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Something is definitely being discussed with all these guys on varying teams being held out...
I see Lauri (if he's here) as a starting 4 and backup 5 and Luka as a backup 4 for now. In a year or two I'd expect Luka to take the starting 4 because of his 2-way game. Either way it'd be good compe ion as long as we moved on from Rudy and Lyles.
Something is definitely being discussed with all these guys on varying teams being held out...
They are also in talks for Ariza, they will do something before the deadline but not sure about LMA.
There not giving up Achiwua or Chris Silva for Ariza tho maybe Bradley, Iggy. There up to something
So where do they see their biggest weakness. Is it more wing help to try get by the Nets? Or is it big help to get past the LeBronettes? Or both?
I don’t know I think most teams out East are concerned about matching up with Joel Embiid in the playoffs but who knows for sure
They are 25th in offense, guessing they want to play smaller like when they had Crowder. Makes sense that they are going after Rudy and Ariza someone who allows them to play more perimeter oriented and while still being big. LA is a luxury, they won't go far with a bottom 10 offense.
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OP: LMA is gone!
Narrator: LMA was, indeed, not gone.
Would people trade Lonnie for Precious? Or at least as part of a LMA package? I love Lonnie but curious what people think.
Nah. Count me in as a member of Lonnie island.
id consider a future first though to sweeten a package to make it happen. 2023 unprotected. By then I think the roster is filling up with first round picks and I’m gonna fire a hot take and say that pick is in the 20-25 range and closer to 25.
The Heat go against Memphis tonight. If Precious is out again tonight without an injury designation after playing on a consistent basis like he had been that will be very telling.
No way the Heat trade Achiuwa.
You don't trade a rookie.
he’s gone in spirit lol
I kind of see Lonnie as a holding piece to see what DDR does. I think that he is the closest guy to supplying what DDR does if DDR walks or gets traded. I don't think he's nearly as good as DDR, but he does have a smooth jump shot and he shoot the midrange well and he also gets to the rim quite easily, he just needs to improve at finishing. I think the Spurs are still high on him and he floats around the rotation depending on what DDR does. That doesn't mean Walker would succeed if DDR left, just that he has the skill set to drive in the lane and find open players and also the ability to shoot threes, midrange, and get to the rim. Those make him valuable and someone to hold onto and hope he develops into a player on DDR level or dream that he will be better.
But despite what people say here, DDR is an elite player and if he played in the 90s, when the NBA favored his game, he'd be a bigger star than he is now. We'll be lucky if any of our current talent grows to his level of basketball.
If they are dangling Precious, then I would be curious to see if we could get him. Obviously, not going to happen but as fans we persist.
A three team deal maybe, with:
Spurs Receiving-Iguodala, Achuwa, 2nd round pick (from 3rd team)
Heat Receiving- Aldridge
3rd Team Receiving -Harkless
Its not nothing, Achuwa is supposed to be pretty good and is still on rookie scale for 3 more seasons after this one.
I hope things go better for LMA than it did for Gasol. Cried and left the team over reduced role, realize no other team is going to start you, get hurt playing off the bench, sign a vet minimum contract next year, get hurt again, retire. Sometimes these fools don’t see how the Spurs take care of you and the grass isn’t greener.
With really only one pick to trade (a 2027 second), Achiuwa would probably be the asset that gets moved in lieu of a first or a bunch of seconds. First round picks normally depreciate in terms of value after becoming actual players because other teams may have not valued them as highly.
He's apparently been pretty good and still on rookie scale for the next three years, so he could have pretty good value.
You don’t trade a rookie for a seasoned expiring contract vet. I agree with that. I can’t see him coming to the Spurs for LMA or Rudy.
Right. I don't think Miami is so close to a le that they would mortgage any future pieces by trading them for LMA or Rudy or some package for both. Maybe if it was a player that moved the needle more to put them in as a front runner, but does anyone believe Gay or LMA would put them over the Nets? I mean, they are in win now mode with Butler, but their other pieces are still young so I agree it makes no sense to give them up for expiring players that may improve your chances slightly.
And if Miami is so quick to move Precious, we don’t want him anyway, something gotta be wrong with him to trade him so early in his first year.
while LM would offer spacing with his shooting, i agree about his defensive shortcomings. i don't want to surrender luka in exchange.
Hopefully we can all take one of GOB’s “forget-me-now” when it’s all over with.
I agree with all that and would add they may see Lonnie as a Mills replacement as well. And so with both DDR and Mills possibly coming back or not, the uncertainty may mean there is no way they part with Lonnie for insurance, as you say.
On the other hand, hopefully the FO has some plan already in place for what they want to do in case an advantageous trade presents itself.
I figure precious is going to Houston in an Oladipo deal...we probably get a 2nd or maybe a 1st a few years down the line..
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