2019/20 Players' Transactions: Breaking News , Trades, Free Agents, And Rumors

I like the thought of bringing in Dame too at the right price. I like our young guys but I’m sick of losing records. I can accept any deal that makes a legit contender at this point.

I just want two to three legit stars on the team that are ready to go. I’d be good with any combo out of George, Kawhi, and Lebron. I’d be ecstatic if we got all 3.

 

Kawhi would be a miracle. Too many variables have to go our way. However, Lebron and George can come without any issues but the Lakers can really make some noise if they can trade Deng's contract without giving up any of the young core. If they can do that, they either sign Randle for a friendly number or they give Cousins a 2 year 20 mil contract per, with a player opt out next year to see if he can still ball.

 

Lillard’s Name has popped up in a few rumors. Simmons mentioning it, although I hate him, makes me wonder how valid some of that talk is.

I’m definitely not treating it as likely.

 

Ring chasin???

Almost like they know another super power is rising.

Also...

 

San Antonio isn’t exactly the place to be right now ....

- Kawhi wants out
- Pop has 1-2 years left max
- Parker, Ginobili and Pau declining
- Really no cap space to improve
- For how great the Spurs have been the foundation is cracked right now and you don’t want to be there when it crumbles.

 

what was gay's salary, though? is he likely to make it up in this market? he must think he can get a long-term full MLE deal?

crawford can't possibly think that at his age. he's definitely ring chasing. hello, houston/GS.

 

Teodosic is hot garbage. Plus, he looks like a couch potato.

 

I wouldn't mind JCraw in very short spurts, but he's streakier than a 99 center store window cleaner.

 

Maybe he wasn't happy with his role, cause he became a reserve for the 1st time last year.

He signed a 17M deal last summer, so I can see a tax payer MLE type contract of 3 years 5.6M per.

Also for salary matching purposes in a trade, Gay can be part of a S&t to a capped out team so that he makes more money than he would have with that team if he had just walked there as a free agent.

If Green opts out now, then SA clears up about 17M in salary cap space (once they renounce their free agents). This, plus the additional open roster spots helps them tremendously in facilitating a Kawhi trade, cause they'll have less restrictions. For example, if we S&t Jules to SA, they will be hard capped at $130M. Now that restriction will be less likely to get in the way.

 

^^^This is why the moves Rob/Magic made during their first year together are so tremendous.

I know some fans think it was a mistake not to extend Jules at 12M and it was a mistake to make these trades for future cap space....but just think about the endless amounts of possibilities.

Our only problem now is the Deng deal, but we have an opportunity to create a numerous amount of superteam configurations and that's all you really need during this time of year: the opportunity.

With Jules, we have the ability to S&t for matching purposes in trades we wouldn't be able to do if he was sitting on that 12M salary right now. We can resign IT and BLo with their bird rights and trade them too, but if we needed a 20M per contract to trade, you think the team that is getting that contract back would rather have Jules at that number or BLo/IT?

We have the flexibility to do many things and I applaud the FO creating this opportunity when just a little over a year ago we were quite literally a laughing stock around the league.

 

How come abeer never fights with you over this?

 

Can't really speak for him, but imho he does... We've had a number of back and forths over it. No position is outright wrong... And that's the beauty of it. Unlike MozDeng which most of us knew was horrid, the divide among the fan base with the new FO is towards some loving the moves that have already taken place (like me), while others are waiting on the end game to come to fruition before they give their final grades (like abeer).

But I doubt fans absolutely hate the position we are in now compared to where we were to start the 2016/17 season.

Plus abeerstrodamus doesn't need his crystal ball to tell him where a back and forth with me is going to head...he rather do better things with his time than read the drivel I'll spew out.

 

Is there enough room for Lonzo and Ball to both rap though?