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Yedlis

Spurs should go for Mo Bamba in Free Agency.👀

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Figured I'll make a post because I haven't seen anybody really talk about him at all here. pretty long but I really believe what i say.

   Everybody wants to go out and get Zach Lavine in FO, but I believe he is too much of a superstar and would require sacrificing a lot of our offense in order for him to get going on a nightly basis. We all pretty much agree that DJ is a great leader, and with all the guards we have (and the fact that we had the highest AST-TO ratio in NBA History this season), I would say we have a good, unselfish system and old school spurs culture brewing here again. 

    Now, Mo Bamba is wayyy cheaper than Zach LaVine will ever be in free agency. He is also an extremely talented, young big man who has a great teammate role in Orlando that would fit beautifully here with our guys. He's athletic, skilled in the post (way more than Poetl will probably ever be) and he KNOWS & ENJOYS his role in ORL as just another skilled guy on the roster. We'd finally have a full starting lineup with everyone playing their true positions, and with the draft we can pick up some first round big man depth to go with the guards we have so that no matter what, we'll always have a solid point guard on the floor with a legitimate big, something that we never had this season once Poetl/Young/KBD came off 

     Also Mo would be a fan favorite, we can play the song in the stadium after a Mo highlight, and we can build an unselfish culture and potentially another dynasty in SA by sticking and developing the young guys we have. Im a believer in #GoForMo, Intrested in what you guys think, any thoughts on Mo?

Posted Apr 29, 2022, 3:05 AM UTC

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EzKarma69•

This is way smarter than signing zach

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YedlisOP•

tell em bro, actually build the team instead of pulling another demar and giving the team to his teammate😭 and especially over trading jakob for a "haul" like it's a big move when the leauge knows he has cement feet & you could easily TRY to build a duo w him n Mo

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InternationalClick78•

I disagree with you about Lavine but I do like the idea of going for bamba. It would be fairly easy to clear cap for both in any case. Plus getting Bamba would allow us to move Poeltl before we have to pay him a ton of money and we could get an asset back, while improving our spacing

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YedlisOP•

i'd like to keep poetl with Bamba because he's pretty good in the high pick & rolls with DJ, while Mo stays in the paint and could catch lobs if his defender slides over to help on the PnR.

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InternationalClick78•

Eh disagree there. They’d be a nightmare playing together since neither can move their feet well enough to guard the vast majority of 4s in today’s league and they’re probably both gonna make new much to bring one off the bench

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YedlisOP•

Keldon can come in at the 4 when necessary and so maybe our first rounders. If our first rounders can be Keldon/Vassel level in 3 years when keldon and vassel are 6 years in, I think that's really scary

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YedlisOP•

that's why I think if we stay patient and Hammer a philosophy and culture, we can maybe have a dynasty with the core guys we have now + Mo. Lavine would give us like 3 years of high expectations for the whole team, and we saw how expectations got us in the play in game. we gotta be patient

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paxusromanus811•

I definitely don't think Mo Bamba can't play full time at the four. If the idea is to try to sign him to and extremely discounted deal to be Jakob Turtles back up, as unlikely as that would be, I would be cool with it. Or if San Antonio plans on trading Jakob Mo Bamba would be a nice affordable cheap alternative. But I definitely don't think the two can coexist in large sample sizes

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[deleted]•

the front office could try calling his phone but the line is always gonna be busy

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YedlisOP•

gonna have to find Ali to make the connect

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Paras1k•

yeah hes a beast. he is a great 3 point shooter and elite rim protecter. they just dont play him cause they believe in wendell more

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YedlisOP•

personally I think the Magic & the Hawks are full of big men that would fit perfectly on the spurs, like top to bottom all their bigs

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Paras1k•

wendell would be a monster with poeltl

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YedlisOP•

first I was thinking trade for wendell or Onyeka Okongwu but Mo's right there for us in FA.. seems like only Orlando wants him rn tho which is strange to me

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MagicMer4042•

I feel like we all ready have our "roll the dice on a former lottery bust" big man in Zach collins, but if they do end up trading Jak this offseason, or if collins doesn't stick around then I think he'd be a solid pickup

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Bonesawisready5•

I mean for a low price why not

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bb1432•

Sure. But can you play him next to Jak? Does this involve trading Jak? Does this just mean a timeshare between them?

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YedlisOP•

Jack is the only true big man we have 😭 yall lowkey talking crazy saying to trade him, there's two big men literally everywhere else, and it's a glaring hole every time we play that there's never a true PF on the floor or, once jak goes off, there's no real big man to get blocks and protect the paint like yak does letting dudes run in against pretty much all size mismatches, zach collins is the same size as keldon and vassel damn near

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bb1432•

zach collins is the same size as keldon and vassel

Zach Collins is 7 feet tall. Keldon and Devin are 6'5".

This is not difficult information to look up.

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YedlisOP•

he's basically the same the way he plays, he isn't strong, and he's definitely not as intimidating as Mo Bamba waiting in the lane alongside Jakob Poetl, then looking to kick it out against small, quick DJ/Keldon/Vassel/Jones/Primo on the perimeter. Just sayin. why don't we make meaningful moves now. we wouldn't kill Mo's career, he'll have value once our contract would be up with him no doubt. Y'all talking trade Collins and Mcdermmot like THEY have any value, when really Mcdermott has been a great fit all year as the dude to hit a shot when we start wavering. always solid.

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bb1432•

I like Jak, but this roster is miles away from contention, and if he can bring a haul, it's worth trading him. Just like it was worth trading Derrick.

I have little use for McDermott, and think that if anyone is stupid enough to give up a real asset for him, we should pounce. He was absolutely abysmal on defense for us.

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tlpedroHometown Devin Brown•

Bring Texas Bamba back to Texas

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_captaincoolBala Pat•

I’m in just to bang that Bobby Schmurda track

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