O San Antonio Spurs may have a weight boost to play with Victor Wembanyama: it is Kevin DurantPhoenix Suns star, currently 36. According to the NBA analyst Bill Simmons, an agreement may already be closed, scheduled for advertisement for draft week, which will be on June 25 and 26.
Earlier, most of the speculation of the offseason About the Spurs revolved around a complex negotiation by Milwaukee Bucks Giannis Antetokounmpo, now 30 years old. However, in this case, San Antonio would have to exchange his pick 2 of this year’s draft.
With Durant, the movement would be more viable for Spurs, who would still maintain their pick 2. The suns are likely to want some future first -round choices for Durant, but if Spurs have become a playoff team quickly, these choices will not have so much value.
– I would not be surprised if the KD (Kevin Durant) trip for Spurs is already right and has not been announced yet. Basically, they would have already agreed with the details and will announce in Draft week. This returns to the issue of Giannis. I think they go after KD because it costs less. They may be really competitive (with Durant) and may advance a few rounds in playoffs, but they will also keep the number 2 choice and do both at the same time – this is my forecast – commented Bill Simmons.
This season, the Spurs were in 13th place at the West Conference, outside the playoffs, with a record of 34 wins and 48 losses.
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Who will Spurs choose from Draft?
This choice number 2 of draft It is, in fact, a key point for the future of Spurs. San Antonio got this position in the lottery, which can be used to select a shipowner like Dylan Harper (Rutgers) or VJ Edgecombe (Baylor), or a scorer like Ace Bailey (Rutgers).
Keeping the second choice gives Spurs two competitive “windows”: a new one, with Durant and Wembanyama, and one future, for when Durant leaves – still with Wemby, Stephon Castle and the new young talent that is drafted.
San Antonio also needs wembanyama to return to full health after deep vein thrombosis on the right shoulder that took him out of combat in February.
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