Pop subtly recruiting LeBron

[Chinook]

By far the Spurs' best chance of getting LeBron is how the Rockets got Chris Paul. LeBron opts in to the second and final year of his contract and the Spurs trade for him. The Cavs have an incentive to deal if LeBron tells them "if you don't do this deal I'm opting out and walking anyway."

This keeps the Spurs above the cap and doesn't require dumping a bunch of salary. Who the Cavs would want back is unknown but again they would otherwise get nothing. Look at what the Clippers got for Paul: 7 players and a 1st, though Beverly and Lou Williams were the only above-average players of the 7.

The Spurs can get somewhat close to giving Lebron the max ($31-33 Million) without gutting their team. It just depends on how much money Green and Parker want. They'd have to let Anderson and Forbes go and find takers for Patty and Pau. But none of those guys are worth missing out on James for. I'm not sure, however, if PATFO would be willing to have a third under-the-cap year in four seasons or if Lebron would take even that much less when he can get the biggest contract ever if he stays. It would probably be easier to acquire James to replace Kawhi rather than pairing with him too, logistically speaking. I'm not sure Kawhi would want Lebron on his squad.

Also, kinda nitpicky, but James is actually on a three-year deal right now, if he opts in. So the Spurs would get his full Bird rights. Not that big of a deal given his status as a max player already. But you never know.

[monkeypunk]

Stay tuned, bro. Mueller knows everything.

[spurraider21]

"no team has gotten more years out of its stars than the Spurs"

tell that to kawhi

[ducks]

Knows he is paid for buy democracts and hired people who waste their money and give to democracts

[SAGirl]

The Spurs can get somewhat close to giving Lebron the max ($31-33 Million) without gutting their team. It just depends on how much money Green and Parker want. They'd have to let Anderson and Forbes go and find takers for Patty and Pau. But none of those guys are worth missing out on James for. I'm not sure, however, if PATFO would be willing to have a third under-the-cap year in four seasons or if Lebron would take even that much less when he can get the biggest contract ever if he stays. It would probably be easier to acquire James to replace Kawhi rather than pairing with him too, logistically speaking. I'm not sure Kawhi would want Lebron on his squad.

Also, kinda nitpicky, but James is actually on a three-year deal right now, if he opts in. So the Spurs would get his full Bird rights. Not that big of a deal given his status as a max player already. But you never know.

We could never know what Kiwi wants, since he rarely speaks but I expect him to have the same issues Irving had playing in Lebron's shadow.

Kiwi wants to be the man. He was the man in 67 and 61 win teams and he was giving GSW a huge scare as a high usage star in game one WCF last season b4 he got Zaza'd. I don't think he was even interested in having Durant on the team, since he didn't go to the meeting to recruit him. That was a PATFO dream.

Of course Kiwi's quad situation has placed the Spurs in a difficult spot with him, but I would expect Kiwi to not care about Lebron. And there's not enough ball for Touches, a high usage Kiwi, and Lebron. If Lebron were to consider the Spurs, one of their current stars might be on their way out.

I still don't think Lebron is headed to SA... But I also think Kiwi is legit not healthy and still hope he will be back next season. I could be wrong in all fronts.

[Seventyniner]

The Spurs can get somewhat close to giving Lebron the max ($31-33 Million) without gutting their team. It just depends on how much money Green and Parker want. They'd have to let Anderson and Forbes go and find takers for Patty and Pau. But none of those guys are worth missing out on James for. I'm not sure, however, if PATFO would be willing to have a third under-the-cap year in four seasons or if Lebron would take even that much less when he can get the biggest contract ever if he stays. It would probably be easier to acquire James to replace Kawhi rather than pairing with him too, logistically speaking. I'm not sure Kawhi would want Lebron on his squad.

Also, kinda nitpicky, but James is actually on a three-year deal right now, if he opts in. So the Spurs would get his full Bird rights. Not that big of a deal given his status as a max player already. But you never know.

Agree that Kawhi might not want LeBron here, and before all this injury drama his opinion might have been worth something. But if the Spurs can't count on him they have to improve the team however they can. Kawhi might also not want to rock the boat too much If he wants the supermax.

I didn't know LeBron was on a three-year deal. I assumed he was still signing the same contract every offseason: 2 year max with player option on year 2. The Bird rights wouldn't matter until 2020, right?

[BillMc]

Subtle as Tony chatting up someone's wife at a party.

[jermaine]

sick

Lebron, healthy Kawhi, Lamarcus and 2 dleaguers are probably winning at least 60 games just for the talent

How would Labron feel being the Iron man of the NBA playing alone side a guy making 19mil an missing the entire season cuz he's not 100% healthy!?!

[MoSpur02]

Rather have Aaron Gordon

[Budkin]

Joke as much as you want about how unlikely it is. It’s a very real possibility.

[Budkin]

Rather have Aaron Gordon

[cd98]

If we can find a way to get Curry and Green from GSW and LeBron, we could have the all Woke All Star team with the wokest coach in sports.

[Chinook]

Agree that Kawhi might not want LeBron here, and before all this injury drama his opinion might have been worth something. But if the Spurs can't count on him they have to improve the team however they can. Kawhi might also not want to rock the boat too much If he wants the supermax.

It's more that I don't think James will come unless the whole organization recruits him. If Kawhi pulls a Rose, I think James moves on. I agree that the team probably won't base their off-season purely on what Kawhi wants.

I didn't know LeBron was on a three-year deal. I assumed he was still signing the same contract every offseason: 2 year max with player option on year 2. The Bird rights wouldn't matter until 2020, right?

James signed two one-and-ones when he went back to Cleveland. After that, Cleveland used EB rights to give him the max. EB contracts have to be for at least two years, not counting options. So James is in year two of a potential three-year deal. Bird rights would not matter if the team signs him. But it would matter if the team tried to trade for him, like Houston did with Paul. They'd have James with full Bird rights in 2019 in that scenario, rather than just non-Bird rights if he signed a one-year deal.

[Chinook]

If we can find a way to get Curry and Green from GSW and LeBron, we could have the all Woke All Star team with the wokest coach in sports.

Curry? Irving's woke as , man.

[cd98]

Curry? Irving's woke as , man.

Irving and LeBron can’t coexist, tho.

[phxspurfan]

tampering lol

[DMC]

Pop supports the Black Panthers.

[DMC]

Curry? Irving's woke as , man.

Except about the horizon tbh

[DMC]

Subtle as Tony chatting up someone's wife at a party.

If Tony is chatting up your wife, your wife is probably pretty hot. Plus you might get an "in" ticket with TP. You never know. Wives come and go.

[spursistan]

The season of begging has kicked off..

Philly youth and the fit with Simmons makes me very skeptical this could work..

[cool cat]

I'm not sure there was anything subtle about that recruitment.

[bigfan]

Pop is the best for all sorts of reasons. However LeBron probably won't take his talents anywhere, he has been down that road before.

[BillMc]

If Tony is chatting up your wife, your wife is probably pretty hot. Plus you might get an "in" ticket with TP. You never know. Wives come and go.

So you'd pimp the wife to Tony for court side seats?

[monkeypunk]

Knows he is paid for buy democracts and hired people who waste their money and give to democracts

You never cease to impress with your ability to show how stupid you are. Stay off Breitshart and your IQ might just go up a few notches....

[tbdog]

The Spurs can get somewhat close to giving Lebron the max ($31-33 Million) without gutting their team. It just depends on how much money Green and Parker want. They'd have to let Anderson and Forbes go and find takers for Patty and Pau. But none of those guys are worth missing out on James for. I'm not sure, however, if PATFO would be willing to have a third under-the-cap year in four seasons or if Lebron would take even that much less when he can get the biggest contract ever if he stays. It would probably be easier to acquire James to replace Kawhi rather than pairing with him too, logistically speaking. I'm not sure Kawhi would want Lebron on his squad.

Also, kinda nitpicky, but James is actually on a three-year deal right now, if he opts in. So the Spurs would get his full Bird rights. Not that big of a deal given his status as a max player already. But you never know.

I would love the Spurs to keep Green, Kyle, Gay, and Leonard to go with Lebron and LMA. Is that possible? If TP takes a very cheap contract? That length is just incredible. Isn't Kyle Anderson cap hold very small as he is 30th pick?

If you have a look at Gay's and Kyle's game, they are just inferior versions of Leonard and Lebron. Essentially, rest, injuries, normal subs utions, you could run the same sets by replacing Lebron with Kyle or Leonard with Gay.