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There's a bunch of other teams where Ringer says Clippers will deal with but I don't think teams want that drama plus including Castle and a pick in that trade is not a good move. Even Clipper fans know it. Not a good article
https://www.theringer.com/nba/2024/1...cs-luka-doncic
I can get behind this one, though the bonus is a bit much.3. Victor Wembanyama will be the unanimous Defensive Player of the Year.
This has never happened before. Neither has Wembanyama. If the over/under on career Defensive Player of the Year awards for him was 4.5—Rudy Gobert, Ben Wallace, and Dikembe Mutombo are tied for the most with four apiece—I would seriously consider taking the over. He’s the most intimidating and provocative defender alive, someone I thought would win as a rookie (and who eventually received my actual vote before finishing as Gobert’s runner-up). Wemby protects the paint, blocks jumpers, and single-handedly turns fast-break chances into half-court slogs. His impact is unparalleled.
(Related: I hope Bam Adebayo wins one during his prime. It’s nearly a cliché at this point, but no individual’s impact on one side of the ball is more casually taken for granted than everything Bam does on defense.)
Bonus Spurs-related predictions: Devin Vassell will win Most Improved Player, and San Antonio will win more games than the Lakers.
Oh naw.22. The Los Angeles Clippers will trade Kawhi Leonard.
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Leonard to San Antonio for Keldon Johnson, Harrison Barnes, Stephon Castle, and Minnesota’s first-round pick in 2031.
Pardon the sentimental wishcasting, but this would be an incredible full-circle moment that’d make everyone—except teams that otherwise wouldn’t have to seriously worry about San Antonio for another few years—feel warm and fuzzy.
I understand all the ways this upturns the rich soil San Antonio was disciplined enough to put down even before it landed Wembanyama: its patient strategy to peak during its 20-year-old phenom’s prime. Yes. Got it. I agree and think it’s commendable. I also understand how bersome this trade could be if Leonard never again comes close to resembling the Terminator who obliterated everything in his path before he tore his ACL in the 2021 playoffs. But you know what would be even cooler than a slow and steady rebuild? Pairing Kawhi with Wembanyama and immediately becoming a championship contender that still has control of all its own draft capital and didn’t have to give up Devin Vassell.
There are probably some fences that need to be mended between Kawhi and his former team. Any reunion might be a bridge too far. But Gregg Popovich’s respect for Leonard was clear last year when he scolded Spurs fans for booing someone who won a Finals MVP in their favorite team’s jersey.
If you’re the Clippers, this is probably as good as it gets; they’re in need of an escape hatch, so one blue-chip prospect plus decent draft compensation isn’t going to solve all their problems—but to get started on whatever the next era will look like, it’s the best they can realistically ask for.
I can see why Pina ended the article with this as the boldest prediction of them all, but there is no way the Spurs would take on three years of Number Two's contract when he can maybe give you 30 games a season at this point and the rest of the roster isn't ready to contend yet anyway. Let alone give up on Castle already.
There's a bunch of other teams where Ringer says Clippers will deal with but I don't think teams want that drama plus including Castle and a pick in that trade is not a good move. Even Clipper fans know it. Not a good article
Vassell won't win MI. He already had a solid year last year and any improvement will be seen as a general team thing.
The Spurs could very well out-win the Lakers. I think the LAL are on the verge of sucking bad.
The Kawhi trade is a joke. Dude may never play again. I wouldn't trade Castle straight up for him, no way.
Lmao if the spurs take kawhi in a trade like that then I will personally pack pops things and deliver them to vegas
I would never do that trade, and neither, I suspect, would Wright.
Leonard for free would be an easy pass for the Spurs FO. He’s utterly useless not to mention net negative for team morale
Oh no I wouldn't trade Branham and Collins for Leonard much less give up the Spurs most exciting non-alien prospect in nearly 15 years plus the 20131. Even without all the drama from his s bag uncle he's basically in the Walton on the Clippers phase of his career. No thanks for $150 million.
I just hope Vassell doesn't win Comeback Player of the Year -- next year.Bonus Spurs-related predictions: Devin Vassell will win Most Improved Player, and San Antonio will win more games than the Lakers.
The only way the Spurs should do this is if they include a trade of arenas.22. The Los Angeles Clippers will trade Kawhi Leonard.
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Leonard to San Antonio for Keldon Johnson, Harrison Barnes, Stephon Castle, and Minnesota’s first-round pick in 2031.
not sure who typed that LAC deal but they should be banned from the internet for life
Always nice to start the day off with a laugh.
Very straightforward, transparent answers
Not arrogant, considering his status in the sports world...
A good role model
Now, we only need the lucky stars to align in Atlantaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
and then, boom!
Swap Branham for Castle and i consider it next summer if Kawahi can show he can even get on the court again.
I know people might've lost track of his age because he's barely played over the past years, but he turned 33 in June.
He's a negative contract at this point. $50 million a year up until 2027.
Exactly. I wouldn’t take him for a 56-60 protected SRP. His contract is toxic.
Lets driveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Spurs!!!!!
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That Leonard trade may be one of the stupidest proposals I've ever seen.
"Hey San Antonio, trade one of your best prospects and a bunch of trade assets to bring back a broken-down player on an albatross contract who ed over your team and your fan base hates!"
That's not even a BOLD take...that's just a ty, click-bait fever dream.
Last edited by Dex; 10-22-2024 at 12:23 PM.
Lmao. Absolutely ZERO chance that Leonard is traded back here
And that's why it's not a farfetched idea..But Gregg Popovich’s respect for Leonard was clear last year when he scolded Spurs fans for booing someone who won a Finals MVP in their favorite team’s jersey.
Good idea? No. But Pop pushing it through? I can see it
No. Personal is personal, and business is business. What Pop did was personal. Foolish but personal. Trading for him would be bad business. The Holts give Pop a pretty long leash, but not that long. The decision to take on an awful contract like that for a player who can’t finish the regular season, or go deeper than the second round would have to be made by the managing partner, young Peter Holt. He wouldn’t go for it.
I like to believe even Pop is above getting Kawhi back, but I'm not holding my breath by any means.
i think by the time they got to #22, they had smoked all the weed and drank all the beer.
I might be one of maybe half a dozen Spurs fans alive who would have loved to see Nephew come back and mend fences… but lol this must be a joke. Dude is completely broken and LAC is definitely stuck with him. Dumping Kawhi at this point would probably be most costly that the theoretical cost of dumping Lavine or Simmons was at the worst point of those horrible contracts.
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