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utah tried kessler + lauri and it didnt really work. maybe houston can do things differently with them? i dno...
Would be a lot better talent around them?
I agree, Kessler is a much better backup C option... but just trying to think of ways Houston could get involved... I just have a sneaking su ion.
I think with Wemby and Lauri we would have the best frontcourt in all the nba!
For the Lauri-Stan’s, just be patient. Teams called Ainge’s bluff and he’s recalibrating. They want to see if Ainge extends him in August, and gather more info then.
Better to trade for a cost controlled player, etc.
The Spurs’ summer offer will still be there in February, or whenever he can be moved after extending. They will be in as good a position to make a compe ive offer as the next team.
I have not kept up with Kessler since college. How is his NBA game?
He was coming off the bench for a crap Jazz team which is worrisome
blocked a ton of shots as a rookie and looked promising, even though his impact stats werent great. wasnt much better as a sop re and dealt with some injuries.
Wasn't it a crap Jazz team trying to be crap, though?
BTW, I did see a stat that said he was 2nd in blocks per 100 possessions, behind only Wemby. He had decent scoring and rebounding numbers, too. However, he is strictly low post and he is a horrible free throw shooter.
You got it!
With newly added Chris Paul, Barnes, plus Lauri, We will have a solid starting lineup and solid bench. I don't see any team we cannot beat. We will be a serious contender.
So, I still believe Lauri will be a spur before training camp.
I think the odds of getting Lauri are relatively high rn. I don't wanna get my hopes to high, but it's getting harder not to..
If Jazz can do this simple math, then Lauri should be a spur before training camp.
Also, it just feels like an Ainge thing to give it to a team just on the rise to create even more compe ion at the top rather than give it to a monster team like Okc. Plus as I think someone mentioned before, it would get rid of a potential lottery draft compe or!
I think that’s the issue. They couldn’t keep him on the floor despite the good defensive numbers.
I'd love Markennen as much as the next guy, but overpaying for a (potential) rental is the kind of swing-for-the-fences move the Spurs can stand to avoid right now.
3 FRPs and salary-filler (i.e. KJ) seems fair. If the Jazz balk, the Spurs walk. The Jazz are going into tank mode anyways so they don't have a lot of leverage in trying to unload a guy who single-handedly takes them out of the Flagg sweepstakes.
he's not going to be a rental. he's about to get himself paid and he gets paid the most by re-signing with wherever he lands, just like siakam did.
If he’s not extended, you have to consider him a rental for purposes of draft pick payment.
Yeah. You don’t throw 5 FRPs at someone not signed beyond this season. He walks, you’re ed for half a decade.
he's not going to walk. he's in line for his first monster contract. if you offer him the max he's taking it. if your concern is he isnt worth the max, thats a separate story
Yep. OG and Siakam re-signings were just formalities. They were acquired with assurances that they'd be maxed, and they were. No one is making that trade without the verbal agreement in place.
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marcus morris wasnt signing for the max
I know, but is a glaring example of when "verbal agreements" go wrong and, in particular, one that ed over the Spurs
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