SAS trying to create fear
NBA would step in if Kawhi tried to sit. Any player on contracts could do this. Its would be a precedent that the nba doesnt want set. If he that desperate to get out relax your demands. Again, kawhi aint taking a paycut with no security of a contract as an FA . I see the spurs standing firm on this. Wait for kawhis group to unravel
Aint no way he's gonna sit out another year.
Someone have an example of a player sitting a year ?
That’s bull
would b crazy if he does sit out, spurs sue & courts force Leonard to fulfill his yr commitment
that would be the 2nd year, this time he won't be paid
pretty much, of course fans can always change the channel or close the app.
Im liking Michael c wright the more i read his commentary. Seriously wtf is up with these local sa reporters who seem to have no pulse on the team they cover.
owners have no loyalty to players
players have no loyalty to teams
maybe fans have no more loyalty to all of the above?
11.3 Withholding Services.
A player who withholds playing services called for by a Player Contract for more than thirty (30) days after the start of the last Season covered by his Player Contract shall be deemed not to have “complet[ed] his Player Contract by rendering the playing services called for thereunder.” Accordingly, such a player shall not be a Veteran Free Agent and shall not be en led to negotiate or sign a Player Contract with any other professional basketball team unless and until the Team for which the player last played expressly agrees otherwise.
Countdown on to Kawhi group going all in on Clippers trade now
You never see a player sitting a year because he wants To be traded.
Good game by the spurs To not accept first offers, they will have something good.
offers so far, no reason to move him and reward this. nba media so far has glossed over what he obviously did. that's about to become front and center.
right the spurs have been real nice. why bother to continue?
if there's one thing this country hates it's people whining about eight figure compensation being unfair. not doing your job on top of that?
Have a nice vacation .
fortunately there are a million other entertainment options. if millennial players want to start holding out and bailing on teams and heretofore loyal fanbases maybe the fans will start to bail on them too.
nba needs to figure this out, people will be less inclined to tune in to games and vote for sweetheart arena deals if this is the new normal.
i guess the counter would be paul george, happy to play in a small market, of course for eleventy billion dollars
Given with the CBA rule, I think Kawhi can easily dodge that by simply playing but not giving his 100%.
Spurs are idiots if they allow a precendent where a contract is only upheld by one side, the club, while the player can void it at will. Maybe the NBA should just negotiate a new CBA where if they don’t like the contract they signed with a player they can just void it. They can just make up some bs excuse like the player was faking injuries or deliberately dogging it. Call it the Leonard rule.
Yeah this path leads to contracts with more partial guarantees. that's the way teams will start to protect themselves.
it'll be interesting to see how strongly the players union supports Leonard as this plays out. this pretty much will give the owners a reason to push for more variable compensation. almost every team in the league has players with contract value exceeding current production value. moving to the NFL model then becomes more likely.
If this were a real business the Spurs would sue Leonard for breech of contract and defamation and damages would include loss of revenue line ticket sales and concessions. Awards could tally up to a nice chunk of his future salary.
pretty much. spurs still have rights per his contract and the cba to not pay him given that this is clearly a holdout. as we would expect there are protections for the team in the event a player fails to perform. the spurs haven't gone down that path so far because they were trying to make amends. I expect we'll hear a different tone from the team moving forward.
How do you know he hasn't said a word in months? That's also speculation btw
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