Pop about Kyle's departure

[LittleCriminal]

All ya bums thought that was a good contract.

[LittleCriminal]

I don't think Kyle's absence of 3s hurt his offense as badly as his refusal to take wide open 2s

It was his absence of wide open 3s and 2s that did him in.. That Pos.

Had his shot with the starters and failed.
Produce or get reduced.

[jsandiego]

Would Kyle have been included in the Kawhi deal instead of Danny, if he had not already signed a RFA offer? Or does the timeline not work for that?

[palangi]

Shooting, shooting, shooting... DDR upped his assists to more than 5 last year. Murray is our developing pg. Both Cannot shoot which was why Bertans fits better. Kyle is overall better imo.

Anderson on call defense was bad. He was good as a help defender.
So no he isn't what we needed. We need bertans range more than KA handles

[K...]

It was his absence of wide open 3s and 2s that did him in.. That Pos.

Had his shot with the starters and failed.
Produce or get reduced.

He got the mle¿. Basically fat Patty money? That doesn't really comport with your argument..... But this is a tired debate

[LittleCriminal]

He got the mle¿. Basically fat Patty money? That doesn't really comport with your argument..... But this is a tired debate

Lol it's only a debate to you.. Lol
Spurs FO proved my point and let his sorry ass go..

[cjw]

Hindsight is 20/20, but knowing RFAs like him are likely to get the MLE given how many teams have that available but not cap room, makes you wonder if the Spurs dangled him at the trade deadline to recoup SOMETHING (even if a second rounder or two). Spurs had to know he would have commanded the MLE based on precedents, and had to have known they weren’t planning on matching.

Last year was not a normal year. They were not winning without Kawhi, and his shenanigans of “don’t rule me out for the year” and lack of communication put the team in limbo.

[SpursDynasty85]

Anderson on call defense was bad. He was good as a help defender.
So no he isn't what we needed. We need bertans range more than KA handles

Right. KA was not what we needed but overall as a player, Anderson is better than Bertans is what I'm saying. The right call for the Spurs.

[SAGirl]

Hindsight is 20/20, but knowing RFAs like him are likely to get the MLE given how many teams have that available but not cap room, makes you wonder if the Spurs dangled him at the trade deadline to recoup SOMETHING (even if a second rounder or two). Spurs had to know he would have commanded the MLE based on precedents, and had to have known they weren’t planning on matching.

Last year was not a normal year. They were not winning without Kawhi, and his shenanigans of “don’t rule me out for the year” and lack of communication put the team in limbo.

I think they hoped to retain him. The FA market was so tight that many players picked up their player options. At some point they had the 4/20 offer from the Spurs on the table and probably would have taken it, but the Grizzlies just came out of nowhere and scooped him up.

[LittleCriminal]

All you player fans living off of I think, what ifs and hindsighs..lol

Memphis overpayed
Spurs agreed, declined to match,
Pile packed his bags.

#facts
#getoff tynbaplayersnutts

[james evans]

Of course.. I knew if he played decently Spurs would let him go. They have done that with so many young players recently. It wasn't a surprise.

Exactly. And if he had played like , they would have gave him a big contract, Green, Ginobli, Gasol, Parker. Playing good in a contract year gets you a ticket off the team it seems. I don’t live kyles play 100% but I’ll take him over Gasol

[DMC]

Pop is being kind. It was difficult seeing his brief expression change when he mentioned "end of season" since he didn't do his interview for reasons we are all aware of. Pop is dealing with a lot of changes right now.

[Em-City]

Pop also said that kawhi was a good teammate in that same interview.. Take with several grains of salt