Chris Paul Had Serious Interest In Spurs But Had Concerns On Aldridge, Parker...

[noles1983]

this part was so predictable, tbh..everybody loves the Spurs, but nobody signs with them, all talk..doesn't help that the only relatively big name they signed is reportedly unhappy and they couldn't successfully transform him within the magical, mystical "Pop system"..

Jesus Christ your schtick is so ing tiring. We get it, SA is a 3rd world city and nobody on Earth would ever want to live here. , say something intelligent or gtfo already. 37k posts and 36,900 have been stupid as .

[HarlemHeat37]

Jesus Christ your schtick is so ing tiring. We get it, SA is a 3rd world city and nobody on Earth would ever want to live here. , say something intelligent or gtfo already. 37k posts and 36,900 have been stupid as .

sorry, buddy..it's Free Agency time, the city of San Antonio becomes a talking point..

[apalisoc_9]

Jesus Christ your schtick is so ing tiring. We get it, SA is a 3rd world city and nobody on Earth would ever want to live here. , say something intelligent or gtfo already. 37k posts and 36,900 have been stupid as .

Saying San Antonio is a third world city and that nobody ever wants to live or play there is intelligent.

[noles1983]

Saying San Antonio is a third world city and that nobody ever wants to live or play there is intelligent.

Sure, the first time its said perhaps.

[GSH]

Saying San Antonio is a third world city and that nobody ever wants to live or play there is intelligent.

It's true. I used to live there, but I moved when they insisted I disconnect my indoor plumbing. Truly third world.

Tim, Manu, Bonner - all those guys all cheated on their SAT's. Manu didn't even take the SAT, but he still cheated because he wasn't intelligent. DRob was smart, but he never really wanted to play in SA.

You're like Einstein or something.

[rastaspur]

Jesus Christ your schtick is so ing tiring. We get it, SA is a 3rd world city and nobody on Earth would ever want to live here. , say something intelligent or gtfo already. 37k posts and 36,900 have been stupid as .

Ouch. Tell Harlem how you really feel. I think you are holding back.

[rastaspur]

It's true. I used to live there, but I moved when they insisted I disconnect my indoor plumbing. Truly third world.

Tim, Manu, Bonner - all those guys all cheated on their SAT's. Manu didn't even take the SAT, but he still cheated because he wasn't intelligent. DRob was smart, but he never really wanted to play in SA.

You're like Einstein or something.

There is nothing wrong with ting in a bucket. Plumbing is overrated.

[Yuixafun]

He just wants that supermax 5 year deal, with no tax, and a punchers chance.

If he really wanted the best foundation to ring, it aint in the do or die.

[ribcage6foot6]

He just wants that supermax 5 year deal, with no tax, and a punchers chance.

If he really wanted the best foundation to ring, it aint in the do or die.

Max Kellerman in the building.

[DPG21920]

I would prefer SA try to target a player closer to Kawhi's age so they can legit grow together. I mean, I get you have to what you have to do and can only target who's available, but I would prefer someone a little closer to Kawhi's age if possible.

[GSH]

I would prefer SA try to target a player closer to Kawhi's age so they can legit grow together. I mean, I get you have to what you have to do and can only target who's available, but I would prefer someone a little closer to Kawhi's age if possible.

It's really hard to get guys like that outside of the draft. Nobody much letting go of top-tier young guys. And even the good second-tier guys, you have to give up a good player and take on a bad contract.

Now, if they had taken a re-build year last season...

[dabom]

Any prime superstars in their mid 20's?

[Uriel]

[look_at_g_shred]

Any prime superstars in their mid 20's?

Kawhi

[DPG21920]

Any prime superstars in their mid 20's?

I don't know if you will find superstars available (other than Paul George), but a guy like Jrue (in the PG search) is at least closer unlike CP3 & Lowry for example.

[sammy]

Chris Paul is lying out of his ass! He was in collusion with the Rockets before free agency and this is his way of deflecting from that by blaming LMA and TP! Give me a break! He never had any intention of coming to the Spurs! Spurs will send them packing in the playoffs once again! I would like the Spurs to go after Milsap if they can get him.

[Budkin]

bull . At the end of the day, Paul didn't want to with Popovich cutting his stats down with 12 minute games at the end of the season and resting him for guranteed wins. Everyone talks that "popvoch is the greatest coach and I would love to play for him" bull , but nobody really wants to play for that mf. It just sounds good to say. Because he makes the games about him. He does silly during the games so people can talk about him in the post game and tactics he uses. How many times are we winning a a game by 20 and then he puts in the most BULL lineup to test some out, then leaves them in too long? . I'm tired of him. He's done a lot for the franchise but he's almost 70 ing years old. NO man in his 70s should be coaching today..

[Horse]

You missed my point...compare the rosters as of TODAY..

There were too many moving parts and uncertainty with Spurs..

Maybe but I would think he would want LA gone after his playoffs.

[TD 21]

I'm not sure why you keep saying this, tbh..

My primary objections have been against Chris Paul and paying full max deals for old players..my problem with Chris Paul has always been related to the money and contract length he was going to receive, since it's evident to anybody that has followed his case that his objective is to get a super max deal(and if not getting as much money and years as possible, then at least to position himself to get paid while having flexibility to form the banana boat squad)..he ing rigged the CBA in his favor

I don't have a problem with acquiring Millsap if he takes a discount, or at the very least, would be willing to take a short deal..there's a long list of players I would be fine with if they agree to a discount or a short-term deal..

My objection is paying big money and/or 5-year deals for old players..I don't want to pay 30 mil for Paul Millsap at age 36 or 40 mil to Chris Paul at age 37..however, I don't have a problem with those same players if they take discounts or shorter deals, because as I've been saying and you just echoed, nobody wants to play in SA..

Didn't we just go through this with Tony Parker's contract?

Obviously no one wants to give aging players (especially non superstar ones) bloated contracts, it's just the reality of the situation, if you want prominent players . . . and if you don't, for the umpteenth time, what's the alternative? They can either concede most or all of Leonard's prime to Warriors and risk losing him at some point or make the team as good as possible and hope for some breaks. You seem to be under this impression that just because they got lucky with Ginobili, Parker and Leonard, they'll have no trouble finding two other Hall-of-Fame sidekicks for Leonard picking in the late 20s/50s annually.

Parker fell off around 32 because he had the mileage of a player significantly older and was the prototypical type destined to not age well anyway. Not everyone is like that. Paul, for example, could age like Stockton, who never really plummeted until maybe his final season. If Spurs could have found a way to win a 6th championship before then though, whatever he'll have made in his final season would have been worth it.

[Ozballer]

The Spurs are better served developing Murray and buying themselves an 18month window of Meh performances as opposed to picking emotionally fragile leaders (albeit GREAT talents) that WILL NOT deliver instant karma. They just need to be clever about bringing up the right players. Also, they need to stop assorting a Jurassic Park NBA type team and start unleashing youth on the court. This will bring some ugly results in the beginning but it will refresh the face of the team. Today it is too heavily skewed towards folk that can't bring the fire in the belly yet they of course have lots of experience and play professionally. As Kawhi will surprise us, yet again, in the new season with an ever bigger game (if that is at all possible by this INCREDIBLE player), a youth team will finally allow him not just to dominate the team but to also make it his OWN. And when that happens, the SPURS will ring again!

[SASdynasty!]

I mean, you can't really blame Tony. It's not his fault Spurs gave him the money, and it's not his fault they start him and don't trade him. That's on PATFO, tbh

How long have you been here? Everything's Parker's fault.

We would have won all 15 championships with CP3 instead of Parker. But we only won 4 with Parker and CP3 almost got to the WCF a couple times.

[dabom]

Kawhi

We were talking about teaming up with kawhi.

[dabom]

I don't know if you will find superstars available (other than Paul George), but a guy like Jrue (in the PG search) is at least closer unlike CP3 & Lowry for example.

What is RC doing then?