Report: Trae Young, Josh Giddey had interest in joining the San Antonio Spurs via trade

Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young and former Oklahoma City wing Josh Giddey had interest in joining the San Antonio Spurs earlier this offseason via trade, according to recent reports. According to a recent article by Yahoo Sports’ Jake Fischer, both Young and Giddey had spent some time thinking about changing their team to a Texas-based one.

Per Fischer, “Trae Young — who had the Spurs on his wishlist of next teams, … if (he) had moved this summer —  (and) Josh Giddey … also held an interest in joining San Antonio,” though the former ultimately ended up staying with the Hawks, who moved former Spur Dejounte Murray instead.

Giddey, too, ended up elsewhere ultimately. He was sent to the Chicago Bulls in a deal that still ended up drawing in the Spurs to pick up veteran forward Harrison Barnes from the Sacramento Kings on the cheap instead in a multi-team deal.

And while Chris Paul may not be the Spurs’ floor general of the future, he will be a great bridge to it — and perhaps that point guard is already on the roster anyway in rookie Stephon Castle.

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