He's going to pull a Pau. Sign a big deal with the clippers then opt out in the last year to come here as a 36 y/o talking about how he's always wanted to come to the Spurs. Hopefully by then Murray will be the starter living up to his potential so RC can sign him for the minimum and have him coming off the bench.
One has to think that is some clickbait and he doesn't know his Spurs at all.
Take Campazzo for far less money.
I agree. As soon as I got to the proposed "lineup" I immediately realized this guy had no idea what he was talking about. I posted it though, so people could speculate what the lineup would look like if we did sign him. Unfortunately the thread took on a life of its own as a debate between the "we don't want him" and "you'd be dumb to not take him" camps.
If the Spurs add a 30+ year old PG to the team while Parker is still on the roster then it's probably Milos Teodosic. I'm not saying that's what I want but, it's what I would expect if we go that route.
Did he sign already???!!CP to the Spurs
Actually, I haven't even considered a lineup that includes CP3 bc the cap issues tend to be very confusing to me.
I had a comment for SpursDynasty who had in his bench lineup a FA and Simmons, Pau, and he still has Dedmon in the team and no Bertans and Anderson anywhere. Obviously unrealistic. I think if the move for CP3 is made, everyone else who is up for a contract for the Spurs this season (Simmons, Mills, maybe Dedmon, etc... won't be reupped, specially those 3 who are younger players in the prime years of their careers and they all need to get paid. None has gotten the big NBA contract and they all need to maximize what they can get at their ages--ranging from 28-29) In general though, cap stuff, unless Chinook makes a breakdown to make it easier on me, is really confusing.
I love speculation as much as anyone though. I think any move for a high ticket FA though will require parting with high ticket guys in the Spurs and it's just unknown for me who they need to part with to make it work.. obviously the article was trash. It doesn't even consider things like this.
I will tell you though, although not within the context of this thread, I have been quite puzzled with Pau Gasol. Maybe Pop is underplaying him/or underutilizing him... but for the minutes he is giving in the playoffs and Pop preferring to give more minutes to a vet min guy like DLee, one wonders if 15 mill for Pau were really worth it and he's someone they could part with.
It is nice to daydream about though. Paul/Green/Leonard/Aldridge is a top-tier defensive foursome. If Dedmon fouls less and finishes at the rim at a high rate it could be easily the second-best starting lineup in the league.
But getting Paul means losing Gasol, Parker, and Mills. With Ginobili ostensibly retiring that doesn't leave much on the bench.
Sign and trade for Lamarcus?
CP3 is not ideal salary-wise and might have some locker room issues,BUT, a point guard with elite playmaking skills and some tough defense gives us an edge I'd love to have. Interesting to think about, and pretty unlikely.
If Mills burns off id hope Cp3 picks the spurs.. If not,
I read somewhere paul george wants out of Indy...
Murray at sf?
-Sign and trade Aldridge for Paul.
-Get that Hanga guy to come.
-Same with Milutinov.
-Let Patty and Simmons go.
Paul/Tony/Murray
Green/Hanga/Manu
Kawhi/rookie SF/Anderson
Bertans/Lee/Rookie SF-PF hybrid.
Dedmon/Gasol/Milutinov
Don't even know if this is doable cap wise. Maybe somebody can help me out with that.
Last edited by DAF86; 04-27-2017 at 03:43 PM.
Didn't the writer get the memo when ESPN fired their ty writers?
Never guys in their prime. Always guys who've respected the spurs their whole career but looked the other way, and now...NOW...want to win a ring.
I spent a bit of time looking for my long-ass post going over scenarios to get the Spurs sufficient cap space to sign CP3 or Lowry. Can't find it though. Maybe someone can dredge up the previous Paul thread to look for it. In the interim, the salary thread in the TT should be pretty up to date. Just knock out salaries from guys you want to trade away or let walk.
It's doable because a Paul for LMA trade doesn't require cap space. It's not a good idea, mind you, but it's doable.
Ha ha, well said. Good thing we can do more for less and watch them kick themselves. em.
There's nothing wrong with building your wealth and then basically buying your ring. It's financially savvy to make hay while the sun is shining. Sometimes that means being on a team without much of a chance to win, but in the realm of money, there's a lot more to be made there than on a team like the Spurs even if you win.
When you retire, it's about the money. You can have rings, fine, Scotty was damn near bankrupt and he's got 6 rings. Not everyone can win. We about folks stacking to win a ring, then we because they won't.
Clippers would have LMA, Blake, and 'Dre then. Unless Blake leaves and goes to OKC
If Blake happened to want to come to S.A, then LMA would work too in an S&T
Last edited by cd021; 04-27-2017 at 05:55 PM.
Since he'd have to leave I believe $40M on the table, Los Angeles and surrender control to a domineering coach, as well as play off the ball more with another perimeter superstar, the only case the Spurs could make, is if they're willing to salary dump Parker (a decent asset would probably have to be included) and Gasol, thereby allowing them to retain Aldridge and sell him on a big three, while also making it more palatable to maintain reasonable depth.
So if the Spurs were to S&T LMA for CP3 then they would still be over the cap and Dedmon could be had possibly for the MLE?
Id rather have Murray and cap space.
In on 100 pg thread
If the Spurs were to give Paul a big contact, which I would think it would be a disaster in 3 years time, the spurs would need Gasol not to pick up his option, Manu retire, renounce Mills, and trade parker for naught, and give up on Dedmon, Simmons, Lee, and possible Gasol if he does not sign for a min.
Other words, Spurs trade Mills, Parker, Manu, Dedmon, Simmons, Lee, and possibly Gasol for Paul and bunch of minimal contract.
However if Paul wanted to take a 16 mil contact, then it would look different.
TLDR, it won't happen.
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