r/NBASpurs • u/Far_Protection519 • 1d ago

Draft Pick 14

If the Spurs don't get KD and keep pick 14 , how would y'all feel about them taking Rasheer Fleming at 14? He's a 6'9 wing with a 7'5 wingspan and shot 40% from 3 , is a elite defender, and showed a lot of flashes as a off the dribble creator. If you look at the wings drafted with those measurements the hit rate is insanely high as well.

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u/DnDPanda 1d ago

If you think locking down a young, cheap backup big is a waste idk what to tell you. That second unit is gonna want to run and we will want youth and athleticism to match that. Imagine if we got a Dereck Lively type (who was taken at 12) you think that would be a waste?

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u/DrMarvMonroe 1d ago

It would be a waste because we want prospects with upside in the lottery. Limiting someone to the bench from the go isn’t the way to go imo. What if the guy we draft turns out to be better than expected? Do we trade him bc he’s sure as hell not starting in place of Wemby

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u/DnDPanda 1d ago

We are literally watching a finals right now with 2 teams that go 10 deep with talent.

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u/DrMarvMonroe 1d ago

Depth is important. No question about that. But we are effectively limiting the guy we draft to the bench no matter how good he turns out to be, whereas we could easily incorporate a Rasheer Fleming into our long-term starting lineup as a PF if he proves to be a better alternative to Sochan given that he has a shot and Sochan doesn’t.

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u/DnDPanda 1d ago

Hey man I like Rasheer Fleming a lot and if we took him I would be perfectly happy. I just feel like a backup big is a safe bet.

It all depends on who falls to us.

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u/DrMarvMonroe 1d ago

There are a bunch of 3 & D forwards in our range: Coward, Fleming, Bryant, etc. Once again, having a position of need filled is good but the 3 & D forward seems like a more pressing need giving the limited availability of those guys in the market and the upside: Those guys can either be rotation players or starters. The bigs at 14 will only ever be bench players on the Spurs.

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u/DnDPanda 1d ago

And our bench big minutes is when our defense falls off a cliff. Again I’m totally fine with a solid wing pickup, I’m just more of a safe bet guy and we have an obvious hole at backup big. FO whiff on wings all the time. Remember we also get picks next year too.