{"id":565756,"date":"2026-01-28T07:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/565756\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T07:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:04:13","slug":"report-spurs-jeremy-sochan-to-look-for-a-new-home-via-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/565756\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Spurs\u2019 Jeremy Sochan to look for a new home via trade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeremy Sochan might not be in San Antonio for much longer. The Spurs have granted his representation permission to talk to teams in the hopes of finding a landing spot for the young forward via trade, according to The SteinLine\u2019s Marc Stein($<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cLeague sources say that Jeremy Sochan and his representation have received permission from the Spurs to explore the landscape for a potential new home via trade,\u201d Stein wrote.<\/p>\n

The news, while unfortunate, is not exactly surprising. Sochan, who started 149 games and played an average of 27 minutes a game in his first three seasons in San Antonio, has had a small bench role this year. The No. 9 overall pick of the 2022 NBA Draft is posting career lows across the board in 13 minutes a night and has only suited up for 27 games despite being available for more. He wasn\u2019t inked to an extension over the summer despite being eligible and is slated to enter restricted free agency next offseason, so, understandably, he\u2019s looking for a new team that will allow him to showcase his talents in hopes of getting a lucrative second contract.<\/p>\n

Sochan seemed to be a part of the core during his first two years with the Spurs. He was drafted to be a defensive lynchpin and connective piece and delivered on both ends, looking like a potential perimeter stopper and showing a good floor game for a power forward. The problem from the start was his lack of range as a jump shooter, which made him an awkward fit in the current NBA. San Antonio tried to work around it as he rebuilt his shot by playing him as a lead ball handler and, later on, at center, but he started losing minutes late last season and has not been able to crack the rotation for Mitch Johnson in 2025\/26. He\u2019s currently shooting 26 percent from beyond the arc on limited attempts.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear what the market for Sochan would be. The Spurs traded their other two first-round picks from the 2022 draft, Malaki Branham and Blake Wesley, to the Wizards for Kelly Olynyk and a low-value second-round pick last summer, but Sochan should, in theory, yield a better return. His impending free agency, however, could be enough to dissuade a team from making a serious offer, since it\u2019s clear he should be available next offseason despite his restricted free agent status, as San Antonio seems ready to move on. Still, there might be some suitors interested in giving him a tryout while having his Bird rights, or he could be valuable as an expiring contract.<\/p>\n

Nothing appears imminent. The Knicks could be a potential destination in a move that would get the Spurs Guerschon Yabusele, according to Clutch Points\u2019 Brett Siegel<\/a>, but there hasn\u2019t been confirmation of New York\u2019s or San Antonio\u2019s interest in such a swap. It\u2019s also possible a trade doesn\u2019t materialize, and Sochan finishes the season with the team that drafted him. But it would not be surprising to see the forward wearing another jersey this season.<\/p>\n

Sochan is averaging 4.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, and one assist per game this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeremy Sochan might not be in San Antonio for much longer. The Spurs have granted his representation permission…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[7,6,969,474,4075,4074,534,2593],"class_list":{"0":"post-565756","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-nba","10":"tag-san-antonio","11":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","12":"tag-sanantonio","13":"tag-sanantoniospurs","14":"tag-spurs","15":"tag-spurs-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115971454878028762","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565756","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=565756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}