We were able to win the Finley sweepstakes in '06. We can sure as win the Gasol one in '14. Ya never know
Convince Pau to sign here for the MLE this season and then tell him you'll sign his brother next summer when Timmy retires so they can dominate together
If he's gonna take a paycut, it would be to go to miami, not san antonio lol
You're right =
les with 2014-17/18 Pau Gasol leading the way = 0
les with Boozer leading the way = 0
Why swap for ?
Not only would he have to take less, but the spurs need to sell him on being a backup next year
Reminds me of last year when Spurs were interested in Monta Ellis armed with only the MLE. People actually thought there was a chance. I mean I know Gasol's washed up but there are loaded teams ready to throw $8M or more at him.
would you give up tiago in a sign and trade if this was an option?
Gasol will either stay in LA or go to HOU, DAL, or CHI tbh. Kobe WANs him back though so there's a good chance he stays out.
Absolutely not.
dude Gasol is 10x the player Boozer is.... smarten up, ass.
Gasol has been irrelevant on the Lakers for 2 years now. At his age, he should go East to get another le shot. Chicago would be good. The Miami experiment is over.
People are severely underrating Gasol IMO. Sure, the situation in LA was awful (playing with Kobe, then not playing with him and having Kobe heckle you from the bench/twitter). But when Gasol was engaged he was still doing impressive things.
If Ben Gordon can get 4.5 mil there is still the possibility of working out a s&t with Bonner plus others.
No . Dude sleepwalked to 17 ppg and 10 rpg last season.
Spurs aren't going to get him, but it's good form to check in.
Probably not. Such a deal wouldn't net much more than the MLE and they wouldn't want the players involved anyway.
Only if badly wants a ring.
Would love to have Gasol,
for 8-10m per,
for 3 years.
Gasol is very underrated,
good finisher,
solid defender,
and most importantly,
one of the best
passing big men in the game.
If the Spurs landed him,
and resigned Patty and Boris,
the Spurs would be
INSTANT le favorites next year.
It would be a
unimaginable coup!!!
DO IT FO! ALL IN!
First year mle is 5.3 mil. If we package 5mil in salaries we can take in 7.6mil. We would need someone to take Bonner at 3.2mil, Ayres 1.8, 1rd pick, and a prospect like Bertans.
Very unlikely though.
If playing time (rather than total money) is an issue, I'd consider trading Splitter for assets (and or cap space). Gasol is still very, very good, one of the tops at his position. Start Gasol/Duncan, bring Diaw off the bench after resigning. Too bad he's highly likely to go to one of our major compe ors. Best case would be Chicago.
Super duper unlikely.
He did it twice with LA smartass.
Also, can't give up Splitter for Gasol, our interior D would be and the 1-2 punch of him and Manu coming from the bench will be gone.
@SportsCenter Thunder have emerged as a leading contender for Pau Gasol, who also has meeting w/ Bulls scheduled. (via @ESPNSteinLine & @ramonashelburne)
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