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Parker in name only. Basically can't have a legit "big 3" with 2 max deals and no one willing to take a discount.
After Timmy and Manu retire.
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Parker, Aldridge, and Leonard.
Sure it may seem a little obvious at this point, but wanted the forums takes.
Parker in name only. Basically can't have a legit "big 3" with 2 max deals and no one willing to take a discount.
Kawhi, LMA and a 2017 max FA.
Kawhi, Aldridge, Green
nest what?
Compelling..
Westbrook, Leonard, Aldridge
I'd love to see Pop trying to coach Russ...
Parker ain't that 'big' now. And Aldridge won't be that 'big' in a few years either, tbh.
The reality is that this Spurs group is the 2014 group on steroids. It ain't about any 'Big 3.'
Aldridge, Green, and Gobert (who TP will convince to sign)
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Anyone with a handy 2017 UFA list?
http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/fut...e/0/NBA/player
Blake and Paul should be UFAs, but the Spurs may pull a fast one and go with Splitter and Hill returning. That would be pretty excellent.
With TP in his 17th season and Manu retired, the 2017 FA should probably be a facilitating guard.
Simmons, Anderson,lma
The emergence of Kawhi last year made the "Big 3" an outdated and even cringe-worthy term - at least as it applied to Tim/Manu/Tony. Tony was definitely not "big" last year, and neither was Manu. I hope Tony is bigger this year, but I bet Manu is not. I also hope LMA is big for more than a few more years, a la Tim. But just because there was a Big 3 during the Tim/Manu/Tony era doesn't mean there has to be one now or in the future. There was not one prior to Tim/Manu/Tony, and I do not see one emerging from the current roster. I have been hoping for over a year that Spurs announcers and fans would recognize how passe' the term is and drop it.
Tim remained big because he played within himself on offense and anchored the team defensively. I don't see LMA playing at that level a few years from now. He'll definitely be an offensive force in the short term though.
I don't get the people saying that The Architect wasn't BIG last season when it was clearly he was. But the past is the past and Porker is back to Parker's elite weight.
Matt Bonner, Matt Bonner, and Matt Bonner
You bring up two interesting points. Tim has, indeed, learned to play within himself more successfully than most aging stars and at a very high level to boot! But I think Pop deserves much of the credit. Sure, Tiim fully invested himself, but Pop had to give him something worthwhile to buy into. Presumably that is one of the things that attracted LMA to the Spurs. He was allegedly very interested in Pop's game time management of his players as a means to prolong his career. I think learning to play within ones' self goes hand-in-hand with limiting minutes. I think LMA can learn to play within himself, too. But to your other, more important point, it is hard to predict: Does LMA have the wherewithal to anchor the defense in a post-Duncan world? Then again, perhaps he won't have to if one of Euro-giants pans out.
Ryan Richards, Boban, Jimmer
Hopefully nobody messes with the misses of anybody and they become PALs
Aldridge as defensive anchor is a very sad thought.
If Parker isn't good enough to be in the current Big 3 (Duncan/Kawhi/Aldridge), how will he be good enough to be in the next one?
the only time one should use the word big together with Parker is when they are referring to his abdomen area.
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