This is just getting RIDICULOUS at this point...

This is just getting ridiculous at this point as BAM out of bio is set to gonna mock trade for none other than our Stefan Castle and the San Antonio Spurs have a very difficult time ahead of them this coming season. It's broken down in an article and we are going to discuss that here on Spurs Digest with your host Kingdom Warner and honestly guys let's just get right underway with this because NBA mock trade pairs Wembley with a three-time All-Star in a blockbuster move and I completely understand like it's August. It's late August. Jeremy Stillhand's not playing in Eurobasket. We haven't had too too many Eurobasket games as of this moment in time things are just getting started there. I get it. It's the slog of the offseason and we they just think and now it's like let's put our creative caps on and sometimes it's cool in their hypotheticals and they're good to conversation it's good to talk about and then sometimes it's ridiculous and this is one of those times or it's like with what we've done why but let's break it down and let's get into it right here Spurs are looking to build their future with round Wembley 21 year old high expectations obviously 7-3 alien we know what Wembley is rare opportunity to build a championship contender around Wembley as soon as possible because the assets that they have bleacher reports Zach Buckley created a trade proposal best asset Castle sending him to Miami exchange for one of the best defenders in the NBA and that's correct you've got BAM out of bio coming to the San Antonio Spurs for Stefan Castle Devin Vassell a 2028 first-round pick from either San Antonio or Boston whatever team it has the better pick and then the 20 the 2030 first that's either San Antonio Dallas or Minnesota so essentially we're giving up a 20 the 28 pick really should be 24 to 30 because the Spurs should be contending at that point in the Celtics possibly could be contending again they should have Jalen Brown and Jason Tatum still within their prime so they those those picks shouldn't be great the 2031 though we don't know what Dallas is gonna look like we don't know what Minnesota's gonna look like hey you would think oh they're gonna have and they're gonna have Cooper flag we don't know that we absolutely don't know that there have been we thought the Mavs would have Luca at this point they don't and all we're getting back is BAM I say all we're getting back because we're getting rid of Stefan Castle and Devin Vassell what does that do for our team now we have De'Aaron Fox who is going to be the lead point guard of course that really slides Dylan Harper into that starting number two which is cool and all but but now we just lost a bunch of defensive edge Stefan Castle the point of having him on the roster is to have the best perimeter defend like the guy who can guard the best perimeter players because he's gonna be one of the best perimeter defenders in the league with the athleticism with the want to with the skill quickness everything about him and we already have Wembley and I would get it we don't but we don't need bigs anymore we address that we got Kelly Olenek we got Luke Cornett we didn't need and we have Jeremy Sohan we didn't need Wembley to be or we don't need BAM to be there anymore because we really just needed depth behind Wembley and in this trade why are you getting rid of Devin Vassell why aren't you getting rid of Jeremy Sohan now Jeremy Sohan is gonna have to play a weird three because you're gonna have BAM in Wembley lineups but then you're also gonna have BAM at the five then you're gonna have Cornett at the five BAM at the four like Jeremy Sohan is gonna have to play a weird tween three four and he doesn't have the shooting prowess to do that at the moment in time maybe he improved but at the moment he doesn't have that you would trade Stefan Castle you wouldn't trade Stefan Castle anyways but if you were going to trade Stefan Castle take out Vassell and put in Sohan we now would need the scoring punch from Vassell that just all that just doesn't make sense to me with the Spurs do this trade I was gonna even go through all this they wouldn't do the trade would you do the trade would you trade Stefan Castle and Devin Vassell for BAM out of bio I understand that BAM is one of the most versatile bigs in the game he's a great defender he has a he has a pull-up game he has a pull-up midi game I don't make it sound like he has one of the KD game but he has a mid-range jump shot he has a post fade he has some post moves I understand what that BAM in Wembley could be if you're trying to say okay let me trade Devin Vassell and Jeremy Sohan maybe my ears perk up a bit but Stefan Castle and Devin Vassell and now we just have Jeremy Sohan who's in that Keldon Johnson role of we don't really know how we're gonna use him but he's good don't like it at all let me know what you think but NBA insiders inadvertently predict a very tough road for the San Antonio Spurs this got this see these are the things in the offseason that get me interested these are the things that kind of get my mind percolating and kind of things moving and I want to discuss it here real quick the San Antonio Spurs relish in what was one of the best off seasons in the entire NBA Dylan Harper Carter Bryant Luke Cornett Kelly Olenek I mean we didn't have to get rid of anybody we still have Devin Vassell we still have Keldon Johnson we still have our picks like so of course top tier bench with also a very good starting five with a superstar we obviously signed De'Aaron Fox as well we did that in the offseason should state that in there as well but that's not a write-in for prosperity of course I mean with immense upgrades women expect the Spurs would advance past the 13th seed finished yeah of course we think that they're gonna be much better than the 13th seed there are teams that are for sure worse especially on paper than them but not because the lack of juice out of the squad but historically the Great Western Conference is shaping up to set the teams absolutely loaded and last year where many teams expected a fall to make room for the Spurs that's what's gonna be someone's gonna have to take a step back and you also have to think the Pelicans took a step back maybe they could take a step forward with the talent that they have but I do think the Spurs are going to be in an advantageous position this year because they have such a new young new talent and they have there's an enthusiasm around the San Antonio Spurs now that we have in a solidified Mitch Johnson that's your head coach solidified De'Aaron Fox is healthy Victor Wiminyama is healthy Sohan's healthy Vassell's healthy all of them are coming in to the offseason healthy and I know Sohan's missing a little bit of time from Eurobasket but he should be a-okay to get into full training camp for the Spurs for my speculation and from what I've seen out there so far I'm not a doctor so I can't be quoted but he should it looks like he should be fine for that he's just missing Eurobasket but the Spurs will have to battle it out for a lot of these playing teams but form a lot of teams Suns Pelicans and Trailblazers try to make the play in tournament and I brought this up here and I wanted to kind of showcase it if it's hard to see I apologize for that but OKC is still gonna be there Houston they just got Kevin Durant it's gonna be there you've got Luka in LA with LeBron and Austin Reeves they're going to be formidable the Denver Nuggets had one of the best off seasons with getting Cam Johnson someone that we have talked about a lot who would have benefited us as well they're gonna be good the Clippers are still they're running their run DMC kind of trying to be old again Timberwolves we've been to the Western Conference Finals back-to-back years the Warriors have made moves the Grizzlies still have John Moran and Jaron Jackson jr. I go through all these teams because that's the top eight we're expecting somebody out of that top eight for us to sneak up there to get to the six we're expecting some teams to fall maybe the Clippers because they're old maybe the Warriors because they get injured you never know some of those teams could get hurt and some of those teams that are higher may start to fall down a little bit we don't know Dallas Mavericks it could be interesting if you do have Anthony Davis and Cooper Flagg and Kyrie just started practicing today then you've got the Sacramento Kings I don't think they're gonna be great I think really where it stops is we should be for sure top 10 team you don't know what one of those smaller lower teams are gonna do Utah shouldn't be Portland shouldn't be but what about the Pelicans what if the Suns try to do something crazy I don't know we should be within that top 10 firmly but it could get a little dicey in the seven to ten range and if one of these teams actually takes a leap because there's typically a team that we don't expect that takes the leap every year and the Spurs are one of the teams that we do expect and I expect them to take the leap I really think 44 wins is going to be kind of their baseline of success obviously if they lose more than that I don't think it's a successful season unless they get to the play in still get to the playoffs and can make some noise there but I think for a regular season standpoint alone 44 wins is going to be the base of success and then everything up there is only going to add to that success but again on this let me know what you guys think do you think you 44 is that baseline of success or do you think they can even get to 500 team in that loaded Western Conference seven games better than they were last year when they won 34 instead of going to 41 this year maybe that feels like a step in the right direction or do you think that a playoff berth solidifies that step in the right direction but this will do it for Spurs die just let me know in the comments about that and let me know what you guys think about that BAM it's the fun castles we need to get him out of trade talks like at some point guys we're not getting rid of him he just won Rookie of the Year he's in your anything but just be a consummate pro on the court the only way we're trading him is if you're like hey let me dangle superstars in front of them it's like Anthony Edwards came available it's like yeah we might be able to move office the fun castle to get Anthony Edwards but I understand BAM is very good but we don't need to give up all that especially if we're not gonna even construct the roster the right way off a tangent again I saw apologize but Spurs digest here let me know what you guys think about in the comments on both of those things we'll be seeing you guys tomorrow at 730 Eastern 630 central going live again me and Josh we have a lot to talk about and we're really hopeful that we can get as many of you guys in there as possible because the more you guys present yourself the more fun we have here and bring some questions bring a lot of stuff it's gonna be fun but Spurs digest Keenan Warner here hope to see you guys tomorrow and we'll be seeing you guys very soon