The Spurs have done it AGAIN... - WILD signing INCOMING?

Brian Wright and the Spurs have done it again as we got new details on the Luke Cornett contract that make it even better than it looked at first. We have to dive into the detail that is just absolutely perfect with what the Spurs will be doing in a couple of years time and how it impacts our salary cap table. But not only that, there was another trade that happened in the NBA that has a lot of Spurs fans talking about one particular player that will be available for buyout. That would be a perfect fit for this team and a big Dylan Harper update. A bunch of great stuff coming up on this episode of Spurs Digest. And we're going to start with Dylan Harper because, look, I know you guys are excited about Dylan Harper. I'm excited about Dylan Harper. Who is not? And we got here from Don Harris. He is told that we should expect to see Dylan Harper in Game 1 in Las Vegas versus Philadelphia. We'll play in a few, if not all. And this game is happening July 10th in three days on Thursday, 10 p.m. Eastern. That's the first game, first day of the NBA 2K26 Summer League or the Vegas Summer League because it's at the Thomas and Mack Center. So we only have to wait three more days for Dylan Harper. But the bonus here is that he'll play in a few, if not all. Or sorry, he'll play in a few, not all. So, you know, we wanted to see Dylan Harper in more games. I'm hoping to see more Carter Bryant here. I'm not going to lie. I thought that said, if not all, which is why I got excited for this. But you can just pretend I didn't say that. All right, we good? We cool? Thank you. I'm hoping to see a bit more Carter Bryant as well, hopefully within the Summer League still here in the California Classic. but um the the fact that we're gonna see Dylan Harper in a few games is awesome right we didn't see Wemby in every game and we know Carter Bryant didn't play in yesterday's game which is why you know I made that video on David Jones Garcia which was that which was pretty cool man that was go check out that video from yesterday it was a really really fun dive into this player you guys showed a lot of love on that video thank you so much by the way but being able to see Dylan Harper as soon as three days away just has this new sense of hype going through my veins right I just want to see him go out there dominate I know there's people say I don't put all your stock into summer league or do put all your stock in the summer league remember how many naysayers there were about Wemby during summer league oh he couldn't move anyone he's not going to be great they were not Spurs fans though we knew what was real so I'm just very excited to see Dylan Harper just a quick little update for you because I know we've been waiting for our Dylan Harper fix there it is just got three more days to wait July 10th get ready for it we'll be covering the game right after as well I'm sure if not the next day so stay tuned and hey on that note if you're enjoying all these daily Spurs videos just hit the free subscribe button like it's completely free we're here every single day with all the latest Spurs news and if you want to stay up to date this is the spot to be I don't know anywhere else that's better thank you so much for watching let's dive into something very interesting and before I dive into Brian Wright and how he pulled off a master class in the Luke Cornett contract I want to just go over a little bit of the Spurs table right here so Paul Garcia tweets out with Cornett earning about 11 million dollars again we'll dive into the deeper details that are very interesting a little bit later the spurs are 12.2 million below the tax 20.3 million under the first apron we have 3.1 mil of our non-taxpayer mid-level exception which is the NTMLE and we got 5.1 million of the biannual exception which is the BAE to sign free agents or acquire player in trade players in trade so basically 3.1 million here and 5.1 million there and we have two open roster spots so how are we going to fill it well let's take a look at the roster right now make that a bit bigger turn it to hd make sure you do or else You might not be able to get all the details here, but you can see what the roster is looking like at this very moment. Luke Cornett, that $9.5 million cap, it is looking nice, to say the least. But that's the 13 players. We still need a couple of other guys. And there just so happened to be a trade that completed in the NBA recently. Now, I made a video recently, if you guys watched it, talking about some centers that could be out there for the vet. Man, I talked about Jokic Landale, but he went to Memphis, I believe. And I mentioned a couple other guys, Chris Boucher. But there's a name that just came out. And I want to get your guys' opinion, because I'm going to be honest, I don't mind it. Because there was a trade that went down just today that Clippers, Jazz, and Heat have agreed to talks, and Norman Powell to Miami, John Collins to LA, and Kevin Love, Kyle Anderson, our boy Slow Mo, and a 2027 Clippers second to the Jazz. And after this, in the fallout, you got Legion Hoops here saying, after being traded to the Jazz, Kevin Love is expected to agree to a buyout and will enter free agency. Now, it's one year, $4.5 million on his contract, it'll be an easy buyout, he'll probably be looking at the vet min market. So before I dive into why I think this is probably a good idea I think a lot of you might agree a lot of you might disagree leave your thoughts down below But I'm here to make my case and it's not just me I saw lots of replies to this tweet lots of replies to this tweet even some other tweets from people themselves Just saying hey, why not? I got this one here from Spurs, Argentina. I'll say it in Spanish and translate it to English Speak a little Spanish. I'll try my best here And they're just saying, ir a buscar a Kevin Love no sería una mala idea para tener otro veterano que tire de tres. So, like, it's not a bad idea to go get another veteran who shoots the three in Kevin Love. He could be a nice voice in the locker room. But, he says, hay que ver cómo está físicamente lo único. Hace mucho no lo veo jugar. It hasn't seen him play very much. We got to see how he is physically. So, that's very true with Kevin Love. Look, I mean, he's aging. He's 36 years old. He's almost 37. But what he does bring is a voice. The players love him. the dude is absolutely hilarious on social media the vibes with Kevin Love are up here it's crazy right having him around the team would be a ton of fun and he can still shoot the three yeah his three point percentage was not great this year at only 36 percent but most of his shots are three still 58 percent of all of his shots but he's still a very good rebounder great voice in the locker room and can fill that kind of backup third string four kind of thing and you know I know he's only 6'8 I think he was listed at 6'10 earlier in his career but he can get boards he can play some he can bang his body there if he needs to play some center for minutes stretch five more like a stretch four but again considering the spurs lineup here where is it here i'll make it bigger again i don't totally mind this idea i know we got like right now according to spot track we have carter bryant jeremy sohan and harrison barnes at the four and i know sohan will probably start you have barnes and then you have carter bryant kind of splitting the three and four but again Love is not a guy you need to play every night he's a guy that can fill in be at the end of the bench be a great voice for the team come in shoot a few threes get a few rebounds and just help the team out i actually really don't mind this idea so let me know your thoughts on it down below are you pro or against Kevin Love am i crazy i'm just saying like if we want another big body this guy kind of fits the bill having that veteran presence is very valuable for any young team so i think it'd be more than just what he brings on the court so it could be a very interesting addition but again this is all kind of possible it's not all kind of possible with the Cornet signing though a lot of it is because we did get Luke Cornet at a bargain if you ask me and i think a lot of you guys agree i still think that's one of the better contracts that the Spurs could have signed it fills a great need at center he'll play 15 20 minutes a night he'll block some shots he'll ensure us if Victor Wembanyama ever has to take some time off the floor where last season we had almost no rim protection now we have Luke Cornet but there's a little wrinkle to this that actually makes it better than i thought so Michael Scotto tweets here today update the San Antonio Spurs signed Luke Cornet to a four-year 41 million dollar deal yeah it's all made official now in these past few days sure because you know that moratorium's over fine, which descends is fully guaranteed in the first two years for 21.45 million, has a third year 2.55 million partial guarantee and a fourth year non-guaranteed salary, so why is this important so the fact that it's descending in an era where well first of all, i mean Luke Cornett is still getting a descending salary, you're getting his prime years at a higher figure and then as he maybe starts to decline you start to pay him less, players don't always agree to that, yeah you see descending contracts somewhat frequently but not always, but it's not just the fact that it's descending in an era where the cap is going up and up and up every year with these crazy new media deals, TV deals, stuff like that, it's the fact that after the first two years his third year only has a 2.55 million partial guarantee and that fourth year has a non-guaranteed salary, so essentially what that means is it gives the Spurs flexibility at that point because what just so happens to be the case is that next year Victor Wembanyama is eligible to sign his extension but it will only kick in because you can sign your extension a full year before, anyway you guys know that you can sign it a year before it kicks in still in that third year of Cornett's contract where we go from the guaranteed 10 million dollar salary down to only 2.55 guaranteed, that is when Wemby's contract his next extension which is going to be, i mean look, if he goes, if he stays on track where he is now it's probably going to be like the super max that he can get, it's going to be something insane right, it's a massive deal, he can, it'll allow the Spurs to maneuver the cap a little bit better, now i don't know the specifics of what you know allows the money to be guaranteed not guaranteed, that's a little more in-depth for the CBA than i know but what i do know from this is straight up if Wemby when Wemby's money kicks in where we have less guaranteed to Luke Cornet Wemby's backup in that third and fourth year of Cornet's contract or years one and two of Wemby's huge extension which is going to be huge let's be honest so to me this is just like getting a descending cap in the era where cap's going up and up and up every year getting the guy the one guy a lot of us really wanted to get other than Gweshan Yabusele who fits that perfect role behind Wemby Yama who's not going to be asked to do a ton getting him on only two years of guaranteed money with the third only being partial in the fourth non-guaranteed and a time where the Spurs are going to have to get Wemby's extension and then uh I don't think Castle's yeah Castle's extension I think it'd be in year one in that fourth year of Cornet's contract it just makes so much sense right and again you'll still have to accommodate Fox's extension there's just some extra little wrinkles of this that I absolutely love so leave some love for Brian Wright for these moves down below I really like how this summer is shaping up for the San Antonio Spurs and I can't wait to see what's coming next yeah we missed out on Kevin Durant yeah this didn't move but these subtle moves these draft picks draft was such a success this signing for Cornet was a success I'm very excited to see what's coming next year but leave your thoughts on all that down below that'll do it for this episode of Spurs Digest if you enjoyed leave a like comment subscribe to the channel thank you for tuning in every single day i've been your host Josh Goss and 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