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The regular season is officially just a week away and the San Antonio Spurs are doing some final little tweaks to the roster after they waive one new player today as they're finalizing that roster for opening night against the OKC Thunder but we're not just looking ahead to that we're looking well into the future as there have been a whole lot of rumors about players that likely be on the move this year. The Spurs are not only in the middle of it but there are some very interesting targets out there should San Antonio decide to strike. We know that this team it's good to run it back, but there are some intriguing names that I think you will very much enjoy that are reportedly on the trade block. We're going to dive into all of that and more coming up on this episode. And look, I'm not saying the trade's happening right now. I'm looking towards deadline, right? Things change. Players move on. Players play well. Players don't play well. Certain contracts can get shed and we don't know what the future holds for so many of our players. Keldon Johnson, De'Aaron Fox are naturally going to be in these talks, but that's not actually what I'm focusing on today. Maybe a bit of a breath of fresh air but anyway before we get into anything thank you for watching the videos one click of a like button actually helps us out a ton and we're gonna get right into it that's all i'm gonna say i'm gonna talk about the latest spurs move wave rj davis i'm expecting him to join austin now rj davis uh this dude phenomenal shooter and look we i really really like him actually uh and i know he's not a game changer by any means but we've seen him in the g league last year we've seen him you know get this exhibit 10 but ultimately we kind of saw coming that he would be waived Spurs PR posted it yeah he's gone he's gonna go to Austin almost certainly we have his rights but Austin is getting someone really really really nice and if you guys haven't paid attention RJ Davis well you should have paid attention in the summer league he was lighting it up but last January 45 points in the G League versus Salt Lake he shot 45.9 percent from three in 36 games for the South Bay Lakers last year. That is not a typo. That is genuinely the number. And if you combine, I think, regular season and playoffs, he was still well above 40%. Unreal. So this, to me, again, it's not a move for your San Antonio Spurs. It's a move for the Austin Spurs. Hey, he gets his Exhibit 10 bonus, which is up to $91,000 after 60 days in Austin. We have his G League rights. If you want a little refresher on the timeline, here it is down below. Got his G League rights early September. Signed him to a camp deal September 25th. waved him today, October 13th, but look, that's okay, because I think building up the G League is something that I have been so huge on, in terms of just organizational success as a whole, and that's something the Spurs have thrived at, and this year, we're looking to continue that, 55 plus wins, $25 against you, 34 on Calshi, this video is brought to you by Calshi, where you're trading against other users, not the house of traditional sportsbooks, you're buying yes or no contracts on real life events, like the weather, like politics, like your San Antonio Spurs how about the number one seed in the NBA 25 that's almost 70 so if you're interested in trying out Calshi use the link in the description or pin comment trade 25 dollars when you use code digest nba get 55 bucks put in your account instantly thank you to Cal shi for sponsoring this video i think spurs organizational success starts from down here and it goes all the way up but also it's never a bad idea to have some insurance for your main guys this is what the roster is looking like obviously for the main season now again whether Tobias Harris is actually going to be the long-term starter who really knows uh obviously he's not going to start the season there this is kind of my later projected lineup but also you had spurs that are kind of like making a case for themselves because we still got an open roster spot available and i know RJ Davis was probably fighting a little bit for it i would imagine you know you kind of want him to you kind of want him to be like can i get that no he couldn't quite to do it but a guy like Jacoby Gillespie really did he's not the subject of this Keenan talked enough about him in the last video so if you didn't check that I'll go do it but I love this right I love the fact that these guys can have a chance to make themselves known whether it's in the G League or in the NBA y'all remember Jonathan Simmons that was a different scenario but you never really know and I'm really like again just to remind you of what R.J. Davis has done in the past like if any organization is going to find a way to use him it's going to be the Spurs or like maybe the Heat, because they also do that too, and it's a bit weird, but anyway, that's it for RJ Davis, one little final move, hopefully before the, uh, probably not too, too more, many, too many more, too many moves more, what is going on, it's 11 45 p.m. for me, right as I'm recording this, so anyway, uh, let's move on, uh, and I want to talk about in-season trades, because I think it's still a fun thing, and here are some trade odds that have been listed, uh, these are on Calchi, but you know, you can find these pretty much everywhere, and you can see a lot of these guys in a lot of different trade rumors um here is their list of players most likely to be traded by the deadline in terms of percentages there are some names i like for like as fits for the spurs there are some that i don't zach levine is one that i love i'm not serious i'm kidding what can you imagine no i am looking though at a guy that i think everyone's sick of talking about in trey murphy but there are some other sneaky ones down there like michael porter jr who i've also mentioned before he's been in some videos and sneakily Daniel Gafford now Dyson Daniels is a really interesting one too can you imagine having Dyson Daniels off the bench a bigger contract anyway I'm getting a bit ahead of myself but let's just take a look at this first cap room so what would we need to do well we're two million under the luxury tax right now so any move that we would make around the deadline if we don't want to dip into that especially with like again the big extensions coming up it's it's going to be hard I think eventually we're going to probably have to pay into the luxury tax but you're not going to want to dive into that this year unless you really find a move that you can't say no to um i'm gonna briefly run over a couple of the guys that we've talked about before as trey murphy uh and michael porter jr i still don't think trey murphy is feasible for the spurs just one because of the money two because like we're talking four first round picks we're talking three first round picks i don't even really know like to me it just feels like too hefty of a price for a guy that's going to need the ball in his hands a little too much on a team that's already has so so much chemistry i know he brings a ton of what we love like again if he was on the team tomorrow unreal he takes 7.7 above the rate threes a game he is a volume three-point shooter 98th percentile in the league from there and he's also one of the best spot-up points per play guys in the nba 94th percentile in spot-up points per play and you're telling me you have that next to Dylan Harper, De'Aaron Fox, and Victor Wembanyama and Steph Castle? Like, it's hard to argue that that's not an amazing thing. Also, active hands, he gets some steals, but he's not actually that great a defender. A bonus shoot, 50.9% when he defends. That is not good. That was last year. That is 11th percentile in the league for a small forward, so not great. And again, like I said, the contract is something that makes it difficult. $27 million, and I think he's more than worth it, but as we look into the Spurs cap room, it would be a little bit tough to manage to fit him in, right? You'd have to move out guys like Keldon Johnson and Harrison Barnes. That makes it work, right? You only go up from $198 million to $199, and I think that'd be fine, but now you add Keldon Johnson, Harrison Barnes to expiring deals, and then like three or four first round picks. Are you really going to do that? Not necessarily. So off on him, and i do want to just briefly mention michael porter jr um he's a fun fit i i just i've seen a lot i actually saw a lot of fans talk about him in particular i saw a few tweets about this which is why i was like i'm gonna talk about it i guess and now recently he's been talking to Nets media about how much he wants to win who cares if you're putting up 20 points per game if you're not winning like are we sure that that's his quote yes it is I anyway he wants to be a winning player in his role so if he manage to buy in sure he's like Harrison Barnes on steroids roundtable says on September 2nd Michael Porter Jr is one of the best shooters in the NBA would fit perfectly in San Antonio so and again this is this is over a month ago this is something that has been around I talked about it last year he would be a fit but like he knows the path to earning his next contract he's just putting up the numbers he needs to prove he needs to win this is the Nets this is a Nets page saying this like yeah you know like it's just and again if you look at the cap math for the San Antonio Spurs um you would need to move off of a lot of money like here the sample is just to make the salaries match Keldon Johnson Harrison Barnes and Tobias Harris like for 40 million dollars again I just think the money doesn't make sense I'm saying no to this but there's one more name and and I don't I and and this is one that I'm only interested in if things don't really work out with our bigs the way we want them to or if there's an injury or something because I think right now Terrace Reed showed a lot in the preseason it is not predictive he still needs to show a lot in the regular season but if the Spurs want to really bolster their center rotation this one's interesting now again I think something would have to go wrong with Cornette I know his playoffs were not great and this is not a trade I would make like today or anything like I just I would not move assets to get Daniel Gafford however Gafford is is a really interesting option he has the most 20 point 20 point games on 100 field goal percentage in the last five years including playoffs six of them then it's Gafford then it's Jared Allen then it's Walker Kessler then it's Nikola Jokic okay well that's really good super efficient at the rim Gafford disciplined rim protection not jumping at everything that's one of the problems with him though right so like if he can be disciplined not jumping at everything so that's what the Spurs kind of need behind Wemby is something that Luke Cornett is very good at it could work if you dive a bit into what he's good at what he's not so good at the offensive rating is not great when he's on the floor assist turnover doesn't matter as a center but his defense is good opponent field goal percentage within six feet which is exactly what you want from a center up there 90 plus percentile in the NBA most like he's good at putback look at where his shots come from 80 percent of them at the rim and i know you could argue you might want a center that can stretch the floor a little bit but i don't think you necessarily need to really solid rebound rate as well that's 91st percentile in the NBA 92nd percentile for holding opponents within six feet 65.5 percent clip like just straight up field goal percentage great lob target um you know the issue here again is like where does he actually fit the contract is reasonable the stats are fine he's under team control for a few more years but i just i don't know it's something you guys have suggested too though from the comments Spurs should sign Daniel Gafford so like this is something that's been out there it's a name that I don't hate I think the big problem with Daniel Gafford is not the fit it's more who are you giving up on and I think ultimately that's what leads into this final bit here like we don't need to trade for anyone I want you guys to answer the poll who of these targets would you want Gafford maybe maybe Trey Murphy or nobody run it back and I think most of you are going to pick C and i would too because i while i do like the idea of exploring certain players to fit the roles that the spurs need i just go until something goes wrong which is kind of what i've been saying this whole video like if something goes wrong you can go look at Daniel Gafford but i'm saying these are trade deadline moves man this is not what we're doing right now there's no need i'm excited with what we have i think you guys are too listen that will do it i've rambled enough thank you though for tuning in every single day season starts soon cannot wait i've been your host Josh Goss and i will catch you later