Sign and trade for LMA, Is TP for Knicks 1st round possible?o rea

[TheGoldStandard]

He was injured plain and simple. The only way he doesn't get better is if he is never fully healthy again, which isn't impossible but it's by no means a foregone conclusion.

As for his contract, people are making way too much about that IMO. In '16 he'll be earning 16% of the cap and the year after 14.5%, which is the equivalent of earning $10.7 and $9.7m this year. In terms of cap hit he's making more next year and taking a pay cut the next 2 years.

His injuries have pretty much mirrored his last 2 seasons, either Achilles or hamstring and his game hasn't changed much aside from his now attempt to shoot the long ball. I blame the coaching as well because they continue to run the same plays though.

His contract doesn't look bad per say when it comes to the jump in cap space but it sucks in that it's dead money if he sucks for turnkey couple of seasons. Trading him if he falls off completely means taking back a bad contract.

[cd021]

He was injured plain and simple. The only way he doesn't get better is if he is never fully healthy again, which isn't impossible but it's by no means a foregone conclusion.

As for his contract, people are making way too much about that IMO. In '16 he'll be earning 16% of the cap and the year after 14.5%, which is the equivalent of earning $10.7 and $9.7m this year. In terms of cap hit he's making more next year and taking a pay cut the next 2 years.

I'm not convinced all of his bad play can be explained away by injury. He has very high mileage for a 33 year old. Essentially 15 seasons at 33 mpg (1203 total games) not including international compe ion. He isn't as bad as he was but I don't believe he will be back to his 13-14 16.7 ppg and 5.7 apg numbers.

I think he's close the the 14.5ppg and 5apg he posted this season. He can't get to the FT line which a usually a sign of a players decline physically . He dropped from 3.6 in nearly 30mpg (bad) to 2.4 in almost 29 mpg (awful) He doesn't take nearly as many 3's to offset his decline there and took only a 1/4 of his shots at the rim, way down form 35.5 % for his career and 33% from last season.


I'm well aware how his contract looks based on the rising cap, it affect affects the Spurs flexibility now, though. They'd have to move Splitter/Diaw or let Green walk to get north of $20 million in cap space. This is the off season to grab a big name FA not next season when quite a few teams will be able to have max cap space.

[cd021]

His injuries have pretty much mirrored his last 2 seasons, either Achilles or hamstring and his game hasn't changed much aside from his now attempt to shoot the long ball. I blame the coaching as well because they continue to run the same plays though.

His contract doesn't look bad per say when it comes to the jump in cap space but it sucks in that it's dead money if he sucks for turnkey couple of seasons. Trading him if he falls off completely means taking back a bad contract.

They did in stretches. He played off ball at times while Kawhi was getting looks on offense. Parkers game is high P&R and killing bigs in space. They can have him play off ball more and run him off those diagonal ball handoff screens they run for KL at the FT with Duncan, allowing him to turn the corner much closer to the basket with momentum.

His 3pt shot can be snuffed out fairly easily. He doesn't have a very quick release and sometimes even checks his footing as he takes them, giving defenders more time to recover. He went 0-9 in the PS despite shooting a career high of 42% in the RS.

His decline is a big reason why our starting lineup has been less and less effective every season. Its basically a defensive lineup, it still outscores opponents but not nearly as much as it used to, because of the lack of spacing and Parker failing to get to the basket. Spurs would be better suited having a "stretch big (whether Aldridge or even Bass) to keep teams from clogging the paint.

[ducks]

no sign and trade needed to get lma

[tholdren]

no sign and trade needed to get lma

and that was entirely too much for LMA.

[NASpurs]

no sign and trade needed to get lma

[Spurs9]

Good thing OP isn't gm tbh