Young: sources tell @ExpressNews that Kawhi Leonard wants to be traded from Spurs

[baseline bum]

Kyle Anderson ranked 6th at age 24

Seems less impressive now

Yeah lets trade Kawhi for fathead and two late lottery picks

[K...]

That offer is . Actually was it even both picks? Everything I heard before the draft was one of the picks and Harris.

They hinted in the early draft that they did offer both, but that could have been an assumption when it was reported the Clippers were into Kawhi before punting

[Hoops Czar]

No it wasn't. That's giving Kawhi away. I don't ever expect to get 75 cents on the dollar for Leonard. An absolute best case would be maybe getting 60 cents on the dollar with Tatum. But I'm not giving him away for picks 12 & 13 unless RC is in love with a prospect available there. Apparently he wasn't.

You're assuming they're trading away a top 5 elite level player and not a player with a chronic degenerative quad who may only average 50 games a season.

[Mr. Body]

At this point, a team in win-now mode might take a flier on Kawhi for a year, even into the trade deadline. There's no reason to deal him now, especially when the Spurs hadn't evaluated a lot of players higher in the draft. Just making Kawhi soon for a year is fine. If he's gone, the team needs to rebuild anyway and no package is going to vault them anywhere.

[DAF86]

Heck, just trade him for Kyrie and keep the playoffs streak alive.

[midnightpulp]

No it wasn't. That's giving Kawhi away. I don't ever expect to get 75 cents on the dollar for Leonard. An absolute best case would be maybe getting 60 cents on the dollar with Tatum. But I'm not giving him away for picks 12 & 13 unless RC is in love with a prospect available there. Apparently he wasn't.

I didn't expect 25 cents.

But yeah, I'm overrating player development here. NBA prospects pan out pretty predictably.

[K...]

The two picks are fine in theory, but now that you see the draft, who would you take? Is one thing if there was a major prospect who slipped, but no one slipped but Porter, (who was taken before). So name your players that would have made a difference.

[baseline bum]

You're assuming they're trading away a top 5 elite level player and not a player with a chronic degenerative quad who may only average 50 games a season.

I am. I trust the Spurs team doctors more than Uncle Dennis.

[objective]

Yeah lets trade Kawhi for fathead and two late lottery picks

And we can give him $25 million a year because we can't just let the guy walk in free agency after trading Kawhi for him.

Gotta save face.

A face with a giant, bulbous head.

[K...]

If Kawhi plays well as might see a trade earlier as Kawhi would restore his value. I'm sure the spurs will keep in touch. They now know how bad teams want Idaho and what the low market.

If Kawhi is injured, then the spurs have time to coach him to take less and buy out his family

[exstatic]

Wow. West offered about 75 cents on the dollar there. I expected him to be hungry, and the Spurs aren't ever going to get a better offer than that going forward. The fact they turned it down suggests a few possibilities: The silver lining is that Kawhi and the Spurs repaired their rift and possibly got him and Uncle Dennis to verbally commit to the supermax. The very shiny silver lining includes all of that in addition to the Spurs assuring Kawhi they have a plan to bring a top FA to the team (hint: Lebron). The flip side is that the Spurs aren't going to cave in order to frustrate Kawhi and Dennis for another year to make a point that their organization won't be manipulated by the kind of bush league Kawhi and Co. pulled. The Spurs see something in Ingram and Ball/Kuzma and are waiting for the Lakers to offer the proverbial farm (least likely, since they shut down the Lakers earlier, but the Spurs could simply be playing the hard sell).

All I got.

Two late lottery picks and a young non-descript player is NOT 75 cents on the dollar. More like 25 cents. Tatum AND Brown AND the 2019 Sacto pick would be 75 cents on the dollar.

[acoelho1]

Spurs playing it smart. Not sure if this relationship is salvageable but you need to exhaust all options.

[BackHome]

It’s all about who is going to blink first

[RD2191]

It’s all about who is going to blink first

Spurs are screwed. Kawhi's a robot.

[midnightpulp]

Two late lottery picks and a young non-descript player is NOT 75 cents on the dollar. More like 25 cents. Tatum AND Brown AND the 2019 Sacto pick would be 75 cents on the dollar.

Yeah, I jumped the gun on valuing those pieces. As I said, I didn't even expect 25 cents since the Spurs are leveraged out.

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Why do even follow the Spurs?

He wants to feel like a winner. It's the only way he can feel like one after he's finished focking his own aunt, tbh.

[Morgo]

Anyone feel like the Sixers trading down and acquiring that Heat 2021 pick was a move to gain more assets to put into a Kawhi package?

That pick could be valuable as the High schoolers are going to be available from that year and the outlook of Miami in 3 years doesn't look that great...

[BackHome]

Spurs are screwed. Kawhi's a robot.

Damn you - I spit out my cherrios I was eating. Lol

[exstatic]

Yeah, I jumped the gun on valuing those pieces. As I said, I didn't even expect 25 cents since the Spurs are leveraged out.

Spurs hang on to Kawhi.

Bron sees his laker super team evaporate, and signs in Philly.

We have Ainges undivided attention. Bret Brown’s too. Neither can let the other get Kawhi.

[Marcus Bryant]

Spurs hang on to Kawhi.

Bron sees his laker super team evaporate, and signs in Philly.

We have Ainges undivided attention. Bret Brown’s too. Neither can let the other get Kawhi.

That's where this seems headed. A bidding war between EC rivals is best case scenario at this point.

[midnightpulp]

Spurs hang on to Kawhi.

Bron sees his laker super team evaporate, and signs in Philly.

We have Ainges undivided attention. Bret Brown’s too. Neither can let the other get Kawhi.

Good scenario. Can see it.

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Spurs are screwed. Kawhi's a robot.

[baseline bum]

Spurs hang on to Kawhi.

Bron sees his laker super team evaporate, and signs in Philly.

We have Ainges undivided attention. Bret Brown’s too. Neither can let the other get Kawhi.

Yeah no reason to jump the gun when this is a very real possibility. The other likely possibility is James still goes to LA, so does PG13, and James makes them salary dump Deng with Lolnzo to go get another player right now to give him a chance to win in year 1. James is not going to sign there to let Magic hold a $30 million salary slot open for Kawhi for a year since that capspace won't do to win him the 2018-19 le. Then Kawhi to the Lakers is impossible and I can't see the Celtics or Sixers scared of losing him to LA's B-team where he'd be the one man team. If LeBron stays in Cleveland the Spurs are probably boned though.

[Mugen]

If anything, no trade tonight means the Spurs aren't really interested in an immediate, complete rebuild. We already knew this with Pop probably not interested in coaching a tanking team but this pretty much confirms it.

[Mugen]

Options have definitely dwindled though so god I hope the front office holds. There aren't very many teams out there that make sense in trading for Kawhi besides the Lakers and I'm really not interested in any package that the Sixers can put together.