IMO the underlying theme is that he wants to play next to a real center and has always preferred that. I think that helps Houston a lot, I think he would over look that a bit to sign with SA but, in general, don't think he wants to be the main post guy, mainly for defensive purposes.
Guys, if he doesn't land here we need to root hard for LMA to LA. The spurs are literally constructing another contending dynasty before our eyes
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rockets recap from last night: Met with LaMarcus Aldridge, McHale reached out to Pat Beverley, expressed interest in retaining Corey Brewer.</p>— Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) <a href="https://twitter.com/calvinwatkins/status/616269786427846656">July 1, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Also, 6 teams are interested in KJ McDaniels and no word on the market for Josh Smith as yet.</p>— Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) <a href="https://twitter.com/calvinwatkins/status/616269908482113536">July 1, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
I think Portland would want a lot more than that. Haywood only has value as cap relief, not sold on Papa, out of hope for Jones, not sure what Harrell can do yet, and any picks from us or Cleveland would be low enough that just turning it into a rotation player would be luck.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The San Antonio Spurs have traded center Tiago Splitter to the Atlanta Hawks, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/616271499977060353">July 1, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
WojBomb <blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The San Antonio Spurs have traded center Tiago Splitter to the Atlanta Hawks, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski(@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/616271499977060353">July 1, 2015</a></blockquote> <script asyncsrc="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
We assume Aldridge is going to SA and SA would not have traded Splitter to ATL if they weren't confident but....if not? Ha.