ESPN: Offering Kawhi the supermax a "tough sell" for Spurs ownership

[MoSpur02]

Agree. But Peter Holt is still a majority owner getting a divorce while his wife has to face the same situation.

No one says this is the biggest issue in the super-max negotation but could be a factor.

You are assuming Peter Holt is still part of the ownership.

[Ice009]

You are assuming Peter Holt is still part of the ownership.

Why is he not still part of the ownership? What happened exactly?

[Chillen]

"Uh... whatever makes him happy." Pretty much what you would expect from Kawhi.

Yeah but he didn't say no, so if LeBron wants to be a Spur this July Kawhi would be cool with it I guess.

[MoSpur02]

Yeah but he didn't say no, so if LeBron wants to be a Spur this July Kawhi would be cool with it I guess.

True.

[exstatic]

Did he sell his shares? He's not a Spurs' majority owner? We know he's not Spurs chairman anymore but he was still a majority owner this season.

He’s NEVER been a majority owner. A majority owner of any en y must own more than 50%.

[Dverde]

He’s either getting the super max or being traded.

[Ice009]

I know Peter Holt never was a majority owner, but I always thought he was part of the ownership group? Is that correct? If he was part of the ownership group, what happened? Why is he not part of the ownership group now?

He’s either getting the super max or being traded.

You think Kawhi will be insulted if the Spurs ask him to re-qualify and prove to them that he's healthy before dropping that amount of money?

If they're not going to offer it to him due to not being sure about his health, fair enough, but if they're not going to offer it at all even if he is healthy, or if he had of been healthy and playing all season, then I don't know how I feel about that.

If I was them and they really don't want to take the risk, maybe they should say we can either offer you the max right now, or you can show us you're healthy and we'll give you the Supermax next off-season. That would probably still piss him off, though.

What would be the easiest criteria for him to meet to be able to re-qualify?

[Dverde]

You don’t want him being a free agent next year. He needs to sign a deal this offseason or trade him. Healthy he is a top five player. He is entering his prime. Super max is a no brainer if you want him long term.

[Dingle Barry]

You don’t want him being a free agent next year. He needs to sign a deal this offseason or trade him. Healthy he is a top five player. He is entering his prime. Super max is a no brainer if you want him long term.

He's not healthy