Rebuild-era Trades: How they impact the Spurs today and going forward

Since Kawhi Leonard and Tony Parker left and Manu Ginobili retired in the summer of 2018, ending the Spurs’ long era as a championship contender under the Big Three and preventing a Kawhi-led era (or at least ending a short one), there have been several mini-eras. They tried to start a new chapter led by LaMarcus Aldridge and DeMar DeRozan, but it never amounted to anything. After that, they entered a youth movement that quickly switched to rebuild mode through the 2024-25 season, with the major acquisitions that brought them back to title contention being the drafting of Victor Wembanyama, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper and trade for De’Aaron Fox.

However, there were several other transactions in there that also got them where they are today, some of which still have draft payoff in the future, and that will be huge when the Spurs have to start minding the cap as soon as next offseason. With that in mind, I thought we would go over all the trades of the of the Rebuild Era and see how they are paying off today and what assets the Spurs are still owed in the future, beginning with the trade of DeMar DeRozan in 2021 (which on its own is resolved but still has indirect future pay-off). But first, a few notes:

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Some trades included multiple other teams, but we’re just sticking to the transactions that involved the Spurs.

Names or assets in bold are either still pending or turned into meaningful players (of varying degrees) for the Spurs.

Trades that were simply salary dumps resulting in players waived or no draft capital that paid off anywhere else are not included. (For example: the Spurs sending their 2024 2nd round pick to Boston for Noah Vonleh, whom they immediately waived).

To save space, if the Spurs acquired a player and later traded him in a smaller trade with minor payoff, that smaller trade is listed under the initial acquisition. (Examples include Juancho Hernangomez and Josh Richardson.)

A trade status of resolved means it has nothing else to contribute going forward, and a status of pending means it can or will continue to provide for the Spurs in the future.

August 2021: DeMar DeRozan to the…

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