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Yes, Boris is just such an outstanding fit. I hope Boris takes less, like 7-8
OKC sent KD and Westbrook to talk to Pau.
Does SA ever sent their players to help make a pitch to free agents before?
Yes, Boris is just such an outstanding fit. I hope Boris takes less, like 7-8
You'd rather have 3 centers and 0 PFs?
Well, I think Pau can do a few things Boris can't but Boris has so much more X factor. I also would hate to see Pau go to a division rival. I thought Tim is 'best PF of all time' etc. I just hope Boris gets signed soon.
The thing is, if SA structures a deal as 2 years with an opt out in 2015, I think they could actually pay Gasol a decent contract next summer, not MAX, but maybe 9-10M. If Tim and Manu roll off as expected next summer, that's $17M, and Kawhi has a very low cap hold, about $4M, if they wait and don't extent him, but offer him a NEW contract next summer.
Pau is the better overall player but Boris is a much better fit with the current Spurs team and system. The Spurs have had a lot of trouble finding minutes for Duncan and Splitter together for a while now and the only reason why this has worked against certain teams is because Splitter is an elite PnR defender ( also they're both intelligent players with high IQ ). With a playoff rotation 3 of Duncan, Pau and Tiago OKC and Miami would destroy the Spurs playing small. Duncan hasn't been a PF for a good few years now.
While it's unlikely that Gasol goes to the Spurs, i do think Euro players respect the Spurs and Pop more than American players. The Spurs have a good rep for appreciating Euro talents and implementing them in a system rather than trying to make them play like American players. Problem is Gasol has to give up minutes, touches, and money and would be no more of a contender than if he played for Miami or OKC with more money and more of a role.
Offensively yes, but defensively Perk is a top 5 one-on-one defender in the post. Without him, OKC doesn't get past Memphis. Look at Duncan posting up Ibaka and Perk. That's tells you all you need to know whose the best one-on-one post defender on OKC is.
I think you'd get killed defensively if you had Duncan and Gasol on the floor together, both are Centers defensively at this point in their careers. So, is one exclusively backing up the other? If so, who gets the majority minutes? And then there's Splitter. How many minutes does he get and what are the rotation sets that make sense with him in them? And then there's Diaw. Unless we're saying Gasol/Diaw is an either/or discussion, you now have four legit bigs (three of them Centers) and 96 minutes to allocate.
I'm not saying Pop can't do it. And I even said if it's for the MLE you have to do it. I'm just saying it's not the best fit assuming the roster stays as it was constructed last year.
People sayin Pau wouldn't be a good fit are ing re ed..Spurs obviously think he'd fit in just fine....and they're thoughts are the only one that matters. Getting Gasol is a steal with the MLE. Spurs may not be going hard at him like other teams..but he'd fit fine.
So the up and let the FO do their job
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Pau can score on the block or the perimeter. He can pass. He'd fit great in the system and would protect us against any big getting injured. Yes, we'd lose some defense in small ball, but would destroy teams down low.
Being in same NT doesn't means they are friends or even like each other. Some spaniards are xenophobe and don't like black people who they call 'monkeys'.
Baynes is better than Perkins right now.
From all accounts, Spurs have the best locker rom atmosphere in the league. After sharing a locker room with Kobe, that may be reason enough to come. I still doubt he goes to SA, but if we didn't have Splitter, I'd bet he'd sign here.
After playing with Kobe, do you think Gasol wants to play with Westbrook?
If Gasol is willing to take the MLE and the Thunder only want to offer two years, the Spurs can easily trump that by going all the way to four years. If Duncan really does retire after this season, Gasol can slide right into the starting lineup beside Splitter.
This is Duncan's last year, so if the Spurs can figure out how to structure a contract with Pau Gasol covering center for the post-Duncan/post-Manu years, then I'm sure he'll be interested.
As I recall, when POP convinced Finley to come to the Spurs, reports back then where saying POP walked in, said o and put the rings and the championship DVD on the table in front of Finley and that's all it took to convince Finley to be a Spur. Of course, I don't know how true this story is or how it really played out but POP should do the same with Gasol. That story stuck in my head on how smooth POP can be.
Last edited by spursfan4ever; 07-03-2014 at 11:59 AM.
Spurs fans are dumb. Debating whether or not Pau would fit in here. We might average 140 a game with him here, ball would never touch the floor.
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If Spurs sign Pau, the ball might never touch the floor on offense for them all season
scenario: Pau takes a paycut and decides to go to a contender, guess which team he's not going to?
Spurs still have Parker... and Leonard, wich can't pass.
Still think he takes the money and signs with a team like Chicago or Houston. Pau's a proud guy and I don't think he wants to be a bench player. That plus the MLE just doesn't sound appealing to him IMO, even if it is his best shot at winning. He'd be a perfect fit here though, no doubt.
Pau would get plenty enough minutes here. Consider Duncan, Splitter, Diaw and Gasol split big man duties that's apx 24 minutes each. Splitter is bound to miss a few games with injury and Gasol could get at least 10+ more minutes a game with Tiago out. Tim will get some random DNP-OLD where Gasol could get an extra 10+ minutes a game also. Tim and Tiago could get in foul trouble where Gasol would need to play extra. Pop's a smart dude, he can fit someone of Paus talents in if he wants to. He only played 31 minutes per game last year so it's not like 7 minutes less is horrible. And he missed 22 games, chances are he misses 22 games this year and then our other bigs can get more burn. Also Ayres played 13mpg in 73 games and Boner played 11 minutes in 61 games and Baynes played 9mpg in 53 games. Give Gasol all their minutes. I never want to see Ayres play for San Antonio again. If we want Gasol and he wants us we will get him and he will be a luxury not a necessity. If we don't get him then chances are we'll be just fine without him.
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