Russell Westbrook. At the Spurs. With Gregg Popovich. No, you’re not dreaming. The San Antonio franchise might possibly reclaim number zero from the Lakers in the summer, according to Eric Pincus of the Bleacher Report. The Spurs might indeed serve as a pivot in a trade between Nets and Lakers integrating Kyrie Irving. This story isn’t clear, huh… so sit down and we’ll take stock together.
All roads lead to Rome. Here is a sentence probably many times pronounced by all our ancestors. Would you like to dust it off? Come on, let’s adapt it to the NBA. Well then, that would give All Free Agency 2022 trades lead to Brooklyn“. Yes, because this summer all the same, since M’sieur Durant announced that he wanted to be the icing on the Big Apple, it’s been a bit of a souk. All the teams temporarily stopped their broom of exchanges and signatures to try to look at what it would be possible to do in order to secure the services of the great Kevin. At the Lakers, it’s a little different. If of course Jeanie Buss and her team have certainly taken a look at the different possibilities, it is Kyrie Irving who would be interested LeBron James the team first. To be taken with a grain of salt because in recent hours, negotiations between Los Angeles and Brooklyn seem to have taken a little lead in the wing according to Shams Charania. We must not forget that any movement of Uncle Drew will also be conditioned by a departure from Durant. In this perspective, the Spurs might enter the equation. How ? Well by absorbing Westbrook’s contract and taking care of sending a gift package to the Nets. In this gift? We don’t say anything, it’s the principle of a surprise. We’re kidding, this one will probably contain a trade exception to match Kyrie’s salary next season. The idea? Use this asset to then bring in a big fish for a handful of mussels and a postcard.
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— Eric Pincus (@EricPincus) July 8, 2022
And for Spurs, what good would it do to have a Russ in the squad? Well two options: either Gregg Popovich keeps him despite his titanic salary – 47.1 million dollars next season – and makes him his starting ball carrier. The idea is coherent, because Westbrook has nevertheless accumulated a nice little experience in the NBA for a decade and valuing that with young Spurs might accelerate their already very effective development. The disadvantage is that with such a pay slip… it will be difficult to consider another transfer during the season. The other possibility? Have San Antonio buy out Brodie’s contract and release him immediately. The following years will certainly be polluted by the contract but the Spurs will have a great flexibility as soon as this one will have been mopped up. And if you have followed everything correctly, it will also strengthen in the season if the project were to produce results faster than expected.
So, will come or not come? Westbrook’s arrival in San Antonio is still highly speculative, but it’s still something to consider. In any case, it’s always a topic of conversation at the time of a good summer barbecue and that’s the treat.
Source : The Bleacher Report.
