Lowe: Before Spurs extended Aldridge, thought him, plus Murray, 1st was interesting

[DAF86]

If anyone did what I did and spent a few minutes working out a Pau-for-Marc trade, it would probably look like:

Pau
Murray
Bertans
First with like top-five protection only

For

Marc
Two of Selden, Chalmers or Rabb

I'd prefer Joff out and Davis in and either Forbes or White over Murray, but you can't have everything.

Parker, Green, Leonard, Aldridge, Marc
Mills, Ginobili, Gay, Anderson, Lauvergne
White, Forbes, Paul, (Memphis guys)

That's really not a bad roster, and Aldridge and Gasol would pretty much expire at the same time. The only real shame is that there's no path to a good guard after this. Even with his struggles, being able to turn Parker or Patty into Hill's three-year deal. Seems like a nice transition era.

Marc would about being benched to finish games. And you know that when it trully matters, we won't be able to be playing two traditional bigs. I don't know if it's worth it, tbh.

[K...]

you have to assume that MArc would play better knowing the culture and what not, i see a pau, murray, trade as essentially trading for the statu quo. For better or for worse we are not going to be a guard led team for many years, so unless you know pau is going to stay at this level for the whole contract, getting a younger player is a slam dunk.

Murray was much more valuable in the offseason. After a poor summer and meh season i think he's lost trade value. But at least hes worth more than the spurs first round pick. The thing is, he's at the level now where he can't get better without playing and the spurs system isn't going to let him run wild. He many adjust, but for the spurs to develop him properly and win now is a very hard deal to close. Honestly, i can't wait till we can trade mills.

[TD 21]

What do you mean by this? If Pau was younger, there wouldn't be much difference between the two?

Literally answered that right after the part you bolded . . .

Honestly think if Pau were the exact same player but 3 years younger, no one would pretend otherwise.

The inference being, Pau is stereotypically docked points strictly because of his age. It's typical in the NBA, where many act like if you're not in your prime, you suck. As if there's no middle ground.

[Gagnrath]

Said it at the time and never wavered: Aldridge was always the better fit. Spurs needed a featured scorer and versatile defender.



Spurs more than likely wouldn't even consider this. One of the biggest myths in this league is the supposed (non exist) gap between the Gasol's. Honestly think if Pau were the exact same player but 3 years younger, no one would pretend otherwise.

Not so much in the regular season recently but a couple of years ago Marc Gasol was way more willing to bang around the basket. You also saw it in a few playoffs. This resulted in better position around the basket and slightly higher shooting even though he has less touch...