With the December 21 contract extension deadline looming for players entering the last year of their rookie contracts, the Spurs hope to reach an agreement with guard Derrick White, according to Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News (Twitter link). Head coach Gregg Popovich commented on the situation. “He’s somebody we plan on for the future,” Popovich said.
McDonald adds in a separate tweet that the club could also wait for White to reach restricted free agency in the summer of 2021, and then opt to match any offer he may receive from another team.
The Spurs drafted White with the No. 29 pick out of the University of Colorado. Last season, the 6’4″ guard averaged 11.3 PPG, 3.5 APG, and 3.3 RPG across 58 games for San Antonio, all starts. He posted a stat line of .458/.366/.853.
Last season, San Antonio signed White’s backcourt mate, Dejounte Murray, to a four-year deal worth up to $70MM with incentives. White and Murray had similar outputs last season, and White could be in line for an extension in the range of Murray’s deal.
Spurs are better off using these two in trades then building around them. Murray is a defensive point guard that can’t score well, and White is a all round nice player but nothing special.
I’d be looking at getting a high draft pick in this years draft which is suppose to have some amazing talent at the top of it.
But that begs the question as to why anyone high, or expected to be high, in the lottery would be looking to trade down this year? I know I wouldn’t be unless the return was great, and I don’t think either player would qualify as a big difference-maker.
That being said, I would consider trading both of them in the right circumstances, particularly Murray who I don’t see as a starter as of right now. Of course, that very much depends on his stock around the league. White could certainly have more trade value.
^ Don’t disagree. Seems like one of the two should be traded for a different position of need. Spurs will have a similar scenario at SG in the near future with Walker and Johnson.
Their loss today in Houston wasn’t as close as the final score would indicate. The Spurs lost by 22 points, after being down by 34 points late in the third quarter.
Pop’s team could have lost by way more. Houston emptied their bench at the start of the fourth quarter, even though San Antonio left in some of their starters. Plus Wall and Cousins both sat this one out after playing in the first 3 preseason games. Christian Wood was amazing in his debut, watch out for him this season.
Dude this was an exhibition game, it ain’t matter like at all!
Even if HOU wins by a 100 points or a player scores a 100 points it ain’t mattering at all!
Can’t believe guys pay attention to the preseason at all!
I don’t think we should be paying too much attention to the guy who changed his name from Harden/Westbrook after that failure, and who is now completely oblivious to the fact that Harden has one foot out of the door already.
Or are we going to see Simmons, Wall and Wood next? Maybe Levert, Wall, Wood and Allen? The possibilities are endless!
The Spurs absolutely need to extend White, considering he’s clearly their best player at the moment. A Murray-type deal would be fine, although that hasn’t worked out quite as well as hoped with him. White is no Murray, however.
Going to be interesting to see what the Spurs do with all of their expected cap space this summer given the fact that big name FAs rarely come to San Antonio. If I were them, I would be looking to bring back some bad contracts during the season in order to stock up on future assets.
Yet spurs still has a man crush on both Derozen & Aldridge… All their doing is taking minutes from the younger guys. Demar & Lamarcus are all-star caliber still, but won’t take you to the finals as #1 and #2 options respectively…
Spurs badly need to move on from Patty Mills, and could use a big…They could also use their guards staying healthy
Spurs just have to move on from thinking about the playoffs and play the younger guys. Trade Demar and Aldridge for picks. Pop should’ve retired when Duncan did. These kids need a new voice