick Beverley and Montrezl Harrell) will jump to start retooling their roster. Paul played out a season on an expiring contract, eventually signing a $160 million contract next summer with the Rockets.This option would see DeRozan opt into his contract on October 13 and eventually be traded either before the moratorium begins on October 19 or October 23 the team not below the cap will need to send back $22 million in salary. Because San Antonio was not a free agent destination (outside of Aldridge), the goal for the Spurs would target players who have at least two years left on their contracts - such as Denver Nuggets shooting guard Gary Harris.The contract extension is DeRozan part of the future? If so, the extension could add up to an additional four seasons (until 2023-24) and $149 million in new money. There is no limit to what percentage of expansion may decrease. Sign and trade This would see DeRozan give up his contract and become a free agent and then be signed and moved to another team. It would also see San Antonio get compensation back in the form of a player. In this situation, because free-agent market teams are limited, DeRozan will follow the path of Jimmy Butler to the Miami Heat and D'Angelo Russell to the Golden State Warriors last offseason. However, as we have seen with both the Heat and Warriors, the team acquiring a player in the mark and trading becomes difficult to limit by putting additional financial restrictions on their roster. One way to get around the hard cap would be for DeRozan to pick in his contract (above) and then develop a trade. However, DeRozan will have to wait six months with the time of trade to sign an extension for the maximum allowable amount: four years, $149 million. It's a smart game, allowing DeRozan to have financial security ($27.7 million) for the 2020-21 season and then develop either an extension or trade. Refuse and become free not the best summer to become a free agent. The Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets, Detroit Pistons, Miami Heat and New York Knicks five teams are projected to cap space north of $20 million this year. Aside from the heat, they are considered recovery teams. Will DeRozan sign a one- year, $25 million contract with Miami and join free agency in 2021? Does a team like New York see it as the face of the franchise moving forward? How about a young team like Atlanta? Of course, DeRozan can choose to opt out without a guarantee that a new contract awaits him with either San Antonio or a new team. The direction with rosterThe optics would initially suggest that San Antonio will put a for-sale mark on their roster this offseason.The Spurs are making their first lottery appearance since 1997. In the three previous seasons, they had bounced out of the first round twice. But the reality is that eight seed games in Florida should serve as a plan to move forward. Playing without three starters - Aldridge, Bryn Forbes and Trey Lyles - the Spurs have won five games with a starting lineup involving one veteran: DeRozan.The Spurs have made a bona fide effort to draft and develop well, with 60% of their roster projected under 26 next season. In addition to their lottery selection and second round in October, the Spurs will have five players under the age of 25: Murray, Keldon Johnson, Luke Samanick, Lonnie Walker IV and Lyles. Restricted free-agent center Jacob Poeltl is 24 and guard Derrick White turned 26 in July.The big decisions will now come true for their veterans. San Antonio has four players with an average age of 33: DeRozan, Aldridge, Rudy Gay and Patty Mills. They are on expiring contracts worth $80 million - 66% of Spurs' total salary in 2020-21.While expiring contracts do not have the same value as they once did because the acquisition team views them as short-term leases, all four players will help rival teams. But first, San Antonio needs to decide which direction they will take: whether to rebuild, refit or stay the same. The Spurs are now projected to have about $75 million in flexibility over the summer of 2021 if they allow their veterans' contracts to expire. DeRozan is a player option and an $11.3 million free agent hold for Poeltl has San Antonio behind the salary cap. San Antonio has no place if DeRozan refuses, Poeltl returns and Lyles and Chimezie Metu both gave up. Staying above the salary cap will leave Spurs with a $9.3 million average and a $3.6 million one-year, two-year exemption. If they go under, San Antonio will have a $4.8 million mid-level number. Resources available to create rosterSource:Lottery Selection and Second Round SelectionDeMar DeRozan: Cap Flexibility If It or can fulfill the mark and tradeSicular contracts: LaMarcus Aldridge, Patty Patty and Rudy GayYoung players: Dejounte Murray, Lonnie Walker IV, Derrick White, Keldon Johnson and Luke SamanicOwn free agents: Jacob Poeltl and Bryn ForbesExceptions: $9.3 million mid-level and $3.6 million biennialS watch While San Antonio can't control the October player option deadline for DeRozan, they make for two players: Lils started 53 games on power forwards, averaged a career high in minutes (20.2), and averaged 6.4 points. He hasn't played in eight seeding games because of an appendectomy. Lyles has $1 million protected from his $5.5 million contract with a balance guaranteed if he hasn't given up on October 18.Drafted in the second round in 2018, Metu played 47 games, averaged 5.3 minutes and 2.3 points.