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

[spurs2112]

ing Rick Barry on draft night said David should go sign with the Lakers or Celtics. And if he wanted to David could have done so since his two year naval commitment could have made him a free agent.

Damn. So this whole bending over for LA thing has been going on in the NBA forever then.

[YGWHI]

The only reason Philly hasn't said yes to a deal is that Pop probably told Brett that this guy and his group are bad ing news and I don't want to pawn this off on you.

Good. Pop isn't trading Kawhi to a friend like Brett and doesn't want trade him to Pop's enemies in LA...

Pop basically decided to lose him in FA...I'm fine with this, both sides lose big but at least we'll see Kawhi in a Spurs uni again.

[HarlemHeat37]

He cost his son millions of dollars from Nike/Adidas to instead get his son 100K from his own shoe company that is about to file for bankruptcy

It was well worth the shot, tbh..losing 1 or 2 million is completely irrelevant in the grand scheme for somebody who will make 50+ mil through his career..

It's not like Kawhi, who is going to lose like 80 million lol

[ElNono]

Found this on Reddit.

There's actually zero reasons why Kawhi couldn't change his representation. So the issue here is not Kawhi's agency/Spurs, it's Kawhi/Kawhi's agency.

[Marcus Bryant]

Damn. So this whole bending over for LA thing has been going on in the NBA forever then.

Pretty much.

[DPG21920]

It was well worth the shot, tbh..losing 1 or 2 million is completely irrelevant in the grand scheme for somebody who will make 50+ mil through his career..

It's not like Kawhi, who is going to lose like 80 million lol

Sons - it was 10’s of millions of dollars and obviously with how poorly it was run that there was little upside to doing their own thing other than the fact that with BBB daddy gets paid and with Nike/Adidas Lonzo gets the checks.

[YGWHI]

Ya - that still doesn’t hurt them at all really.

Doesnt hurt them? Of course not =blue font

[DPG21920]

Are they really filing for bankruptcy??

I don’t know . I know there were in some trouble though.

[RD2191]

I don’t know . I know there were in some trouble though.

Fukin DPG

[daslicer]

They made a show about it. It's called Season 3 of The Wire.

I'll take your word for it. Never really got into The Wire.

[ElNono]

Also, due to the recent moves, if he heads East he could legitimately be in a position to make the NBA Finals every year, and be the next 'Lebron' in a sense.

That's probably the best career move for him, but for that he needs to cut these leeches loose.

[DPG21920]

What do you estimate Big Baller Brand is worth now that Lebron joined and if he starts wearing BBB gear?

[DPG21920]

Lonzo lost 10’s of millions of dollars, blew out his BBB shoe in his first game and then started wearing Nike’s for free

[BackHome]

I agree Philly would be a perfect place for him plus their team Dr. has worked on him so they will know all facts regarding his injury. Only way a trade is going to get done is if both parties start working together so Kawhi camp give list to teams that u want to be traded to which would include Boston, Philly, Suns. You agree to trade that it won’t be a one year deal and will trade u to who ever gives us best deal. If you do no to this then will see you next season in a spurs warmups.

[DAF86]

https://www.slamonline.com/nba/giann...r-los-angeles/

Giannis:

Would you ever leave Milwaukee if the Lakers came calling?

“To be honest with you, no. No way. I like finishing the stuff that I have with Milwaukee.

“My goal is to win in Milwaukee, bring a championship in the city, and make the team a lot better.

“So I would never leave for L.A.”

Kawhi.

[Seventyniner]

There's actually zero reasons why Kawhi couldn't change his representation. So the issue here is not Kawhi's agency/Spurs, it's Kawhi/Kawhi's agency.

But he won't. There is some serious Stockholm syndrome-level going on here.

[spurschamps99030507]

DeMar DeRozan's response when asked if he'd come play for the Lakers: " nah."

https://twitter.com/YahooSports/stat...85554497867783

[dbestpro]

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Still a dumb

Lebron signed a 4 year contract, so they plan on winning it all this year when they may not even make the playoffs.

[FkLA]

https://www.slamonline.com/nba/giann...r-los-angeles/

Giannis:

Would you ever leave Milwaukee if the Lakers came calling?

“To be honest with you, no. No way. I like finishing the stuff that I have with Milwaukee.

“My goal is to win in Milwaukee, bring a championship in the city, and make the team a lot better.

“So I would never leave for L.A.”

Kawhi.

International guys are perfect for small markets. Less en led, less greedy, not as concerned about "lifestyle", or status, or being in the spotlight.

Hopefully more elite international guys keep popping up as basketball continues to become more global.

[gambit1990]

i don’t blame kawhi for wanting to play for the lakers. he’s from riverside, grew up watching the lakers.

this could be handled better but he wants to go home...

and wanted to go there before lebron.

[YGWHI]

https://www.slamonline.com/nba/giann...r-los-angeles/

Giannis:

Would you ever leave Milwaukee if the Lakers came calling?

“To be honest with you, no. No way. I like finishing the stuff that I have with Milwaukee.

“My goal is to win in Milwaukee, bring a championship in the city, and make the team a lot better.

“So I would never leave for L.A.”

Kawhi.

To be fair, Kawhi already done it in previous seasons.

[Spurs9]

There's actually zero reasons why Kawhi couldn't change his representation. So the issue here is not Kawhi's agency/Spurs, it's Kawhi/Kawhi's agency.

I didn't know that, interesting...
So they are basically just putting out anything they can to get off San Antonio, when Kawhi isn't even the one leading it. Hes definately being taken advantage of with that agency, I just hope they don't have access to his actual dollars for "investments".

[FkLA]

To be fair, Kawhi already done it in previous seasons.

That isn't Kawhi's le to claim. That was the beautiful game's le.

[SpursBills]

International guys are perfect for small markets. Less en led, less greedy, not as concerned about "lifestyle", or status, or being in the spotlight.

Hopefully more elite international guys keep popping up as basketball continues to become more global.

Yup. Cuban was smart enough to realize this. He got a superstar in Dirk that he was able to build around for 20 years and that's why he went all out for Doncic.

[CGD]

I agree Philly would be a perfect place for him plus their team Dr. has worked on him so they will know all facts regarding his injury. Only way a trade is going to get done is if both parties start working together so Kawhi camp give list to teams that u want to be traded to which would include Boston, Philly, Suns. You agree to trade that it won’t be a one year deal and will trade u to who ever gives us best deal. If you do no to this then will see you next season in a spurs warmups.

Could you imagine if Fultz comes back to Philly and lays an egg to start the season, while Kawhi comes back to the Spurs to play out contract and looks great?

How do you sell that to your fanbase? Yes we had a real shot a getting Leonard, but but but Fultz is Untouchable just one month after we were throwing him under the bus for losing his shot form. And god forbid Embid gets his ritual injury to start the season.

Philly also taking a risk in not moving on Leaonard now.