Gasol or Aldridge?

[Malik Hairston]

LMA pathetic in the playoffs? Dude played with a torn ligament in his shooting hand and still scored over 21 a game. He shot at a poor percentage but he was overcompensating for injured players aside from his own injury.

I'm not an Aldridge hater, I would take him on the Spurs, I just found it funny that the poster that said he doesn't want players that were letdowns in this year's playoffs, yet proceeded to mention Aldridge, the star big that had a historically bad 42.6 TS%(for a big) in this year's playoffs..

[ceperez]

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...1#advanced::21

The stats say Gasol over Aldridge, but even better would be sign DeAndre and teach him to shoot free throws. They also show Monroe is not a bad option at 24 years old.

Monroe may actually be a good option given the DeAndre would likely get the max.

[Spurs9]

I don't care much for Gasol tbh

[look_at_g_shred]

I'm not an Aldridge hater, I would take him on the Spurs, I just found it funny that the poster that said he doesn't want players that were letdowns in this year's playoffs, yet proceeded to mention Aldridge, the star big that had a historically bad 42.6 TS%(for a big) in this year's playoffs..

It's because they were using him like he was prime MJ everytime down the floor you knew it was gonna be a chucked up 3 by Batum or being fed to Lamarcus. Meanwhile, Lillard running around like a scared pre-schooler

[CGD]

If there were a choice, it's Gasol. Whatever marginal gain on offense Aldridge provides over Gasol, Gasol makes up for with his far superior defense. Unlike Aldridge he can actually play with the slower Duncan and the Spurs would be fine on PnR defense. It would also take the sting out of having to trade Tiago, and allow the Spurs to use the MLE someone other than a Splitter replacement.

No brainier.

[Embedded]

Aldridge, because of 1 intangible: He has roots here. He has a kid in San Antonio. Marc Gasol is a Memphite. He would mainly come here for money, I think.

[RD2191]

Both are trash chokers. I'd rather the Spurs somehow try to move up in the draft and get a project big or pg with potential. Spurs don't need to break the bank for any more chokers.

[td4mvp2k]

Aldridge is a bigger need

[MultiTroll]

The stretch i saw in Game 3 vs the Warriors he was great on both ends.
the bed the entire rest of the series.
Pass on Gasol.

Aldridge for one or two years sounds great.

[Cklbmk]

i'm not ok with giving Diaw up. The guy is a matchup nightmare for a lot of teams. Not to mention his playmaking ability. A player like him is hard to come by...and I can't think of a similar player in the league right now who we can replace him with that skillset.

Kyle Anderson.

[look_at_g_shred]

Kyle Anderson.

I love KA trust me, but the guy needs at least 2 years experience before the org. Puts their trust in him to run the team.

[coachmac87]

The stretch i saw in Game 3 vs the Warriors he was great on both ends.
the bed the entire rest of the series.
Pass on Gasol.

Aldridge for one or two years sounds great.

So you're willing to pass on an all nba player because you saw a bad stretch?? I remember when LeBron had a bad stretch in 2011. I remember when Kawhi had a bad stretch this postseason..but guess what? They're still damn good players and they make your team better. Just like Gasol

[DPG21920]

As mentioned 1, 2 AND 3 have to happen, also renouncing every other player except for Kawhi, including Manu. Essentially trading Green + Splitter + renouncing everyone else + giving Duncan much less than he deserves for Aldridge/Gasol would be a very questionable deal. In this scenario I'd look elsewhere to improve the roster.

That's just not true. If you assume going into Free Agency the Spurs have TP/Kawhi/Danny/Tiago/Boris/Patty/Kyle counting for salary for cap purposes, you have 15M in cap space. Even it Tim takes 20M a year, spurs can be over the cap and still do a S&T. But assuming Spurs go the cap space route, Spurs need to get close to 20M in cap space.

Green walking and trading Tiago makes it easier to get there, but you can also trade Boris/Patty/Anderson/1st round pick. It's not necessary at all for all 4 of those thigns to happen.

If Tim takes 5M (which shouldn't be expected, but for sake of argument), Spurs have 10M in cap space and that's with Danny/Tiago on the roster. You trade Boris/Patty, Spurs are back to 20M in cap space.

[DPG21920]

Basically, if Tim agrees to take 5M or less (which would only happen if he felt strongly the Spurs can land a guy he wants), Spurs are in fantastic shape to make something bigger happen.

Tim at 5M a year gives the Spurs Tim/TP/Kawhi/Danny/Tiago/Boris/Patty/Kyle and 10M of cap space. If you can trade Boris/Patty and get to 20M in cap space, does having Tim/TP/Tiago/Kawhi/Danny/Kyle +20M in cap space sound bad?

[look_at_g_shred]

I just can't justify losing Patty, Boris, or both. If that's what it takes, then no. Don't go after either. LMA should understand that if he wants to win, sacrificing some money is needed. Otherwise, he's best just staying in Portland. A lot of superstars that get paid big bucks are quick to blame the organization and front office for not giving him help or surrounding him with players that will help win when they can't see that it's their payroll whose eating up the salary.

[DPG21920]

Losing Boris & Patty for LMA or Gasol is a no brainer. Unless you think the gap between LMA/Gasol and Boris is smaller than Mills, there is no excuse not to do that.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

That's just not true. If you assume going into Free Agency the Spurs have TP/Kawhi/Danny/Tiago/Boris/Patty/Kyle counting for salary for cap purposes, you have 15M in cap space. Even it Tim takes 20M a year, spurs can be over the cap and still do a S&T. But assuming Spurs go the cap space route, Spurs need to get close to 20M in cap space.

Green walking and trading Tiago makes it easier to get there, but you can also trade Boris/Patty/Anderson/1st round pick. It's not necessary at all for all 4 of those thigns to happen.

If Tim takes 5M (which shouldn't be expected, but for sake of argument), Spurs have 10M in cap space and that's with Danny/Tiago on the roster. You trade Boris/Patty, Spurs are back to 20M in cap space.

I don't see how your scenario is different , other than suggesting a ridiculously low salary for Duncan. If the FO can talk him into this then more power to them, but I find it extremely unlikely. With Duncan making a more realistic 10-12M per and by renouncing Manu and every other FA apart from Danny and Kawhi the Spurs would stand at well over 60M when you add the roster holds and before trading anyone.

Whether you trade Splitter or Boris + Patty is semantics.

[DMC]

Marc.

2-way player with high basketball IQ.

He understands the game better than LaMarcus.

Perfect fit with Spurs.

Notorious quitter and lacks that give a factor.