Blazers have talked to San Antonio about Kawhi

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    http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...n-usa-basketball-minicamp-las-vegas-next-week

    Still, the bidding war among Boston, Philadelphia and Los Angeles Lakers never materialized. The Los Angeles Clippers, Denver, Phoenix, Portland, Toronto and Washington are among teams who've talked with San Antonio, league sources said.

    As examples, no Blazers' package includes Damian Lillard or CJ McCollum, league sources said. For a player who teams fear could be a one-year rental, many offers are modified.
     
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    How would a package even look without CJ, from a money perspective? We’d have to match salaries.

    Harkless, Aminu, and Collins? That’d leave us pretty thin at forward. I guess we could sign someone like Beasley or our old friend Vonleh. I’d do it of course, I’m just curious.

    I wonder if the TPE to take a contract they don’t want (Green) would be on the table as well.
     
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    Are you kidding me! The fact that Neil thinks he can get Kawai without including CJ is insulting and will probably eliminate Blazers from the Kawai chase. Unreal how stubborn Neil is... he will ride McLillard to his grave
     
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    If Spurs would take Meyers in exchange then they could save on not having to make new jerseys.
     
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    How do you know San Antonio asked for, or even wanted, CJ?
     
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    I don’t, I just kno from this article that Neil hasn’t offered CJ... which is a joke
     
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    That doesn’t necessarily mean he wouldn’t. He’s bidding against the other teams offers, they’re probably not that great either. Let’s remember at the time of the Paul George trade everyone thought Indiana got ripped off.
     
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    There is always something.
     
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    Olshey's "offer" was mainly the threat to give interviews on local TV non-stop until San Antonio capitulated.
     
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    Ill give you that one. That’s funny.
     
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    San Antonio was evidently interested in Simons. Simons and Collins is a good package of young players.
     
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    If I am SA and I like what I see in Lonnie Walker, (and most do) I stay with Green for now and groom Walker. Why add a large contract (CJ) at the same position? They have other needs than SG
     
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    Yeah that’s why I wouldn’t assume that they’d be interested in CJ. I’m pretty sure Collins would be more attractive. Harkless and Aminu’s defensive abilities probably appeal to Pop as well. I don’t know how we’d go about replacing them, but I’d do it.
     
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    Great, now the part of my brain (about 90%) that insists on coming up with stupid trades when I should be doing work has been re-activated again. Thanks a lot.

    Blazers should offer this as a starting point (along with about 10 picks, every other year until the apocalypse). Spurs on the rebuild would probably be glad to offload salary and that would be Patty, Danny Green (both expiring soon anyway) or Pau. And Aminu is a Spurs-type player on a Spurs-type salary.

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    Yep going young makes more sense for them if they lose Kawhi.
    Young players/draft picks and a short contract for filler purposes.
     
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    Kawhi seems very gullible and prone to influence. Dame better be in his ear about Portland during the minicamp next week.
     
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    It would suck losing Collins and Simons for a possible rental, but I’ve maintained that Kawhi could be talked into staying in Portland, and will probably end up loving it once he experiences it.
     
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    Also, FINALLY!

    Can't believe we are actually mentioned.
     
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