quote:Can't sign Kawhi or Green until they get the deal done for LMA. Mills may still need to be let go depending on how much Manu and Tim want and what the salary cap is.
Hearing that Kawhi hasn't actually signed yet. May be waiting until after Aldridge. If that's the case, we can sign him and exceed the cap to keep Kawhi without losing Mills.
quote:That's been the plan all along. Keeping Mills will still be up to Aldridge/Duncan contracts and Salary Cap figure.
Hearing that Kawhi hasn't actually signed yet. May be waiting until after Aldridge. If that's the case, we can sign him and exceed the cap to keep Kawhi without losing Mills.
quote:Sure although from what I hear the Spurs have been very pleased with his development so far.
Couldn't trading Anderson also be a possibility? That would free up $1 million
quote:That's probably the case but it wouldn't surprise me if they wanted to shed his salary regardless after knowing they were going to have to fork over a ton to Leonard/Green. Splitter is a solid center who is great defensively but they could be frustrated with the injuries. There are other guys they could go after if LMA ultimately ends up elsewhere. Tyson Chandler comes to mind with probably a little extra left over for another FA as well.
Spurs wouldn't have moved Splitter if they weren't hitting a home run with Gasol or Aldridge
quote:Probably a good guess. The Salary Cap figure could help them out tremendously.
From what they're doing right now, it tells me they are trying to keep Mills and that the Joseph qualifying offer is an insurance policy
quote:Spurs owners are willing to pay tax this year, if it means we get a guy like LMA. They have been willing to do it in the past when it makes sense, and it makes sense this year because we have the tax threshold going up so much next summer that we wouldn't be in danger of being repeat offenders.quote:That's probably the case but it wouldn't surprise me if they wanted to shed his salary regardless after knowing they were going to have to fork over a ton to Leonard/Green. Splitter is a solid center who is great defensively but they could be frustrated with the injuries. There are other guys they could go after if LMA ultimately ends up elsewhere. Tyson Chandler comes to mind with probably a little extra left over for another FA as well.
Spurs wouldn't have moved Splitter if they weren't hitting a home run with Gasol or Aldridge
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Spurs wouldn't have moved Splitter if they weren't hitting a home run with Gasol or Aldridge
quote:Looks like it would be:
This will be crazy if the Spurs bring back the same roster trading LMA for Splitter. CRAZY
quote:If he isn't just paying lip service, I would imagine this is a very good thing for the Spurs.
Plus, there has been an unexpected addition to the equation: Aldridge this spring became a father. His son and the mother live in San Antonio.
During the playoffs, when Aldridge was excused from the team's flight to Houston before Game 3 in order to fly to Texas for a "family emergency," it was because his ex-girlfriend had gone into labor two weeks early.
Jaylen Lea Aldridge was born April 23, a healthy 8 pounds.
"He's fat right now, looks just like me when I was little," Aldridge said. "He has like three chins, and his legs are so fat, it's like 'Man, it's time for you to start running.' But he has big hands and feet and he has my ears."
It is a serious development for Aldridge, whose father was not a part of his life. He is no longer with the mother, but has an arrangement to see his son every other week.
"My father wasn't really in my life," Aldridge said. "So I'm going to be very involved, trying to be around him as much as I can, see him as much as I can."
