LaMarcus Aldridge: I keep telling Damian Lillard I’ll return to Trail Blazers

[poopbox]

Poor Jabari...he took it raw right up the but for Kawhi and Uncle Dennis then once they were out the door he literally didn't exist to him anymore

[RC_Drunkford]

LA looks like he has lost weight

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

happy birthday lamarcus

[alpha_HaZE]

Nassir Little dropped like a rock in the draft because he was busted for cocaine. He was let off because he played for UNC and he ratted out his boys. Forget about Nassir Little. He’ll never be a Spur.

Thanks, I did not know that.

[TD 21]

The no logical direct trade to be made. If the playoffs seem unlikely by the trade deadline and Aldridge requests a trade, the only possible one I could see, is a 3 teamer, with Whiteside and a 1st (via Trail Blazers) to the Cavaliers, Aldridge to the Trail Blazers and Love to the Spurs.

Spurs should have no interest, as Love's bloated salary runs 2 seasons longer than Aldridge's and would cut into the '21 cap space, which is not worth it for an aging, injury prone player, who doesn't really have a defensive position in today's league and will likely be difficult to move at that point.

Then again, '21 cap space might not even be a thing they're striving for. It might just be getting as good of players as they can while developing the youth and they could view him as a star who fits their ethos, is 3 years younger than Aldridge and a nice offensive compliment to the young guards.

[sasaint]

The no logical direct trade to be made. If the playoffs seem unlikely by the trade deadline and Aldridge requests a trade, the only possible one I could see, is a 3 teamer, with Whiteside and a 1st (via Trail Blazers) to the Cavaliers, Aldridge to the Trail Blazers and Love to the Spurs.

Spurs should have no interest, as Love's bloated salary runs 2 seasons longer than Aldridge's and would cut into the '21 cap space, which is not worth it for an aging, injury prone player, who doesn't really have a defensive position in today's league and will likely be difficult to move at that point.

Then again, '21 cap space might not even be a thing they're striving for. It might just be getting as good of players as they can while developing the youth and they could view him as a star who fits their ethos, is 3 years younger than Aldridge and a nice offensive compliment to the young guards.

Except Love is already a former star - not a star.

[spurspl]

if LA request a trade and he probably wants to play in portland why not to give them both, LA and DDR for CJ, nurkic, collins, skal and a pick. They become a chip contender instantly. We got young big men and an all star caliber sg.

[JPB]

He’ll play out the next two years of his contract and then return to the Blazers when he’s past his prime for his farewell tour. I don’t see any problem with that.

Hopefully Gasol will stick around so they can reunite.

[cpds421]

if LA request a trade and he probably wants to play in portland why not to give them both, LA and DDR for CJ, nurkic, collins, skal and a pick. They become a chip contender instantly. We got young big men and an all star caliber sg.

CJ’s just another good regular season player. He and Dame choke big time in the playoffs.

[spurspl]

CJ’s just another good regular season player. He and Dame choke big time in the playoffs.

agree, CJ is a very similar player, but u need to take a look from a wider perspective and getting nurkic and collins + our murray/white/loonie - that would be a pretty dangerous team in a 2 yrs.

[Chinook]

Aldridge for Whiteside, Collins and a pick could make sense at the deadline if the Spurs like Collins. A number of Blazers fans think Zach's untouchable, but it'd surprise me if that was legit the case. It's more possible that there is enough bad blood that Portland wouldn't do a fair deal, and if so, they can suck it. He's the Spurs' best player, and the two teams are in the same tier, so I don't see any reason to think that near the deadline, Portland is going to be a contender while SA isn't.

[sasaint]

Aldridge for Whiteside, Collins and a pick could make sense at the deadline if the Spurs like Collins. A number of Blazers fans think Zach's untouchable, but it'd surprise me if that was legit the case. It's more possible that there is enough bad blood that Portland wouldn't do a fair deal, and if so, they can suck it. He's the Spurs' best player, and the two teams are in the same tier, so I don't see any reason to think that near the deadline, Portland is going to be a contender while SA isn't.

So, can you really see Pop trading “our best player” to a Western Conference team in our same tier?

[Chinook]

So, can you really see Pop trading “our best player” to a Western Conference team in our same tier?

No. That's why I think Portland would have to come correct and not think they have leverage.

[spurspl]

So, can you really see Pop trading “our best player” to a Western Conference team in our same tier?

no, he wont and thats a problem. With all due respect to pop, but NOW this rule is ty as . Sometimes i think that he became an egoist and think only about his legacy(another PO) not clubs good (reloading/rebuilding to become a SERIOUS contender in a 2-3yrs).

[raybies]

Exactly. Nothingburger, tbh. He wants to end his career in Portland. That's fine.

Play the rest of your productive seasons in San Antonio and then go get your Pau Gasol loyalty contract in Portland

Timstradamus?

[SpursDynasty85]

LMA has been pretty darn good for us. He expressed the trade the right way and for relatively good reason even after Popovich pubicly humiliating him. He worked it out face to face and signed a good value contract for both sides. He should get a lot of respect. Imo, he would like to have his jersey retired in Portland since he probably has a lot of ties there and may want to retire their. Who knows.

[playbonner15]

https://twitter.com/highkin/status/1...444237824?s=19

Looks like LA really wants out. Hope Spurs can trade him to Portland for picks

[ducks]

This should not be on first page
Pathetic spurstalk!

[dbreiden83080]

He has 2 years to go and we need him. So no..

[weeks]

doesn't bode well for our free agency hopes when we got guys willing to publicly renege on deals rather than come play with us, and the FAs we do get fantasize about leaving

[TimmyBuckets]

Jobroni Young sold his soul to the devil when he cozied up to Uncle Dennis. He spewed positive PR and "he's coming back soon" nonsense for Uncle Dennis in exchange for BREAKING NEWS material. He was ghosted by Dennis when Nephew went to Toronto. You could see the disappointment on Jabroni's face when fat puke Don Harris mentioned it during their Sunday night Sports Hack show. That was priceless.

idk why but I legit laughed like 20 seconds straight.

[Slippy]

https://twitter.com/highkin/status/1...444237824?s=19

Looks like LA really wants out. Hope Spurs can trade him to Portland for picks

So Gasol regurgitates the same quote and now we going through another round of LA wants out. Haha

[tbdog]

I am pretty sure Gasol wasn't taking whatever he was offered and the tweet isn't newsworthy. Unlike Tool finally coming to spotify this Friday. Now that is news.

[exstatic]

So Gasol regurgitates the same quote and now we going through another round of LA wants out. Haha

This.

[tmtcsc]

Unlike Tool finally coming to spotify this Friday. Now that is news.