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[Jscc]

This is interesting to me on two fronts.

1. If the Spurs could move Aldridge this off-season, I believe they'd do it in a heart beat. Aldridge is too much of an ISO player offensively that stifles their flow, and he's slow footed defensively. I think Alsridge legitimately drives Pop nuts and Pop called him out during the WCF this year which is kind of abnormal

Found this on the Clippers forum:

Spurs have $93 million in salary for next season. Cap holds: Patty Mills ($6.8M) and Jonathon Simmons ($1.7M), so total is $101.5M. If you are getting Paul though, and have DeJounte Murray, you might be letting Patty Mills go. The cap is $102 million. Gasol has a player option for $16.2M which he will likely pick up. Tony Parker's expiring is $15.5M, and I suppose they could move him too. Those two are making a combined $31.7M. They could technically move them to clear cap space and renounce Mills which would give them $39 million in cap space and subtract the cap holds which is like another $2 million or so. So it is actually not far fetched to imagine the Spurs being able to clear cap space for Paul I guess.

 

[Sebastian]

Found this on the Clippers forum:

Who do you suppose they move LMA for?

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

Who do you suppose they move LMA for?

I'll givem shump....... maybe...

 

[Sebastian]

I'll givem shump....... maybe...

Wouldn't that be great? We'd have an older, even slower, less reliable, poor man's version of Kevin Love.

LMA's athleticism makes Love look like young Vince Carter by comparison.

Edit: I think that if LA knows CP3 is headed to San Antonio perhaps they realize Griffin is gone too and S&T both guys to San Antonio for LMA and picks. Better than losing them and getting nothing in return.

 

[BooyaCS]

Wouldn't that be great? We'd have an older, even slower, less reliable, poor man's version of Kevin Love.

LMA's athleticism makes Love look like young Vince Carter by comparison.

Edit: I think that if LA knows CP3 is headed to San Antonio perhaps they realize Griffin is gone too and S&T both guys to San Antonio for LMA and picks. Better than losing them and getting nothing in return.

Then the question becomes do they let Mills walk in FA? If they do that is a mistake as both CP3 and Parker have injury issues the last couple years. If they don't and they resign Mills, then I don't think there is enough minutes for Parker and Paul and Mills unless you have Mills rotting on your bench. It also doesn't help because while they get rid of LMA and gain Griffin they still have 2 older PGs on the downswing of their careers.

The best thing would be to get rid of Tony Parker (Would they do that to him though? It would be like the Spurs getting rid of Tim Duncan...

 

[Sebastian]

Then the question becomes do they let Mills walk in FA? If they do that is a mistake as both CP3 and Parker have injury issues the last couple years. If they don't and they resign Mills, then I don't think there is enough minutes for Parker and Paul and Mills unless you have Mills rotting on your bench. It also doesn't help because while they get rid of LMA and gain Griffin they still have 2 older PGs on the downswing of their careers.

The best thing would be to get rid of Tony Parker (Would they do that to him though? It would be like the Spurs getting rid of Tim Duncan...

Maybe Parker will take a pay cut. I mean, the prospect of a Spurs team with CP3/Green/Leonard/Griffin/Gasol is, frankly, provocative.

 

[BooyaCS]

Maybe Parker will take a pay cut. I mean, the prospect of a Spurs team with CP3/Green/Leonard/Griffin/Gasol is, frankly, provocative.

They still have 2 injury prone PGs on wrong side of 30. Would Parker be good with coming off the bench for them as well?