Patrick Bateman

Roster spot crunch is real now.... You draft a guy you think you be on the active roster at 25 then a guy like Wieskemp may get cut or you don't have the space to consider bringing anyone back. Not saying we shouldn't but there are some number considerations.

I'm going to guess that's who it's going to be at 23..... the ole Euro stash.

Hell yea!

Love to grab Branham here.....

Strange not to use one of these picks to move up. Feel like we'll either trade one for future assets or do a Spurs and try and stash a International dude, but that rarely pans out..... League has caught up.

I’m sort of here. There’s a lot to work with but he’s got to fix that shot at the top. Not sure he has superstar in him but good player for a decade? Yea, he has some good traits that should translate better in the NBA.

He'd never be as beloved in Cleveland as Lebron would..... I see that as a very low probability. I'm going to guess the Knicks and maybe a Sixers would be near his list. Otherwise, probably ship him out West. Paolo, Paolo, Paolo....

Wha? KD may be fucked here..... Let's face it, every team who relies on Irving eventually gets fucked. Mercurial and volatile aren't words which typically help a franchise. He can ball, no doubt, but he just can't be trusted. They'll have to max him and that's probably a bad choice as well.

A lot of smoke of the Spurs going Duren or Dieng. My own opinion? The direction the league is going...... I think those would be poor picks for the future.

That would be clickbait..... how many picks would have to come back the Spurs way? I don't think the Hawks have that many. Regardless, that's a silly "rumor" unless Murray's about to be suspended or something.

Hmmm…..

As we head into the draft, here is an offseason primer.... https://projectspurs.com/2022-san-antonio-spurs-offseason-primer/ With the NBA Draft approaching next Thursday (June 23) and then free agency following shortly after on June 30, it’s time to look at the San Antonio Spurs’ roster heading into the offseason. June 23 – NBA Draft Heading into the NBA Draft, the Spurs will have four picks, with three picks in the first round and one in the second round. The Spurs will draft 9th in the lottery, 20th in the first round via the Toronto Raptors, 25th in the first round via the Boston Celtics, and 38th in the second round via the Los Angeles Lakers. One scenario to watch is whether the Spurs make any trades involving any of these picks. The Spurs already have 8 players under guaranteed contracts for next season, and when you account for the three first round picks, that’s already 11 players on the roster. While teams can carry up to 20 players on their roster in the offseason, by opening night, the roster has to be trimmed to 15 players and 2 two-way players. Because first round picks have cap holds, those three slots are already added to the Spurs’ roster. So again, 11 players on the roster, and the Spurs still need to make decisions on four players who don’t have fully guaranteed contracts (Zach Collins, Keita Bates-Diop, Tre Jones, Jock Landale). That’s 14 players now on the roster when you add the players who don’t have guaranteed deals. Now throw in the fact that the Spurs will have 5 players entering free agency. So with a roster that’s already almost full before free agency begins, will the Spurs move some of those first round picks, whether that be moving up or down in the draft, or trading for a future pick? June 24 – Zach Collin’ Contract Guarantee Date Following the draft, the Spurs will have to make a decision on Collins’ $7.4 million contract for next season. If the Spurs were to waive Collins, he would still have $3.4 million of his contract partially guaranteed for next season. June 29 – Restricted Free Agent Qualifying Offers The Spurs have until June 29 to tender the following players qualifying offers so the players enter free agency June 30 as restricted free agents. Lonnie Walker IV – $6.3 million qualifying offer Devontae Cacok – $2 million qualifying offer Joe Wieskamp – $1.8 million qualifying offer DJ Stewart – $1.6 million qualifying offer Robert Woodard II – $1.6 million qualifying offer For this review of how restricted free agency works, let’s use Walker IV. First the Spurs will tender Walker IV the qualifying offer by or on June 29. Once free agency begins June 30, Walker IV can start negotiating with the Spurs or other teams. Let’s say Walker IV and Team X agree to an offer sheet, so Walker IV signs the offer sheet. On July 6, when the NBA lifts the moratorium, the Spurs have 48 hours to match the offer sheet for Walker IV to the terms on the sheet, or they could refuse, and then Walker IV would now be signed to that new team to the terms of the offer sheet. As long as Walker IV doesn’t sign an offer sheet, there’s also the possibility of the Spurs, Walker IV, and Team X to come to an agreement on a sign-and-trade agreement. This would only be the case if the Spurs knew Walker IV wanted to leave San Antonio and they had no intention of matching a proposed offer sheet. This would give the Spurs the opportunity to help Walker IV land with his new team while also trying to get back some assets from that team. There is also a date in July when the Spurs are able to pull the qualifying offer if they decide to go in a different direction from a restricted free agent. If they do this, then the player would become an unrestricted free agent. If a player doesn’t sign an offer sheet, but he also doesn’t want to re-sign in San Antonio, then he can accept the qualifying offer for next season, play out the season, and then next summer he’ll be an unrestricted free agent. June 30 – Free Agency Begins At 5 PM CT, NBA free agency negotiations begin, which means teams can start communicating with their own free agents or other free agents. The Spurs will be one of the few teams with the ability to open significant cap space this summer. Depending on what the Spurs decide to do with their free agents and players on non-guaranteed contracts, they will be able to open anywhere from $15.8 million to $37 million in cap space. That $37 million in cap space is enough to offer a max contract to players with 0-6 years of experience, like Deandre Ayton, or a players with 7-9 years of experience, like Zach LaVine. Operating as a team with cap space will also give the Spurs the ability to use the room exception worth $5.3 million once they use the cap space. The room exception can be used to sign one free agent, or split to sign two players. August 1 – Tre Jones’ Contract Partially Guarantees According to Bobby Marks of ESPN, as long as Jones is on the roster still by August 1, his contract will partially guarantee for $500,000. October 17 – Keita Bates-Diop’s Contract Guarantee Date The Spurs have until this date to guarantee Bates-Diop’s $1.8 million deal for next season. There aren’t any guarantee dates for Jones’ $1.7 million contract and Landale’s $1.5 million contract for next season per Marks of ESPN. October – Keldon Johnson Extension Deadline The Spurs will have from July 1 to the day before the regular season begins in October to extend Keldon Johnson’s contract. The Spurs recently extended Dejounte Murray and Derrick White’s contracts (before he was traded) in October when they were extension eligible, but they didn’t for Jakob Poeltl or Walker IV when they were extension eligible. Murray’s extension was for 4 years, for a total of $64 million. He hadn’t made an All-Star team by that point, but he had made the All-NBA defensive second team in a previous season. White was signed to a 4-year extension for $70 million per spotrac.com. If the Spurs don’t extend Johnson’s contract this offseason, then he’ll be a restricted free agent next summer.

That's what they did before the most recent series.... had 6 projects and then chose 1. I believe 3 of the 7 right now are animated series.

Pace a big difference too. 59' was like the year before a new chapter in NBA -- the entrance of Wilt. Crazy to think Wilt came in and automatically league shooting % went up 15 points and went up like 5 straight years.

Congratulations to the Warriors! Tremendous accomplishment on so many levels. Redemption for Andrew Wiggins, who wipes some of the stain of being a bust off his resume'. Steph gets his first NBA finals MVP. And this was truly a team accomplishment. Kudos to the front office and Steve Kerr, they simply played their cards exactly right with this, but the bench was so good this run. Reminded me a little of the first run, but so much more with guys like Poole, Otto Porter, Wiggins, and Looney really making the difference. A really deep squad. Folks always ask who was the last superstar to carry a team to a ship. While I think it can be very much debated that Curry "carried" them, when you realize that Klay was simply a good player, nowhere near superstar level, this truly was a team ship run. Think about in the playoffs, they only had one guy who played real minutes who had a PER over 20. Only 2 guys who had a WS/48 over .151 and the 2nd was Looney. Fantastic organizational accomplishment and in my mind, cements Steph as the best organizational/team leader in basketball since TD. Time for download and analysis will come, but simply a crazy mad synergistic organizational accomplishment. Crazy to think it can all be traced back to D'Angelo Russell being almost added as a throw in the KD trade. The series of moves since and after was masterful by the front office.

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There's a lot of money going to infrastructure, but no teeth in the bill. Money going to community mental health clinics is great, but it's not going to move the needle on guns. Other than that, it's a few loophole closings which won't make a huge dent but should have some minor reduction and are laudable. Additionally, infrastructure money for the states that want to have red flag laws so that money isn't the excuse. Now, if your state doesn't have one any right now, they're probably not getting any soon..... you'll need at least 50 more kids dead before your politicians get off their ass. Again, money is going towards something worthwhile, that's a win, but this won't actually have any major influence on gun crimes, responsible gun ownership, or having a more thorough, thoughtful, and consistent gun policy in the country.

I'm reminded of Sydney Ellen Wade.... Well then, congratulations. It's only taken you 20 years to put together gun control legislation that has no hope of preventing gun related crime.

No, mainly at a hotel room.... that the Texans set him up with. They reportedly didn't know (and it sounds like they didn't want to know) what he was doing though. This has been out there for a few weeks, but it's also understood by a few as well. It sounds like they guaranteed his contract, and may have given protections to him surrounding future suspensions with a few caveats. Now this hasn't been confirmed but that's the rumor. After that, there may be some ways the Browns go after him, but it was fairly obvious after details of the contract came out that Watson did an about face after the Browns got fucking silly with the contract. New GM, so he had some equity in the bank and pushed in all his chips....

100% agree..... or fuck, just go to a club or outside the practice facility..... all sorts of jock strap groupies. The guy is fucking weird. He has fantasies and obviously a very specific one. The power is what gets him excited.... this idea he's so powerful and cool that he'll get a happy ending because they're so in awe of him.

And we should probably get a tax credit to do so..... it's American!

When? It started a small issue and then continued to snowball. A couple of ladies come forth and his first instinct is to deny it.... all of it as he knows it'll blow up his endorsement deals. Then, over time..... it becomes a big deal and he's locked in to his original bullshit story and is having a difficult time changing course. And anything which makes the shield look bad is against the code of conduct, so not going to help there. And then you're going to what..... say, "yea I flew in girls to try and coerce them into happy endings! And it worked..... a lot! But not always! The women who accepted the money are just as bad as me!" Not sure it's smart to admit to federal felonies.

Let's see what Abbott and company do....

Sherby, you gotta trust me...... you keep your eyes open and your chances of catching the ball increase by a factor of 10.