Spurs contact Pau Gasol reportedly

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Ariza for the MLE. Wiz already said they go up to 9 mil to resign him. Means that the Bulls are agreeing to the Butler and kings pick trade for Gasol. The bulls are screwing themselves with this one. News flash, the dude is 34 freakin years old and the Lakers have sucked two years in a row w him. Bulls really must be having visions of 08 Pau in their head right now.

[Dre_7]

You must be a new Spurs fan not to have seen Bonner completely fail to make the most wide open of shots during many of playoff runs, some coming in key moments in games. Enough is enough with this guy. And Diaw is the main reason Ibaka was drawn away from the paint not Bonner.

Nope, been a fan forever.

I am not talking about the pre Diaw days when Bonner was forced to play heavy minutes in the post season. I am talking about the last few seasons. Bonner is where he should be in the rotation now. And it he is valuable.

If he is going to get big money and play heavy minutes and have to be relied on during crunch time in the playoffs than you are right, but you know he is not. He only averaged 6 minutes a game in this years post season.

But again, which playoff game did Matt Bonner cost the Spurs. I am curious to know.

[Fuzzy Dunlop]

I thought you used the "b" word for Latinos. My bad.

be@ner

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

TSpence does it again.

Woj tweets out Melo will inform Knicks he is staying.

Tspence confirmed last night.

The guy failed when it really mattered.

[PublicOption]

its too late.

[timtonymanu]

Nope, been a fan forever.

I am not talking about the pre Diaw days when Bonner was forced to play heavy minutes in the post season. I am talking about the last few seasons. Bonner is where he should be in the rotation now. And it he is valuable.

If he is going to get big money and play heavy minutes and have to be relied on during crunch time in the playoffs than you are right, but you know he is not. He only averaged 6 minutes a game in this years post season.

But again, which playoff game did Matt Bonner cost the Spurs. I am curious to know.

This.

[TheGoldStandard]

Ariza for the MLE. Wiz already said they go up to 9 mil to resign him. Means that the Bulls are agreeing to the Butler and kings pick trade for Gasol. The bulls are screwing themselves with this one. News flash, the dude is 34 freakin years old and the Lakers have sucked two years in a row w him. Bulls really must be having visions of 08 Pau in their head right now.

Chicago is stupid to dump butler and a pick. Butler will help the Lakers

[spursparker9]

[TimDunkem]

Stupis deal all around, and honestly - a lateral move for Chicago - neither team gets much better. Especially if Chicago gives ups some of their already thin perimeter talent.

[TimDunkem]

I've been hearing this for awhile now. This is pretty much why I hold out a sliver of hope. Unfortunately, it looks like LA is going to do whatever they can to send him East.

[tmtcsc]

You're full blown re ed if you think Nick Van Exel and Stoudamire were "big name FA" when they signed with the Spurs.

Van Exel was so "coveted" he signed with the Spurs for $1MM. Stoudamire was so coveted he signed for $500,000. Aside from maybe Boris, none of the names on the list you provided were anything near their primes when they signed with the Spurs. Boris signed with the Spurs because of Tony.

The Spurs have had money available and not been able to lure big names. Rasho Nesterovic was the best the Spurs could do with cap space in '03.

Nick Van Exel and Stoudamire were coveted by other teams but chose SA and took less money for a chance to win a ring. The Spurs wanted them and they came here over other places. Thats my point. They just dont come up losers all the time like some people seem to think.

[ironman2886]

So basically Gasol wants Chicago, but for more money. He's going there either way, S&T or for MLE.

[Mugen]

Going to the Bulls for the MLE would be pretty damn stupid on Pau's part tbh.

[SpurPadre]

Come on, Padre. You also can't ignore that he hasn't hurt the Spurs the last two seasons because Pop finally used him the right way. You are basing your hate of Bonner on an era where the Spurs as a whole were just awful and where Pop was playing other failures like Jefferson, Bogans, and Mason. (who also played awful in the playoffs).

True that Pop is using him the right way now but for the money, you'd think it would be better spent than a guy with his reputation for missing wide open shots when they matter the most.

[xmas1997]

I think the sole reason Gasol is entertaining this S&T is because he thinks Melo will be signing there. With Gasol and Melo on the Bulls, they would be a le contender for sure, even with just Melo they would be.
So that satifies his desire to play on a contender and get more money.
I also think that if Chicago does NOT get Melo, then the whole dynamic changes and Gasol tells the Bulls to take a flying leap.

[timtonymanu]

True that Pop is using him the right way now but for the money, you'd think it would be better spent than a guy with his reputation for missing wide open shots when they matter the most.

Yeah that contract they gave him was awful. But that's on the front office. @ RJ getting 4 years/40 million that same offseason.

[Duncan2177]

So basically Gasol wants Chicago, but for more money. He's going there either way, S&T or for MLE.

I thought being on a winning team was more important than money for Gasol.

[ironman2886]

I think the sole reason Gasol is entertaining this S&T is because he thinks Melo will be signing there. With Gasol and Melo on the Bulls, they would be a le contender for sure, even with just Melo they would be.
So that satifies his desire to play on a contender and get more money.
I also think that if Chicago does NOT get Melo, then the whole dynamic changes and Gasol tells the Bulls to take a flying leap.

at Pau for not following tspence26 on twitter. Melo is going to re-sign with Knicks.

[spursparker9]

[ironman2886]

Does Pau know he has to join the Latin Kings street gang when he signs in Chicago?

[TimDunkem]

TSpence broke that news yesterday.

[spursparker9]

[buttsR4rebounding]

You must be a new Spurs fan not to have seen Bonner completely fail to make the most wide open of shots during many of playoff runs, some coming in key moments in games. Enough is enough with this guy. And Diaw is the main reason Ibaka was drawn away from the paint not Bonner.

Bonner's shooting percentages did drop during the playoffs (as most players do). He DID hit some big playoff shots. In the Game 1 loss to the Grizzlies the only reason 19% 3pt shooter ZBo's shot won the game for the Grizz is because Bonner had hit 2 3's in the last 90 seconds of the game to put the Spurs up by 2. Bonner back at the minimum is a no-brainer if you have the roster spot.

P.S. I have been a Spurs fan since 1973. Started attending games regularly when I got my drivers license in 1975.

[TXstbobcat]

That should get this thread past 100 pages.

[RD2191]

Does Pau know he has to join the Latin Kings street gang when he signs in Chicago?