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Lee will more than likely opt in for next year.
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Lee will more than likely opt in for next year.
I believe so too.
Don't really think that they would renounce Randolph, Green, and Allen just to get Pau.
Maybe Randolph, but the cap holds in Green and Allen take them over the cap I think
Expected after a stinker of playoffs.
Randolph is the biggest hold. They'd have to renounce him & VC. Greens hold is barely anything. I can see them valuing Pau over Randolph. As for VC, If he wants to stay, he can pull a Manu and agree to get renounced but have a handshake deal under the table to re-sign after the fact.
Anyway, regardless Spurs won't have problems dumping Pau, if Spurs get a free agent they want, they'll be able to move Pau's 1 year deal pretty easily.
Great idea.
If the Spurs target another PF/C, that player needs to be a good passer.
1. Trade Aldridge to Boston for Avery Bradley. Makes sense for both teams. Celtics get a starting PF that isn't Amir Johnson and Gerald Green, make playing time room for Fultz, and get something in return for their guard on an expiring contract. Spurs free up around $10M and get a perfect fit for us.
2. Trade Danny Green for a 1st round pick to free up his $10M due for next season.
3. Get Manu's huge cap hold out of the way. Sign him for the vet min or get rid of him. Doesn't matter
4. Max out CP3.
Spurs go into next year with a Starting lineup consisting of Gasol, Anderson, Leonard, Bradley, and CP3. On paper that lineup matches great defensively against Golden state, which should be the only objective from now on. Going into the 2018 offseason with Parker and Gasol's combined $30M off the books is a win as well.
MaNu4Tres Cavs have no answer for Boston's Horford/Brown/Bradley/Smart/Rozier lineup (1C, 3G's, 1PG)
That's the way you have to go to beat the best teams.
That's why last offseason I was so against Gasol. I wanted Harkless and to go small w/ LA - Harkless - Kawhi - Green. Hopefully Spurs can smell the roses and transition this summer.
Really you dont even need a center. Especially out west. Spurs lineup should have been, murray manu, green/simmons, anderson, bertans. Guys who can pass, run, shoot three, and play defense.
Some tweeks:
1. Trade LMA to PHX for Bender, Dudley's contract, picks #32 and 54. Shave 6 million and get a young big on Kawhi/Murrays timeline for future.
2. Trade Danny to ATL for Dunlevy's expiring deal (team option) and #19. Shave 10 million after not picking up Dunleveys deal.
3. Have Pau opt out and resign for 30/3yrs , with deal starting at 9M. Shave another 7 million while keeping starting Center.
4. Deal with Manu cap hold
5. Use 19, 29, 32 to find wing help in draft or via trade to replace Danny.
6. Max out Paul
Run with:
CP3/Hobbled TP/Pick
Murray/Pick/Forbes
Leonard/Hanga/Dudley
Bender/Bertans/Kyle
Gasol/Mulitinov
San Antonio Spurs a threat to take Gordon Hayward from Utah Jazz?
http://purpleandblues.com/2017/05/23...ard-utah-jazz/
Just little beads of sweat from Fans thinking about Hayward going to the Spurs.
Since PHX is so under the Cap, can they just essentially take LMA into space?
If so, three way deal:
Utah S&T Hayword to Spurs
Spurs trade LMA to PHX
PHX sends 32 and Spurs 29 to Jazz for their troubles (they would have netted nothing had Hayword just walked)
Hayword and Leonard together would be awesome to go with Murray. Better than adding CP3 for 5 years I think.
I would think we could get bender out of that exchange as well. From phx's perspective they give up bender and a late pick for Aldridge. ...not bad for them..
Man that would be so awesome, you could get away with playing Leonard at the 4 because that's today's NBA (or trade DG if you want to go conventional I guess).
Murray
Green
Hayward
Leonard
*whoever*
and all of them except DG under 30.
How did Hayward play against the Warriors? What were his stats?
1- Jrue Holiday
2- Green
3 - Kawhi
4- Kyle
5- LA
1- Murray/ Forbes/ TP***?
2- Hanga / Diallo ( Buy early 2nd - ATX Spurs)
3- Simmons/ Sefolosha ( vet min)
4- Bertans/ Lee
5- Jordan Bell ( 29th pick)/ Withey/ Militunov?***
TP has trouble coming back/ retires
Pau is salary dumped
Patty signs in NY or Philly
Dedmon signs elsewhere
1- Murray
2- Green
3 - Hayward
4- Kawhi
5- LA
1- Simmons/ Mack/ TP??**
2- Hanga/Forbes
3- Bertans/ Sefolosha
4- Kyle / Lee
5- Jordan Bell ( 29th pick)/ Withey
TP has trouble coming back/ retires
Pau is salary dumped
Patty signs in NY or Philly
Dedmon signs elsewhere
Pro tip: if you have Kyle as a starter or sixth man your plan sucks. He's just not quick enough in today's NBA to matter in the postseason.
Good to know. Great takes as always.
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If the Spurs are half as good at drafting talent as the legend says, then losing this year's first round pick is a freaking disaster. Paying Pau for a year is a one-year inconvenience. What FA could they love that much, who has a legit chance of coming here? CP3, D-Wade, Hayward? Maybe. But that's pretty much the short list. Anyone else either isn't coming here, or isn't worth giving up Pau plus the first round pick.
You and I disagreed about rebuilding this past season. We'll never know, because of Tony and Kawhi both getting injured. But now, mortgaging the future to try and to a rebuild-in-place with this many holes and this many bad contracts? It's just not smart. It's a matter of "wasting" one year of Kawhi's prime vs. wasting multiple years.
The only exception to that I can see is if one or two vets decide to take a Spurs-friendly deal to allow them to fill out the roster. There's no way of planning for something like that to happen.
Fathead starter.
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