Spurs and LMA engaged in contract extension talks

[NASpurs]

???

https://www.basketball-reference.com...705010SAS.html

The game the Spurs got skull- ed?

I could counter that one with this one:

https://www.basketball-reference.com...705110HOU.html

[Chinook]

That is a useless statement. We don't know the sun will rise tomorrow, but we can make a pretty educated guess.

The sun has risen literally a trillion times. That's an incomprehensibly large sample size. LMA has signed only one contract with SA, and everyone is heading into uncertainty. We don't know.

Based on the cap situation of nearly every nba team over the next 2 to 3 years, which is not very hard to determine, the market for the specific services offered by LMA is very small. The market is certainly not going to pay $20 million plus for those services.

This is getting overstated. There are a number of teams with cap space. It just so happens that most good teams don't have it. Phoenix, Utah, Brooklyn, probably Milwaukee, Atlanta, LAL. A lot of teams will have space and nothing better to spend it on that a guy who can give you good points as a first option.

[itzsoweezee]

Aldridge should easily pull that kind of money.

What team has the kind of cap space to pay him that much?

[baseline bum]

The game the Spurs got skull- ed?

I could counter that one with this one:

https://www.basketball-reference.com...705110HOU.html

He is feast or famine. Pretty much his story against every other team.

[itzsoweezee]

The sun has risen literally a trillion times. That's an incomprehensibly large sample size. LMA has signed only one contract with SA, and everyone is heading into uncertainty. We don't know.



This is getting overstated. There are a number of teams with cap space. It just so happens that most good teams don't have it. Phoenix, Utah, Brooklyn, probably Milwaukee, Atlanta, LAL. A lot of teams will have space and nothing better to spend it on that a guy who can give you good points as a first option.

If you think Phoenix, Utah, Brooklyn, probably Milwaukee, Atlanta, LAL are going to give LMA $20+ million pet year, you are a moron.

[NASpurs]

He is feast or famine. Pretty much his story against every other team.

I guess but he owned the Rockets pretty bad even back in his Portland days. He has a history against them which was the point of my post.

I don't even know why I'm defending Aldridge btw, I don't like him.

[sasaint]

wonder what leonard thoughts are on this

Hard to imagine that Kawhi wasn't in the loop. He must approve...?

[Killakobe81]

Paying all that money for a playoff choker is bad business. LMA is soft as and who's to say he won't whine or sulk again to the detriment of the team?

Kawhi is 100% going to bolt, in this league you need a big 3 and the Spurs have a big one and a half at best.

agree with all this except Kiwi will definitely bolt ...
but LmA for 3 years better than him for 4 ...
maybe to knockoff the extra year on back end its worth it if his preseason isnt fool's gold.

[baseline bum]

What team has the kind of cap space to pay him that much?

Utah, Orlando, Indiana, Phoenix, Dallas, Sacramento, LA2, Chicago, and Philly will all have enough capspace to sign him to that kind of deal in the summer if he opts out, so the Spurs aren't going to be able to extend him by lowballing.

[Chinook]

If you think Phoenix, Utah, Brooklyn, probably Milwaukee, Atlanta, LAL are going to give LMA $20+ million pet year, you are a moron.

[BillMc]

Maybe Kawhi's hurt more than we know, and the team knows it needs LMA completely zen to weather the storm.

God, I hope that's not a real possibility.

[loveforthegame]

[rjv]

God, I hope that's not a real possibility.

there is no substantial reason to think that from all that i have seen and read.

[Kool Bob Love]

Why? Is this the team the Spurs want for the future? Why waste Kawhi's prime like this?

At least LMA plays. ing weak ass Kawhi can't even get on the court without his pussy hurting.

[apalisoc_9]

Goodbye Kawhi.

[SAGirl]

I am thinking Chinook is ready for some run of the mill Zach Lowe humiliation.
I'd welcome him being resigned personally. At this rate, Spurs were at risk of losing him with nothing to show for it next season.
If they resigned Mills and Pau... resigning Lamarcus is a no brainer.

That billboard now comes into context for everyone right?

[BillMc]

Went from trying to trade him on draft night to trying to extend him on the eve of the season. What a difference a few months (and one sit down with Pop) make.

[SAGirl]

Could mean a lot, actually. He has to opt out to be extended, so next year could be significantly cheaper.

I don't understand what you mean here.

[BillMc]

That billboard now comes into context for everyone right?

Another piece in the puzzle.

[RD2191]

Awesome, this is the same guy that admitted he pretty much quit on the Spurs, right?

[baseline bum]

Another piece in the puzzle.

Presti playing chess while Buford plays with his poop

[TheGreatYacht]

Hope Kawhi wins multiple championships somewhere else.

Poop knows he's retiring soon, so at least he has an excuse to not giving a .... but Drunkford? This got virgin is ing over this team with ty contracts and trash youth.

[Chinook]

I don't understand what you mean here.

BillMc

Apparently I was wrong, because you can extend four-year deals after two years now. It didn't used to be the case. And you can extend for four years now, when before you could only go three.

[cjw]

You're a fool for using examples of guys who signed years ago. No one is giving those guys money in the next couple of years, especially when cap space will be almost non-existent.

Ibaka, Millsap, Blake were all last offseason. The others were the season prior after the cap jump, some of whom got extensions that kicked in big this year.

Aldridge is worth that kind of money (low 20s). But if he's in the high 20s... And I'm not a PATFO apologist - thought the Gasol deal was wretched.

[BillMc]

BillMc

Apparently I was wrong, because you can extend four-year deals after two years now. It didn't used to be the case. And you can extend for four years now, when before you could only go three.

Thanks for the clarification. Good to have the resident cap/contract expert on ST to keep it all straight.