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

[hater]

Pop going for 2nd meeting proves 2 things:
He really likes Lamar
Spurs have no plan B

[Beaverfuzz]

I do. Would you rather have Ramona Shelburne or Erin Andrews? Come on. Easy choice.

What is none of the above?

[Trainwreck2100]

This is unlike any other free agency period I have ever seen. Usually nothing much happens until the 2 or 3 top FAs commit, but this year GMs just started throwing crazy money around from the beginning. Normally you'd see guys like Chandler and Lopez wait to see if the Spurs/Rockets struck out on LMA and then they'd swoop into that spot, but the money is just too good this year to not take the offers from teams like the Suns, Bucks, Knicks, etc.

Exactly Aldridge should have been the first domino to fall, not the last

[Obstructed_View]

Pop going for 2nd meeting proves 2 things:
He really likes Lamar
Spurs have no plan B

Or that they were prepared for this all along and Pop never really had any intention of entering this year with Splitter.

[SpursFan86]

If true - that should mean DJ has ruled out the Knicks (based on reports). DJ annoucement likely to be today/soon. Things will move after that on LMA - book it.

There's no way Dallas could still get Aldridge if DJ chooses to go there, right? I'm a bit worried that them landing both Wes and DJ would make them seem like more of a contender, and could sway his decision...but I'd have to imagine signing DJ to a max deal would take up the remainder of their cap.

[AFBlue]

Pop going back for a second meeting means he told LaMarcus to be deliberate, take his time, and at the end of it they'll synch back up to answer any unresolved questions. Says to me they're the leader if they get the final meet before he goes off to decide.

[Beaverfuzz]

When you are selling, you can never rest when you are this close to the close. The compe ion is throwing everything they got because they sense they are losing the deal. You have to stay in front of the prospect and remind them why you are the best choice and why they felt that way in the first place.

A always
B be
C closing

Always be closing, always be closing! Make them sign on the line that is dotted!

What's my name? you is my name

[RD2191]

Pop going for 2nd meeting proves 2 things:
He really likes Lamar
Spurs have no plan B

I'm glad you chose to come out on ST.

[AFBlue]

Or that they were prepared for this all along and Pop never really had any intention of entering this year with Splitter.

I think you're right that Splitter was gone regardless.

[DPG21920]

There's no way Dallas could still get Aldridge if DJ chooses to go there, right? I'm a bit worried that them landing both Wes and DJ would make them seem like more of a contender, and could sway his decision...but I'd have to imagine signing DJ to a max deal would take up the remainder of their cap.

Correct - it would either by DJ or LMA - but I haven't really seen anything to believe DAL is a legit contender for LMA.

[Beaverfuzz]

DNP - got

[Obstructed_View]

There's no way Dallas could still get Aldridge if DJ chooses to go there, right? I'm a bit worried that them landing both Wes and DJ would make them seem like more of a contender, and could sway his decision...but I'd have to imagine signing DJ to a max deal would take up the remainder of their cap.

I want DJ to go to Dallas so bad, just for the pleasure of watching Pop send him to the line 40 times a game in Dallas while the fans boo and cry about it.

[RD2191]

tf is taking so long?

[Beaverfuzz]

if aldridge ends up joining i hope pop trolls the out of him by listing him as C while Duncan keeps the PF label

Amen to that

[ducks]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...suns/29658653/

[SpursFan86]

I want DJ to go to Dallas so bad, just for the pleasure of watching Pop send him to the line 40 times a game in Dallas while the fans boo and cry about it.

I want him to go there because that would eliminate LAC from contending, and Dallas even with Wes/DJ wouldn't be a contender.

[hater]

tf is taking so long?

Trying to take a nap buf I keep checking this thread

[Beaverfuzz]

Or that they were prepared for this all along and Pop never really had any intention of entering this year with Splitter.

The last part of your statement is true. Splitter was gone either way

[RD2191]

Trying to take a nap buf I keep checking this thread

I'm about to, tbh

[Roger Freemason Jr.]

I'm about to, tbh

I'm going to die in this thread.

[SpursFan86]

Correct - it would either by DJ or LMA - but I haven't really seen anything to believe DAL is a legit contender for LMA.

I figured, but on another board a Dallas fan was saying they could potentially trade Felton/Harris, sign DJ and LMA, and then do a S&T with Portland involving Aminu/Wes Matthews.

I haven't seen much that would point to him going to Dallas either, but if there was a way they could get him even after adding Wes and DeAndre, I feel like that might change things a bit. Glad to know that's off the table.

[baseline bum]

I'm about to, tbh

siesta break? Demasiadas tecates?

[BillMc]

I'm going to die in this thread.

It really is quicksand. Many a good soul was down here...

[baseline bum]

I figured, but on another board a Dallas fan was saying they could potentially trade Felton/Harris, sign DJ and LMA, and then do a S&T with Portland involving Aminu/Wes Matthews.

I haven't seen much that would point to him going to Dallas either, but if there was a way they could get him even after adding Wes and DeAndre, I feel like that might change things a bit. Glad to know that's off the table.

So Dirk plays the SF, Parsons the SG, and Matthews at PG?

[DPG21920]

I figured, but on another board a Dallas fan was saying they could potentially trade Felton/Harris, sign DJ and LMA, and then do a S&T with Portland involving Aminu/Wes Matthews.

I haven't seen much that would point to him going to Dallas either, but if there was a way they could get him even after adding Wes and DeAndre, I feel like that might change things a bit. Glad to know that's off the table.

Technically, a few scenarios are "possible" but they aren't likely at all so no need to worry.