I’m not a huge Castle fan tbh
Spurs got Fox super cheap; it was an obvious trade to make for their 2027 first, the Chicago protected first, the 20131 Minnesota first, a couple of seconds, and a salary they desperately wanted to dump in Collins (as well as a now redundant Tre Jones). Not bad to get a top 35 player at age 27 for half of what the Knicks paid for Bridges because Fox and Klutch forced their way to San Antonio. Maybe you get your wish with how much Castle and Harper are struggling though. You get Giannis and you lose both of them eventually anyways since you're paying 95% of the cap to Giannis, Wemby, and Fox, so the Spurs can make a Giannis offer no one else can come close to. I personally see enormous downside to paying an aging and injury prone star 35% of the cap even if he's having a monster season right now and anticipate that he ages more like DRob or Shaq than Duncan. And especially bad if he still wants to be paid like Kobe.
I’m not complaining about getting Fox. It was a great trade for us. I really like him and having a veteran PG who is still in his prime is a huge gain for us as a team.
Well you might get your wish, sounds like the Bucks aren't going to be able to hold onto Giannis with the way he's flipping out on the team right now. But I have to imagine they'll hold out for Harper + Vassell + picks, with Sochan there for salary matching. Maybe you could switch Vassell out to Barnes and Carter Bryant plus another unprotected first or two but in that case Vassell would have to be salary dumped in 2027 years when Victor signs an extension. A Giannis trade puts the Spurs in a bad cap crunch in 2027 with their picks gone, though maybe they'd get a couple back salary dumping Castle for 2028 (an also necessary move after trading for Giannis). Gonna be hard to put a winning team around Victor / Giannis / Fox with only around ~30% of the cap to fill roster spots 4-12 and avoid the aprons, as first apron is 126.7% of the cap and the big three costs a little more than 95% of the cap since they're getting 8% raises yearly while the cap goes up 7% yearly.
Not asking because I think there is a remote chance of this happening... but just out of curiosity...
God damn, that team would win this year and next before imploding tbh.
I don’t think he would ever fake an injury. He’s way too prideful and competitive. I have said before he is injury prone. Those legs are getting worn down. So many years of physical play combined with not taking summers off playing for Greece.
It definitely does because it keeps happening, and if you look at his history over the last several years, he is breaking down. He is on that injury report even when he plays. Constantly questionable with some sort of leg issue.
