NBA DRAFT NIGHT.. Spurs to do what?

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This is a big one today. Yes, hopefully you enjoyed the Tim Duncan Extravaganza show last week. But now we're getting hot and heavy. We can feel it right, Spurs fans. I got in the hot seat today and I realized it's draft night tonight. Don't don't laugh at me, Okay. I have a family. I have kids that are in the Spurs camp. This week been focusing on that, and when I got ready to broadcast today, I didn't realize that tonight is the NBA drap. That's what happens when

life gets in the way. But we're ready. Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, Spurs fans, NBA fans where a player can change a team like Steph Castle has Victor wimen Yama. Yeah you can, we can phill Oh lord, yeah, hold on either one of the me too. All my life hold on. Tonight is the NBA Draft and this is gonna make or break teams, and it's supposed to be a very deep draft where the first nine out of ten predicted players in the NBA Draft are freshmen this year what freshmen will make

an impact? Cooper Flag is a alleged generational talent right now. He is the cut above the players right now, but he did not win the NCAA title. Also predicted in the top five are two Duke players and two Rutgers players. Where the San Antonio Spurs are right now really looking at Dylan Harper. In this episode, we'll talk about a little about draft night, what the Spurs will do according to some mock boards, and we can kind of giggle and mock these mock boards as well, because when these

mock draft boards come up, I laugh. We were gonna use NBA draft dot Net, But if you go google that every Spurs pick, they have them picking a guard. How many more guards do we need? Do they think that getting four new guards will replace one? Chris Paul I'm just throwing that out there as a joke. But we have the Rookie of the Year last year with Steph Castle, who's putting in an amazing off season regiment. If you've been watching him on any social media, on

maybe YouTube, on TikTok. He is putting in some work, y'all. He's putting on a lot more muscle. Something tells me he's gonna be almost like that SGA type player getting into the lane and getting those calls. And we know how SGA got those calls. I mean, but by the way, let's let's you know, let's be honest. All right, let's give it up to the Oklahoma City Thunder winning this year's title. That's enough up here in San Antonio. We understand. Why listen, we beat you two out of four and

one without Wemby. All right, we're bitter you. Damn right, we're a little bitter. We're a little bitter here in San Antoonio. But the Oklahoma City Thunder did win this year's title, and we won't even talk about the finals. I just think a lot of it was I'm not gonna say the r word rigged. I'm not gonna say that because I don't believe in rigged. I really don't. These players still got to go out there and play, They got to go out there and perform. I just

I don't believe in that. But At the same time, there were things that made you go hmm in that kind of NBA finals, Tyrese Halliburton going down with an achilles injury. By the way, he'll probably be out most of the season next year. The Eastern Conference landscape is changing, guys. The Celtics are trading away players left and right now. They're looking for off first for Jalen Brown and Derek White. By the way, Spurs, Spurs, if you can bring Derek

White back here, let's do it. Let's freaking do it. Right. You want to get a guard that is established and knows the system, bring that man back home to San Antonio. Now that would be a pick. We'd be like, Yes, great trade, great trade. We'll also talk about in this episode just a little bit about the Kevin Durant trade, why the Spurs didn't go after him. What you guys are saying on x and social media about not landing him. It's mostly you young bucks that play NBA two K

that really don't know much about basketball to begin with. Yeah, I called you out. Just because you have unlimited salary cap on a video game doesn't mean that you have unlimited salary cap in the real world. Okay, let's just throw that out there, all right. Just because your player is at a ninety nine doesn't mean you're the goat. Okay, there's a little thing called reality. We'll talk about that here on the show today. A lot of moving going on in the NBA. Though, you got Chris pos porzingis

going to Atlanta. Will this benefit Atlanta? I think he's got a couple good years left. He's been injury prone in his career, but adding him with Trey Young is gonna be very interesting. Kp still can put up twenty and ten on any given night. He almost averaged twenty points a game last year in limited time ten boards, and I think that's gonna be great for Atlanta, especially in the landscape of the East where everything is kind

of falling apart a little bit. This is why it was interesting that New York didn't go out and get another elite scorer, like maybe Kevin Durant. But we know why that happened. There's a little bit of salty taste in the owner's mouth in New York because when Kevin Durant and Kyrie went to Brooklyn, we're not even gonna go there. That is in the past that is drama. But that's probably the reason why KD didn't go to New York. I really believe that Katie wanted to finish

his career in Texas where it started. The reason why he didn't come to San Antonio is coming up in a little bit. Pretty good teaser, right there, right, pretty good teaser. We'll talk about that here in a moment. But let's talk a little bit about what the San Antonio Spurs are doing here in the offseason. I know what you guys are saying, nothing, absolutely nothing as usual? Why should they? Can we talk for a minute, Spurs fans, brothers and sisters of the black and silver community. We

are family, right, we are family. Let's talk about this. Iron sharpens iron, according to the Bible. Let's do that. The Spurs are in good shape. We have been stressing this for two years, and over the last several months we have been bringing up and beating the same dead horse by telling y'all this team has not been healthy together. Two years ago, most of the stars got hurt. Devin kJ Sohan at the time, Trey Jones all sat the

bench for the final eleven games. Wemby and Mamu took over they went seven and four in those final eleven. This year, forty games, we lose Victor wembin Yama. We catch something that probably could have been worse in his system if he continued to play. Let's please give it up. Four hour San Antonio spurs medical staff in a round of applause for the medical community here in San Antonio really taking care of Wemby and really getting that situation

under control. Deer and Fox showed you a little bit of what he do one handed, and it's not a joke. One handed. We forget how fast, how good d'erin Fox really is because he got injured. We're all like, oh, oh god, Jiaron Fox has now gone in Wemby, So what are we gonna do? Well? We still won thirty plus games more than the year before. You ever heard of a procression chart. While you're looking at it, we told you two years ago too. Trust the process. A lot of y'all were down on Wemby the first ten

games of his career. Oh, he shouldn't be doing this, and he shouldn't be shooting those threes. He shouldn't be one League three points shooting. That's his game. Did you ever watch him do you ever watch him overseas? That's his game. If you watch Nikola Jokic the MVP many times here in the NBA in his early career, he played the same way, and you wouldn't have thought he would be able to play that way in the NBA. Why would you not think that Wemby can't do the

same now in his career. Patience, patience, perseverance will win the race. Youth will win the race. Look at Oklahoma City and guess what. Oklahoma City and San Antonio are sitting very pretty for their future, not getting rid of a lot of these picks. Will it happen tonight on draft night? Will we draft for some other teams? I think the Spurs fourteenth pick, and I believe can we take a look at the chart right now where San Antonio is sitting with their other pick thirty eight, That's

what I thought, the thirty eighth pick. Could we package the fourteen and thirty eight together, maybe with another player, and go after somebody that wants to come to San Antonio. The latest rumor right now is Bam Bio out of Miami. You heard me say it. Bam A Bio is interested in coming to San Antonio. Can you imagine that him

and Wemby the Spurs like those types of players. I don't know why you fans think we go after these big name stars like Giannie and KD who are going to eat our financial boat eventually, and then in ten years we'll be back in this situation rebuilding, and you'll be complaining again to your kids and saying, well, I remember back in twenty twenty five and we just let it all slip away. And no, they're building for the future. Our GM here right now should be up for GM

of the Year already. They're already predicting some of the top coaches right now in the NBA to be Coach of the Year, and Mitch Johnson is one of them. I'm not applauding him because you know, we've already expected him to win in not at all. We got a long, year long season ahead of us. But at the same time, I mean, that's pretty amazing. Victor Webbin Yama is overseas in China getting in tune with the earth and spirituality. We pray that Jesus Christ enters his life. Yes I

said it. I'm a christ guy. I'll say it on this show. But He reminds me of what Kareem Abdul Jabbar did before Magic came in, really trying to find his zen, his zone. And guess what, that's scary when you can balance it all life and this, that and the other thing, and you've got it all together at this young age. Be ready for Spurs fans dearon Fox wanted to come to San until for Steph Castle, for

Wembin Yama. You don't think that's not a team ready to explode, but yet you want to disrupt the future and bring in somebody like a KD and Yannas. I'm not saying it's not gonna happen with Yanna's, but I'm just saying you'd have to give up an awful lot. I'd rather have an opportunity at the next twelve to fifteen years with this team because of the future picks. We have, the opportunities we can endure with next year's free agency, and the way the Spurs do it is right.

They go after players you don't expect. If you take a look at the NBA Free Agency tracker on NBA dot com, just the free agents out there. We're not talking about the ones that have one year left on their contract and can move here and move there. We're not going to do that in this episode. Let's just focus on the free agents. Could even bring up a player that everybody's talking about. I mean his name is even on like poster board at WWE events and it

says nas Reid. Like every city that's a basketball city that's a wwegos into, there's somebody in the crowd with a nas Reid sign. If Minnesota's smart, they re sign him. If you're really trying to keep what you have in Minnesota there, nas Reid is the guy with Anthony Edwards. Rudy's got another year or two, I would think, because it just seems like he's really flat footed, and it's I think, is he just looks like he's injury prone. But what do I know? But that guy's up with

a player option and with that popularity. I think the Spurs would have to give up too much money for him, but he would be a great player in San Antonio. So let's take a look at some of the players that would fit the San Antonio Spurs mold. We need a forward, we need a power forward center, right, that's what we really need. Or some of y'all are saying shooting. Listen, listen, dearon Fox is that dude deeron Fox will boost our

three point percentage next year. Wembin Yama can hit threes, even though here early in his career we don't like taking him taking them at times, but we see the glimpses of how great he could be behind the arc. He could be the first seven footer to enter a three point contest. By the way, can we bookmark that? What is this month? June June fifth, twenty twenty five. I said Wemby would be in the three point contest

he wants to be. I could see it happening. I could see him winning it in a couple of years. But dearon Fox is that dude Steph Castle has to work on that three point range. They left him open a lot last year, but we've seen glimpses of what he can do and what his range can be. Devin Vassell had a amazing April last year from beyond the Arc. I think he broke a record. I think it was

the most threes made in the month of April. See, we want to forget all the good things that these players do because we want to quickly reprimand them for the bad things that they're doing. Knock it off. There's a reason why we're silver and black. Find the silver lining, don't always focus on the black. I think that's our problem as fans. You got spoiled, and you get spoiled because you start to see what other teams are doing. Sorry,

I'm so angry at y'all. I love y'all, but man, it's so frustrating watching like these accounts on X and social media getting all mad because we didn't get Kevin Duran in. Now Houston is going to be so much better? Are they? Are they going to be much better? They thought that when he went to Phoenix. They thought that when he went to Golden State, they'd win like eight more championships. I'm just saying, he demands a lot of

that ball. That's why he's not a Spurs player. Let's look at who could be in the free agency market. Spurs could land somebody like a Steven Adams. Here's a journeyman eleven years. He's a banger. He brings in that toughness coming off the bench. Maybe for Wemby And I know what you're thinking, what about some of our big guys like Mamu and maybe a Charles Bassie. I love Bassie. If we re signed Bassie and Mamu, I am not mad. Just Mamu, work on your defense. That's all I ask.

Work on your defense. It's like he wants to be more of a guard than a defender at times. Bassie does all of the little things that we need here in San Antonio. Right now, we've got the star in Wemby. We've got the other star in Fox. We got a rising star Castle. We've got a star as well, a side star. Sorry, Devin, love you, but I think he's gonna have a big year too. I think Devon's gonna have a big year. Why well, he's got two years left on his contract. He's gonna want to play hard

this year if he wants an extension. Keep that in mind. Devin could be that player next year that we trade because we don't plan on bringing him back in two years. He's gonna play hard this year. Be ready. Keldon Johnson off the bench, Harrison Barnes still got another year. This Spurs team is equipped and I'll call it right now. Bookmark this. If we just stayed with what we have in stuck with our draft picks. We're making the playoffs next year, eight six seed. Maybe I think Golden State's

gonna be on another down year. I'm sorry, Phoenix ain't even gonna be in contention. I'm not too sure about the Lakers yet unless they make a big move as well. They're looking at Burke, Lopez and more. And we'll go more in depth of what's going on in the NBA free agency market after the draft tonight, maybe in two weeks, we'll talk a little bit about that, but again, programming note real quick tonight, get ready for the NBA Draft.

We may have another show tomorrow or Friday, and we'll talk a little bit about what the Spurs did and what that's going to do, especially if there's any breaking news on any trades. And then the following we would like to have a very special show with you guys talking about we're the Spurs Championships, a dynasty team. We'll talk a little bit about that, but a lot coming up over the next couple weeks here on the San Antonio Spurs Weekly Podcast. Taking a look at that free

agency tracker. We already said Steven Adams, you know another guy that's played really well, that's been under the radar in Memphis, Santi al Dama, You're like, who if you watched any basketball this year, that man has some explosiveness and he's only been in the year for four years. He's a young player. Thirteen points a game, almost seven boards, three assists. That's a Spurs player. Someone that likes to pass the ball, likes to be explosive, someone that can

shoot the ball. But another guy out of Minnesota the Spurs we're looking at was Nikkel Alexander Walker. Another guard though. Are they looking to move Malik Branham and maybe Malachi Branham sorry, and you know Wesley? Are they looking to move them? I think Wesley showed glimpses of very good defense at the end of the year last year. Put him in there as a stopper for five minutes on an SGA or somebody like that. Maybe that's his new role.

We've always had that type of player. We've always had that type of player here in San Antonio that was a defensive player. He reminds me almost like a Alvin Robertson type. On the list. Charles Bassie is up for a possible he needs it. Will he be resigned Bismock Biambo. We still have these players. Charles Bassie was hurt. Will we extend his contract. He's only been in the league four years, he's been injured half of it. How about somebody that's maybe a journeyman we look down the list here,

like a bizmock Biambo. We could get him cheap, maybe another year or two on the Spurs bench. How about some surprises like a bowl bowl. I said it. He hasn't had time to shine in Phoenix in the six years he's been there. And allegedly he has the same type of moves and handle that Wemby has. And if you put him and Wemby out there, I mean he's a monster. With him and Wemby, I mean that's he would be good here in San Antonio. I think he'd flourish. We could get him cheat. He is a free agent.

You move down the list, a Clint Capella would be even good. John Collins, You're like, who out of Utah twenty points a game? He almost averaged last year nine boards. He's been in the league eight years, feels like he's been here for twenty. But he would be a good person to bring in and I know what you're thinking, Well, what about shooters. We need shooters. We need somebody that's a shooter. We've got shooters. They've just got to develop. And I think that's what the Spurs are looking at

right now. Well, tonight, let's move on to the NBA draft for the San Antonio Spurs. A couple picks in the first couple of rounds here, of course, at number two, number fourteen, and number thirty eight. And I'm not even gonna go over what draft NBA draft dot Net said, my goodness, gracious, guard guard, guard, guard guard. That's all they want the Spurs picking is guard guard, guard guard. All right, we get it, We understand you want us to pick a guard, but we've got guards on the bench.

Which is crazy to me. Right now where you are looking at Dylan Harper at number two, What does this do to the lineup for the Spurs if we draft him? Do we even keep him? Do we draft him and make a trade? Well? You ready for another rumor that's out there, Let's do it, right. You realize that the Brooklyn Nets have like eight picks in the draft tonight. What if we packaged a few picks from them, gave them the number two, and we grabbed someone that's been

wanting to come here from the Nets, Cam Johnson. What would that do? Could that happen? I think the team to watch tonight is the Brooklyn Nets. What will they do with all of those picks? That's a lot of picks. That's a lot of picks in this pretty deep draft this year in the NBA draft. Some of the NBA mock drafts on ESPN right now, of course have san Antonio at fourteen picking right now according to ESPN, Joan Behringer overseas a center six eleven, two thirty five. But

other players on the board. I would love to see them. Maybe if he slips in the draft, I don't know if he will. Where'd he go right here? I'm looking him up on the board right now, guys, No, they got him going right now. Looks like in the top ten, man, I mean, the Spurs could trade up with the Pelicans maybe at seven to go get come on, Malak out of Duke. I mean, you could possibly even see three Dukies in the top five. And I know that that

didn't sound right. Three Dukeies in the top five. But Cooper Kahn and of course the big man in the middle. I'd love to see the Spurs land someone like him. Also, there's been rumors that we would go after the big man that's really good friends with Wemby, that they can get along. But I think the unsung hero could be the one out of Connecticut. He played with Steph Castle. I think that he could be a really good addition to the Spurs. I want to see where he's slipping.

Derek Queen. Oh if Derreck Queen gets drafted by Oklahoma City, Oh, the Spurs better make some moves because I think Derek Queen's going to be a surprise in the NBA eventually. I'm trying to go down the draft here where else they would have the player for the Spurs. Asa Nowel out of Georgia could be another good pick for us. A power forward center, Liam McNeely. That's who I was thinking of. Liam McNeely. They have him going twenty to Miami in this one. Interesting considering the now rumor of

Bama BYO. Interesting if they're going to draft somebody like Liam McNeely. Maybe they already know this. They're going to cut their financials a little in Miami. Maybe, But going after Liam McNeely would be good for the Spurs. I think I think he would fit our system very well. Again, so many freshmen in this draft, young young players. You know, he is sitting at roughly six foot seven, two fourteen. He has really good touch from the inside. He can

hit the outside range a little bit. The nets are looking at him, he are looking at him and the Jazz. But again, we all know how ESPN is sometimes they don't fully know who do they have. The Spurs picking at thirty eight, let's take a look at that. But again, the Spurs, no matter what they do, they can package these players, get rid of these players, trade up with players in Brooklyn. I just can't believe how many picks they have this year. Brooklyn's going to be a team

to watch in the next couple of years. Number thirty eight, they've got ya maryor wil Watkins out of Florida State, another small guard, small forward. Very interesting they're looking at that, you know, considering who we have at small guard and small forward, Devine another Florida State guy. So very interesting to see. What do the Spurs do tonight? Spurs fans, you can shout it out right now, will the Spurs go ahead and surprise and shock the world and say, hey,

we're going to go after Ayannis. Hey we're going to go after a Bama bio. We are going to trade picks two and fourteen for Bama Bio and maybe a player to be named later in cash. Who knows tonight is more interesting about what can happen with those picks and not who we draft. Number two looks like it's going to be Dylan Harper. Does he fit the Spurs mole? A lot of you think he's better than Steph Castle. Calm down, he needs work on his outside shot too.

And something I want to throw out there while Phil is dropping his beat in the background, do you realize two of these players in the top five out of Rutgers had a losing season. If they're as good as advertised, why didn't they win? These are things and intangibles that teams look at, and that's very, very scary. Are the Spurs even gonna draft Dylan Harper? Well, Dallas even draft Cooper Flag? Will they trade the number one pick? This is the most draft of all time. I think you

don't know what's gonna happen. It must see TV tonight. Too bad? We were behind the eight ball. We could have talked about this late last week. However, hopefully this gets you ready for the draft tonight, we will see you on the flip side again. We will come to you with a breaking show as news happens. Okay, we will get our response from that news and we will bring it to you. But hopefully you enjoy this podcast so much that we bring it in a different and

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