Kawhi: 5 years $80 million per Bill Simmons?

[DesignatedT]

It's still pretty wide open on what his ceiling can be. The Spurs have to keep him though. There's not another option lining up at the door. Certainly not anyone else as young and promising. Letting him walk or second guess wanting to be here would not be wise.

[look_at_g_shred]

holy ing no he wasn't. He was he best player for 3 games in the finals.

Ok.

[Beaverfuzz]

he's worth anything and everything.

[look_at_g_shred]

Give him what he wants tbh. He's given everything he has to this team since he was drafted.

[cd021]

Not being a , but he was the best player on a championship team

I'd probably but him at 4th for the season behind Tim, Tony, Manu. Probably still 4th in the postseason (maybe not in that order.

He'd have a big game and them go casper in the next one.

For 3 games, yes, but that's still debatable. Note how Diaw starts game 3, 4, and 5 and he explodes. Diaw made things easier by providing spacing and passing etc. Diaw had a +70 for the season and a +40 in the 3 games he started.

[cd021]

He was he best player for 3 games in the finals.

Yep.

[MeloHype]

He should get a deal similar to Roy Hibbert(4year/58 million) imo

[Mel_13]

If this doesn't get settled this summer, the Spurs will be prepared to match any max offer sheet next summer. They simply can't let him leave.

This isn't like with Patty where you let him go if the price reaches a certain point. With Kawhi, they can try to settle for less than the max, but they have to be ready to pay it if needed.

[Mel_13]

He should get a deal similar to Roy Hibbert(4year/58 million) imo

That was the max that summer. It will about 4/67 next summer.

[SupremeGuy]

Seems a bit steep, but we don't really have a choice. We should of course try to get him to take less but if he doesn't we shouldn't argue.

[Prime Time]

I'd probably but him at 4th for the season behind Tim, Tony, Manu. Probably still 4th in the postseason (maybe not in that order.

He'd have a big game and them go casper in the next one.

For 3 games, yes, but that's still debatable. Note how Diaw starts game 3, 4, and 5 and he explodes. Diaw made things easier by providing spacing and passing etc. Diaw had a +70 for the season and a +40 in the 3 games he started.

Okay, come on, he was better than Manu.

Ginobili had a brilliant first round, but after that he was pretty streaky (not saying Kawhi was any more consistent offensively.) Kawhi had more or less the same offense as Ginobili, but when factoring in their defense - Leonard at least deserves the nod for that.

[Venti Quattro]

He was the Finals MVP but I don't think he's worth the max yet

[Brunodf]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, that was my biggest fear...

He deserved it tbh

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Hopefully that wont make the Spurs pay more than 12m/yr though...

[100%duncan]

Pay him what he wants, I doubt Kawhi thinks he's a max player yet

[Wildcat67]

Wow, you've convinced me. Talk about having a way with words.

It's pretty sad how little some people know what they are watching. Kawhi's ball handling is much improved. Manu even said as much. But if you actually watched it isn't hard to see for yourself. Yet some people insist on displaying their ignorance and claiming to be superior as they do it.

[Venti Quattro]

Pay him what he wants

That at ude got the Lakers entangled in a messy cap situation. Yes Kobe deserved a lot of money for all the contributions as a Laker, but the Lakers ignored that there was a cap.

[100%duncan]

That at ude got the Lakers entangled in a messy cap situation. Yes Kobe deserved a lot of money for all the contributions as a Laker, but the Lakers ignored that there was a cap.

You disregarded the 2nd part of my post though as I doubt Kawhi thinks he's max potential yet. Kobe's deal was bad management too tbh they offered him without even negotiating rigt, cant blame kobe for taking that money

[SupremeGuy]

I really hope we can negotiate a better deal. We're all just taking wild guesses at this point, tbh. No one knows how much Kawhi will ask for yet, probably not even himself.

[Chinook]

You match a max deal, and you offer a five-year near-max deal. You don't offer a max extension.

[jARS mEsH sEt]

You disregarded the 2nd part of my post though as I doubt Kawhi thinks he's max potential yet. Kobe's deal was bad management too tbh they offered him without even negotiating rigt, cant blame kobe for taking that money

Kobe literally admitted in an interview recently that his contract was at least in part a lifetime achievement award

[jimbo]

Not being a , but he was the best player on a championship team

& he's also the 4th option on a championship team, it's a whole different story when he's the 1st or 2nd and expected to consistently deliver offense. What he produced in the finals was definitely not his normal. They were the best games of his life.

[100%duncan]

Kobe literally admitted in an interview recently that his contract was at least in part a lifetime achievement award

fredo

[Aztecfan03]

Not being a , but he was the best player on a championship team

He was the best player in the finals(but you could argue others were) He wasn't the best player on the team throughout the year or even throughout the playoffs.

[itzsoweezee]

Is it true that only max contracts can exceed five year terms?

[Emperor]

Gotta see how he responds this season after winning Finals MVP. If he can atleast up his stats and become alot more consistent especially in the playoffs i say pay the man what he deserves. Hard to imagine the Spurs giving anyone close to the max who averages 13/6 or anywhere near that.