Kevin Love intersted in playing for the Spurs

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Originally Posted by Prime Time

I agree. I'm not sure if it's San Antonio being a shitty market, or if it's players being too chicken shit to play for Pop.

I actually feel it's the latter. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure Spurs had no issues signing Free-Agents before. Sure they were never big-names, but they attracted more than Jeff Ayres and TJ Ford.

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I actually have thought about that, and I think the pressure of playing for the Spurs does put a lot of players off as a lot of them are straight pussies and are not willing to go all out and put it all on the line. A lot of them don't want their games to be criticized either, and Pop will do that if they are performing poorly or need to work on certain areas of their games.

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Originally Posted by Mel_13

Most free agents haven't considered the Spurs because they haven't had more than the MLE to offer since 2003. Now that was an organization decision to not create cap space, but it's not like players are turning down max money from the Spurs.

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I see what you're saying and I agree to a certain extent. Sure, we haven't have max money to use since probably 2003, but other teams like Miami, LA, Boston and most recently the Clippers have been able to get players to take pay cuts to sign with them. They're the kind of free agent signings that I'm mainly thinking about. The Spurs have only been able to do that once in 2006, apart from then, most have turned us down from those Championship discounts other teams seem to get.

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Originally Posted by Ice009

I disagree, sure we haven't have max money, but other teams like Miami, LA and Boston have been able to get players to take pay cuts to sign with them. The Spurs have only been able to do that once in 2006, apart from then, most have turned us down from those Championship discounts other teams seem to get.

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We do disagree.

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Originally Posted by ViceCity84

Wait and Hope for Anthony Davis.

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I wouldn't mind this one little bit. He could be our Serge Ibaka with handles.

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Originally Posted by Mel_13

We do disagree.

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I edited my post. So who have the Spurs gotten to take a Championship level team type discount apart from Finley and Van Exel?

Those other teams I've mentioned have been able to attract a lot more of those types of players than the Spurs for cheaper salaries than they could have gotten on a lower level team.

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Originally Posted by Ice009

I edited my post. So who have the Spurs gotten to take a Championship level team type discount apart from Finley and Van Exel?

Those other teams I've mentioned have been able to attract a lot more of those types of players than the Spurs for cheaper salaries than they could have gotten on a lower level team.

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First off, I was referring to big money free agents and why they haven't signed with the Spurs, not the discounted, below MLE vets that you cite.

Second, those sort of players (Allen, Battier, Granger, Butler, etc) went elsewhere because they believed that those teams gave them a better chance at a ring than the Spurs, not because they didn't like San Antonio.

Third, I'll take the FAs that the Spurs have signed since 2011 (Green, Diaw, and Mills) over that bunch anyway.

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Originally Posted by jag

If by "everyone" you mean washed up vets like Paul Pierce, Birdman, Delonte West and Beno Udrih... Then yeah, everyone would flood to SA for a shot at a ring.

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:lol Yeah, but I think those washed up guys could do a lot of damage under our system with limited minutes.

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Originally Posted by jARS mEsH sEt

No one wants to live in San Antonio :lmao

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i don't think any spurs fan wants that no defense playing bitch

I'm watching ESPN now and they're saying Love and Kevin Martin to the Warriors for Klay Thompson and David Lee. Sounds like a great deal for the Warriors.

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Originally Posted by phxspurfan

I'm watching ESPN now and they're saying Love and Kevin Martin to the Warriors for Klay Thompson and David Lee. Sounds like a great deal for the Warriors.

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Not really gonna solve their defensive issues. Love seems to be just a better version of David Lee and there's still no gaurantee the Bogut will remain healthy.

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Originally Posted by phxspurfan

I'm watching ESPN now and they're saying Love and Kevin Martin to the Warriors for Klay Thompson and David Lee. Sounds like a great deal for the Warriors.

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Not really gonna solve their defensive issues. Love seems to be just a better version of David Lee and there's still no gaurantee the Bogut will remain healthy.

Pipe dream. /Thread.

Matt Bonner 2.0

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Originally Posted by Beaverfuzz

No thank you to Kevin, unless he's taking Duncan's spot...as in Duncan retires.

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That could be the case obviously. Duncan could be playing his last season next year.

Love seems to have a little too much of a sense of entitlement to me.

I have a lot of friends in Minnesota through work and they deserve better than what they have had to put up with. Love and Garnett seem like jerks to me.....Me-centric type guys.

Kevin Love fucking sucks screw him

Kevin Love is a one way player. His defense sucks ass and will be exploited in the playoffs.

He will get traded first IMHO.
Minn. cannot afford to let him just walk away, they have to trade him and something valuable in return.
The Spurs won't break up this team for Love IMHO.
If by some miracle he doesn't get traded and comes here after next year in free agency, they cannot lose Tiago a defensive minded C. In fact they cannot lose Diaw, Leonard, Green, TP either, or their defense will struggle.
Defense wins championships.

Just like Tim said he hates Lebron and Miami.

Kevin was saying he wants to win the ring, and jokingly said he could hop aboard the Spurs roster and be there in an instant. He doesn't want to play for the Spurs.

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Originally Posted by xmas1997

He will get traded first IMHO.
Minn. cannot afford to let him just walk away, they have to trade him and something valuable in return.
The Spurs won't break up this team for Love IMHO.
If by some miracle he doesn't get traded and comes here after next year in free agency, they cannot lose Tiago a defensive minded C. In fact they cannot lose Diaw, Leonard, Green, TP either, or their defense will struggle.
Defense wins championships.

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His salary is something in return. If he's getting paid what he's worth, why transfer that to some poser who's just a trade piece you have to pay for? I'd free up cap space and look for better options than just some other team's "you ain't gotta go home but you can't stay here" trash.

Pray Embiid falls to #30 is all we can do. Tbh

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Originally Posted by Harry Callahan

Love seems to have a little too much of a sense of entitlement to me.

I have a lot of friends in Minnesota through work and they deserve better than what they have had to put up with. Love and Garnett seem like jerks to me.....Me-centric type guys.

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I'm not a KG fan at all, especially considering I'm a Spurs/Timmy fan. But KG played 12 years for the Wolves and his desire of leaving was only showed in his last couple years in Minnesota. Love only played 6 years there, with the first two year coming as a reserve -- hence in no place to complain -- and almost another full season of not playing. IIRC, he started complaining after his first 20/10 season.

Plus, KG just could not bring the Wolves to the elite level like the Spurs and Lakers, while Love has never been to playoffs. What has he done for the team other than putting up fancy numbers?