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

[lebomb]

See this is so unprofessional. You are a grown man, a professional athlete your job is to go out and play basketball not dictate where you want to play.

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Exactly!!!!

[FireMicoHalili]

Makes sense for Spurs to ask for the moon. If healthy he is a top 3 player. But let's be realistic Spur fan acting like the last images of Kawhi are not him dominating State in Game 7 "but of him being good not great for the Spurs last year on the court before being shut down by injury . Off the court his mental state and health are huge question marks.
And the NBA is the opposite of a hard cap. It's why OKC, State and the most expensive team the Cavs were all paying luxury taxes. BIRD right provisions and luxury tax are phrases not needed in a hard salary cap, or do you not know what a hard cap means?!

Congratulations on keeping your prized and extremely valuable young players

[cjw]

Is this leak intended to spook Ainge, Brown and Magic into making their best and final offers?

I don’t see any of them budging.

[daslicer]

I get a feeling this trade is not going to go down. I want to believe it's going to happen but it wouldn't shock me if the Spurs or Raptors back out at the last minute.

[FireMicoHalili]

Is this leak intended to spook Ainge, Brown and Magic into making their best and final offers?

I don’t see any of them budging.

Was thinking the same, especially with the timing. Gives them the whole of Wednesday to lay their cards on the table, but both teams have already agreed to a deal in principle if nothing comes up. To be fair it’s probably still very early on that side of the world.

[Namundy]

Are people going to be happy about this if OG is not included?

[StrengthAndHonor]

Rejoicing the arrival of Derozan, oh my, how the mighty have fallen

[FireMicoHalili]

Rejoicing the arrival of Derozan, oh my, how the mighty have fallen

It’s not welcoming DeRozan but more of getting rid of Leonard and his baggage. That’s a misinterpretation if you haven’t been following recent posts. They just want him and his trouble gone because the situation is so weird.

[17505]

Very interesting that we have yet to hear anything about what specific other pieces could be in the deal. I still think it's very cryptic that OG's Twitter and IG pics were changed from him in Raptors gear.

[exstatic]

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Kawhi Leonard has no desire to play in Toronto, league source tells ESPN.

Too. ing. Bad.

[benefactor]

[DPG21920]

Kawhi may not want to play in TOR but he has absolutely zero choice. Don’t show up? Fine, forfeit all your money and see what happens. Sit out another year of your prime and see what happens. You reap what you sow and this is ALL your doing. Sorry Charlie.

If Kawhi is truly pissed at going to TOR: 1) He should be LIVID at LAL for forcing him to go there when he, a true star, said he wants to play in LA and they had the assets but REFUSED to value Kawhi enough to trade for him just so they could pay him less next year.

2) He should be even MORE pissed at his Uncle/Agent for tanking his value and not doing everything they could to help SA find a great deal to send him where he wanted to go. They put no pressure on LA & in fact enabled them to act en led with the “I only want LA” leaks. On them

[DPG21920]

I can’t hate on the Spurs. I don’t love DeRozan but once you realize their priority was to stay compe ive this makes sense. Especially if they get a young player and pick too.

I’m not mad at SA no matter what. Kawhi screwed them and they were in a tough spot. They werent going to get a great deal like they should because Kawhi was trying to harm them intentionally.

At least he’s going to Canada and SA didn’t cave to LA.

[cutewizard]

Let us go back to the Origin.....

This was the George Hill trade right?

In other words, we are getting Derozan and OG/Siakam/Pick plus Bertans for George Hill right?

Not bad. Not bad at all.

[cutewizard]

Kawhi may not want to play in TOR but he has absolutely zero choice. Don’t show up? Fine, forfeit all your money and see what happens. Sit out another year of your prime and see what happens. You reap what you sow and this is ALL your doing. Sorry Charlie.

If Kawhi is truly pissed at going to TOR: 1) He should be LIVID at LAL for forcing him to go there when he, a true star, said he wants to play in LA and they had the assets but REFUSED to value Kawhi enough to trade for him just so they could pay him less next year.

2) He should be even MORE pissed at his Uncle/Agent for tanking his value and not doing everything they could to help SA find a great deal to send him where he wanted to go. They put no pressure on LA & in fact enabled them to act en led with the “I only want LA” leaks. On them

Good Sir, that is assuming that Kawhi is cognitvely intelligent right?

What if he is just, plain outright DUMB? Lol

[playblair]

Very interesting that we have yet to hear anything about what specific other pieces could be in the deal. I still think it's very cryptic that OG's Twitter and IG pics were changed from him in Raptors gear.

woj on sportscenter named players that raptors would build around kawhi og was one named wich means hes likely not included

[eDizzle20]

I can’t hate on the Spurs. I don’t love DeRozan but once you realize their priority was to stay compe ive this makes sense. Especially if they get a young player and pick too.

I’m not mad at SA no matter what. Kawhi screwed them and they were in a tough spot. They werent going to get a great deal like they should because Kawhi was trying to harm them intentionally.

At least he’s going to Canada and SA didn’t cave to LA.

+1

[exstatic]

DDR good player but his record of disappearances in playoffs ........ now in the w conference ....

the good news is that the rat and denis are close to Alaska...

The reality is that no one is ringing this year, and maybe next, except GS.

[99 Problems]

Woj

[FireMicoHalili]

Tbh too early to celebrate until it really is a done deal. Things can still go south especially given Leonard’s camp’s reluctance to release medical information, as per Mo. The Spurs can still end up with him after today while the best probable result would be teams amping up their offers and conducting a last minute bidding war.

[17505]

Deal is done, per Woj. Trade call scheduled. Says deal is larger on both sides (DeRozan/Kawhi). Still no specifics on other players.

[MoSpur02]

I get a feeling this trade is not going to go down. I want to believe it's going to happen but it wouldn't shock me if the Spurs or Raptors back out at the last minute.

I fear the same thing, but these talks have been happening since last week so who knows. I'm sure both teams know what they're getting into.

[Shastafarian]

Deal is done, per Woj. Trade call scheduled. Says deal is larger on both sides (DeRozan/Kawhi). Still no specifics on other players.

[baseline bum]

Rejoicing the arrival of Derozan, oh my, how the mighty have fallen

I know, could have had allstar Tobias Harris instead.

[MoSpur02]

Rejoicing the arrival of Derozan, oh my, how the mighty have fallen

Nah. We're rejoicing the departure of Kawhi. Rejoicing the Spurs didn't settle for crappy players including Tobias Harris.