Spurs shopping Derozan/Aldridge

[gouki88]

The only way DeRozan fits here is if we send out Kemba and roll with him as a point forward. Rock a lineup of Smart-Brown-DeRozan-Tatum-Timelord.

Given the state of his playmaking now I think that lineup would work pretty amazingly.

More interested in Murray though.

The sixth man role exists - I've been pushing the idea of playing Kemba like the Spurs did with Ginobili if we got another creator.

Rotation
PG: Smart, Kemba, FastPP
SG: DeRozan, Smart
SF: Jaylen, DeRozan, Semi/Nesmith/Langford
PF: Tatum, Jaylen, Grant/Semi
C: Theis, TT, Robert

That's a pretty good 8 man rotation with guys like FastPP/Semi/Nesmith/Langford/Robert who can step in as our 9th/10th men every night.

For sure, that could definitely work, I just don't know if we'd try and retain DeMar with Kemba's money still on the books

Wyc said he'd pay the tax for a team that's good enough to win the title, and the team above has the starpower and supporting pieces to compete for one.

For sure it does. I guess they were willing to pay Hayward $25m a season, just would have to hope DeRozan didn't want the max

[todd_days_41]

DeRozen would be an awesome addition.

Is it legal for Cs to talk to DeRozen's agent about re-signing here if traded to us? With SAS' permission? If so, and DeRozen is open to it, I'd trade the TPE for him. Then do a separate, second deal of:

Thompson, either Langford or Nesmith, and 2021 1st round pick for Gay.

Cs trade: Thompson, Nesmith or Langford, 2021 1st, TPE
Cs receive: DeRozen, Gay (also expiring)

Doubling down on this, I’d also consider trading / clearing Walker and one youngster to the Mavs for TH JR and James Johnson (expiring).

You’d then have:

In: DeRozen, Gay, Hardaway, Johnson
Out: Walker, Thompson, Nesmith (or Langford), Semi, 2021 1st, TPE

Celtics roll out Smart, DeRozen, Brown, Tatum, Theis with a bench of Hardaway Jr, Time Lord, Teague, Johnson, Green, and Langford or Nesmith, with Gay around too for some playoff scoring if needed.

Small ball line-up of Smart Hardaway DeRozen Brown Tatum would be fun to watch (as would big boy line-up of DeRozen Brown Hardaway Tatum Time Lord).

Compete now, then use the $46mil in cleared salary next year to resign DeRozen, Hardaway or both.