Trade Radar · open rumor · Saturday, October 31 · 5 d ago

Southwest Notes: Kornet, K. Johnson, Sengun, Pelicans

via hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗

Luke Kornet was an overlooked part of the Spurs’ run to the NBA Finals last season, providing quality backup minutes behind Victor Wembanyama and starting 25 games. The veteran center has gotten off to a slow start this fall, prompting coach Mitch Johnson to come to his defense, Tom Orsborn of The San Antonio Express-News […]

Confidence

40%

Reporter starting tier	45	unattributed report
Corroboration	+0	nobody else has reported this yet
Age	−5	5 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25

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Who it involves

Victor Wembanyama

Spurs · F-C · 25.0 pts · 11.5 reb · 3.1 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $16.87M · next season $43.50M

Luke Kornet

Spurs · C-F · 6.5 pts · 6.1 reb · 1.9 ast

Cap hit 2026-27: $10.45M · next season $9.90M

New Orleans Pelicans

$196.6M · over the cap · 16 contracts · cap sheet

San Antonio Spurs

$196.1M · over the cap · 14 contracts · cap sheet

What would have to happen

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Victor Wembanyama → Pelicans

Send out at least $9.37M

The Pelicans are over the cap, so to take on $16.87M they need to send out $9.37M or more under the outgoing + $7.5M rule.

Luke Kornet → Pelicans

Send out at least $5.10M

The Pelicans are over the cap, so to take on $10.45M they need to send out $5.10M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.

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