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LaMarcus Aldridge

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He is available for trade. Should we be interested? We can make it work multiple different ways. The main deal would be Bogdanovic for Aldridge. We would have to toss in either Niang, Azubuike, or Oni/Morgan.

His contract is expiring at the end of the year as well. It makes a lot of sense to me.
 
I would not take him over Bojan. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t take him over Niang or Ilyasova, either. I was always so baffled with SAS signing him because he’s not SA material. Spent his whole time in Portland whining about wanting out then when he signs with SA ends up calling Lillard trying to get him traded back to Portland. Guy is soft and can’t board. And he would absolutely kill the vibe.
 
He's 35 years old and been hampered with injuries. For the right price I'd kick the tires but the right price would have to be extremely cheap.
 
Rumor is the Heat are interested. I think he's a good fit there.
I guess they could give up Leonard and Olynyk. Leonard has another year left on his deal. I don’t believe the Heat have many draft assets, so SAS would have to be willing to eat the second year of Leonard’s salary for a couple second rounders.
 
He's soft AF. I bet Hayward could kick his ***. Hayward could kick him with his broken ankle and it'd hurt Aldridge more than Hayward.
 
You know what would be awesome? Is if OPJ and LMA hit the market at the same time as a diversion for competitors.
 
I guess they could give up Leonard and Olynyk. Leonard has another year left on his deal. I don’t believe the Heat have many draft assets, so SAS would have to be willing to eat the second year of Leonard’s salary for a couple second rounders.
I’d rather have Olynyk... the other year on Meyers deal is a team option... just gonna guess that ain’t getting picked up
 
I’d rather have Olynyk... the other year on Meyers deal is a team option... just gonna guess that ain’t getting picked up
In that case, this could be possible. SA could get a couple seconds out of it, plus a serviceable Olynyk, and just waive Leonard.
 
In that case, this could be possible. SA could get a couple seconds out of it, plus a serviceable Olynyk, and just waive Leonard.
Think it gets SA some breathing room under the tax... I’d do it straight up. I like KO.
 
I can only think this would be positive if LMA coming to the best team in the NBA would motivate him to push himself to help the team win a championship. But he went to SA in a move they felt would possibly keep them in title contention and he went completely limp. There are probably dozens of players who would have done more with that opportunity than LMA did. SA is completely out of contender status and LMA is a HUGE reason why, imho.

We don't need that here. For free is too expensive.
 
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