If the Spurs can get Naz Reid to opt out and sign in San Antonio, that seems like the best option, although a trade for a different star might be easier to pull off. In a mock trade proposed by Bleacher Report's Greg Swartz, the Spurs would send Keldon Johnson to the Detroit Pistons for center Isaiah Stewart.

The offense had its best spurt of the game, but they finished the period permitting the Hornets to shoot 72 percent from the field. Then some of the positives on offense carried over into the fourth,