Zach Lowe : "I think there is mutual interest between CP3 and the Spurs" + LMA future

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Can Spurs do a sign and trade for Cousins? LMA can compliment Davis with his outside shots. LMA demeanor can be more ideal to a younger team compared to Cousins esp if not winning. Cousins/Kawhi can lure CP3 but needs to structure his contract to get more when TP/Ginobili out of the books. Then we get Cousins/Kawhi/CP3 while Murray still one or two years. Is that doable?

No.

[PopTheGOAT]

I can't help but think this would be a mistake

[Ron Swanson]

I'll wait to see what Tspence says. That guy is so good he called Pau to the Spurs two years before it happened.

[Brazil]

I did not pay attention to that possibility tbh... as far as I understood Spurs cannot throw the amount of money clippers can and gap is too big to get CP3 interest. I'm sure he would love to play for the Spurs but won't let that much of money on the table for that...

[superbigtime]

I can't help but think this would be a mistake

[coachmac87]

I did not pay attention to that possibility tbh... as far as I understood Spurs cannot throw the amount of money clippers can and gap is too big to get CP3 interest. I'm sure he would love to play for the Spurs but won't let that much of money on the table for that...

Yeah but I'm curious how much Paul can save with the NO STATE INCOME TAX and if that makes a difference..

[sananspursfan21]

Does no one, outside of the merits of spending money on CP3 at his age, have concerns with his fit? Kawhi has the ball a lot and would SA really adjust their offense by taking the ball out of Kawhi's hands to be in CP3's?

CP3 is a high usage, ball-in-the-hand to create for others player and I don't see him changing. Could SA function and both Kawhi/CP3 change their style of play?

I think I'm in the minority that would have serious reservations about it. I would love reading all the "Spurs are back in contention just when you think they're done" cliche articles but deep in the depths of my basketball instinct, I would be worried for our guys. We'll look good on paper but I think we'd have another version of a fool's gold season.

[Mugen]

Dejounte tbh. is the future.

[mo7888]

I have reservations about paying the money it would take to get CP3. I am however, firmly in the Avery Bradley camp. I think he fits better in a Spurs system than anyone else. He could even play the Patty role at times as a PG with Kawhi as the primary ball-handler. He's got so much versatility and his D against the Warriors would be sorely needed. I'd try to get them to take Pau and a future 1st for him and move LMA to the 5 but, I'd be willing to trade LMA for him straight up and try and find a young 4 to come in a develop off of the bench.

[tbdog]

Our efficiency will go through the roof. Those %, those steals, that defense if we somehow keep Green. It would be dream for 2 season tbh. You would be insane to think you would rather have Murray. In his rookie year, Paul avg 16 and 7 on 43% shooting. By year three he was avg over 20 and 11. You guys would seriously decline the second best pg in the league for Murray’s development?

[mo7888]

Our efficiency will go through the roof. Those %, those steals, that defense if we somehow keep Green. It would be dream for 2 season tbh. You would be insane to think you would rather have Murray. In his rookie year, Paul avg 16 and 7 on 43% shooting. By year three he was avg over 20 and 11. You guys would seriously decline the second best pg in the league for Murray’s development?

It's not a question of declining the 2nd best PG in the league. It's a matter of declining to guarantee to pay in $40M per season when he's 35 and 36 years old while Kawhi is still in his prime at 28 and 29.

[tbdog]

I have reservations about paying the money it would take to get CP3. I am however, firmly in the Avery Bradley camp. I think he fits better in a Spurs system than anyone else. He could even play the Patty role at times as a PG with Kawhi as the primary ball-handler. He's got so much versatility and his D against the Warriors would be sorely needed. I'd try to get them to take Pau and a future 1st for him and move LMA to the 5 but, I'd be willing to trade LMA for him straight up and try and find a young 4 to come in a develop off of the bench.

Celtics would consider that if they net Hayward. If they trade for Butler or P.George, I imagine Bradley would be involved in the deal. So lets say the Celtics sign Hayward straight. They might be willing to take on Gasol expiring plus Bertans for Bradley and Zeller. That way they will be shredding contracts to pay IT. But they will want unprotected 1sts.

[spursparker9]

This is like Jason Kidd situation in 2003 offseason all over again.

Murray = Young MVParker
CP3 = J-Kidd

[baseline bum]

I did not pay attention to that possibility tbh... as far as I understood Spurs cannot throw the amount of money clippers can and gap is too big to get CP3 interest. I'm sure he would love to play for the Spurs but won't let that much of money on the table for that...

Salary dumping Aldridge is the only reasonable way.

[picnroll]

People complain about Aldridge being fat, out of shape. Cousins is the poster child for that profile. He's lazy getting back in D, half the time because he's picking up a tech. Pop would have Boogie buried so deep in the bench he'd need binoculars to see the floor.

[baseline bum]

This is like Jason Kidd situation in 2003 offseason all over again.

Murray = Young MVParker
CP3 = J-Kidd

Murray is nowhere close to how good Parker was at age 19, much less age 20 when that offseason went down. Murray is a nice player but Parker was viewed as a surefire allstar by that time. , Seattle was offering Gary Payton for Parker + Malik Rose after the summer league the year Parker got drafted.

[Chinook]

People complain about Aldridge being fat, out of shape. Cousins is the poster child for that profile. He's lazy getting back in D, half the time because he's picking up a tech. Pop would have Boogie buried so deep in the bench he'd need binoculars to see the floor.

Yeah. Cousins is going to age horribly. My Spurs fandom would definitely wane with him on the team.

[eDizzle20]

I imagine if CP3 were to leave LA he would sign a max 2-year deal with the second season being player option, similar to KD. After the first year he then opts out and signs the 4-year max with the increased 2018 cap. A 33-year old CP3 would still get the max.

[Mikeanaro]

CP3 is getting into the too late chapter.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Kawhi needs help and he needs it right now. Go all in for CP3, every other player on the roster except for Manu and Kawhi are expendable for CP3.

[HarlemHeat37]

Ugh, I don't like any of these plans, tbh..can't blow your load and use a myopic approach here..

Kawhi is still very young, he's going to need a legitimate star next to him, another guy in his prime, not an old ass ..2017-2018 should be a transition season and a gateway for the important 2018 off-season..

Spurs can't blow their load on an aging star or waste their future on 5th/6th-tier players with no remaining potential for growth..

[Joseph Kony]

people keep talking about saving for 2018 but who are we really going after next year? Boogie? PG? no chance they're coming here tbh

[JuneJive]

In the long run, Hayward might be the best fit of all the FA's this yr.

Also most improbable, yet doable.

[HarlemHeat37]

people keep talking about saving for 2018 but who are we really going after next year? Boogie? PG? no chance they're coming here tbh

I meant having big contracts off the books and allowing flexibility to move forward, not necessarily targeting anybody in that class..

[SpursBig3s]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yah...172829904.html

"rumblings" of interest, but basically echoing what Zach Lowe said. Gaining traction