Marc Stein: Spurs are #1 on LaMarcus Aldridge's list

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I love Kawhi ... but thank god he does not have to be our first option.

The mind fairly boggles with what a great tandem they can be together.

[r0drig0lac]

haha

[Ron Swanson]

[Manu20]

OMG woke up to the notification on my phone! I'm gonna have a cheesie smile all day lol

[HarlemHeat37]

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[Fireball]

The mind fairly boggles with what a great tandem they can be together.

Huge potential ... lets hope it works out ...

[RD2191]

[spursparker9]

Well he can pull a Boris.

Force the team to waive him and then sign for the min to the Spurs

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[beirmeistr]

come on, Manu, you can't pass up this golden opportunity!

[Blizzardwizard]

Aldridge had everyone chilling thinking he might not announce on July 4th to go celebrate or something. Nice.

[raybies]

Don't know if anyone has pointed this out but LaMarcus Aldridge signing for a few years actually saves us some cap room when the big e comes. He could 've opted for a small deal to cash in next summer or the following but he didn't.

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I think Batum is annoyed because they traded him to make Lamarcus happy, and then Lamarcus leaves and Batum is still stuck in .

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Don't know if anyone has pointed this out but LaMarcus Aldridge signing for a few years actually saves us some cap room when the big e comes. He could 've opted for a small deal to cash in next summer or the following but he didn't.

Do we know he didn't? All I've heard is that he's going to be a Spur. He could sign a one year deal.

[z0sa]

Holy . I had to interrupt the celebration (welcome aboard, Lamarcus, btw) to say how ing stupid and misinformed you are. This could be the most ignorant take I've ever seen on Spurstalk. NOBODY hit their ing average against Bowen unless they took twice as many shots. People forget that Kobe Bryant was an abnormally efficient scorer when he was a useful role player on a good team. Making Kobe have to put up 25 shots to get 25 points is amazing defense, and it took shots out of other players' hands. "Making them work for it" means turning an egocentric superstar into a chucker, but here's the key: You have to do it without sending the guy to the line, which Bowen was absolutely amazing at, because he defended with his feet. Bowen could cover Chauncey Billups and Steve Nash as well as covering Dirk Nowitzki and Pau Gasol, frustrating them, forcing bad shots, taking them out of their game, and not getting his team into the penalty.

The Spurs would have two banners, not five, hanging in the arena if he hadn't been on the team. There wouldn't have been a Green and Leonard if there hadn't first been a Bowen, who was the prototype of the 3 and D player teams are paying huge money for on the free agent market today.

Chinook goes full NASF, tbh.

[HarlemHeat37]

I think Batum is annoyed because they traded him to make Lamarcus happy, and then Lamarcus leaves and Batum is still stuck in .

Playing in Charlotte definitely hurts..

[BillMc]

Next news to watch for is the final cap number. It could affect Mills (unless Duncan said "I got this" and told them he'd adjust his contract accordingly!)

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Adrian Wojnarowski ‏@WojYahooNBA 9m9 minutes ago
Blazers are well-positioned to reboot franchise post-Aldridge, w/ 12 players under contract, average age under-25 and $26M in cap space.

[SpursFan86]

Do we know he didn't? All I've heard is that he's going to be a Spur. He could sign a one year deal.

Woj confirmed that it's a 4-year/$80 million deal. Player option after the 3rd year.

[Fireball]

Aldridge had everyone chilling thinking he might not announce on July 4th to go celebrate or something. Nice.

I guess Pop told him yesterday that he would fulfil his 5 year contract ... that sealed the deal.

[raybies]

Do we know he didn't? All I've heard is that he's going to be a Spur. He could sign a one year deal.

He's signing a four year deal for the max at 80 mill with a player option after year 3. We could be wining and dining a new free agent in a year or two.

[cantthinkofanything]

I've decided to put my personal gripes aside and have told LMA to go ahead and sign with the Spurs. I hope this does not go unappreciated and I expect to be unlinked soon.

[BillMc]

The mind fairly boggles with what a great tandem they can be together.

, my mind is unfairly boggling ...

[Janko]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssss

[Dex]

Salty ass frenchman over here.