[Jamaaliver]

Marc Gasol will be the New York Knicks' main free agent target next offseason, but the San Antonio Spurs will pursue Gasol assuming Tim Duncan retires after the season.

Gasol is also appealed by staying with the Memphis Grizzlies.

The Grizzlies can offer Gasol the most money, and he has grown to love the city, having lived there since high school when Pau Gasol broke into the NBA.Via Frank Isola/New York Daily News

If SAS manages to pull this off and retain Kawhi, they extend their championship window easily by another 5 years.

[Jamaaliver]

I brought this up because it affects Hawks in two ways:

1. SAS will be a formidable competitor in the Free Agent market next summer. They offer a legit chance to win immediately. Something few other teams can offer, M Gasol.

2. If SAS strikes out on acquiring Marc next summer, I suspect they will heavily pursue Horford in Free Agency in 2016. (Should AL opt not to extend.)

I would love to get Marc G here to team with Horford and finally give us a dominant front court in the ATL. But, I propose that if we DON'T get him here, we'd better hope against hope that Gasol signs with SAS next year. Eliminating, potentially, our greatest competition for maintaining AL Horford's services moving forward.

[azuresou1]

Free agency is going to be a **** these next few years with the rising cap and short contract lengths. I feel like outside of drafting a guy, there's next to no guarantee you're going to be retaining a guy.

Not sure where I'm going with that, just wanted to toss that out there

[MaceCase]

Too much potential turnover just this upcoming summer with 4/5ths of the Spurs top players being free agents to predict some sort of continued window of excellence based off of one signing. San Antonio wasn't a free agent hotbed even with the stability of Duncan/Manu/Parker and Pop so I don't see how they jump up now that 3 of those guys have one foot out the door. Money, market and the presence of stars (no, Kawhi does not count and Parker is 32) are what draw free agents so the Spurs don't exactly separate themselves from Atlanta either in the pursuit of or losing of free agents.

[HMFFL]

Free agency is going to be wild during the coming years.
I look forward to the circus that will take place amongst the pool of talent.
Marc Gasol would be a perfect fit for the Spurs and even New York. Does the triangle offense appeal to him?

[hawkschop1]

If Marc Gasol goes to SA then what happens to Splitter or even Austin Daye? If Marc signs with SA then what do we do? Go after Kanter? I'd be ok with re-signing Millsap and replacing Pero with Kanter! I think we should consider drafting Willie Cauley-Stein from Kentucky also. Cauley-Stein Payne and Muscala is a pretty sweet young trio IMO

[simon24]

I doubt Marc leaves Memphis. Zbo took a paycut and Gasol loves it in Memphis. They got a pretty good team.