{"id":215845,"date":"2025-08-06T14:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/215845\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T14:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:40:11","slug":"after-losing-out-on-kevin-durant-nba-experts-give-verdict-on-san-antonio-spurs-appeal-for-free-agents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/215845\/","title":{"rendered":"After losing out on Kevin Durant, NBA experts give verdict on San Antonio Spurs appeal for free agents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The San Antonio Spurs were viewed as one of the top destinations to land Kevin Durant this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/phoenix-suns-ambitious-demand-to-san-antonio-spurs-for-kevin-durant-revealed-it-was-too-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Phoenix Suns made an ambitious demand<\/a> for the Slim Reaper, resulting in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/san-antonio-spurs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> backing out from the sweepstakes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/kevin-durant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kevin Durant<\/a> was ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/kevin-durant-trade-official-houston-rockets-and-phoenix-suns-agree-deal-full-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">traded to the Houston Rockets<\/a> as the Suns finally moved on from their failed Big 3 experiment.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"947\" height=\"627\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2199229708-947x627.jpg\" alt=\"San Antonio Spurs point guard De'Aaron Fox alongside center Victor Wembanyama vs Washington Wizards.\" class=\"wp-image-141363\" \/>Photo by G Fiume\/Getty ImagesBrian Windhorst says the San Antonio Spurs are an attractive free agent destination<\/p>\n<p>Even with missing out on Durant, the Spurs currently have one of the best young cores in the league, spearheaded by <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/victor-wembanyama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Victor Wembanyama<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Spurs have <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/stephon-castle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Stephon Castle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/dylan-harper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Dylan Harper<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/deaaron-fox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">De\u2019Aaron Fox<\/a>, who recently <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/imagine-the-pieces-draymond-green-reacts-to-notable-spurs-stars-concern-after-deaaron-foxs-229m-extension\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">signed a $229m extension with the team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the roster more or less being complete, ESPN insider <a href=\"https:\/\/nbaanalysis.net\/tag\/brian-windhorst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Brian Windhorst<\/a> believes that the Spurs will be an attractive free agent destination when the time comes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSan Antonio has more going for it than people want to give it credit for. It\u2019s very much a growing city. \u2026 The next superstar that becomes available will consider the Spurs,\u201d Windhorst said on The Hoop Collective.<\/p>\n<p>While Windhorst didn\u2019t say that the next superstar free agent would join the Spurs for sure, he pointed out that the organization would be in consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Tim MacMahon on Kevin Durant to San Antonio Spurs rumors<\/p>\n<p>Coming back to the KD to the Spurs rumors, Windhorst\u2019s co-host, Tim MacMahon, discussed the implications of them for future stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince they got Wemby, you\u2019ve been talking about it. San Antonio\u2019s going to be a destination for players. And they didn\u2019t engage in the KD bidding, but they were on Kevin Durant\u2019s list,\u201d MacMahon stated.<\/p>\n<p>Before the Spurs potentially land their next big superstar, the franchise has an important task for the 2025-26 NBA season.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s none other than clinching a playoff berth to further intrigue the interest of future superstar free agents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Antonio Spurs were viewed as one of the top destinations to land Kevin Durant this offseason.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215846,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[7,2949,938,6,969,474,4075,4074,534,693,574],"class_list":{"0":"post-215845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio-spurs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brian-windhorst","10":"tag-kevin-durant","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","14":"tag-sanantonio","15":"tag-sanantoniospurs","16":"tag-spurs","17":"tag-victor-wembanyama","18":"tag-western-conference"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114982343756631785","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}