2018-19: 48-35 (1st rd playoffs)
Draft picks: 19,29,49
Signed for next season ($97.7m): DeMar DeRozan, LaMarcus Aldridge, Patty Mills, Davis Bertans, Marco Belinello, Jakob Poetl, Bryn Forbes, Lonnie Walker, Dejounte Murray, Derrick White
DeRozan and Aldridge is a good bedrock and I like what Mills, Bertans, Belinelli and Poetl give them off the bench. But it feels like it is finally time for Murray (injured last summer) to blow up and become whatever it is he's going to become for this team to move forward. They've got a hard working supporting cast (Forbes, Walker, White) and with their hard-nosed play paired with DeRozan and Aldridge, the Spurs could be really good (or they can be real mediocre, we'll see).
This summer's free agents: Rudy Gay, Dante Cunningham, Quincy Pondexter, Chimezie Metu, Donatas Motiejunas
I don't think Rudy Gay comes back. He feels like a Laker or Warrior to me.
Cunningham and Pondexter are reliable vets, if the price is low enough they'll be somewhere in the NBA next season, maybe even San Antonio.
Metu never developed, feels like his NBA time has passed.
I always liked Motiejunas, would've been a perfect Spur in his prime, but feels like his time has passed, too.
At #19 I think they'd jump on Goga Bitadze (Republic of Georgia) if he's still there, and he might be. At #29 I can see them taking Chuma Okeke (Auburn). And at #49, unless they've got their eye on some underappreciated collegian, I figure they'll take a European like Adam Mokoka (France) or Josh Obiesie (Germany).
Next year's lineup:
PG Murray, SG DeRozen, SF White, PF Poetl, C Aldridge with Mills, Forbes, Belinelli, Bertans, Walker and #19 off the bench.
They'll need more bench depth but this is a 'system' team with DeRozan and Aldridge to anchor it, so they should be pretty good, even in the crowded West.
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