Pau Gasol will Decline Player Option

Post #1 » by **Nolan** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:43 pm

Bit of a shocking move really and it's nice to see that he wants to stay with the team as well. This could make resigning everyone realistic or it could mean a real run at Paul.

Cycloneon · Post #2 » by **Cycloneon** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:02 pm

He can easily play until 40 yrs old like Dirk (barring injury of course)

I expect a nice cool 3yr/$24 or something like that. Or simply something still manageable like 3yr/$30

I still fully believe Simmons will be coming back

Post #3 » by **Nolan** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 3:18 pm

Cycloneon wrote:He can easily play until 40 yrs old like Dirk (barring injury of course)

I expect a nice cool 3yr/$24 or something like that. Or simply something still manageable like 3yr/$30

I still fully believe Simmons will be coming back

I don't know if I'd want to do 3 years but a two year 16-20 million dollar deal sounds about right.

pad300 · Post #4 » by **pad300** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:37 pm

It has to be to clear space for a FA(s) signing. (note that LEE has declined his as well)
So if he's coming back, it's for an exemption. To make the money work for him (he's giving up $16.2 Million), that needs to be the MLE ($8.4 million) for a minimum of 2 years, and I would guess 4...
IF we decline all our cap holds, we are at $73.1 million in guaranteed salaries, and 8 players ( LMA, Kawhi, Parker, Green, Anderson, Murray, Bertans, Forbes). After cap holds, and a $102M salary cap, not quite enough for a full max for CP3 (starting at $35.7 M) (nor for Hayward, starting at $30.6 M)...

So, how much of a pick can we get for Danny Green? (and by the by, this would allow us to keep Simmon's cap hold. Also possibly Mills', but why?) Or are we actually willing to stretch Parker?

Post #5 » by **Nolan** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:52 pm

pad300 wrote:It has to be to clear space for a FA(s) signing. (note that LEE has declined his as well)
So if he's coming back, it's for an exemption. To make the money work for him (he's giving up $16.2 Million), that needs to be the MLE ($8.4 million) for a minimum of 2 years, and I would guess 4...
IF we decline all our cap holds, we are at $73.1 million in guaranteed salaries, and 8 players ( LMA, Kawhi, Parker, Green, Anderson, Murray, Bertans, Forbes). After cap holds, and a $102M salary cap, not quite enough for a full max for CP3 (starting at $35.7 M) (nor for Hayward, starting at $30.6 M)...

So, how much of a pick can we get for Danny Green? (and by the by, this would allow us to keep Simmon's cap hold. Also possibly Mills', but why?) Or are we actually willing to stretch Parker?

I really can`t see it happening. I`m still in the believe when I see it camp on CP3, it just doesn`t seem plausible on so many levels.

Gasol taking a discount does make it easier for us to retain all 3 of Mills, Simmons and Dedmon though.

jptremblay · Post #6 » by **jptremblay** » Tue Jun 20, 2017 11:40 pm

I doubt they are doing this to retain Dedmon and Mills...this is a nice surprise and it's with the purpose of a big move (CP3).
Something like a 2+1 player option for 6mill each year could be reasonable. If Pau is done after year 2...he will be the first guy opting out, or at least doing what Tim did last summer, opt in and retire...earning the money while putting his salary off the books.

imagump1313 · Post #7 » by **imagump1313** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 2:47 am

Even though I think he's pretty useless at this point in his career he really did us a huge favor and deserves to be back just for doing this.

duncan21 · Post #8 » by **duncan21** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 5:20 am

CP3 WON'T HELP MUCH................

imagump1313 · Post #9 » by **imagump1313** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 12:47 pm

duncan21 wrote:CP3 WON'T HELP MUCH................

Totally agree. We dont need a traditional point guard. Kawhi handles the ball mostly in our offense. We need a big or a swing that can score consistently.

UDRIH14 · Post #10 » by **UDRIH14** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 8:17 am

why does the spurs need cp3? its like his the one thats begging to win a championship, not the spurs....

why does he need his starting salary to be +30m? why cant he sign for something lower with the spurs? starting around 20-25m, allowing the spurs to use whatever left over to fill the roster...

Post #11 » by **-Sammy-** » Thu Jun 22, 2017 5:40 pm

I think Paul would help in numerous ways. In the first place, a stand-and-watch offense with Kawhi ISOing a majority of the time is not a winning offense. In the second place, we need someone who can get the most out of our other players, and that's exactly what a top-shelf point guard does; the fact that Paul is a great scorer and a solid shooter from that position is value added.

Finally, we need a good defender at the one to deal with Curry; even though he's mostly unstoppable, Paul is a better option than most for guarding him.

The downsides are his age and injury history, of course, so it would be a gamble. It's all probably moot anyhow, as he doesn't likely plan to leave 80 million bones on the table.

duncan21 · Post #12 » by **duncan21** » Sun Jun 25, 2017 3:23 am

imagump1313 wrote:
duncan21 wrote:CP3 WON'T HELP MUCH................

Totally agree. We dont need a traditional point guard. Kawhi handles the ball mostly in our offense. We need a big or a swing that can score consistently.

I hope we can trade aldridge for paul george

tomacorandom · Post #13 » by **tomacorandom** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 5:14 pm

He won't resign I think, not after those Tyson Chandler rumours

Cycloneon · Post #14 » by **Cycloneon** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:45 am

tomacorandom wrote:He won't resign I think, not after those Tyson Chandler rumours

Trading for Chandler would have taken them over the cap. So I think they know they have some trades/moves left to do. *unless I'm wrong about the cap situation*. That trade for Chandler was possibly just a desperation attempt to get something for Simmons