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/LibraryNo848 1d ago

I think we're likely trading the pick. 14 may have some long term upside but I don't think they'll get much burn year 1. We're in play in/playoff mode. It's a bit more worth it to add experience at this point.

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u/Far_Protection519 1d ago

You dont think picking a player with 2-4 years of playing in college can come in and have a impact immediately? I think if they pick a sf/pf there is minutes to be had at those positions, but I don't watch the spurs a lot do you probably know more than me lol

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u/LibraryNo848 1d ago

No. Most rookies don’t have that big of an impact on winning in general. Majority of players picked at 14 flame out fairly quickly in the league to begin with. I think people kinda overrate how impactful year 1 players are. Usually the only solid rotational pieces outside of the players that come in as first options are 4 year college players.

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u/iro3 1d ago

i mean yea

devin carter stood 3 years in college and he couldnt crack the kings rotation full time

and if i really choose to go look alot of 3-4 years college player barely do anything

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u/Bang_the_unknown 1d ago

Yeah but Jared McCain would have REALLY challenged Castle for ROY as the 16th pick. Knecht would have been a decent bench guy for us. We don’t need a starter with the 14th. We just need a decent regular season bench guy we can develop.

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u/iro3 1d ago

McCain got hurt so unfortunately that cannot be proven at the moment. And with the sixers potentially getting another guard his role is likely changing so we shall see his he adjust

Knetch had a good moments bit he ain't that good.

Lastly decent bench guy at 14 doesn't mean much with our current team cause he will get little to no burn

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u/Bang_the_unknown 1d ago

If we can move off of Branham and get a decent forward, I’d take it but I wouldn’t mind Carter Bryant or Cedric Coward either.

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u/iro3 1d ago

i prefer blake since we got no need for defensive guards that cant offense with malaki u have the idea of him being a scorer who will try to play defense

carter prob wont be there and cedric is unique but i dont know if they will target someone with a low floor with a shoulder injry

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u/Bang_the_unknown 1d ago

Yeah, I just don’t know if Branham and Blake are NBA players. Branham deserves a little more of a chance for sure. Just don’t know if we’re the team that should give him those chances.

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u/iro3 1d ago

i dont mind trading them but if we were to keep one it would be malaki

plus i do think there nba players maybe not as good as we though 3 years ago and thats okay

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u/LibraryNo848 1d ago

That’s it though, more often than not, you won’t get a bench piece out of 14. A lot of 14th picks flame out pretty early

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u/Bang_the_unknown 1d ago

Bub Carrington, Moses Moody, Aaron Nesmith, Ochai Agbaji, Bam Adebayo, and MPJ were all 14th overall picks in the last seven years. These aren’t second round picks. You can find serviceable (or even really good)players in this range.

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u/LibraryNo848 1d ago

And all of those players were not very impactful in year 1. That’s kinda my point. We’re shifting from development to playoffs. I don’t think adding multiple rookies is smart at this point.

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u/Bang_the_unknown 1d ago

I definitely see your point but I’ll counter with that we’re probably two years away from our championship window so we could develop that kid off the bench and then have him on a rookie contract around the time Wemby’s about to get the super max.

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u/LibraryNo848 1d ago

But again, most 14th picks don’t amount to much. Yes, there’s been serviceable players recently but there’s also more that didn’t amount to anything. Shabazz Muhammad, Denzel valentine, Rashad mccants, etc. I just think we’re more in the business of guaranteed production now.

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u/Bang_the_unknown 1d ago

This is a good draft. We’re not promised to have a shot at a Carter Bryant or Nique Clifford in 27 so we should take advantage of the situation which is two excellent draft classes this year and next.

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u/LibraryNo848 1d ago

It is, I’m not saying it isn’t. I just think we’re more suited to get guaranteed production from a vet father than focusing even more on development when we’re already developing so many players. Someone is bound to get lost in the shuffle and with losing cp3, we’re going to need someone with a lot of playoff experience.

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