This is true because after next year parker and gasol come off the books opening up 31 million dollars in cap space...
If LMA does not pick up his player option...that turns into 53 million dollars in cap space...
And the only player on their team they will absolutely have to sign is Bertans...I would like to sign Forbes so he can take over Patty role behind Dejounte but that is really just a bonus...
So they are going to cycle out aging players while already having young players on the roster to replace them WHILE having at least enough room for one max slot...maybe two if Aldridge ops out and leaves...
They will still have Dejounte on the cheap...they won't have to pay Kawhi until the next year...so they can eat REAL GOOD in that 2017-18 off season...
Didn't Paul George say he wants to play for a chamionship caliber team
...his contract is up that same off season and no way is he picking up his player option