ESPN Forecast: Spurs Have 3% Chance of Signing Jimmy Butler or Klay Thompson

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Yeah, despite being able to potentially offer the biggest role, it'll be difficult for the Spurs to outdo better teams for Carroll or Ariza, if they get bought out.

It's probably more likely they don't fill this need until next off season. Aminu would make sense. Still youngish, he's become a decent volume 3-point shooter, while maintaining his plus defense/rebounding. If, as expected, Gasol isn't retained, a big rotation featuring Aldridge, Gay?, Poeltl, Bertans, will need all the help it can get on the defensive glass.

I hadn't realized that Aminu would be available in FA he'd be a good fit, though the Spurs likely would be priced out of his free agency even if the Spurs stretch and waive Gasol and opt not to bring Gay back.

With more money available next off season than this past one; and him signing a cheap deal 3 years ago, he'd likely be in the mindset of trying to make up for lost salary by seeking the biggest deal possible, as opposed to taking a discount to sign with the Spurs for the MLE.

I think Phoenix is dead set on making a big jump, though, if things go sideways, it is not inconceivable that Ariza is also brought out. That would help the Spurs in the sense that Houston would sign only one of them and that would probably be Ariza, considering that he is close with Harden and Paul plus is familiar with their system.