Woj: Spurs would be at table with Paul in event he starts looking

[alpha_HaZE]

Pierce will be retired and Parker would be salary dumped in this scenario.

Spurs couldn't offer significantly better chance of winning and they don't play in L.A. If he signed, it would likely be because he believes that much more in their organization.

Yes, that's a good point!

However, I do believe Spurs will offer significantly better chance of wining because Kawhi is entering his prime whereas Blake might have peaked, and Kawhi is already the better player. And as you mentioned RC and Pop are better than Doc the GM and Doc the coach. Honestly, I think it will boil down to who beats who in the playoffs. If we beat them, I can easily see CP3 joining the Spurs.

[boutons_deux]

Tim and Paul are apparently very good friends, also Tony.

[Hoops Czar]

But there's no quick fix to replenishing the depth and I'd rather have an all-time great, who's still elite, than depth. '14 was an exception to the rule.

I could literally name anyone outside of James and maybe Curry and idiots would scoff at them, as if the Spurs can pick and choose whoever they want or there's some other path that gives them better odds of winning another championship.

Without depth, 2012- 2014 doesn't happen.

Only in '15 (even then, it took the Spurs being on fumes/banged up and Thunder being decimated by injury) was Paul on a team that should have been in the WCF.

Don't be a drama queen. Spurs weren't on fumes, they were just beaten. It's not like the Spurs didn't have chances to put that series away. They won two games in LA and completely crapped the bed at home. And if you're talking about winning 14 of 16 to end the season , that's basketball. They dominated the majority of those games and played b2b twice. Nobody on the Spurs averaged over 28 minutes per game.

At Paul supposedly not improving their odds, "no one fears" Aldridge (who's routinely cited by players as the most difficult power forward to guard) and "Green still can't hit threes" (basing it on a small sample size).

"Perennial first round exit" Aldridge is easily neutralized in the postseason and since when is 1+ years a small sample size for Green?

They're not going to shop Griffin. By far the most likely outcome, is both, along with Re re-signing.

I did say "shop". If a blockbuster deal comes along, they'd rather part with Griffin and keep Paul. Of course, they're not going to just give Blake away.

[Kawhitstorm]

Apparently you don't know what hypothetical means.

And apparently you will stretch anything as far as it needs to in order to justify any of your posts.

You are making hypothetical statements about Pop trading Tony when EVERYONE knows that will NEVER happen.

I'm make REALISTIC assumptions & stick w/ it while y'all are eating the pie in the sky.

[Kawhitstorm]

The series shifted when Durant was allowed to rest on Green while either Roberson or Waiters worked on Kawhi.

Dumbass, Durant actually started checking Kawhi later on in the series especially in the 4th quarter. Roberson was also on the bench when Waiters was closing the games in the 4th quarter while matched up against Turnobili.

[Kawhitstorm]

not saying i wouldn't want him holiday on the team... but livingston would cost less. i'll take livingston + a defensive big over just holiday.

Kyle is supposed to grow into Shaun Livingston type of player........

[dabom]

Kyle is supposed to grow into Shaun Livingston type of player........

You're ing stupid.

[Chinook]

Dumbass, Durant actually started checking Kawhi later on in the series especially in the 4th quarter. Roberson was also on the bench when Waiters was closing the games in the 4th quarter while matched up against Turnobili.

One of the most famous anti-Kawhi threads last year was about Roberson's comments after Game Two. The idea that a) He wasn't guarding Kawhi early in the series and b) Durant is a better defender than Roberson are insane.

[TD 21]

Yes, that's a good point!

However, I do believe Spurs will offer significantly better chance of wining because Kawhi is entering his prime whereas Blake might have peaked, and Kawhi is already the better player. And as you mentioned RC and Pop are better than Doc the GM and Doc the coach. Honestly, I think it will boil down to who beats who in the playoffs. If we beat them, I can easily see CP3 joining the Spurs.

Griffin is only 2 years older than Leonard and if he's worse, it's only incrementally.

The Spurs will have to beat them and at least push the Warriors.

Without depth, 2012- 2014 doesn't happen.


Don't be a drama queen. Spurs weren't on fumes, they were just beaten. It's not like the Spurs didn't have chances to put that series away. They won two games in LA and completely crapped the bed at home. And if you're talking about winning 14 of 16 to end the season , that's basketball. They dominated the majority of those games and played b2b twice. Nobody on the Spurs averaged over 28 minutes per game.



"Perennial first round exit" Aldridge is easily neutralized in the postseason and since when is 1+ years a small sample size for Green?



I did say "shop". If a blockbuster deal comes along, they'd rather part with Griffin and keep Paul. Of course, they're not going to just give Blake away.

Again, '12-'14 was the exception to the rule and if you think that situation can be duplicated, you're insane.

They were clearly on fumes that entire season from 3 straight deep runs. Of the top 9, only Duncan, Leonard and Green, had good seasons. Their torrid stretch to close the regular season was mostly due to Leonard's emergence as an elite player and that series was a 5 gamer disguised as a 7 gamer because of the Clippers propensity for late game failure in the playoffs.

As if those Trail Blazers teams were any better than that. Again, you're insane if you don't think you can win a championship with a consensus top 15 player as your 3rd best player.

You said "still" in regards to Green, as if these few preseason games confirm it.

They'll only even consider trading Griffin if they get the sense that he's leaving and that's probably not happening because in both cases they'd be hard pressed to increase their odds at a championship.

[gambit1990]

from last summer:

[buttsR4rebounding]

Tim and Paul are apparently very good friends, also Tony.

Demon Deacons gotta stick together.

[buttsR4rebounding]

from last summer:

Kawhi branding The Claw.

[Kawhitstorm]

Lowry is only a year younger than CP3 & plays reckless somewhat like Manu, dude is going to be Porker 2.0 halfway through his contract. Let's not forget about him being outplayed by George Hill in the 1st rd & being a career postseason choker.

If we are going to go w/ the pie-in-the-sky then it makes more sense to go after Jrue Holiday who's basically the same age as Kawhi & can play alongside Porker since he has the size to check wings.

[MaNu4Tres]

Would rather have Jrue Holiday (26 yrs old), and Spurs could probably get him for about the same price as Hill -- since he's taking most of this year off to take care of his wife.

Hill, at age 30, is likely down hill from here. His defense will keep regressing year to year from here on out. Can't justify paying him 12 mil +/per year.

Jrue would have been nice.