Official 2017 Offseason Thread

[mo7888]

This is probably the best. CP for 2 years is great but Rockets will probably now sign him for 4 more years on top of 1. We really need to prepare for 3 years time when Warriors should be weaker. My pick is Hayward, who would be our defacto playmaker while Murray gets up to speed.

Hayward would be very high on my list as well.

[Ice009]

I never made up anything. I just shared what I was told..I can't help if it's true or not. But Spurs typically don't put their players on open market unless they planned on something big or moving them..

I stressed on this board Paul was leaving Clippers and SA made sense..but things can change rapidly and it truly shows nobody really knows..maybe not even some people involved.

Aright, look, you may not have made stuff up, but your sources seem off. You implied that the Spurs were going after him as their number one choice, yet there is a ESPN post saying that they weren't that interested in him.

[TimDunkem]

Coachmac makes up. He couldn't even get the MVP guess right and everyone knew it was going to be Russ.

[TimDunkem]

Hayward would be very high on my list as well.

He's going to Boston or ultimately staying in Utah. Miami is the dark horse. He's not coming here.

[Mal]

Yeah. If a Sign and Trade was necessary, then this was a "no" for the Spurs. You can't have 2 supermax deals (because Kawhi will have one shortly) on the same team, your cap would be in tatters. Especially with one of them an againg, undersized pg.

Spurs made the right call if the S and T was Paul's requirement.

He wasn't snt. If Spurs were willing to sign him for max in free agency, they would be willing to trade him, and sign him for max next year. Guess Paul wanted both money and new contending team. Spurs required him to give something too. I don't think they weren't interested, because you are. Pelicans got two all-star playing same position, now Houston, they did it, because all-star was available for them.

[Mal]

Tbh and I live here. 50 percent of the city looks like North Mexico, it's deadly hot AND humid 9 months out of the year, public trans and facilities suck, and there's not much to do.

Then again, as pro athlete you can live wherever in the offseason, but when season will come, it's most likely, gym, hotel, plane, home.

[gambit1990]

. We've hit rock bottom.

Derrick Rose.

seriously... i don't even like him on the court and i don't know why they are interested with his off court issues. didn't he get in trouble for not wanting to reimburse someone for a sex toy? didn't he just just disappear for a whole day... on a day the knicks played?

wtf spurs?

who needs cp3 when you can have injured tony and derrick rose

[raybies]

Would be funny if it were Rose. When the dude was a star, he was one of the few guys like Kawhi who didn't seem into recruiting. Truth be told, the Bulls built around him weren't a bad team. But some said players would have joined had he been more welcoming.

Spurs might have a lot of stock in Murray and believe he can be the PG of the future. So let's be realistic, Derrick Rose is the kind of reclamation project the Spurs do from time to time and when you factor in less years and less money, its kind of a win win, low risk high reward type scenario. I mean Hill is for sure gonna want years if anything. That's a long time to commit to someone when you want Murray to be the PG when the time is right. Spoiled Spurs fans tbh. And for Rose being a reclamation project starting at 18 and 4 ain't bad at all. New York will have the same situation as the Spurs would and that's being a stop gap for the PG of the future except Spurs can compete in the playoffs and Knicks will probably be on the outside looking in.

I'm trying not to look at what I want like most armchair GM's like to do(I do have fun sometimes...) but look at what the Spurs might be seeing and what makes sense from the "Spurs" perspective.

[NASpurs]

THANK ING GOD!

[Ice009]

Spurs could sign Gasol 24/3, sign Simmon, trade LMA for nothing, sign Millsap/Blake and Hill. There are plenty options left.

I DO NOT want to sign Gasol for 3 more years.

[TimDunkem]

Now people are talking themselves into Rose...

[mo7888]

He's going to Boston or ultimately staying in Utah. Miami is the dark horse. He's not coming here.

That's probably right but, this Paul trade illustrates that we really don't have a clue about what these players have in mind.

[coachmac87]

Aright, look, you may not have made stuff up, but your sources seem off. You implied that the Spurs were going after him, yet this is a ESPN post saying that they weren't really interested in him.

Ok but even in the Marc Stein report it said Spurs were aggressively pursuing...

I'm just putting two and two together...you don't put Green and LMA on the block and risk damage control if you weren't planning something BIG. Or it could all be BS and tbh like I said nobody really knows not even some involved...

[TimDunkem]

That's probably right but, this Paul trade illustrates that we really don't have a clue about what these players have in mind.

I've heard CP3 to the Rockets for over a week now. The Hayward and Bos/UT/Miami thing has been going around all off-season. The writing is on the wall.

[coachmac87]

Coachmac makes up. He couldn't even get the MVP guess right and everyone knew it was going to be Russ.

You mean DPOY...

[Mal]

I DO NOT want to sign Gasol for 3 more years.

My take is that, if Spurs are about to sign big FA, Gasol is getting his money on 3yrs deal. If not, he's getting his money next year, and then bon voyage.

[Ice009]

It's not SA, it's Pop and the Spurs culture. Today's players don't want a dictator coach like Pop, they want a coach they can control.

Yeah, you might be right on that. Players don't like tight leashes like Pop puts on his players.

[TimDunkem]

You mean DPOY...

Everyone knew that would be Draymond too.

[noles1983]

If LMA is still on this team when the season starts I will refuse to watch the games.

[bklynspursfan]

[mo7888]

I've heard CP3 to the Rockets for over a week now. The Hayward and Bos/UT/Miami thing has been going around all off-season. The writing is on the wall.

CP didn't just decide to opt in and request a trade in the last week. This has apparently been brewing for awhile and we just started getting rumbling last week. So the noise doesn't mean very much..

[RD2191]

super teams

[TimDunkem]

Meanwhile, the Spurs are going into the new season with Aldridge, a hungover Green, Gasol on a new lengthy deal, and will wait for TP to return.

[look_at_g_shred]

Guys don't worry! Porzingod is coming..

[TimDunkem]

CP didn't just decide to opt in and request a trade in the last week. This has apparently been brewing for awhile and we just started getting rumbling last week. So the noise doesn't mean very much..

So...youre agreeing with me. OK.