Official 2017 Offseason Thread

[Hoops Czar]

Pau Gasol sees himself a Spur for a long time

This is no surprise to most people, but there seem to be a few people who still think the Spurs are going to pull the rug out from Pau after convincing him to opt out.

For the time being, I think we can safely pencil him into the roster. Where does that leave us...

Mills/Murray/Parker/White
Green/Forbes
Leonard/Anderson/Blossomgame
Aldridge/Gay/Bertans
Gasol/Lauvergne

With more holes than a pound of Swiss Cheese. Add Manu to the list of PG contaminants. He's not retiring.

[BatManu20]

Too young.

[NASpurs]

Too young.

I remember him looking like Butterbean last year. He may be too young but he's just the right size for Pop.

[Dverde]

Mike Miller should open up a bar in Miami called "That One Time..."

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Pau Gasol sees himself a Spur for a long time

This is no surprise to most people, but there seem to be a few people who still think the Spurs are going to pull the rug out from Pau after convincing him to opt out.

For the time being, I think we can safely pencil him into the roster. Where does that leave us...

Mills/Murray/Parker/White
Green/Forbes
Leonard/Anderson/Blossomgame
Aldridge/Gay/Bertans
Gasol/Lauvergne

I think the following are in Austin:

Blssomgame
One of White, Forbes, maybe both
Lauvergne

[TimDunkem]

Lauvergne in Austin...lol Okay.

[tonight...you]

I think the following are in Austin:

Blssomgame
One of White, Forbes, maybe both
Lauvergne

Dude... My God. You are not in touch with reality.

[r0drig0lac]

I think the following are in Austin:

Blssomgame
One of White, Forbes, maybe both
Lauvergne

?????

[SAGirl]

[TimDunkem]

Yeah, a three year bigman who has had experience with TP and Bertans playing in similar systems, who was signed to more than the minimum to bring screen setting and passing to the bench, on a team lacking bigmen, is going to spend a large amount of time in Austin.

Makes sense...Well...No it doesn't.

[BatManu20]

[BatManu20]

[tonight...you]

I can see them throwing a big 'ol 1 year salary at him and him saying " s yizowl!".

Then he'll effectively be a progress stopper for other players and leave next year for a max.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Yeah, a three year bigman who has had experience with TP and Bertans playing in similar systems, who was signed to more than the minimum to bring screen setting and passing to the bench, on a team lacking bigmen, is going to spend a large amount of time in Austin.

Makes sense...Well...No it doesn't.

Yeah, I haven't seen anything that indicates he got more than a minimum deal. So, your post makes total sense. Well, no it doesn't.

We still don't know what's happening with the other bigs. Gotta assume Pau is back, and it's very quiet on the Dedmon front too. But it's crazy that people are penciling this guy in for a rotation spot when we don't even know what our final roster looks like.

[TimDunkem]

I read it was for 3 million but, even if that isn't true, it doesn't make your post any less stupid.

lol Lauvergne in Austin.

[tonight...you]

Yeah, I haven't seen anything that indicates he got more than a minimum deal. So, your post makes total sense. Well, no it doesn't.

We still don't know what's happening with the other bigs. Gotta assume Pau is back, and it's very quiet on the Dedmon front too. But it's crazy that people are penciling this guy in for a rotation spot when we don't even know what our final roster looks like.

Lauvergne to the G-League is so AGGIE of you...
Stick to agriculture and whatever it is you guys like to learn with animals over there.

[TimDunkem]

Lauvergne to the G-League is so AGGIE of you...

B..b...but we don't know what the final roster will look like although what we do know is that we only have two true bigs on our roster! Why would we ever assume he's penciled in to the rotation after RC essentially said he was during the POR/SA game?!

[Clipper Nation]

Aggy

[Leetonidas]

Yeah, I would be incredibly surprised if he spends any time in Austin next season

[I. Hustle]

B..b...but we don't know what the final roster will look like although what we do know is that we only have two true bigs on our roster! Why would we ever assume he's penciled in to the rotation after RC essentially said he was during the POR/SA game?!

How many "true" bigs do we need? 6'7 is the new center. If anything, we were ahead of our time with Dejuan Blair.

[TimDunkem]

How many "true" bigs do we need? 6'7 is the new center. If anything, we were ahead of our time with Dejuan Blair.

I don't disagree. But simply LMA and Gasoft probably won't cut it. Lauvergne seems to be that 3rd big to me. I expect the Spurs to go small the rest of the way.

Also, you need bodies when guys get in foul trouble. So, yeah, 3 bigs seems about right. Maybe one more is signed.

[tonight...you]

How many "true" bigs do we need? 6'7 is the new center. If anything, we were ahead of our time with Dejuan Blair.

Too bad he had no knees. And was a malcontent, but who gives a nowadays? Right?

[Kindergarten Cop]

Yeah, I haven't seen anything that indicates he got more than a minimum deal. So, your post makes total sense. Well, no it doesn't.

We still don't know what's happening with the other bigs. Gotta assume Pau is back, and it's very quiet on the Dedmon front too. But it's crazy that people are penciling this guy in for a rotation spot when we don't even know what our final roster looks like.

I read it was for 3 million but, even if that isn't true, it doesn't make your post any less stupid.

lol Lauvergne in Austin.

I read that it was a 2 year deal and the $3M could be accurate - and still be for the minimum (considering that a minimum 2yr deal for him would be $3.1M).

[I. Hustle]

Too bad he had no knees. And was a malcontent, but who gives a nowadays? Right?

I was talking about height since he played center a few games. Stan why are you so mad? Try to understand, I do want you as a fan.

[TimDunkem]

Blair could've been good in today's game if he stayed in shape, wasn't a dumbass, and learned how to shoot.

Oh well.