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Dallas only has $83M in salary committed for next season, so they could let THJ walk and use their cap space to bring in someone else. The problem is that the pickings are mighty thin at this year’s free agent buffet.

The Lakers, on the other hand, have to past Schroeder because they are already over the cap.If they let him walk, they will only have the MLE to find a replacement.They could do a sign-and-trade, if they found a team that wanted Schroeder and was willing to send back win-now assets. The funniest choice would be if OKC sent Horford for Schroeder.

I think the most realistic option they have is Kyle Lowry, he fits well as a secondary ball handler, he can shoot and had success with Kawhi as the dominant wing player, but that’s a lot to ask of a 35 year old who’s still good but already declining. I think they’ll just re-sign THJ in the end.

The Infamous Cdiggy:
So much for hoping the Clips would falter and Kawhi thinking about staying w/them. Though the Clips advancing while the Lakers faltering is… amusing.

Kawhi Leonard: the guy my AD told me was a “done deal” to sign with the Lakers. 😉

I think some Laker’s fans are really mad the Clippers won. I was told of a fan here in China that hates Kawhi because he didn’t want to play with LeBron and chose the Clippers instead of the Lakers. Now that same fan is really upset the Clippers beat Dallas.

Brian Cronin: But then Dame looks like a moron, right? Going public with wanting a coach when the team has already decided on another guy? Weird, no?

It is weird, and maybe my hypothesis is wrong. But I agree with you that Kidd doesn’t seem the sort to rule himself out. I don’t think Portland has decided on some other guy. But I do think Kidd’s history undermining management in Brooklyn might make a GM leery of hiring him. Maybe Kidd doesn’t want the job for some other reason.

The Lakers, on the other hand, have to past Schroeder because they are already over the cap. If they let him walk, they will only have the MLE to find a replacement. They could do a sign-and-trade, if they found a team that wanted Schroeder and was willing to send back win-now assets. The funniest choice would be if OKC sent Horford for Schroeder.

His conditioning is poor, and he has poor agility, can never seem to get his arms and legs moving in concert on the defensive end. His effort on defense is not consistent. He can’t set a screen. He’s not a willing passer. He has gotten his rebounding to “adequate” but it’s not a plus. His intangibles don’t seem to be there, he has not added much to his game since coming into the league.

Add to that the fact that he is extremely brittle and has missed substantial portions of his last four seasons, and well… that’s a pretty shitty way to spend 30 million bucks. He’s on the hook for 3/100 over the next three years and if the Mavs are smart they would be looking to dump that contract as soon as possible. Every year he has a stretch of games that makes it seem like he has turned the corner, and he looks great when he’s in one of those hot streaks. But he always turns back into a pumpkin.

Rick “I lose in the first round” Carlisle would have been fired how many years ago if he wasn’t a white guy?

you know all us white folk ain’t really all that bad, well, semantically I’m only halfish white, the other being latin…a lot of the latin in me though comes from the iberian peninsula…

anyway, was thinking about the mavs and their desperate need not to just “run it back” with this same team…I thought about maybe carlisle being part of some needed change…I just don’t think that’s how cuban works, didn’t he hang on to don nelson like for forever…

I think carlisle stays unless luka asks for him to go, which may just happen when luka’s asked the question…

I’d love to have him on the Knicks, he’d be our best PG in so damn long, but I think there are worries to be had, age, asking price, this mentality, etc. I still think Portland is going nowhere and he’s probably going to choose to sink with the ship until the end while simultaneously dropping hints that he “deserved better”, and the Kidd thing is a part of this act.

Maybe the Blazers told him there was no way they would consider him and he is saving face

But then Dame looks like a moron, right? Going public with wanting a coach when the team has already decided on another guy? Weird, no?