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[Trueblue25]

Anyone have any thoughts on where Lowry should go?

Ringer had an article: Five Potential Destinations for Kyle Lowry – The Ringer

Pacers

 

[Alsacs]

Celtics don't lose when he shows up.

This series is going 7 games. No way Boston wins a game in DC.

 

[Trueblue25]

Celtics don't lose when he shows up.

This series is going 7 games. No way Boston wins a game in DC.

Again, triggered.

 

[Alsacs]

Again, triggered.

If the Celtics advance to the ECF get ready for Tom Brady to be at the Garden.

 

[Knicks411]

Anyone have any thoughts on where Lowry should go?

Ringer had an article: Five Potential Destinations for Kyle Lowry – The Ringer

Spurs.

 

[Melancer46]

Anyone have any thoughts on where Lowry should go?

Ringer had an article: Five Potential Destinations for Kyle Lowry – The Ringer

Back to Toronto. The only teams that will realistically be able to offer him anywhere near the money that Toronto can are bottom feeders, his hometown 76ers, or maybe a team like Denver.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Back to Toronto. The only teams that will realistically be able to offer him anywhere near the money that Toronto can are bottom feeders, his hometown 76ers, or maybe a team like Denver.

Have to wonder if the higher tax structure in Canada might help make up the difference with other teams in the US.

 

[MikeSU02]

Spurs.

I would love to read a piece on how Kawhi turning into a top five NBA player changed the Spurs' rebuilding plan.

Because, at this point, you have to re-load, right? You can't rebuild? You have to try to get a Lowry (and probably look at what to do with LMA in the near future) to best use Kawhi's peak. You have to at least call CP3. You have to at least call Curry.

You cannot wait 3 years for Dejounte to turn into a starter (you can have him be a bench guy, for sure).

 

[Melancer46]

I would love to read a piece on how Kawhi turning into a top five NBA player changed the Spurs' rebuilding plan.

Because, at this point, you have to re-load, right? You can't rebuild? You have to try to get a Lowry (and probably look at what to do with LMA in the near future) to best use Kawhi's peak. You have to at least call CP3. You have to at least call Curry.

You cannot wait 3 years for Dejounte to turn into a starter (you can have him be a bench guy, for sure).

Does anyone know how the Spurs plan to make offers to these guys? As far as I can tell, their best case scenario is probably roughly $10 mil in cap space.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I would love to read a piece on how Kawhi turning into a top five NBA player changed the Spurs' rebuilding plan.

Because, at this point, you have to re-load, right? You can't rebuild? You have to try to get a Lowry (and probably look at what to do with LMA in the near future) to best use Kawhi's peak. You have to at least call CP3. You have to at least call Curry.

You cannot wait 3 years for Dejounte to turn into a starter (you can have him be a bench guy, for sure).

Here's the thing I don't get.

People say Aldridge is a bad fit.

Since he's been on the team they've averaged 64 wins in the regular season.

What exactly is their ceiling with a player more conducive to what they try to do?

I don't get it.

 

[Knicks411]

Does anyone know how the Spurs plan to make offers to these guys? As far as I can tell, their best case scenario is probably roughly $10 mil in cap space.

As far as I can tell, this is what they have for next year

Aldridge: $21 million
Kawhi: $19 million
Parker: $15 million
Danny Green: $10 million
They have 5 additional guys totalling up around $6 million. That brings you to around $70 million.

Gasol has a player option at $16, plus Dedmon at 3, and Lee around 2.

I believe the assumption is Gasol opts out of the last year and goes for a 2 or 3 year deal somewhere else. If they had to make space, they could for sure move the Green contract. I don't know what the deal with Parker is, he probably won't retire, but I guess that's possible. But Gasol opting out and Green being moved should easily cover them.

I would love to read a piece on how Kawhi turning into a top five NBA player changed the Spurs' rebuilding plan.

Because, at this point, you have to re-load, right? You can't rebuild? You have to try to get a Lowry (and probably look at what to do with LMA in the near future) to best use Kawhi's peak. You have to at least call CP3. You have to at least call Curry.

You cannot wait 3 years for Dejounte to turn into a starter (you can have him be a bench guy, for sure).

You have to keep reloading. 100%.

 

[Melancer46]

As far as I can tell, this is what they have for next year

Aldridge: $21 million
Kawhi: $19 million
Parker: $15 million
Danny Green: $10 million
They have 5 additional guys totalling up around $6 million. That brings you to around $70 million.

Gasol has a player option at $16, plus Dedmon at 3, and Lee around 2.

I believe the assumption is Gasol opts out of the last year and goes for a 2 or 3 year deal somewhere else. If they had to make space, they could for sure move the Green contract. I don't know what the deal with Parker is, he probably won't retire, but I guess that's possible. But Gasol opting out and Green being moved should easily cover them.

I guess it depends on what Gasol does with that player option, but from what I've seen, the absolute most they can get to, even with Gasol opting out, is $22 or $23 million. I don't think that's enough to get CP3, Lowry, etc. Maybe enough to bring George Hill back or something. I've kinda assumed that Gasol would opt in, but I suppose it could go either way.

 

[Knicks411]

I guess it depends on what Gasol does with that player option, but from what I've seen, the absolute most they can get to, even with Gasol opting out, is $22 or $23 million. I don't think that's enough to get CP3, Lowry, etc. Maybe enough to bring George Hill back or something. I've kinda assumed that Gasol would opt in, but I suppose it could go either way.

If Gasol opted out and they made Green disappear (in a manner of speaking, of course) they should be able to get close to 30, no? That's 26 million right there, plus the cap space they'd have already.

One thing I've learned; teams have exhibited quite an ability to conjure up cap space when they need to. $23 million definitely would not be enough to get in the CP3/Lowry convo.

 

[MikeSU02]

Anyone watching this SAS/Hou game? No Kawhi and SAS is out to a big lead. Harden barely doing anything.

I'm sure Hou will have a serious run in them, but this is incredible.

 

[MikeSU02]

So can Adam Silver just override the MVP vote and call out LeBron's name during the award show?

 

[Alsacs]

James Harden 34 minutes 10'points on 2 for 9 shooting. -22


What a joke.

Home teams in the NBA playoffs are going to be 0-10 in elimination games once Houston loses.

I expect Washington to end that tomorrow.

 

[MikeSU02]

James Harden 34 minutes 10'points on 2 for 9 shooting. -22


What a joke.

Home teams in the NBA playoffs are going to be 0-10 in elimination games once Houston loses.

I expect Washington to end that tomorrow.

This is a really bizarre game for Hou to lay an egg. Harden basically no-showed. Barely any of them had energy.

Either something is going on internally or Harden threw a monster party last night.

Or, maybe, this is just what happens after playing a 7-man rotation in an OT game.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

This is a really bizarre game for Hou to lay an egg. Harden basically no-showed. Barely any of them had energy.

Either something is going on internally or Harden threw a monster party last night.

Or, maybe, this is just what happens after playing a 7-man rotation in an OT game.

Harden gives up.

 

[Alsacs]

Ovechkin and Harden on back to back to nights.


40 point loss is a joke.

 

[MikeSU02]

Harden gives up.

Barring him being concussed, it sure looked like it.

A few folks on Twitter were wondering about a concussion.

I think he just got worn out and cracked.

 

[Knicks411]

Warriors are -1000 in the next round.

The Spurs won 61 games this year, and the Warriors are -1000 to win the series.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Barring him being concussed, it sure looked like it.

A few folks on Twitter were wondering about a concussion.

I think he just got worn out and cracked.

I think he was content with the season they had and that he had, and once the series turned back in the Spurs' favor he shut down.

I've seen it happen in games before. It's not that he doesn't compete, it's that I think he doesn't compete under certain conditions.

 

[KaiserUEO]

Harden gives up.

didn't see it, but boy was he getting killed on the radio this AM.

did he mail one in??

heard the optics were really, really bad. like he tanked on purpose to make a point or something.

 

[Cusefan0307]

That may have been the most unexpected result I've ever seen in the playoffs.

I take back what I said about Aldridge earlier in the series.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

didn't see it, but boy was he getting killed on the radio this AM.

did he mail one in??

heard the optics were really, really bad. like he tanked on purpose to make a point or something.

I didn't see game but I did see the, ahem, highlights and it was... impressive.

What point was he trying to make, were they saying? That basketball players shouldn't play drunk?