Marc Stein: Spurs are #1 on LaMarcus Aldridge's list

[manufan10]

[RD2191]

singlehandledly destroyed the lakers franchise

[kjhip1]

And obviously that's helped them win a championship.... Oh wait

[Spur|n|Austin]

[cd98]

I'm assuming Houston doesn't have the funds to pay Aldridge. Am I wrong? I would think by maxing two players already, that they would again have to gut their team to sign Aldridge to the money he wants.

[Dex]

PowerPoint...

[Aztecfan03]

[Beaverfuzz]

Kobe would bring a basketball and say "see this? Well look hard because you wont see it much on this squad."

[Beaverfuzz]

Wait until you get coached by McHale...you will be singing a different tune!

[Dex]

Spurs are also a highly analytics-based team, so hopefully this isn't that big of an advantage for HOU.

[manufan10]

[Spur|n|Austin]

[kjhip1]

I mean Kobe's still making a huge amount of money and expects to sell FAs on coming to join him on his team. Guys oozes selfishness. I love seeing what happened to lakers and Knicks

[Aztecfan03]

I'm assuming Houston doesn't have the funds to pay Aldridge. Am I wrong? I would think by maxing two players already, that they would again have to gut their team to sign Aldridge to the money he wants.

yep.

Key: Player Option / Team Option / Qualifying Offer / Amnestied

Player Salaries
PLAYER NAME	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21
Dwight Howard	$22,359,364	$23,282,457	$0	$0	$0	$0
James Harden	$15,719,062	$16,744,218	$17,769,374	$0	$0	$0
Trevor Ariza	$8,200,000	$7,800,000	$7,400,000	$0	$0	$0
Kostas Papanikolaou	$4,851,769	$5,727,211	$0	$0	$0	$0
Terrence Jones	$2,489,529	$3,532,642	$0	$0	$0	$0
Donatas Motiejunas	$2,288,205	$3,278,996	$0	$0	$0	$0
Pablo Prigioni	$1,734,572	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Clint Capela	$1,242,720	$1,296,240	$2,334,528	$3,429,421	$0	$0
Patrick Beverley	$1,181,348	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
KJ McDaniels	$1,045,059	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Joey Dorsey	$1,015,421	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Nick Johnson	$845,059	$980,431	$1,251,245	$0	$0	$0
TOTALS	$60,745,701	$48,807,106	$7,400,000	$0	$0	$0

[808]

[timvp]

*breathing heavily*

[crc21209]

Way to go Kobe...ya cancer.

[kjhip1]

I get the talent for Houston but pop vs mchale is a no brainer

[Brazil]

Kobe doing us a favor

[manufan10]

[SpurPadre]

, I hope Houston doesn't swoop in on us.

[timtonymanu]

So is he expected to decide soon?

[timvp]

Alright, here we go

[Jdspur20]

Honestly, I think it's between SA and Portland.

[baseline bum]

Houston would need to salary dump Ariza, Papanikolaou, and one of Jones or Motiejunas to clear space to sign Aldridge. Probably another candidate for Haywood's contract in Cleveland.