mysa McDonald: How Spurs' free-agency run at Kevin Durant might work

[HarlemHeat37]

Ew, no. Just trade Parker. Could have Mills and like three other guys for that money.

Do you actually believe the Spurs would ever trade Parker, though? Pop isn't Belichick, tbh..

[Mugen]

I mean, you don't say No if Pizza Face wants to come...

But man, I'm not sure if I want him to be a Spur. This is Kawhi's team tbh.

[SpursforSix]

Ew, no. Just trade Parker. Could have Mills and like three other guys for that money.

We need a true distributor for a PG I'd Durant is added. And I don't know they'd have any money to get a decent one that can play decent defense.

[Chinook]

Do you actually believe the Spurs would ever trade Parker, though? Pop isn't Belichick, tbh..

This is unprecedented. Don't see them pursuing KD, at all, but if they do, they will be more open to moving players than ever before, and I don't think sentimentality is going to be their main criterion.

[NASpurs]

Man...trading Parker would solve so many things in this situation and we would get to keep Danny in the process plus have like $8 million to fill in the roster.

[rasuo214]

Horford and Conley are also FA possibilities, if they were each willing to sign for 17 mil a year (Parker would need to be traded) I'd rather sign those 2 than KD.

Conley/Green/Kawhi/Aldridge/Horford

[100%duncan]

Man...trading Parker would solve so many things in this situation and we would get to keep Danny in the process plus have like $8 million to fill in the roster.

[100%duncan]

Btw As much as Ive shat on TP, I dont feel like throwing him into dirt tbh. Feels very unspurlike as cliche as it may sound, same goes for danny

[south side spur]

Horford and Conley are also FA possibilities, if they were each willing to sign for 17 mil a year (Parker would need to be traded) I'd rather sign those 2 than KD.

Conley/Green/Kawhi/Aldridge/Horford

Conley is the only player in the league who has worse ankles than Curry and Horford's shoulder isn't much better. I know Durant has a bad wheel but so far it's holding up.

[Russ]

Do the Spurs allow guys to play in T-shirts?

[TheGreatYacht]

People are arguing if giving up Danny for Kevin Durant is worth it

Just when ST hit rock bottom last year arguing if Aldridge was worth giving up Splitter's screens/D ... Y'all hit me with this

[TheGreatYacht]

Most posters do not place Tony on quite as high a pedestal as Tim and Manu, because Tim and Manu played on bargain contracts as they declined. And neither one has expressed the desire to play beyond his utility to the team. By contrast, Tony's contract overpays him pretty substantially PLUS he has expressed the desire to play for 20 years with the Spurs.

What bro? Ginobili earned $14,000,000 the year he had 8 turnovers... Then the Spurs rewarded him with a pretty big 2yr/14M contract

What pay cuts? This year is his first pay cut tbh

Parker was severely underpaid in his prime and Spurs returned the favor.

[Kikoluna]

He should go to Boston, tbh..they have a great coach and it's a big market..he could also avoid the Warriors until the Finals..

Great coach? Man you are drinking the esp Kool aid.

[Spurs9]

People are arguing if giving up Danny for Kevin Durant is worth it

Just when ST hit rock bottom last year arguing if Aldridge was worth giving up Splitter's screens/D ... Y'all hit me with this

[Hoops Czar]

No. Green offers too much defensively and he's invested in Pop's system. Replacing him with a skill shooter at a position they technically don't need more depth at sounds like a net loss to me. I'd take Durant, but not at the expense of Danny.

Durant is 3rd among SF's in RPM and Win shares (more than doubling DG) and you would rather have Danny because he might block or alter a couple of shots in transition and he's invested in Pop's system? Durant over Green would result in a net loss? I haven't watched many Thunder games this year but, could you tell me how many times during the course of the season Durant's been benched for poor defense and inep ude on offense? That numbers probably close to zero. Is this the real world? Overall, Danny is a nice defender but his man to man defense has been mediocre at best this year and his offensive skill seem to be eroding before our eyes. I do believe he's a much better fit for the Spurs than he would be for the vast majority of the other teams in the league but, the NBA is ultimately a business, not charity (Unless your name is Matt Bonner). He'll be 29 in June and if he's on the decline (in the same manner some think Ibaka is declining), the Spurs could sell high and get a useful piece/pick back in return. This is all a moot point of course because the Spurs rarely ever trade their own unless the player wants to be traded.

[dbestpro]

Madness seems to run a muck in our country these days. If you can get Durant and all you have to is give up Green you do it every day seven days a week.

[spurraider21]

yeah the green over durant stuff is homer nonsense

[Leetonidas]

Really? so they didn't jettison their starting C for nothing in a salary dump to make room for a max contract? cmon son you're kidding yourself if you think the FO would pick green over durant

edit: this was supposed to be a quoted reply but my phone ed it up

[Keepin' it real]

Madness seems to run a muck in our country these days. If you can get Durant and all you have to is give up Green you do it every day seven days a week.

B-b-but he plays great transition defense.

[intlspurshk]

Regardless of the cap room, does SPURS have the financial capability to pay 92 million?

[AFBlue]

Regardless of the cap room, does SPURS have the financial capability to pay 92 million?

Yes.

[AFBlue]

As for Durant, I would fully expect the Spurs to prep for Danny to be offloaded should KD become a legit possibility. Tony will retire in a Spurs uni. Anyone that thinks otherwise is fooling themselves.

[DMC]

B-b-but he plays great transition defense.

He's supply and demand there. He's in position to defend largely because he just turned the ball over.

If KD goes to a team that's not currently a contender, Spurs gain by losing that OKC rivalry. If Durant goes East, he's not our problem any more. However, the league is going the way of up-tempo, transition offense and KD is well suited for that. Put him with LMA and KL and get a crafty PG that can pass and hit the 3 and you're looking at a different Spurs team. However, the Spurs even without Tim Duncan and Tony Parker are deep playoff level. We know Tim is basically done, he still has defense going for him but little else outside of team chemistry (which is underrated). I'd prefer to keep Manu and lose Tony and Tim, because Manu/KD/Aldridge/Leonard combo would be a juggernaut most nights. KD needs a wiling passer because he should have the ball in his hands most of the time. LMA cannot play a Serge role because he's too good of an outside shooter to be relegated to cleanup work.

So I don't see KD coming to SA. With the void in LA I could see him going there however. That would make him the face of the Lakers right away. That would be hard to resist as a guy who's been stuck in OKC for years.

[Keepin' it real]

As for Durant, I would fully expect the Spurs to prep for Danny to be offloaded should KD become a legit possibility. Tony will retire in a Spurs uni. Anyone that thinks otherwise is fooling themselves.

I agree. How could the Spurs get rid of a 4 time champion? Ain't happening.

And for the record, I don't even like Durant. But to think that in two years the Spurs could upgrade from Splitter and Green to LMA and KD. Goodness! Talk about a new Big 3.

[TheDoctor]

LMAO Can't believe guys here would take Danny over Durant.

Transition defense? Shot blocking? Durant averaging an ultra efficient 18+pts combined with his ball handling/play making will on those Danny Green's attributes tbh. And that insane gravity? With Kawhi and LMA also demanding double teams?