Thanks for the info,
ragas.
Reading between the lines and adding in his previous comments, it sounds like he won't be happy coming back if he's only getting 16-18 minutes behind Aldridge. Add in the shrinking league and I highly doubt he could reach 20 minutes per game coming off the bench even factoring in Aldridge's decline. For Poeltl to get the kind of role in San Antonio that he wants, he'd have to start.
Did you get the sense from the interview that he'd want to leave the Spurs if he's not satisfied with his projected role?