SAS: Kawhi Willing to Sit Out Next Season if He’s Not Traded

[BatManu20]

[Spurs da champs]

, tbh.

[BatManu20]

[BillMc]

Didn't Tony eek into to Top 5 circa 2013 or 2014 or am I drunk again? Damn, and a Monday too...

Or maybe as an FA he wouldn't be on the list.

[BatManu20]

Spurs need to tell Kawhi's people that they need to tell the Lakers to either pony up and stop being cheap s, or they're not getting Kawhi this season, period. A lot can happen in a year and Lebron will be almost 35 at the beginning of next season if they want to play that game.

[TVI]

Havent you called in sick and expected to get paid, dip ?

for 9 months?

[BlackSilver]

SAS agenda clear... The whole media is giddy about lebron in LA... now SAS trying to muddy the waters saying Kawhi MIGHT sit out next season, according to SOME league execs... What a source! Smfh... Then the national media had headlines of Kawhi to sit out next season if not traded"... These guys are trash

Maybe PATFO leaked this tidbit to paint Kawhi into a corner.

[SpursforSix]

If I am the Spurs I am telling Kawhi you have two choices:

1. You come back and play out your confract.
2. You agree to a sign and trade to Philly and agree to stay with them more then one year.

I will also say that if you sit out we will go all legal on your azz and try to get last years 19 mill u stole from us but also this years 19 mill you owe us. Also tell Uncle Fester we will be looking at filling tampering charges against him and Magic

Clearly, the Spurs don't have the right to do #2. And I wouldn't threaten anything legally. Just let the pieces fall and if Leonard and his camp are oblivious to the ramifications of him sitting out, then go down that road.

As it stands, all the drama aside, he's a Spur for the coming season. If they aren't going to trade him, then they have to go into the season assuming that they have a top 3 player and a decent roster.
At that point, Leonard controls his own destiny. Man up and play or be a little and suffer the consequences.

Best case scenario, he has a career ending injury in game 7 of the Finals after sinking the game winning shot.

[BatManu20]

Imagine the vitriol from fans if Kawhi were to play this season with the Spurs. Probably get booed during home games . Just don't see that happening tbh. Pop wants no part of that imo.

[BlackSilver]

Imagine the vitriol from fans if Kawhi were to play this season with the Spurs. Probably get booed during home games . Just don't see that happening tbh. Pop wants no part of that imo.

True. He'd have to do a public mea culpa tour before the season in order to mend fences. Can't see it.

[BatManu20]

Didn't Tony eek into to Top 5 circa 2013 or 2014 or am I drunk again? Damn, and a Monday too...

Or maybe as an FA he wouldn't be on the list.

Yea he finished 5th or 6th in 2013.

[Marcus Bryant]

Unfortunately Leonard turned out to be this decade's Derek "Mr. Loyalty" Anderson.

[Marcus Bryant]

Imagine the vitriol from fans if Kawhi were to play this season with the Spurs. Probably get booed during home games . Just don't see that happening tbh. Pop wants no part of that imo.

Yeah he's done in SA. He could also already have that extension in hand with better representation.

[BSfromTX]

Imagine the vitriol from fans if Kawhi were to play this season with the Spurs. Probably get booed during home games . Just don't see that happening tbh. Pop wants no part of that imo.

That is what I am thinking. If he can't even handle this straight up, what makes anyone think he will suck it up and play for the spurs?

Only reasonable scenario at this point is Kawhi agrees to a sign and trade ( which I am assuming is possible?) That way another team doesn't have to worry about him leaving, Kawhi gets a big contract, and spurs don't lose him for nothing?

[Marcus Bryant]

Spurs have all the cover in the world with the fanbase to dump him for nothing and avoid a supermax commitment, especially if they had concerns about him being able to play out his contract. Not once has he played a full season.

[TVI]

Call it the Leonard rule.

[Captivus]

Let him sit a year!!! I want blood! Or make him play 1 minute every game and take him out.

[BatManu20]

Lol 62.5 my ass. Zero chance

[BatManu20]

[buttsR4rebounding]

First, Kawhi is NOT sitting a year. Just some fake news put out by some execs from other teams that gets picked up as fact. Second, if the over under for the Lakers is 62.5 I am going to lay some serious money on the under. That's about as sure a thing as you can get. No way they win 63 games in the West. With their current cast I'd put their win total around 46-48.

[RD2191]

Lol 62.5 my ass. Zero chance

I give them 52 tbh.

[mudyez]

Let him sit a year!!! I want blood! Or make him play 1 minute every game and take him out.

He will become the second payer ever to average more than 48 minutes per game if his body somehow holds up.

[LkrFan]

Line was at +200 this morning:

[Marcus Bryant]

He will become the second payer ever to average more than 48 minutes per game if his body somehow holds up.

Next season is his 8th in the league. Lot of mileage already.

[BatManu20]

Lakers favorites to win it all suddenly . Must be certain they're landing Kawhi