WEBVTT 1 00:00:06.919 --> 00:00:19.399 Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, basketball fans, San Antonio 2 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:25.640 Spurs fans, Welcome to another edition of the San Antonio 3 00:00:25.760 --> 00:00:31.199 Spurs Weekly podcast. Witch your boy a fan of the 4 00:00:31.239 --> 00:00:36.200 Black and Silver of over forty years. Man, he's old. 5 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:42.000 Hey also a former stand up comedian and actor now 6 00:00:42.079 --> 00:00:47.399 turned YMCA basketball coach. That's a little matter. But most 7 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:54.799 of all, my host, your host, the power host, Kay Dizzle. 8 00:00:56.039 --> 00:01:00.280 You finished strong there, mister moviefone good thing. Welcome everybody. Hey, 9 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:05.799 it is draft nights in the NBA and we are 10 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:08.439 a little behind the eight ball talking a little bit 11 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:11.079 about this, but we are gonna come alive and direct 12 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:13.959 to you right now with the San Antonio Spurs Weekly 13 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:18.840 Podcast on your favorite podcasting platform, whether it's Spotify, Spreaker, Apple, iTunes, 14 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:21.560 and more. Thank you guys for listening. You are making 15 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:24.319 us go up the charts. We absolutely love you guys. 16 00:01:24.599 --> 00:01:27.200 Make sure you like love and subscribe wherever you may 17 00:01:27.200 --> 00:01:31.400 be listening to our podcast. And also another shameless plug 18 00:01:31.480 --> 00:01:33.560 for you guys, Okay, make sure you're following us over 19 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:36.640 on YouTube. We do have some fun memes and videos 20 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:40.560 there as well. At San Antonio Spurs Weekly with kdie 21 00:01:40.599 --> 00:01:45.359 podcasts or just put in SA Spurs Weekly WKD. You'll 22 00:01:45.359 --> 00:01:49.799 foind us on all types of social media outlets, and 23 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:52.640 we do broadcast live from time to time over on 24 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:57.439 my TikTok page at podcaster Katie. This is a big one, guys, 25 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:00.560 This is a big one today. Yes, hopefully you enjoyed 26 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:04.239 the Tim Duncan Extravaganza show last week. But now we're 27 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:09.280 getting hot and heavy. We can feel it right, Spurs fans. 28 00:02:10.840 --> 00:02:14.199 I got in the hot seat today and I realized 29 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:19.199 it's draft night tonight. Don't don't laugh at me, Okay. 30 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:21.520 I have a family. I have kids that are in 31 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:26.360 the Spurs camp. This week been focusing on that, and 32 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:31.080 when I got ready to broadcast today, I didn't realize 33 00:02:31.080 --> 00:02:36.479 that tonight is the NBA drap. That's what happens when 34 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:39.280 life gets in the way. But we're ready. Can you 35 00:02:39.319 --> 00:02:44.080 feel it coming in the air tonight, Spurs fans, NBA 36 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:47.879 fans where a player can change a team like Steph 37 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:54.479 Castle has Victor wimen Yama. Yeah you can, we can 38 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:59.879 phill Oh lord, yeah, hold on either one of the 39 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:11.080 me too. All my life hold on. Tonight is the 40 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:15.599 NBA Draft and this is gonna make or break teams, 41 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:19.319 and it's supposed to be a very deep draft where 42 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:23.879 the first nine out of ten predicted players in the 43 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:29.120 NBA Draft are freshmen this year what freshmen will make 44 00:03:29.159 --> 00:03:33.960 an impact? Cooper Flag is a alleged generational talent right now. 45 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:38.120 He is the cut above the players right now, but 46 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:42.039 he did not win the NCAA title. Also predicted in 47 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:46.719 the top five are two Duke players and two Rutgers players. 48 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:50.360 Where the San Antonio Spurs are right now really looking 49 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:54.280 at Dylan Harper. In this episode, we'll talk about a 50 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:57.800 little about draft night, what the Spurs will do according 51 00:03:57.800 --> 00:04:00.400 to some mock boards, and we can kind of giggle 52 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:03.680 and mock these mock boards as well, because when these 53 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:07.719 mock draft boards come up, I laugh. We were gonna 54 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:10.879 use NBA draft dot Net, But if you go google 55 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:16.399 that every Spurs pick, they have them picking a guard. 56 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:19.839 How many more guards do we need? Do they think 57 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:23.000 that getting four new guards will replace one? Chris Paul 58 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:25.160 I'm just throwing that out there as a joke. But 59 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:27.399 we have the Rookie of the Year last year with 60 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:31.240 Steph Castle, who's putting in an amazing off season regiment. 61 00:04:31.560 --> 00:04:34.199 If you've been watching him on any social media, on 62 00:04:34.240 --> 00:04:38.839 maybe YouTube, on TikTok. He is putting in some work, y'all. 63 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:42.160 He's putting on a lot more muscle. Something tells me 64 00:04:42.240 --> 00:04:45.480 he's gonna be almost like that SGA type player getting 65 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:48.000 into the lane and getting those calls. And we know 66 00:04:48.040 --> 00:04:51.199 how SGA got those calls. I mean, but by the way, 67 00:04:51.279 --> 00:04:54.199 let's let's you know, let's be honest. All right, let's 68 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:57.759 give it up to the Oklahoma City Thunder winning this 69 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:01.600 year's title. That's enough up here in San Antonio. We understand. 70 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:04.399 Why listen, we beat you two out of four and 71 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:07.360 one without Wemby. All right, we're bitter you. Damn right, 72 00:05:07.399 --> 00:05:08.959 we're a little bitter. We're a little bitter here in 73 00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:12.360 San Antoonio. But the Oklahoma City Thunder did win this 74 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:16.680 year's title, and we won't even talk about the finals. 75 00:05:18.120 --> 00:05:20.839 I just think a lot of it was I'm not 76 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:23.759 gonna say the r word rigged. I'm not gonna say 77 00:05:23.800 --> 00:05:26.519 that because I don't believe in rigged. I really don't. 78 00:05:27.399 --> 00:05:29.399 These players still got to go out there and play, 79 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:31.560 They got to go out there and perform. I just 80 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:35.199 I don't believe in that. But At the same time, 81 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:39.160 there were things that made you go hmm in that 82 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:44.199 kind of NBA finals, Tyrese Halliburton going down with an 83 00:05:44.199 --> 00:05:48.800 achilles injury. By the way, he'll probably be out most 84 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:54.800 of the season next year. The Eastern Conference landscape is changing, guys. 85 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:58.879 The Celtics are trading away players left and right now. 86 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:03.240 They're looking for off first for Jalen Brown and Derek White. 87 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:06.279 By the way, Spurs, Spurs, if you can bring Derek 88 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:10.759 White back here, let's do it. Let's freaking do it. Right. 89 00:06:11.040 --> 00:06:15.720 You want to get a guard that is established and 90 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:21.560 knows the system, bring that man back home to San Antonio. 91 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:24.000 Now that would be a pick. We'd be like, Yes, 92 00:06:25.279 --> 00:06:29.439 great trade, great trade. We'll also talk about in this 93 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:32.240 episode just a little bit about the Kevin Durant trade, 94 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:35.480 why the Spurs didn't go after him. What you guys 95 00:06:35.480 --> 00:06:38.879 are saying on x and social media about not landing him. 96 00:06:39.120 --> 00:06:42.120 It's mostly you young bucks that play NBA two K 97 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:45.199 that really don't know much about basketball to begin with. Yeah, 98 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:48.920 I called you out. Just because you have unlimited salary 99 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:50.959 cap on a video game doesn't mean that you have 100 00:06:51.079 --> 00:06:55.600 unlimited salary cap in the real world. Okay, let's just 101 00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:58.879 throw that out there, all right. Just because your player 102 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:01.720 is at a ninety nine doesn't mean you're the goat. Okay, 103 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:05.600 there's a little thing called reality. We'll talk about that 104 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:09.160 here on the show today. A lot of moving going 105 00:07:09.240 --> 00:07:12.360 on in the NBA. Though, you got Chris pos porzingis 106 00:07:12.439 --> 00:07:16.279 going to Atlanta. Will this benefit Atlanta? I think he's 107 00:07:16.319 --> 00:07:19.120 got a couple good years left. He's been injury prone 108 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:23.680 in his career, but adding him with Trey Young is 109 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:27.439 gonna be very interesting. Kp still can put up twenty 110 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:31.079 and ten on any given night. He almost averaged twenty 111 00:07:31.079 --> 00:07:34.639 points a game last year in limited time ten boards, 112 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:38.879 and I think that's gonna be great for Atlanta, especially 113 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:43.240 in the landscape of the East where everything is kind 114 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.519 of falling apart a little bit. This is why it 115 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:48.720 was interesting that New York didn't go out and get 116 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:51.800 another elite scorer, like maybe Kevin Durant. But we know 117 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:54.240 why that happened. There's a little bit of salty taste 118 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:56.800 in the owner's mouth in New York because when Kevin 119 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.639 Durant and Kyrie went to Brooklyn, we're not even gonna 120 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:02.160 go there. That is in the past that is drama. 121 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:05.120 But that's probably the reason why KD didn't go to 122 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:09.279 New York. I really believe that Katie wanted to finish 123 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:13.560 his career in Texas where it started. The reason why 124 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:16.759 he didn't come to San Antonio is coming up in 125 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:19.360 a little bit. Pretty good teaser, right there, right, pretty 126 00:08:19.399 --> 00:08:21.279 good teaser. We'll talk about that here in a moment. 127 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:24.720 But let's talk a little bit about what the San 128 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:27.519 Antonio Spurs are doing here in the offseason. I know 129 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:31.160 what you guys are saying, nothing, absolutely nothing as usual? 130 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:35.879 Why should they? Can we talk for a minute, Spurs fans, 131 00:08:36.039 --> 00:08:39.799 brothers and sisters of the black and silver community. We 132 00:08:39.919 --> 00:08:43.960 are family, right, we are family. Let's talk about this. 133 00:08:44.879 --> 00:08:48.200 Iron sharpens iron, according to the Bible. Let's do that. 134 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:53.840 The Spurs are in good shape. We have been stressing 135 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:57.519 this for two years, and over the last several months 136 00:08:57.559 --> 00:09:00.320 we have been bringing up and beating the same dead 137 00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:06.320 horse by telling y'all this team has not been healthy together. 138 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:13.000 Two years ago, most of the stars got hurt. Devin 139 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:18.360 kJ Sohan at the time, Trey Jones all sat the 140 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:23.159 bench for the final eleven games. Wemby and Mamu took 141 00:09:23.159 --> 00:09:25.440 over they went seven and four in those final eleven. 142 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:31.759 This year, forty games, we lose Victor wembin Yama. We 143 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:34.639 catch something that probably could have been worse in his 144 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:38.360 system if he continued to play. Let's please give it up. 145 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:43.279 Four hour San Antonio spurs medical staff in a round 146 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:47.039 of applause for the medical community here in San Antonio 147 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:52.360 really taking care of Wemby and really getting that situation 148 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:59.240 under control. Deer and Fox showed you a little bit 149 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:03.799 of what he do one handed, and it's not a joke. 150 00:10:04.399 --> 00:10:11.200 One handed. We forget how fast, how good d'erin Fox 151 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:17.399 really is because he got injured. We're all like, oh, 152 00:10:17.120 --> 00:10:19.879 oh god, Jiaron Fox has now gone in Wemby, So 153 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:22.200 what are we gonna do? Well? We still won thirty 154 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:26.799 plus games more than the year before. You ever heard 155 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:29.559 of a procression chart. While you're looking at it, we 156 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:35.320 told you two years ago too. Trust the process. A 157 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:37.679 lot of y'all were down on Wemby the first ten 158 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:40.200 games of his career. Oh, he shouldn't be doing this, 159 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:42.600 and he shouldn't be shooting those threes. He shouldn't be 160 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:45.279 one League three points shooting. That's his game. Did you 161 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:51.279 ever watch him do you ever watch him overseas? That's 162 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:57.080 his game. If you watch Nikola Jokic the MVP many 163 00:10:57.120 --> 00:11:01.360 times here in the NBA in his early career, he 164 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:03.440 played the same way, and you wouldn't have thought he 165 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:05.159 would be able to play that way in the NBA. 166 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:07.279 Why would you not think that Wemby can't do the 167 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:17.399 same now in his career. Patience, patience, perseverance will win 168 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:21.639 the race. Youth will win the race. Look at Oklahoma 169 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:27.200 City and guess what. Oklahoma City and San Antonio are 170 00:11:27.279 --> 00:11:31.000 sitting very pretty for their future, not getting rid of 171 00:11:31.039 --> 00:11:33.399 a lot of these picks. Will it happen tonight on 172 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:36.600 draft night? Will we draft for some other teams? I 173 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:39.399 think the Spurs fourteenth pick, and I believe can we 174 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:41.799 take a look at the chart right now where San 175 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:45.639 Antonio is sitting with their other pick thirty eight, That's 176 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:48.519 what I thought, the thirty eighth pick. Could we package 177 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:52.200 the fourteen and thirty eight together, maybe with another player, 178 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:56.919 and go after somebody that wants to come to San Antonio. 179 00:11:57.240 --> 00:12:01.600 The latest rumor right now is Bam Bio out of Miami. 180 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:06.440 You heard me say it. Bam A Bio is interested 181 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:12.159 in coming to San Antonio. Can you imagine that him 182 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:16.799 and Wemby the Spurs like those types of players. I 183 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:19.480 don't know why you fans think we go after these 184 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:25.639 big name stars like Giannie and KD who are going 185 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:31.440 to eat our financial boat eventually, and then in ten 186 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:35.759 years we'll be back in this situation rebuilding, and you'll 187 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:40.080 be complaining again to your kids and saying, well, I 188 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:43.240 remember back in twenty twenty five and we just let 189 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:48.879 it all slip away. And no, they're building for the future. 190 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:52.639 Our GM here right now should be up for GM 191 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:57.320 of the Year already. They're already predicting some of the 192 00:12:57.360 --> 00:13:00.440 top coaches right now in the NBA to be Coach 193 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:06.559 of the Year, and Mitch Johnson is one of them. 194 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:09.720 I'm not applauding him because you know, we've already expected 195 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:12.799 him to win in not at all. We got a long, 196 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:16.919 year long season ahead of us. But at the same time, 197 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:23.279 I mean, that's pretty amazing. Victor Webbin Yama is overseas 198 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:29.399 in China getting in tune with the earth and spirituality. 199 00:13:29.440 --> 00:13:32.240 We pray that Jesus Christ enters his life. Yes I 200 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:34.480 said it. I'm a christ guy. I'll say it on 201 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:39.279 this show. But He reminds me of what Kareem Abdul 202 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:43.360 Jabbar did before Magic came in, really trying to find 203 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:47.879 his zen, his zone. And guess what, that's scary when 204 00:13:47.919 --> 00:13:50.879 you can balance it all life and this, that and 205 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:54.440 the other thing, and you've got it all together at 206 00:13:54.440 --> 00:13:58.320 this young age. Be ready for Spurs fans dearon Fox 207 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:02.399 wanted to come to San until for Steph Castle, for 208 00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:05.720 Wembin Yama. You don't think that's not a team ready 209 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:09.639 to explode, but yet you want to disrupt the future 210 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:14.080 and bring in somebody like a KD and Yannas. I'm 211 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:16.240 not saying it's not gonna happen with Yanna's, but I'm 212 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:20.919 just saying you'd have to give up an awful lot. 213 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:25.799 I'd rather have an opportunity at the next twelve to 214 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:29.960 fifteen years with this team because of the future picks. 215 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:34.360 We have, the opportunities we can endure with next year's 216 00:14:34.399 --> 00:14:38.200 free agency, and the way the Spurs do it is right. 217 00:14:38.879 --> 00:14:41.759 They go after players you don't expect. If you take 218 00:14:41.799 --> 00:14:45.240 a look at the NBA Free Agency tracker on NBA 219 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:47.879 dot com, just the free agents out there. We're not 220 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:50.440 talking about the ones that have one year left on 221 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:52.600 their contract and can move here and move there. We're 222 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:54.720 not going to do that in this episode. Let's just 223 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:59.240 focus on the free agents. Could even bring up a 224 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:02.600 player that everybody's talking about. I mean his name is 225 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:07.200 even on like poster board at WWE events and it 226 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:11.960 says nas Reid. Like every city that's a basketball city 227 00:15:12.000 --> 00:15:14.960 that's a wwegos into, there's somebody in the crowd with 228 00:15:15.120 --> 00:15:21.279 a nas Reid sign. If Minnesota's smart, they re sign him. 229 00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:23.279 If you're really trying to keep what you have in 230 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:27.000 Minnesota there, nas Reid is the guy with Anthony Edwards. 231 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:30.639 Rudy's got another year or two, I would think, because 232 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:32.840 it just seems like he's really flat footed, and it's 233 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:35.519 I think, is he just looks like he's injury prone. 234 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:40.600 But what do I know? But that guy's up with 235 00:15:40.639 --> 00:15:45.840 a player option and with that popularity. I think the 236 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:47.960 Spurs would have to give up too much money for him, 237 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:50.799 but he would be a great player in San Antonio. 238 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:52.840 So let's take a look at some of the players 239 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:57.679 that would fit the San Antonio Spurs mold. We need 240 00:15:57.720 --> 00:16:01.840 a forward, we need a power forward center, right, that's 241 00:16:01.840 --> 00:16:05.759 what we really need. Or some of y'all are saying shooting. Listen, listen, 242 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:12.679 dearon Fox is that dude deeron Fox will boost our 243 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:16.440 three point percentage next year. Wembin Yama can hit threes, 244 00:16:16.559 --> 00:16:19.720 even though here early in his career we don't like 245 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:22.840 taking him taking them at times, but we see the 246 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:25.399 glimpses of how great he could be behind the arc. 247 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:27.679 He could be the first seven footer to enter a 248 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:32.480 three point contest. By the way, can we bookmark that? 249 00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:36.759 What is this month? June June fifth, twenty twenty five. 250 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:39.480 I said Wemby would be in the three point contest 251 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:43.600 he wants to be. I could see it happening. I 252 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:46.120 could see him winning it in a couple of years. 253 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:50.159 But dearon Fox is that dude Steph Castle has to 254 00:16:50.200 --> 00:16:53.000 work on that three point range. They left him open 255 00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:55.679 a lot last year, but we've seen glimpses of what 256 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:58.720 he can do and what his range can be. Devin 257 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:03.039 Vassell had a amazing April last year from beyond the Arc. 258 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:04.799 I think he broke a record. I think it was 259 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:08.640 the most threes made in the month of April. See, 260 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:11.160 we want to forget all the good things that these 261 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:13.759 players do because we want to quickly reprimand them for 262 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:19.440 the bad things that they're doing. Knock it off. There's 263 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:23.720 a reason why we're silver and black. Find the silver lining, 264 00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:28.880 don't always focus on the black. I think that's our 265 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:33.799 problem as fans. You got spoiled, and you get spoiled 266 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:38.039 because you start to see what other teams are doing. Sorry, 267 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:43.759 I'm so angry at y'all. I love y'all, but man, 268 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:48.319 it's so frustrating watching like these accounts on X and 269 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:51.319 social media getting all mad because we didn't get Kevin 270 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:55.880 Duran in. Now Houston is going to be so much better? 271 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:59.519 Are they? Are they going to be much better? They 272 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:03.160 thought that when he went to Phoenix. They thought that 273 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:05.279 when he went to Golden State, they'd win like eight 274 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:09.440 more championships. I'm just saying, he demands a lot of 275 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:12.960 that ball. That's why he's not a Spurs player. Let's 276 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:15.039 look at who could be in the free agency market. 277 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:19.319 Spurs could land somebody like a Steven Adams. Here's a 278 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:23.400 journeyman eleven years. He's a banger. He brings in that 279 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:29.720 toughness coming off the bench. Maybe for Wemby And I 280 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:31.440 know what you're thinking, what about some of our big 281 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:36.680 guys like Mamu and maybe a Charles Bassie. I love Bassie. 282 00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:41.599 If we re signed Bassie and Mamu, I am not mad. 283 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:44.960 Just Mamu, work on your defense. That's all I ask. 284 00:18:45.839 --> 00:18:47.880 Work on your defense. It's like he wants to be 285 00:18:47.880 --> 00:18:51.839 more of a guard than a defender at times. Bassie 286 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:54.119 does all of the little things that we need here 287 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:56.920 in San Antonio. Right now, we've got the star in Wemby. 288 00:18:57.119 --> 00:18:59.279 We've got the other star in Fox. We got a 289 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:03.279 rising star Castle. We've got a star as well, a 290 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:07.559 side star. Sorry, Devin, love you, but I think he's 291 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:09.480 gonna have a big year too. I think Devon's gonna 292 00:19:09.480 --> 00:19:14.680 have a big year. Why well, he's got two years 293 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:18.279 left on his contract. He's gonna want to play hard 294 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:22.559 this year if he wants an extension. Keep that in mind. 295 00:19:23.799 --> 00:19:25.880 Devin could be that player next year that we trade 296 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:28.559 because we don't plan on bringing him back in two years. 297 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:33.759 He's gonna play hard this year. Be ready. Keldon Johnson 298 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:39.440 off the bench, Harrison Barnes still got another year. This 299 00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:43.960 Spurs team is equipped and I'll call it right now. 300 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:46.480 Bookmark this. If we just stayed with what we have 301 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:49.559 in stuck with our draft picks. We're making the playoffs 302 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:57.599 next year, eight six seed. Maybe I think Golden State's 303 00:19:57.599 --> 00:20:01.119 gonna be on another down year. I'm sorry, Phoenix ain't 304 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:04.720 even gonna be in contention. I'm not too sure about 305 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:06.920 the Lakers yet unless they make a big move as well. 306 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:09.920 They're looking at Burke, Lopez and more. And we'll go 307 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:12.359 more in depth of what's going on in the NBA 308 00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:17.519 free agency market after the draft tonight, maybe in two weeks, 309 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:20.440 we'll talk a little bit about that, but again, programming 310 00:20:20.480 --> 00:20:23.839 note real quick tonight, get ready for the NBA Draft. 311 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:28.240 We may have another show tomorrow or Friday, and we'll 312 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:30.279 talk a little bit about what the Spurs did and 313 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:33.359 what that's going to do, especially if there's any breaking 314 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:38.079 news on any trades. And then the following we would 315 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:40.079 like to have a very special show with you guys 316 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:45.359 talking about we're the Spurs Championships, a dynasty team. We'll 317 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:47.920 talk a little bit about that, but a lot coming 318 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:49.519 up over the next couple weeks here on the San 319 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:53.720 Antonio Spurs Weekly Podcast. Taking a look at that free 320 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:56.799 agency tracker. We already said Steven Adams, you know another 321 00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:59.400 guy that's played really well, that's been under the radar 322 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:04.759 in Memphis, Santi al Dama, You're like, who if you 323 00:21:04.880 --> 00:21:08.200 watched any basketball this year, that man has some explosiveness 324 00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:10.039 and he's only been in the year for four years. 325 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:13.599 He's a young player. Thirteen points a game, almost seven boards, 326 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:17.599 three assists. That's a Spurs player. Someone that likes to 327 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:19.640 pass the ball, likes to be explosive, someone that can 328 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:24.279 shoot the ball. But another guy out of Minnesota the 329 00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:28.240 Spurs we're looking at was Nikkel Alexander Walker. Another guard though. 330 00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:33.519 Are they looking to move Malik Branham and maybe Malachi 331 00:21:33.599 --> 00:21:38.480 Branham sorry, and you know Wesley? Are they looking to 332 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:41.960 move them? I think Wesley showed glimpses of very good 333 00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:44.599 defense at the end of the year last year. Put 334 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:47.680 him in there as a stopper for five minutes on 335 00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:51.160 an SGA or somebody like that. Maybe that's his new role. 336 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:55.200 We've always had that type of player. We've always had 337 00:21:55.240 --> 00:21:57.359 that type of player here in San Antonio that was 338 00:21:57.400 --> 00:22:00.440 a defensive player. He reminds me almost like a Alvin 339 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:06.960 Robertson type. On the list. Charles Bassie is up for 340 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:13.519 a possible he needs it. Will he be resigned Bismock Biambo. 341 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:18.079 We still have these players. Charles Bassie was hurt. Will 342 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:20.480 we extend his contract. He's only been in the league 343 00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:25.799 four years, he's been injured half of it. How about 344 00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:31.599 somebody that's maybe a journeyman we look down the list here, 345 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:37.319 like a bizmock Biambo. We could get him cheap, maybe 346 00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:41.720 another year or two on the Spurs bench. How about 347 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:46.200 some surprises like a bowl bowl. I said it. He 348 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:49.880 hasn't had time to shine in Phoenix in the six 349 00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:53.680 years he's been there. And allegedly he has the same 350 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:56.240 type of moves and handle that Wemby has. And if 351 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:59.359 you put him and Wemby out there, I mean he's 352 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:01.839 a monster. With him and Wemby, I mean that's he 353 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:04.920 would be good here in San Antonio. I think he'd flourish. 354 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:09.000 We could get him cheat. He is a free agent. 355 00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:13.200 You move down the list, a Clint Capella would be 356 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:20.480 even good. John Collins, You're like, who out of Utah 357 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:25.759 twenty points a game? He almost averaged last year nine boards. 358 00:23:26.920 --> 00:23:28.960 He's been in the league eight years, feels like he's 359 00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:32.920 been here for twenty. But he would be a good 360 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:37.240 person to bring in and I know what you're thinking, Well, 361 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:39.559 what about shooters. We need shooters. We need somebody that's 362 00:23:39.559 --> 00:23:43.119 a shooter. We've got shooters. They've just got to develop. 363 00:23:43.559 --> 00:23:45.400 And I think that's what the Spurs are looking at 364 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:48.599 right now. Well, tonight, let's move on to the NBA 365 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:52.200 draft for the San Antonio Spurs. A couple picks in 366 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:54.599 the first couple of rounds here, of course, at number two, 367 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:57.880 number fourteen, and number thirty eight. And I'm not even 368 00:23:57.920 --> 00:24:02.559 gonna go over what draft NBA draft dot Net said, 369 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:07.960 my goodness, gracious, guard guard, guard, guard guard. That's all 370 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:10.839 they want the Spurs picking is guard guard, guard guard. 371 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:14.480 All right, we get it, We understand you want us 372 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:16.440 to pick a guard, but we've got guards on the bench. 373 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:20.039 Which is crazy to me. Right now where you are 374 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:23.680 looking at Dylan Harper at number two, What does this 375 00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:26.160 do to the lineup for the Spurs if we draft him? 376 00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:30.240 Do we even keep him? Do we draft him and 377 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:36.039 make a trade? Well? You ready for another rumor that's 378 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:40.960 out there, Let's do it, right. You realize that the 379 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:45.960 Brooklyn Nets have like eight picks in the draft tonight. 380 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:53.000 What if we packaged a few picks from them, gave 381 00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:58.440 them the number two, and we grabbed someone that's been 382 00:24:58.480 --> 00:25:05.680 wanting to come here from the Nets, Cam Johnson. What 383 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:10.559 would that do? Could that happen? I think the team 384 00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:15.640 to watch tonight is the Brooklyn Nets. What will they 385 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:18.160 do with all of those picks? That's a lot of picks. 386 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:22.440 That's a lot of picks in this pretty deep draft 387 00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:26.720 this year in the NBA draft. Some of the NBA 388 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:30.640 mock drafts on ESPN right now, of course have san 389 00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:38.039 Antonio at fourteen picking right now according to ESPN, Joan 390 00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:44.720 Behringer overseas a center six eleven, two thirty five. But 391 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:47.680 other players on the board. I would love to see them. 392 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:51.240 Maybe if he slips in the draft, I don't know 393 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:55.599 if he will. Where'd he go right here? I'm looking 394 00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:58.759 him up on the board right now, guys, No, they 395 00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:02.200 got him going right now. Looks like in the top ten, man, 396 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:06.359 I mean, the Spurs could trade up with the Pelicans 397 00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:10.319 maybe at seven to go get come on, Malak out 398 00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:13.920 of Duke. I mean, you could possibly even see three 399 00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:17.119 Dukies in the top five. And I know that that 400 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:21.400 didn't sound right. Three Dukeies in the top five. But 401 00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:27.920