Official 2016 Spurs Offseason Thread

[LakerHater]

[Leetonidas]

....oh. thanks

[Mouth is Bleeding]

WojBomb

But Timmy

[NASpurs]

One year please

[davidbowie]

that means timmy is gone right?

im gonna cry

[AFBlue]

YEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!

[InRareForm]

Gasol two year deal at most please

[LakerHater]

Hope Spurs dont overpay!

[AFBlue]

that means timmy is gone right?

im gonna cry

I expect Timmy is gone. Just needed SOME good news today.

[ducks]

marc Stein Retweeted
cfgardner ‏@cf_gardner 9m9 minutes ago
Good news for Bucks as http://cleveland.com says Cavs will not match Dellavedova deal. No sign-and-trade and no options on 4-year deal.

[Nathan89]

That's cool. Too bad Durant put a giant dark cloud over the league. I hope it's for 1 year.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

God Damnit. I'd rather have 40 year old TD than Gasol.

[SPURt]

There won't be any forcing of bad shots. Cavs defense this year relied on leaving Barnes open. Defenses do that all the time. Try leaving Durant open. Also Durant isn't just going to stand around like Barnes. He's going to create more shots for Curry and Klay. There won't be any forcing bad shots.

The Warriors lost because Steph couldn't handle the physicality and started settling for more bad shots than he normally takes. Barnes was garbage but Curry/Klay were forced into bad shots. Blaming Barnes for the loss would be like blaming Danny. Ultimately, Steph and Klay had an opportunity to win.

[TheGoldStandard]

2/25 probably.. Duncan is walking away.. Pau starts

[LakerHater]

[DPG21920]

Completely speculation on my part, but I think SA is firmly in the running for Pau. The fact that other teams have not secured a commitment even though he is probably their top priority signals to me that he is waiting for SA/KD situation to clear up.

Every other team chasing him is not meeting with KD and has already seemingly made an offer (POR) or has nothing stopping them like KD/SA (some have already made offers to other players).

Side note, the fact that nothing has leaked from GS meeting make me more nervous than reports coming out. That is odd...

Well, logic is 2 for 2. Last remaining logical thing is Tim opting in = retirement.

[Nathan89]

The Warriors lost because Steph couldn't handle the physicality and started settling for more bad shots than he normally takes. Barnes was garbage but Curry/Klay were forced into bad shots. Blaming Barnes for the loss would be like blaming Danny. Ultimately, Steph and Klay had an opportunity to win.

Durant isn't going to do nothing like Barnes. So if you think that's the reason they lost then that reason doesn't exist anymore because all focus isn't going to be on Curry anymore. Yes, I would blame any shooter who can't hit wide open shots. The fact that they could all hit shots is what made GSW deadly. So if you can't hit open shots then you should get a lot of the blame.

[SPURt]

Nash's Suns on steroids, maybe.

Undoubtedly the NBA has never seen a team like this, but the offense to defense ratio will favor a comparison with the Suns.

[Nathan89]

Chinook told me 2yrs for 28mil was impossible though.

[InRareForm]

Only way spurs ring if warriors injuries

[DPG21920]

The issue is losing Boban/West/Boris/Tim and only gettin Pau. It Tim comes back, that's so big right now, but I don't think he will.

Spurs will have to get 2 more bigs and I don't see a path. If SA can get to 19M in cap space (which now means losing Mills maybe in addition to Boris) and Pau takes 16M, that means they really need Manu back now. So how does SA get bigs in the fold?

I'm sure SA knows this and has some plans, but I can't even begin to guess how this will work out if they are dead set on Pau and we assume Pau is not taking a "discount'.

Pretty close - we will see if Boris is traded to make the room. Might be a combo of Kyle/Mills though given the lack of bigs with Tim retiring.

[palangi]

Chinook told me 2yrs for 28mil was impossible though.

Got to think more moves to follow. Diaw? Mills? No Ginobli?

[Chinook]

Chinook told me 2yrs for 28mil was impossible though.

Yeah, it's not possible without creating another hole.

[LakerHater]

[DPG21920]

So happy that it's only a 2 year deal. If Gasol plays great, he likely opts out. If he is not a fit, he likely opts out . Good job SA doing what you could for this year without killing hopes for next year.

No bird rights for Pau though; if SA wants to sign him next year (assuming he opts out) then it will be cap space.