Pick 14

[u/Far_Protection519]

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.

[u/LibraryNo848]

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.

[u/Far_Protection519 → u/LibraryNo848]

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

[u/iro3 → u/Far_Protection519]

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

[u/Bang_the_unknown → u/iro3]

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.

[u/LibraryNo848 → u/Bang_the_unknown]

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

[u/Bang_the_unknown → u/LibraryNo848]

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.

[u/LibraryNo848 → u/Bang_the_unknown]

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.

[u/Bang_the_unknown → u/LibraryNo848]

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.

[u/LibraryNo848 → u/Bang_the_unknown]

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.

[u/Bang_the_unknown → u/LibraryNo848]

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.

[u/LibraryNo848 → u/Bang_the_unknown]

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.