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wizenheimer said:
yikes!!

so, my question is if he's refusing to play are the Spurs off the hook for paying the balance of his salary this year? If they are, there wouldn't seem to be any incentive to buy him out, and the trade market is probably non-existant
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Yeah who knows. I just know he’s not with the team as of now. Maybe they convince him to come back so they can get value back? If he pulled a Kawhi, he basically is refusing to come back until they let him go or trade him
 
wizenheimer said:
yikes!!

so, my question is if he's refusing to play are the Spurs off the hook for paying the balance of his salary this year? If they are, there wouldn't seem to be any incentive to buy him out, and the trade market is probably non-existant
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Of course there's incentive for a buyout. The whole point is that the team negotiates the player taking less money on that final season. It doesn't help the cap but it does save from the bottom line. Otherwise we would never see buyouts during the last year of a contract.
 
blazerkor said:
Of course there's incentive for a buyout. The whole point is that the team negotiates the player taking less money on that final season. It doesn't help the cap but it does save from the bottom line. Otherwise we would never see buyouts during the last year of a contract.
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did you notice it was said he's refusing to play?

in other words, he's breaking the contract he has and that could easily mean the Spurs have suspended paying his salary. If the Spurs are off the hook for paying any salary to him for the rest of the year, why would they jump back on the hook to pay a buyout?
 
Chris Craig said:
Lillard does
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He has made comments like that. I will wait and see what happens.
My emotional Blazer Fanatic take is i don't want him here.
My reasonable side says "what can he do to help the team win?"
 
calvin natt said:
FWIW and for whoever cares, 100% certain per Spurs contact - LMA is done in San Antonio. He's no longer with team. Will be bought out or traded. He bailed on them.
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He was getting benched nightly. Doesnt surprise me. He looked like he was done. But it would surprise me if they bought him out -- Spurs dont usually do that.
 
Was just on spurstalk. They all think Aldridge is coming back to Portland in case they dont find a trade for him by the deadline.
 
illmatic99 said:
Was just on spurstalk. They all think Aldridge is coming back to Portland in case they dont find a trade for him by the deadline.
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maybe that is just lazy speculation?

I mean, Aldridge isn't a SF, he's either a PF or a C. If PF, he's going to be taking minutes from RoCo and Melo. If C, he's going to be taking minutes from Nurkic and Kanter. Whose minutes get sacrificed?

I guess Melo is the most likely candidate:

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I'd be fine with seeing less Melo, but bringing Aldridge back would be the ultimate meh move....yuck
 
wizenheimer said:
maybe that is just lazy speculation?

I mean, Aldridge isn't a SF, he's either a PF or a C. If PF, he's going to be taking minutes from RoCo and Melo. If C, he's going to be taking minutes from Nurkic and Kanter. Whose minutes get sacrificed?

I guess Melo is the most likely candidate:

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I'd be fine with seeing less Melo, but bringing Aldridge back would be the ultimate meh move....yuck
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My disdain for Melo is well documented, but I honestly would rather stick with Melo than Aldridge.
 
B-Roy said:
My disdain for Melo is well documented, but I honestly would rather stick with Melo than Aldridge.
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you'll get low efficiency and high usage from both. Melo has lower efficiency and higher usage. And, Melo has lower assist numbers and higher turnovers. Melo also pounds the ball a lot more than Aldridge does, and holds it longer on each of his possessions. Aldridge is a better rebounder and has been a much better defender throughout his career, although I wouldn't think Aldrdge would be that effective defending stretch-4's and small-ball PF's. Of course, Melo isn't good at that either

but the thing about a choice between Melo and LMA is that it isn't a case of picking the best option; it's a case of choosing who would be the worst option, then going for the other guy. Neither guy is an attractive option. I guess if Zach isn't coming back this season, Aldridge makes a little sense, but as far as I'm concerned he would just be another guy in a Blazer uniform I wish wasn't there
 
blazerkor said:
Quoting false and misleading stats makes me feel like you don't watch the games, which I know you do. Don't you see the ball stalling with CJ when he has wide open threes? Don't you see how there are many plays when possibly the best player in the game is completely out of the play because MeJ is doing his thing? Dame is probably the best pick and roll player in the game and one of the best iso guys. CJ just isn't and Dame treats him like he is.

Don't give me CJ's PER when he was going supernova for 12 games and Dame's when he hasn't had to play with CJ for 65.7% of his games. Also through the 12 games that CJ wasn't hurt Dame averaged 26.9 ppg and CJ averaged 27.6 ppg. That's not a huge difference and maybe you'll want to say, "see that's synergy" but it just shows that you're willing to make shit up to try and prove a point that should be plain as day by now.

They step on each other on offense and are horrendous together on defense. That's not a combination that I want the team spending 74 million dollars on next season and giving the most minutes to.
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You’re wrong. And people I trust in the business (who have made it their life’s work) like Olshey, Dame, Stotts, and CJ agree with me. What are your credentials?
 
wizenheimer said:
maybe that is just lazy speculation?

I mean, Aldridge isn't a SF, he's either a PF or a C. If PF, he's going to be taking minutes from RoCo and Melo. If C, he's going to be taking minutes from Nurkic and Kanter. Whose minutes get sacrificed?

I guess Melo is the most likely candidate:

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I'd be fine with seeing less Melo, but bringing Aldridge back would be the ultimate meh move....yuck
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Yes, but we aren’t immune to more injuries and health and safety protocols in the 2nd half of the season. Depth is crucial. Get as many good players as you can.
 
BonesJones said:
I fucking hate this type of argument. Literally the weakest shit you could pull in a debate.
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That’s what people who have zero experience in the league or credibility outside of a message have to say, though. I’m going to trust Olshey over some message board guy.
 
What does that mean? I tend to rely on experts over randoms on the Internet. I appreciate all opinions, though!

Board rules say no personal attacks but that doesn’t bother me.
 
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