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in San Antonio, not the Lakers and Luka Donich. Just because you have the fattest, deepest pockets doesn't make you the best GM, especially with this move here in San Antonio. We'll get in depth a little bit. I know some of you have seen it on ESPN. You've also seen it on other sources like TSR Sports on Yahoo. I've got to say TSR Sports usually has a really good breakdown on YouTube. Check them out. Our friends at the Baseline Bums, same thing, man, they have put together some

good stuff. But we told you we're gonna bring you a show. When the news breaks. And I had to sit on this for a minute because it was like Christmas. I wasn't too sure if we actually got what we wanted for Christmas Day, if you know what I mean. You know, we open up the gift and we're like, this is true. We got this. Because the Spurs have some of the best poker faces in the NBA. They don't allow a lot out there to the public or their fans, and it feels like they're stringing us along

at times, right Spurs fans, it really does. We're sitting here going, I don't think they're going to make any moves. I think they're gonna stick with just this young team and let it grow and then in the next six years, you know, we'll finally make an NBA final. Well, when you got a generational talent in year two that is one of the top ten players in the NBA already, someone who is being talked about as MVP early on, which Victor Winbiama has now slipped to tenth, which is

interesting to me. But we've had a couple games slide here. But let's see what happens the second half of the season. Here for the Spurs doing this trade before going on the Rodeo road trip, it's fantastic. I think this is a great thing because this is gonna develop that camaraderie on the road, going out to dinner, going out to places, talking on the plane, watching a lot of film together. And this really catches a deer and fox up with this Furs team. We're gonna talk about that. We're gonna

talk about the Lakers trade as well. We're gonna talk about how that changes the dynamics of the Lakers a little bit. But this is a great way to start a Monday, don't you think here in San Antonio? And I think we can start it a little better. And let's get it hight. Let's go Spurs fans, let's go. Are you not entertained? Is this not what you came for? You got that right? If you want some cum gins, you've got that here in San Antonio. Right now. With

that recent trade, very very exciting. It's going to be bittersweet a little bit because when you're a Spurs fan, let's back the truck up. You can hear the excitement in my voice. But we need to talk about what the Spurs lost. Now. When it comes to players, you never want to lose players that were such good players to the fans, players that were good in the community, players that were team players. Zach Collins, Trey Jones is

going to be missed now. Last year, I thought if the Spurs didn't make a move, Trey would have been that guy. I thought he would have learned and flourished underneath Chris Paul. I did not, and maybe you did not expect Stefan Castle to be the stud that he is. Stefan Castle has very much improved his game underneath the tutelage of Chris Paul. Now, can you imagine what's going to happen with Paul and Fox with Castle's game. Castle's Game's about ready to explode. I think everybody's game is

about ready to explode. I think this gives players definitely an idea of their roles on this. This relieves a shoulder off of Chris Paul's chest and Victor Wembiniama's chest. Victor won't have to feel like he has to go out there every night and try to get forty. He can have mid twenties, high thirties. He can be almost Yannis like, which we'll talk about that Milwaukee game, Chris

Paul's scrummle just a little bit. Spurs had a one in one weekend, of course, dropping one to Miami at the buzzer man bam a bio, bam a bio, bam a bio said bam at the end of the game. And Miami dropped us one five, one oh three. But we didn't have Wemby. This shows you the heart of the team. When Wemby's out of the lineup, we're we really are. Even though we didn't shoot very well from the field. We hung in that game. And back to

backs are tough, which we know. You're cana have a great shooting night one night, which we did against the Bucks. I mean, how can we put up that many points? Who again, San Antonio look like the team of the future when they play that way and then the next night they only put up one oh three. That's without Victor. Victor's in the lineup, maybe twenty twenty five Spurs win by eighteen. Now with this trade here in San Antonio, I have a little clip from Bill Simmons. Of course,

Bill Simmons is an underlying Spurs fan. Of course, just like Rachel Beatle in the media market. So let's check out what Bill has to say.

to in his late twenties. We've seen him in the playoffs. He'd leap out in any great way. It's not like some Anthony Davis that one year in the playoffs when he just laid waste to the Blazers. He doesn't have any of that, And I think we all think he's really good. But now this spotlight is completely different. You're playing in Sacramento, you're buried, You're just another team in

the West with all these famous players and teams. Now you're playing with the most famous international player that this league's going to have.

considerably slower amount. Save in a little bit of money that helps your family in the future. It also helps your next contract as well when you go into negotiations what the Spurs are going to need in twenty twenty six. I was a little nervous about this trade because of him next year being a free agent. But according to sources, they are saying that they wouldn't have signed this deal given up what they gave up if he wasn't going to stay, this is a perfect opportunity for Fox too.

When it came to Denny Green, Denny Green stated that he doesn't want to be the it guy. He never has. He wants to go out and ball and win. In Sacramento, he was given a lot of minutes. I was looking at his stats last night, thirty three and a half minutes. He was playing almost thirty five at times. That puts

a lot on young legs, especially a point guard. So now coming over to San Antonio, where it looks like Chris Paul may go to the bench, I don't think for the first week or so you'll see Dearan in the starting lineup. I'd be shocked. If they throw him right in, I'd be shocked. Chris Paul has this team running. I think him and Chris Paul are gonna split that time pretty equally, and that's great for Fox. Ease him in. San Antonio is a great place for load management. They

really are. They know when to give and they know when to take away. Chris Paul, this helps him out a lot. A man that can play only probably twenty five minutes. We've seen his minutes go down a little bit. He can average ten points and eight assists. He can definitely get you those seven assists a game, and that was something we were missing off the bench. Let's be true. Let's be honest. Trey Jones had flashes of that where he could get six or seven assists a night and

get that second team going. But now, if you look at this second team, Chris Paul, Mamu Bassie, you're also looking at the likes of Kelden Johnson, Julian Champenne. That's a solid second team with a floor general like Chris Paul. That's gonna get Julian some more open shots. Can you imagine the pick and roll scenario with Chris Paul and Johnson. I think this is a really good move for San Antonio.

So somebody you are saying, well, Dearon Fox is going to be in the starting lineup, Absolutely, Dearon Fox will be your starting point guard in San Antonio and especially for the future. Chris Paul knows that. That's why he signed a one year contract. They knew they were going to look for somebody else down the line. A lot of people thought Chris Paul would be moved at the trade deadline, but I honestly believe that would mess up the camaraderie at the Spurs. Another great job by the Spurs.

GM Brian Wright has done an amazing job. Not only did we trade Zach Collins and trade Jones, who are going to be very well missed in San Antonio when it comes to the way they are in types of people they are. Collins had a rough year. Zach had a rougher year than I think most of us imagined. A go get her, a hustler on the floor. He's going to be a nice backup to Vusevich now in Chicago. Trey Jones going to be a nice backup off the bench for the Bulls. But those two may not even

be there by the end of the year anyway. They may finish out their year in Chicago and Bedell elsewhere. And they are players that are always going to be remembered here in San Antonio, you know, a part of that transitional era, and that transition era is now and they're doing it for Wehm Binyama. Speaking of Victor Wehm Binyama, what a class act. Can we give him a round of applause as well? Excuse me? The reason is, you

could have a young player get frustrated pretty easy. You could have a generational young player get very frost traded, if you know what I mean. We've seen it with some of the old head players in the NBA getting frustrated. I just don't want to play anymore. They're taking away the joy of basketball from a Jimmy Butler. The Anthony Edwards types who complain and whine. Don't get me wrong, I love those players. I love watching them. I love cheering for them when the Spurs are not in the playoffs,

I love cheering for their game. With a lot of the analysis, who thought that Jimmy Butler was coming to San Antonio your nuts. We even played a what if city situation here on the show a few months back. What if san Antonio goes after Anthony Edwards in the next couple of years. That's why they traded Rob Dillingham. You can see Rob Dillingham now getting some playing time. Aren't you glad we traded him? Though? I think he has tremendous upside, But I don't think he has the

upside that castle. With that being said, Anthony Edwards types Butler types don't fit the mold of what a spur is. Victor winmin Yama gets a round of applause because in the media he just comes right out and says, I trust our GM, I trust our management staff that they're going to do the right thing at the trade deadline. He doesn't come out and say, we're struggling, we need to do something. We got to make some changes, We've

got to get some people out of here. He doesn't do that because a disreps team chemistry doesn't look like a pre Madonna unlike some other players that we notably talk about a lot Lebron on the Lakers, and we'll talk about that in a minute before we get out of here. But the projected starting lineup here now in San Antonio, man, it just looks good. As a matter of fact, I changed my screensaver. I'm a tablet because

of it. And now the future of this team, the future I believe Harrison Barnes will move to the bench and Jeremy Sohan will eventually come in. We need a power power forward. If you're gonna keep Victor at center, you need someone who's gonna bruise and bang underneath and take some of that banging off of Victor, someone that can switch over on a Yannis and bang Yanis for a couple plays. Somebody that they can nab, like a brandon Ingram, someone they can nab like we've been saying

Junis Valcunis out of Washington. I don't think the Spurs are done yet. I think they'll get one more piece. I do not think they're done right now. Projected starting lineup though, for the second half of the season for the Spurs de Aaron Fox, Steph Castle, the Sell, Barnes, Wimban Yama. I'd like this for right now because Fox and Barnes have played together. Fox knows where to get Harrison the ball, knows when to get Harris in the ball. I really like it. I think this is going to

free up Devon as well. Devon, if you're out there listening, you don't have to be the killer anymore. You can remain the player that you are where you're picking your spots. I also saw an article just the other night about how Devin Vessell doesn't come out and really play hard unless we're up or we're down. That's when you see his stats increase. So Devin, if you're out there listening, make those people eat their lunch. I believe if you can stay at consistent fifteen to twenty, Barnes needs to

get fifteen to twenty. He just has to. We need those couple threes to extend the floor. Castle's in that range right now. If Castle develops this jumper, this is crazy. Dearin Fox is such a great additions per fans that we finally got a score that averages twenty five or more, not can average. We have a lot of can averages on this team. Keldon can hit twenty, so In can hit twenty. The cel can hit twenty. Dearon Fox definitely hits twenty. I should have rephrased that may hit twenty.

We have a lot of great young talent on this team that may average. De Aaron can there you go? Victor woman Yama, we know what he can do. How about this pick and roll situation? Now? With dearon Fox, we didn't see Lobb City quite work, did we. We see it from time to time, but we expected the old day Clippers here in San Antonio. That's not gonna happen. I think paying for Chris Paul's knowledge was so worth it, and is so worth it will Chris Paul come back

next year. I think it depends on where the Spurs finish this year. What if the Spurs can contend for the eight spot? I mean you're going to see probably Dallas struggle for a little bit. Who's going to score on that team? Yes, a d but now you've got to change your dynamic of that team from a kind of push it up the floor. Luca can hit three type presents to a defensive, slow down presence. With all the big men, you have Derek Lively, now you also have ad You have a cast of others that play

really well in Dallas. And can Kyrie be that man? Can Kyrie be the it guy in Dallas? A lot of what ifs Dallas? The Lakers? What about the Lakers? I love Luca Man, I love Luca. Our A preseason pick that win the West was Dallas. Now they've fallen apart. Luca. I pray that he has an amazing run in him left. And I'm not saying it like he's finished, but he puts a lot of load on his back where he eats up a lot of minutes. You can see that he was hurting. The playoffs last year carried over to

this year. Him not playing a lot this year cost him a lot of awards. Maybe it's a fresh start in La. Can Luca handle that type of limelight? Can Lebron James work with somebody like that? We've seen it try to work before you brought in ad Ooh yes, Laker fans, you got one ring, one ring, just like you guys say, nobody wants that Mickey Mouse ring from we want a real ring. Now. I'm not saying that, y'all fans have said that because you know it was bogus.

The NBA was down in viewership ticket sales because of COVID. So what do they do do They write the script for Lebron to win one? Absolutely, and I know some of y'all are laughing right now, but if that wasn't the case, the Lakers would have won not one, not two, not three, not four, not five. You would have won more than one in the past five years. Now, adding Luca, I think the people that are gonna flourish for the Lakers Dalton connect and reeves they are going to benefit

from Luca's passing knowledge. Lebron can move over a little bit benefit as well well, and a little bit of load off of him. But I still think the Lakers bench is weak, so we'll see what happens there. But back here in San Antonio, it may not have been the blockbuster trade like Luca being traded, but man, it was close enough with Deer and Fox. Now come into San Antonio a man that averages twenty five points in his career, five rebounds, and six assists, and he's in

the top ten in pick and roll scenarios. Look what he did with Sabonis in Sacramento. Now he adds Victor more height, he can throw the ball up a little higher. He goes from a power player to you could say, a finesse player right now. Once he adds on that weight, though, lookout, I really think he's going to be about the size of Janniska Patumbo. I do. I think Victor is going to be that big within the next three to four years.

Speaking of that big game in Santa Antonio, let's take a step back and look at the Spurs a couple nights ago. Of course, it's been a pretty good couple of days here in San Antonio. We already talked about the heat game where we dropped. That game was a back to back and of course the heat one at the buzzer on that one is going to be a tough month for the Spurs. So let's see what they end up doing here. And they started off in a good way by ending January with blowing out the Bucks.

Did anyone see this coming? Even your boy thought this would be a rough one or a close one against the Bucks. The main story in this one was how the Spurs shot lights out, how the Spurs and that future looked. Wem ben Yama and Castle combining for fifty wem Benyama and Castle combining for twenty two rebounds. Castle was a great game twenty points, eight rebound, six assists against the Bucks. Keldon Johnson saying I don't want to be traded. I don't want to be traded, came out

with twenty four. The man looked like Michael Jordan in this one. Watch his game, hitting jumpers from the corner, mid range shots, taking it to the hoops, spreading the legs like Jordan. That is the kJ we want to see off the bench every night. kJ, every freaking night. You're a monster. And now you have Chris Paul coming in possibly off the bench with you. Boy, You're gonna flourish. Let's get that sixth Man of the Year award. I

think you can make a run for it. Jeremy Sohan still continues to struggle, though I think it's his back. Two points, seven rebounds, two assists. So this is why you're not gonna see Sohan move into that starting lineup just yet. But I mean, can you think about it. Chris Paul makes players better, right, So now he moves to the bench. He's gonna make Johnson and Sohand better and Champagne better. Hey, he's gonna tell you, Champagne move without the ball, move get open. You see him do

it on the floor. Now with Victor, you see him do it with Castle the cell. Well, now he's like a proud papa saying, I'm pushing you out of the nest. The starting five is yours. I'm gonna kick back here for a few once Dearon gets inundated, and then it's y'all, let's pretend to put Dearon Fox into the lineup, okay, and give him that twenty points a game. So when Biama, sorry, I said that, very very funky. When Victor is averaging twenty five, Taron averages twenty five. If Castle averages twenty,

right there, friends, that's seventy points. That's your big three. Vicel now can be that laid back guy that can hit for fifteen. That's eighty five. Barnes on any given night can give you fifteen. That's one hundred points from your starters. Now you move Paul to the bench, who as of late, he can get you double digits. He can hit a couple threes when we need it. Say he gives you ten off the bench. But Kelden's gonna give you now that fifteen points, there's twenty five. That's

one twenty five. Right there, folks, we're in the mix. We're in the mix. A lot of you out there too have sent me emails and texts. Do you really think Dearon is a great fit in San Antonio. He's the only guy this year to score sixty. I'm gonna say that again. He's the only guy in the NBA this year. He was the first to score sixty. Can you imagine if there's a night where the rest of the team is off, but Victor and him are on, they could have one hundred points together. That's scary. That

is scary and That's what the Spurs needed. Scary dearon Fox, That's what we needed in San Antonio. We really did, and Spurs fans we need to welcome him with open arms. We really do. But the Spurs started off the week with a big win, then dropping to the Heat one five, one three. A tough one there. But some of you who have asked me to really quick before we get out of here, what about the bench? Trey Jones is gone. Well, Chris Paul replaces him. I like that we kept Wesley.

He could play really good defense off the bench, which he did against Milwaukee had like what three straight steals. Had That flourish with MoMu City Sisko didn't work out the way we thought. He's a dynamic dunker, but man, he turns the ball over a lot. I'm gonna tell you right now. Somebody said, what about the bench? What about the bench? I want you to pay attention to two people who were in street clothes. This is how you know the Spurs. We're going to make a trade.

Be ready for Riley Minnis and Harrison Ingrin. Harrison Ingram is gonna be a bruiser. He reminds me almost like Cadillac Anderson back in the day that can score. Riley Minnicks can shoot the lights out. Taking a quick look at Riley's time in Austin, he only played three games this year, almost thirteen points a game, shooting over fifty percent from the field. That's a really fantastic stat shooting

over fifty percent from the field. And oh, by the way, Spurs fans, he shot forty eight percent from three point range forty eight percent. Go do your homework on this guy, Riley Minnis. Riley Minnis I believe will be an unsung hero on this team. He's going to be the one that's going to be almost like your Dalton connect. I think he could have the potential of an Austin Reeves. I really do, once he gets his groove on this team. I watched him in pre season here in San Antonio

and he looked phenomenal. Undrafted out of Morehead State, these are the type of players of Spurs like. Twenty twenty four to twenty twenty five average nineteen points, seven boards, three assists. That's the type of player we like. Reminds me also of a younger Dougie mcbuckets, but with athleticism. Riley Minnis is one to watch here in say Antonio and Harrison Barnes, Sorry, Harrison Ingram, that is going to be tough here in San Antonio. We got two Harrison's right.

It's bad enough when I tried to say Castle and Vassell and I say Cassel, all right, because I'm an old school basketball dude, all right. But taking a look at Harrison Ingram, looking at his stats, he played a lot more than Riley this year in Austin sixteen minutes sixteen games played, he averaged thirty three minutes a game. You can see they were putting their time into him, the other top draft pick, and he didn't disappoint folks.

Is field goal percentage could be better, but he averaged almost twelve points a game and eight boards, four assists. Twelve points, eight boards, four assists, and by the way, in sixteen games, one one turnover. Harrison Ingram, Riley Minnicks are going to be fun to watch on the bench. Bringing in Dearon Fox is going to be fun. And the San Antonio Spurs future has landed. But guess what something tells me Spurs fans, they're not done, They are far from done, and they're getting ready to go on

their rodeo road trip. The San Antonio Spurs get ready to take on the Memphis Grizzlies tonight, then they head to Atlanta, then they head to Charlotte to round out the week, and we'll be with you in between, So make sure you're staying up to date with all the San Antonio Spurs action right here with Your Boy and the San Antonio Spurs Weekly Podcast with Your Boy KD. Please like, love, and subscribe wherever you're listening to us,

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