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Should He Stay or Should He Go

Should he stay: Trey Lyles

Despite playing well last season, Lyles’ future with the Spurs will be determined by whether the team can remain under the tax line with his deal on the books or whether they need to waive him to clear salary.

Should he stay: Marco Belinelli

Belinelli can still shoot and knows the system, but with the youth movement in full swing, there might be no place for him in San Antonio anymore.

Should he stay: Bryn Forbes

Can Bryn Forbes and his great shooting help the Spurs in a smaller role? Probably, but his shortcomings might be too many to ignore for a team with a surplus of guards.

Should he stay: Jakob Poeltl

Should the Spurs re-sign the solid but unspectacular big man? It depends on how highly they value impact over potential.

Free agent shooting guards the Spurs might like

Danny Green, Manu Ginobili and Marco Belinelli are all free agents. It sure would be neat to bring them all back, but perhaps that's not realistic. Here are four other fellows who might be suitable replacements.

Is Danny Green irreplaceable?

Danny Green might not be irreplaceable but it would be unwise of the Spurs to let him walk.

Upgrading from Aron Baynes won't be easy

Baynes has gone from garbage time fixture to rotation player. If the Spurs can't retain him, replacing him might not be easy.

Has Marco Belinelli done enough to earn a raise?

Marco Belinelli has provided good value for his contract but what happens if he wants a raise?

Cory Joseph may be too good for the Spurs to keep

Joseph had a good year but with Mills already under contract, bringing him back might not make sense.

Should the Spurs bring back Bonner and Ayres?

Michael Erler and Jesus Gomez discuss the Spurs' two deep bench big men and why it's time to move on from them.

Spurs can sign Aldridge and bring back "Big Four"

There is a way for the Spurs to sign free agent LaMarcus Aldridge to a max contract and re-sign Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Danny Green and Kawhi Leonard. It is mathematically possible. It's just not realistic at all or a sound basketball decision.

Why Aron Baynes remains unsigned

Baynes, like Greg Monroe and Eric Bledose, is severely limited in his options thanks to being a restricted free agent

The key to the Spurs' off-season

There just aren't a lot of players who can score, shoot, create and also have a high basketball IQ on the defensive end. The Spurs had all of the above from Diaw last season. Will they have the same again next year?

It's hard to see the Spurs re-signing Aron Baynes

Free agency is coming and with it our "Should He Stay or Should He Go?" series, in which we take a look at the Spurs' free agents and try to determine whether they should be retained. Up for discussion: Aron Baynes.

Can the Spurs afford to lose Patty Mills?

Free agency is coming and with it our "Should He Stay or Should He Go?" series, in which we take a look at the Spurs' free agents and try to determine whether they should be retained. Up for discussion: Patty Mills.

Should the Spurs re-sign Matt Bonner?

The Spurs' veteran 6-foot-10 three-point shooter could be a prize catch for teams looking for stretch fours. Whether Bonner and the Spurs can find a happy medium for both sides is a question to ponder as we head into the offseason.

Stampler proposes some Spurs trades

The column contains a few hypothetical trades the Spurs could make. The only catch is that they would never happen.

DeJuan is not coming back and that's for the best

On the last installment of the Should He Stay or Should He Go? series we'll take a look at probably the least likely to return of all the Spurs free agents, DeJuan Blair.

Should the Spurs try to retain Tiago Splitter?

In the third installment of the Should He Stay or Should He Go series, we look at whether the Spurs should try to keep Tiago Spitter.

Is it wise to bring Gary Neal back?

In the second installment of the Should He Stay or Should He Go series we look at Gary Neal and whether the Spurs should look to re-sign him or not.

Why the Spurs should definitely bring Manu back

In the first installment of the Should he Stay or Should he Go edition we take a look at whether the Spurs should attmept to re-sign Manu Ginobili.