Between fast and slow! Spurs off-season trading discussion!

For the Spurs, their trading goal has basically been completed by the trading deadline, even though Wenban Yama did not get many opportunities to partner with Fox due to injury. But as the core of the defender in the Spurs' rise era, the management has introduced Fox at a low cost and then successfully completed the contract renewal in the offseason. This part is worthy of approval.

The other half of the trading target comes from other offseason moves.

After the Fox trade, the Spurs continued to look for new support through trades. Whether it was Durant or Antetokounmpo, these names appeared in discussions until the draft rewrites everything. The Spurs got the second pick and they got another young potential candidate, and the pace of reconstruction took another big step.

For the Spurs, the appearance of the second pick provides them with more flexibility and takes many trading measures when they have time during the offseason. Of course, some of this is a lottery luck addition, but it also has the support of management's vision.

Below, let's review the various operations of the Spurs during the offseason:

First of all, it is the luck of the draft. Although No. 1 pick Flag fell to the Mavericks, the Spurs still chose Dylan Harper in the second pick as a future ball-holder outside Fox.

Judging from Xia Lian's performance, Harper's ability to control and break through the game should not be worried. The defensive end's ability to put pressure on the ball point also brought a lot of surprises; however, the stability and conduction accuracy of peripheral projections still need to be improved. For Harper, the Spurs do not have to bear a lot of offensive burden. As long as the perimeter projection can make steady progress, he can still play his value in the role of the support and make his team's work relatively simple.

With the cooperation of many ball holders, Harper can also get a lot of operating space and even get many opportunities to attack the leader's substitute lineup. What we need to look at in the future is whether he can gradually expand his role and assume greater responsibilities for the team.

If it is luck to get Harper in the second pick, choosing Carter Bryant in the later part of the lottery is the management's vision. Based on height and combat physical fitness conditions, this type of striker is a player type that the Spurs have relatively lacked in recent years, and has shown an age-high maturity in both ball-holding offense and team defense.

Judging from the defensive performance alone, Carter does have the opportunity to compete for rotation, but in terms of offense, he still needs a lot of room for growth. From shooting stability to ball-holding offensive decisions, all of them still need to be honed in the development league. The purpose is to follow up to the training camp stage, what level of rotation value can Carter provide, and at the same time compete with his wings and frontcourt teammates. This part is also a big challenge.

was the 38th pick in the final. As before, the management traded the draft picks that were not in demand, and exchanged the Pacers for the second round of the Kings in 2030, which retained a certain amount of draft asset potential. Judging from the entire draft situation, the management has at least added two important combat powers to the Spurs' long-term blueprint, which is reasonable enough from the perspective of future returns.

From the perspective of the free market and trading market, the Spurs used the full middle class special case to sign the Celtics substitute interior Cornet for 41 million in four years, and then sent Branham and Wesley to the Wizards in the second round in 2026 to switch to Olynick to make up for the depth of the inside rotation.

Since joining the Wenban, the choice of substitute inside has always been a headache for the Spurs. Zach Collins's condition has declined after renewing his contract, Charles Bassey, Sandro and others have their own flaws, and the effect of Sohan as the substitute No. 5 is not ideal. The need to strengthen the inside position has gradually become the most critical requirement in the offseason, and the management has also obtained an ideal candidate.

Connett, as a rim protector and pick-and-roll big man, made excellent shooting and rim protection performances in the Celtics. He can consolidate the team's defense behind Wenban, and even a two-man team formed a double tower to protect the basket.

As for the 34-year-old Olynick, although his role on the court is not as good as before, as the third inside selection point for the space-type inside and offensive hub, I believe it can still bring a lot of value to the team's offense. Although the addition of the inside line is uncertain, it can at least bring a lot of lineup flexibility to the new coach, and try the lineup opportunity around the literary team.

As for the second half of the team's lineup, the management also found potential combat power to supplement the team's needs. Jones Garcia, who performed well in the Development League last year, shined for the Spurs in the Summer United League and finally won a two-way contract. It remains to be seen how much value it can continue on the NBA stage, but it is also a good step if the Spurs can get another low-paid wing rotation.

At the same time, the Spurs also signed some guarantee contracts with high-scorer Lindy Waters to provide projection value at the end of the rotation; they also renewed the two-way contract scorer Riley Minnix to strengthen the team's relatively lack of peripheral firepower and offensive space.

In terms of free markets and trading markets, although the Spurs' strong candidates are not very famous, they are at least a high-quality choice that can bring combat power to supplement. As for how much change it can actually bring, it will be left to prove it in the new season.

Finally, there is the subsequent operation direction. Although the Spurs' trading so far tends to gradually slow down and rebuild, supplementing new combat power support for young cores, if they want to speed up the progress of team building, their expiring contracts and a large amount of draft assets are enough to support them in the weak frontcourt, and even directly upgrade the lineup.

Currently, the Spurs have Kelden Johnson, Harris Barnes, Sohan, Carter Bryant and others competing for rotation in the forward position. Considering that Vassel and Julian Champany are still occupying the third position time on the wing, the current forward rotation is indeed not enough to allow the four players to be reasonably allocated..

From a trading perspective, whether it is Barnes' 19 million expiration contract, 17.5 million Kelden Johnson, or even Olynick's 13.4 million expiration contract, they are all high-quality salaries that are easily matched by Philadelphia in the transaction; plus draft picks and the assets of young players such as Castle and Sohan, the Spurs are fully equipped to provide any highly competitive trading quotation chips.

If the Spurs want to consolidate their frontcourt combat capabilities and start chasing some qualified forwards in the middle of next season, it should be a foreseeable situation. Even the Greek monster in Milwaukee suddenly thought of joining other teams to continue chasing the championship, so the Spurs were fully equipped to take out matching salary and corresponding chip assets to recruit him.

Finally summarized, as in previous trading, the Spurs are not a big winner this offseason, but the team's shortcomings have been significantly supplemented, and trading flexibility is still retained. The next goal is to shift from the formation of a new lineup to performing on the court.

Mickey Johnson, who took over the coaching seal from Popovich, how will the team system be established in the new season and how will the rotation and dispatch be managed? The coaching team has experienced many changes this summer and has recruited two reputable assistant coaches, Sean Sweeney and Collis Williams, to join. Whether they can bring new tactical elements to the team is all issues worthy of attention.

When healthy Wenban and Fox return and the team lineup gradually becomes complete, fans will naturally have some expectations for the record. To reach the playoffs and even the top six Western Conference playoffs safe seats are all worthy of requirements and reasonable enough standards in the new season. Of course, what heights the Spurs can finally reach in the new era will be left to prove to the new season.