- [Animated Voice] A.M. Hoops.
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- [Casey] DeMar DeRozan could be the next
big NBA star to be traded.
The Ringer reported that
Orlando has expressed interest
in getting DeRozan from the Spurs,
and there is reason to
believe that DeRozan
and the Spurs may not last.
Both Orlando and San Antonio
season have not started
off well they both look like
they're not on their way
to the playoffs but
instead to the lottery.
And there is a trade to
be had that would benefit
both teams, both teams want
to go back to the playoffs.
Orlando made it last year for
the first time in a long time,
and the Spurs when they had
Kawhi Leonard could have
torn the whole thing down but instead
they did accept DeRozan because
they want to be a playoff
team year in and year out.
If they missed it this year
it'll be the first time
in 23 years, so there is a
trade out there that could
be beneficial to both teams
and we're gonna talk about
all the different
scenarios to make the Spurs
and the Magic better.
Hey I'm Casey Kiernan of A.M. Hoops.
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So DeRozan got to San Antonio in a trade.
A very emotional trade
involving the Toronto Raptors.
DeRozan did not want to be
traded, he was taken away
from a franchise he
thought he was gonna spend
his entire career with
and one of his best friends in Kyle Lowry.
However, he got to San Antonio
and actually played well
but the Spurs were bounced
in the first round of the playoffs.
As for the Raptors, they got
Kawhi Leonard as a rental
but they also got a championship
and Kawhi won finals MVP.
Yeah I think they'll take that.
At the time the Spurs took
DeRozan instead of trading
with the Lakers.
In that trade they could
have gotten Lonzo Ball,
maybe Kyle Kuzma, definitely
Josh Hart, Moe Wagner
and like four first round
and second round picks.
Oh what could have been.
Instead they got DeMar DeRozan
and although he played well
last year like I said bounced
in the first round of the
playoffs and this year it looks like
they might be lottery bound.
Now the key to all of this
is that DeMar DeRozan has
a player option for 27.7 million bucks
at the end of this year.
That's a ton of money but, he
could opt out and he probably
should opt out because the
2020 Free Agent class is super
thin and he's likely to get a max offer.
That max offer doesn't look
like it's coming from the Spurs
because The Athletic reported
that they are far apart
in talks so if the Spurs
don't trade DeMar DeRozan,
he could walk for nothing
and a team like the Spurs
not a free agent destination
can not afford to lose
a player like DeRozan
for absolutely nothing.
Orlando could be that team
that's gonna offer him the big
money and they would want
some assurance that DeRozan
will re-sign there if
they're gonna give up a lot
but the fact that they
are interested in DeRozan
maybe means they think he would be
willing to re-sign in Orlando.
The offense isn't necessarily
the problem in San Antonio.
They were seventh in offense last year.
Seventh in offense this year.
On the defensive end is
where they have issues.
In fact at the time of the
DeRozan report their last
four opponents had shot above 50 percent.
Also for the Spurs, DeMar
DeRozan is super talented but
the minutes that he's getting
is creating a log jam of
young talent behind
him in that back court.
Players like Dejounte Murray,
Bryn Forbes, Derrick White.
I mean Lonnie Walker's
hardly getting any minutes
and Spurs fans were super
excited to see what they would
get from him, he averaged
30 points per game
in the summer league.
And for the Orlando side,
their defense isn't necessarily
the problem, it's their offense.
It's literally the worst or
second worst in the league
depending on the metric that you choose.
Either way you cut it
they're one of two teams
that average under 100 points per game.
Kinda hard to do in the 2019 NBA.
When you look at the fib
for Orlando it works.
DeRozan loves to shoot in the mid-range.
And Orlando would let DeMar
DeRozan be DeMar DeRozan.
They were third in the number
of mid-range shots taken.
Plus he'd be a big upgrade
in terms of who they have
to be their playmaker,
currently it's Evan Fornier
or DJ Agustin.
DeMar DeRozan obviously head
and shoulders above those guys
and he works in the pick it
world with Nikola Vucevic.
All right so let's take a look
at the trades that at least
one of the sides would
absolutely say no to.
And the first one here
involves a straight up swap,
Nikola Vucevic for DeMar DeRozan.
Now this one couldn't be
done until later in the year
because Vuc just signed that
hundred million dollar deal.
But the money certainly works.
Orlando says no to it because
he may be their best player
on offense as of now and
clearly they don't think that
Mo Bamba is ready to start.
Otherwise they wouldn't have
given Vuc that extension
and that big money.
And for the Spurs side of
things, not so sure they would
want Nikola Vucevic paired
with LaMarcus Aldridge
that just kind of seems like a weird fit.
The second thing that the
Orlando Magic would definitely
say no to, is anything
involving Jonathan Isaac.
Isaac may be their best player right now,
he's definitely their best young player.
He's a good developing big man on offense
and we know how good he is defensively.
He had six blocks in a game this year.
I think Orlando hangs up
the phone before R.C. Buford
could even get the words
Jonathon Isaac out of his mouth.
Now I think the Spurs would
say no to anything involving
Mark Calfolds I know that's
one thing that a lot of
people had thrown out there
on Twitter and elsewhere
but the fact that the Spurs
already have that young talent
in the back court just doesn't make sense.
Plus Folds kind of a poor
man's Dejounte Murray anyway.
All right so one of the
trades that potentially
both sides would say yes to.
Trade number one, Aaron
Gordon and DJ Augustin for
DeMar DeRozan, now as soon
as I say Aaron Gordon,
Orlando thinks about hanging
up the phone but I think
this is one that they
could be talked into.
Why, because Aaron Gordon
is still sort of a project.
The feeling is around the
league that despite being
in the league for so many years,
he has not hit his ceiling.
Will he ever hit his ceiling?
That may be in the back of the minds
of the Orlando Magic front office.
For the Spurs, he's just 24 years old,
he's a 34 and a half million
over the next two seasons
which is affordable and he is
a good fit at power forward
with their younger talented
players in the back court.
Also, he takes enough three
pointers to space out the floor.
He doesn't make a ton of 'um
but he takes enough to make
the defense respect that
and he would open up spacing
for the likes of Dejounte Murray.
Trade number two.
Mo Bamba, Evan Fournier
and a first round pick
for DeMar DeRozan.
Mo Bamba shoots threes
and he's good on defense
and we already know how badly
the Spurs need D right now.
Again, this is a guy that's
looked at as a project
and clearly the Magic believe
more in Nikola Vucevic
as their present and their
near term future otherwise
they wouldn't have given him that deal.
Maybe the former number
six overall pick can unlock
all of that potential by
returning to the lone star state
where he went to college
and joining the San
Antonio Spurs organization.
Evan Fournier makes the salary
work, he returns a veteran
presence in the back court
since you have one leading
in DeMar DeRozan and that
salary is coming off the books
at the end of this year.
Trade number three, Aaron
Gordon again this time
Al-Farouq Aminu was thrown in.
We already talked about Aaron
Gordon, why that makes sense
though would take some convincing.
But, Al-Farouq Aminu works on defense.
It's part of the reason that
the Portland Trail Blazers
are hurting right now because
they lost Moe Harkless,
Al-Farouq Aminu now they
don't have their defensive
identity, CJ and Dame are
having to do all sorts of work
along with their offensive
work but that's another video.
Al-Farouq Aminu would fit perfectly
into the Spurs defensive system.
Now the first round picks
speak for themselves in this,
it's part of the rebuilding
that the Spurs clearly need
to do whether they want to or not.
Whether the Magic would
part with those picks,
we don't know but clearly
the Spurs would ask for them
and then Magic own their future
first and second round picks.
Look the bottom line in all
of this is that 40% of the
league was a free agent last
summer, Orlando and San Antonio
were not involved in any
of the big free agent moves
and it looks like they
may have been left behind
and maybe bound for the lottery
if they don't do something.
Now for the Spurs side of
things we never know what
R.C. Buford or Gregg Popovich is gonna do
so it makes it hard to project.
But the fact that the
Orlando Magic are definitely
interested in DeMar DeRozan
means that a trade could be in the making.
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