As of Friday, 80 additional players can be included in trades. These are almost all of the players signed during free agency, and for GMs, it really opens the start of the transfer period. Friday, after the Spurs' victory against the Lakers, a journalist asked Gregg Popovich if he planned to be active on the transfer market, the deadline for which is February 8.
“No, I doubt it” replied the Spurs coach. “Why would we do that? We get one or two veterans back, and we win a title this year? I will think about it… “
Irony aside, a colleague pointed out to him that the squad has only one playmaker, Tre Jones, and Popovich recognizes that the arrival of a playmaker remains possible. But on one condition: that it be integrated into the reconstruction project.
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“We focus on individual development and team concepts,” Popovich replied. “But if there is a trade that makes sense both immediately and long term, of course we will look at it. GM Brian Wright and his guys are probably already studying it.”
