When the Spurs moved Dejounte Murray, it was fair to wonder if other players with experience who didn’t fit the new timeline were going to be traded away as well. Jakob Poeltl, Josh Richardson and Doug McDermott all could have been flipped for assets and no one would have been surprised.
All three are still on the Spurs’ roster, at least for now, and that seems to have been the right decision, as they have been helping the young players progress early in the season. The question now is if it makes sense to continue to hold on to them for the rest of the year, especially if the losses start to pile up.