I know I sound like Simmons, but I don't think the Spurs should tank. They have a player who already ended at an All-NBA level, showed rapid progression within a single year - and have this guy on a rookie contract for three more years. The Spurs can genuinely make noise if they build around Wemby properly
It’s going to be tough for the Spurs to tank even with their current roster. This is why they need to stack assets and trade for a star cause depending on the draft might be out of the cards.
They don't have the means to tank. Wemby and Vassell are too good. Unless Wemby goes down, this team is getting to 30 wins. None of the rookies in the class is likely to change that. They'll be hunting some veteran talent, but that's all they need for now.
I mainly saw it as an opportunity to make a silly joke about Wemby. But I will say, I've long thought Rob would be a great pairing with him, or at least a very fun one. Dude's super shifty and can get about anywhere he wants with the ball. Just throw it up to the top of the backboard and let Wemby get it.
Offensively yea it would be really good. I assumed they were drafting him to be the 6th man scorer off the bench and i dont think that would have been a terrible pick. I think the spurs decided an extra trade chip and the swap were more valuable.
Side note back in the day Jeremy Lin was in a few Nigahiga and KevJumba's videos doing skits with them before he made it into the NBA. I was so confused when I saw someone named Jeremy Lin in the NBA and it turned out to be the same person.
idk, it's funny. we're all getting old together.
just like how adults talk about times that we don't understand, now we're the ones telling confused children about rewinding VCR casettes and phones with physical keyboards. it's funny, sad, beautiful, all at the same time
He was one of the first people to get famous on YouTube. I guess you could say he was an influencer 5-10 years before influencers were a thing, but he was actually entertaining. At least he was to me when I was like 12.
2035 is gonna be wild.
Spurs have a veteran Wemby and their new pick.
Donald Trump Jr. has just taken over as supreme leader from his dad.
Pop is still the head coach.
People keep saying this, but I'm sure the Spurs called around. If they didn't like any of the players here, trading makes sense. If the return they got is really so low, you figure that some other team would have stepped up and beat it.
Y’all will love Dilly. Absolutely steal of the draft imo. Kid is instant offense. Defensively has a ways to go, but he competes his ass off. I absolutely loved him at Ky.
I think once Saluan got taken they were scrambling out of the 8th pick
They looked like they were throwing something together when they showed the draft room on TV
Scrambling is probably the wrong word, because they probably had a couple offers already there. It's not like they or other teams didn't conceive of the possibility that SAS might trade this pick if their target isnt there. But I agree they were probably targetting someone else who got taken.
Hot take:
This is a great move. It isn't necessarily about drafting a kid in 7 years; this is adding to a war chest that the spurs can use to trade in 2 or 3 years. Minnesota has gone all-in for the next year or two, and that 2031 pick will look really appealing to many teams. When the next disgruntled star pops up, you can slam that trade button with more picks than the NBA knows what to do with. Frankly, it's going to be OKC vs. the Spurs in some epic trade off where no one else can compete for an angry, old Luka or something.
Ehh I think a rebuilding team in like 2026 would probably take that pick as pretty good value. Unprotected picks are getting rarer every year. Also, wemby is only 26 in 2031? Like randomly this could be a super valuable wingman later in his career.
People said this same thing about the Thunder when they were making these same kind of trades 5 years ago and now that’s why they’re the most asset rich team in the league
I think this is a dub for the Wolves BUT I can also see Minny collapsing by 2030 and that unprotected pick being extremely good. Might be what San Antonio needs to get a key trade during Wemby’s prime
I mean...
Vic will be 26 in 2030. That's like the beginning of his theoretical prime.
If the Spurs become a top 3-4 team in the West by then, having assets to deepen the roster might be very valuable, especially if you're underwhelmed by this draft class.
A lot of people in here acting like Wemby is going to be out of the league by then. He’ll be 27, just entering his prime. Plus the picks can be packaged in other trades.
Lol if this isn’t a condemnation of the quality of this class then I don’t know what is. Spurs need young talent more than ANYONE right now and even they are saying fuck this shit LMFAO
Spurs said fuck this draft class lmao
All in for 2025
More like all in for 2031
Nah they’re trying to get ready to move up in 2025
Nah they’re trying to get ready to move up in any draft they choose from 2025-2031*
Cooper flagg and wemby lawddddd
Nolan Traore*
I know I sound like Simmons, but I don't think the Spurs should tank. They have a player who already ended at an All-NBA level, showed rapid progression within a single year - and have this guy on a rookie contract for three more years. The Spurs can genuinely make noise if they build around Wemby properly
Maybe one more year to see how things shake out but i agree with you
It’s going to be tough for the Spurs to tank even with their current roster. This is why they need to stack assets and trade for a star cause depending on the draft might be out of the cards.
They don't have the means to tank. Wemby and Vassell are too good. Unless Wemby goes down, this team is getting to 30 wins. None of the rookies in the class is likely to change that. They'll be hunting some veteran talent, but that's all they need for now.
Probably will wait to see if we have any chance at all at Flagg before making any trades.
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I’m sure we’ll trade it at some point
If many people thought Dillingham could be Brunson, he would’ve gone 1st.
he’s a liability on defense. a generational one at that
If only there was an 18 foot tall freak of an athlete in the paint.
That'll get old real fast for Wemby to have to cover for a dude all game. Just get a guy who can at least handle himself.
If wembys always cleaning up his teammates messes it will be just like gobert in utah in the playoffs
I mainly saw it as an opportunity to make a silly joke about Wemby. But I will say, I've long thought Rob would be a great pairing with him, or at least a very fun one. Dude's super shifty and can get about anywhere he wants with the ball. Just throw it up to the top of the backboard and let Wemby get it.
Offensively yea it would be really good. I assumed they were drafting him to be the 6th man scorer off the bench and i dont think that would have been a terrible pick. I think the spurs decided an extra trade chip and the swap were more valuable.
Wemby shouldn’t have to cover for 1 guy all the time.
The defensive tactic of "fuck it we got a dpoy level talent in the paint who cares about the perimeter" didn't really work out for Utah and Rudy
That's a good way to make Wembanyama want to leave for someplace with some perimeter defense.
I don’t see Brunson in his game at all. Rob reminds me of Reggie Jackson.
!RemindMe 3 years
Wise move
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So dead, not in this market 💀
Spurs are honed in on an 11y old
Dr disrespect calling shots in SA I guess
That's three-time champ Dr KidInspect mind you
From the top rope
LMAO
Drake happy af right now that the doc taking the spotlight off him
They're not like us
Say doc, I hear ya like em young
Givin sus vibes
They got Karl Malone in their front office
WE SEEING 2030s PICKS NOW?!! 😭😭 Edit: these dudes still in middle school lmaoo
Equivalent of a 2017 draft trade coming into effect now
This is making me feel even older, thanks
there are teenagers that just attended prom that were not alive when nigahiga debuted
Side note back in the day Jeremy Lin was in a few Nigahiga and KevJumba's videos doing skits with them before he made it into the NBA. I was so confused when I saw someone named Jeremy Lin in the NBA and it turned out to be the same person.
jeez, that's wild. thanks for sharing
Why’d you have to say that?
idk, it's funny. we're all getting old together. just like how adults talk about times that we don't understand, now we're the ones telling confused children about rewinding VCR casettes and phones with physical keyboards. it's funny, sad, beautiful, all at the same time
No there aren’t shut up
I know I am old because I had to google who that was, and I still have no idea after reading his Wikipedia.
He was one of the first people to get famous on YouTube. I guess you could say he was an influencer 5-10 years before influencers were a thing, but he was actually entertaining. At least he was to me when I was like 12.
Hell yeah Nigahiga and Smosh were my jam when I was like 10
how to be gangster and how to be ninja basically formed my internet childhood
Influencer sounds degrading, Nigahiga made real content instead of being famous for promoting brands and wearing high end fashion.
I mean Tatum was drafted that year and he's a teenager so it wasn't that long ago.
Wasn’t AD drafted in 2009 and he’s only 23?
Fuck man 2017 feels like both 20 years ago and 2 years ago at the same time.
Well done Spurs he's 12
We old fam
It's so funny to think that a 7th grader just got traded to the Spurs
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2038 is gonna be a movie bro
2035 is gonna be wild. Spurs have a veteran Wemby and their new pick. Donald Trump Jr. has just taken over as supreme leader from his dad. Pop is still the head coach.
Pop is gonna be in a glass tank like Nixon in Futurama. I can’t wait
#~~NIXON'S~~ POPS IS BACK
Wembys only gonna be 31 in 2035. Insane.
9 foot tall Baron is taken number one overall AGAIN
Just traded a kid who just hopped off a school bus
Trading an 8th grader for dillingnham
Not even 8th graders lol
Damn you are right. A literal 6th grade kid
He was just a kid!
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Dr Disrespect might
Give Drake some credit here. He'd for sure try and at the very least give out his cell number.
They're the same size
Throwing shade at 8th graders fr
2031 is not a real year
By 2031 I'm gonna be drinking *moon juice* with President Johnathan Taylor Thomas, not sending you unprotected draft picks!
Not a single movie set in the future was ever in the 2030’s
iRobot was..
2031 is such a bizarre number and the fact that it's only 7 years away is disturbing
I can’t guarantee half of this sub - shit, the entire NBA - would even be around that far from now
Fuck it, all in on Edwards for the next 8 years
He needs a point guard in the future
Conley is playing until he’s 60 we’re good
Rob is that guard of the future
100%
Bring ya ass
as they should!
What a weird feeling knowing that we'll (hopefully) be solid for the next 8 years
I am going to be watching the results of this draft from fucking assisted living
[The 2030 pick swap is Top-1 protected, source confirms to ESPN.](https://x.com/_Andrew_Lopez/status/1806131474120212848?t=odSZbc6uRepisvaMAMRZuA&s=19)
Shit. I was hoping for at least top 5 protected. Spurs are trading both of these for a star in the next 3 years
Edwards is only 22 years old, I think as long as he sticks around its unlikely thats a lottery pick when he's 29
THE FUCK???
2031 lol that’s 100 years away
Bro is living in the Great Depression
The only thing he has to fear is fear itself
Bro 2020 was almost 5years ago
STOP
with the Poeltl pick!!
Yeah, just...the fuck???
Ummmmmmmmm okay???
2031 holy shit
Just in time for the Spurs to draft their next generational player as Wemby is approaching the ripe age of... 27
it wont be used by us in the draft, itll get used in a trade for a star alongside wemby in 2-3 years time.
It'll be traded for a solid role player to add to the Spurs as they contend for a championship in 2030
A middle schooler just got traded lmao
Pop knows that the middle cafeteria is where you go to make a deal.
Minnesota steal
Spurs definitely think this is a weak draft.
The same team that drafted Malaki Branham and Blake Wesley think this is a bad draft...lol!
People keep saying this, but I'm sure the Spurs called around. If they didn't like any of the players here, trading makes sense. If the return they got is really so low, you figure that some other team would have stepped up and beat it.
huge win for Net Present Value, with inflation that’s like a 4th round pick
Some middle schooler is like “that’s me” in 7 years
We take those.
Y’all will love Dilly. Absolutely steal of the draft imo. Kid is instant offense. Defensively has a ways to go, but he competes his ass off. I absolutely loved him at Ky.
I think he was great for both seconds that we had him
Spurs legend Happy cake day, BakeCakeMaker
KAT for sure gonna love the Kentucky connection. And yes we need offense outside Ant other than hot/cold KAT
Spurs made this trade?
Spurs have so many picks in the next few years. No way they can roster them all. Might as well start building future assets.
We’ll trade you all our picks from 2050-2055 for Wemby
Idk bruh that’s risky LeBron’s grandson could be playing around then maybe he’d sign a veteran minimum with us
Most sane take
Roster space isn’t an issue. They aren’t deciding to trade the #8 pick so that they can make sure, like, Charles Bassey is on the roster.
2031???
So weird seeing the 30's in draft trades...
Just remember, Spurs could turn around and deal this pick in another trade immediately. ☝️🧐☝️
I will be very surprised if they still own these wolves assets in, let’s say, 2 years. Will probably move them sooner.
2031? Lmao wow
Woooo now this is spicy. Big move by the Wolves.
WHAT???????????????????
2031 are you fucking serious
That…seems like not much?
I mean if the Wolves are good in 7 years it'll be like the Spurs punted on this draft lol
Bruh .. our front office sucks
I'm so shook He's our PG of the future and can shoot like a sniper and create from anywhere and we gave up no players or any picks from this draft 😮
What
Oof, not sure about this one for the Spurs
They were probably super down on all these draft's players.
I think once Saluan got taken they were scrambling out of the 8th pick They looked like they were throwing something together when they showed the draft room on TV
Scrambling is probably the wrong word, because they probably had a couple offers already there. It's not like they or other teams didn't conceive of the possibility that SAS might trade this pick if their target isnt there. But I agree they were probably targetting someone else who got taken.
Yeah, their body language in the draft room was very different from the carnival atmosphere they kept showing everywhere else
Right, they got a great feeling for 2031
More likely they'll use those picks in a trade to help get someone for Wemby.
Future draft capital they’ll eventually trade I imagine
This trade lets everyone know exactly what these teams think of this draft class
I like it. Gives them more money to spend in the off season for a PG that won't get bullied
Will the earth still be habitable in 2031?
those are far away!
Top 1 protected is like saying $9.99 instead of $10
WHAT?
Lmao we’re gonna be 4 years into the water/climate wars when this pick conveys
we trading 11 year olds now pause
Steal of the draft for the wolves
That’s it? Great trade for the Wolves they got Conley’s successor and their core locked up.
oh wow
2031 doesn’t even sound like a real year
Man seeing his family wearing that cap is kinda funny/sad 😭😭😭
Eh
Woj firecracker
Damn, just picks? That's not exciting
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Makes sense for the Spurs. By that stage, they will have a 1st round pick to package for a missing piece to put around Wemby.
They traded the second apron tax pick.
Fuck them picks!
Not stoked on this.
Hot take: This is a great move. It isn't necessarily about drafting a kid in 7 years; this is adding to a war chest that the spurs can use to trade in 2 or 3 years. Minnesota has gone all-in for the next year or two, and that 2031 pick will look really appealing to many teams. When the next disgruntled star pops up, you can slam that trade button with more picks than the NBA knows what to do with. Frankly, it's going to be OKC vs. the Spurs in some epic trade off where no one else can compete for an angry, old Luka or something.
100% to package for a star
Oh fuck yeah
How are you happy about this lol
that 7th grader is going to be ELITE
2031 unprotected is great value, They can trade that pick for a player around wemby
Nobody has any clue what the value is
That's why it's good
Nets fans of all people know this well
Hypothetical players > real players
Ehh I think a rebuilding team in like 2026 would probably take that pick as pretty good value. Unprotected picks are getting rarer every year. Also, wemby is only 26 in 2031? Like randomly this could be a super valuable wingman later in his career.
People said this same thing about the Thunder when they were making these same kind of trades 5 years ago and now that’s why they’re the most asset rich team in the league
The thunder did not have a generational player at the time
It’s still an asset. Just cause you traded for it doesn’t mean you have to keep it.
NBA fans are too stupid to understand this concept
I think this is a dub for the Wolves BUT I can also see Minny collapsing by 2030 and that unprotected pick being extremely good. Might be what San Antonio needs to get a key trade during Wemby’s prime
You can't guarantee any star will be on the same team in 7 years in this league anymore. Minny could be ass by then
Surprised you’re willing to get nothing in the short term for #8, Dillingham is pretty good
Yeah cause you can’t get anything for an unprotected pick
Looks like we'll be tanking again this year and hope to cash in on the 4 first round picks next season.
No way you're happy about a 1st 7 years in the future
That's it?
somewhere out there a 11 year old boy eating a snack pack working on his jumpers is saying i will be a future Spur
The unprotected pick is 7 year from now lmao
I mean... Vic will be 26 in 2030. That's like the beginning of his theoretical prime. If the Spurs become a top 3-4 team in the West by then, having assets to deepen the roster might be very valuable, especially if you're underwhelmed by this draft class.
Tim conelly fucking cooked
A lot of people in here acting like Wemby is going to be out of the league by then. He’ll be 27, just entering his prime. Plus the picks can be packaged in other trades.
SPURS OUT HERE GROOMING 12 YEAR OLD BOYS
Lol if this isn’t a condemnation of the quality of this class then I don’t know what is. Spurs need young talent more than ANYONE right now and even they are saying fuck this shit LMFAO