Thoughts on Spurs Trading Danny Green For DeMar DeRozan and Jakob Poeltl

[ducks]

Maybe like a medium 3?

Well gay would make it a medium 4

[ducks]

How much better will gay be this year?

[gambit1990]

i understand the spurs didn't wanna deal with the drama... but it was never a case of the spurs need to trade kawhi or else they won't win the championship. the situation was definitely undesirable but not dire.

spurs could've afforded to wait a little longer.

but whatever, i'm over it.

[weebo]

This was never really feasible. A locker room just couldn’t take the pressure of having that situation going on for a full season. And imagine the ing attendance

I know but let's face it we aren't winning jack this year or next or the year after. Leonard gave us a punchers chance but thats over and done with. Majority of ST is just happy being compe ive and DD paired with LMA will give us just that but we aren't winning--just PO fodder--we're the Trailblazers.
So I would have preferred if the Spurs just blew the whole thing up and started from square one.

[weebo]

I want to win lma is not getting any younger
lma, demar, murray could be a big three

lamarsha and defrozen are proven choke artist

[DPG21920]

i understand the spurs didn't wanna deal with the drama... but it was never a case of the spurs need to trade kawhi or else they won't win the championship. the situation was definitely undesirable but not dire.

spurs could've afforded to wait a little longer.

but whatever, i'm over it.

I think that is a fair point about waiting a little longer to see what happens, but if SA was neverous because no one was offering much for Kawhi - you can see why SA took it. I can see TOR backing out if you wait. You can tell it weighed on them and it took some big concessions for TOR to even pull the trigger it appears.

Look at how they are talking now and how DeRozan is so hurt. If you gave them more time I can see TOR talking themselves out of it.

I agree it’s fair to think if SA would have waited a little longer and Kawhi helped them would they have gotten more, but those are high stakes.

[Hoops Czar]

I think that is a fair point about waiting a little longer to see what happens, but if SA was neverous because no one was offering much for Kawhi - you can see why SA took it. I can see TOR backing out if you wait. You can tell it weighed on them and it took some big concessions for TOR to even pull the trigger it appears.

Look at how they are talking now and how DeRozan is so hurt. If you gave them more time I can see TOR talking themselves out of it.

I agree it’s fair to think if SA would have waited a little longer and Kawhi helped them would they have gotten more, but those are high stakes.

Toronto was desperate to dump DeRozen. That deal would have been available in October if the Spurs wanted it. How you go from Covington, Saric and a Miami 2021st pick (probably the most value of anything being offered) to a DeRozen salary dump just to buy a little mediocrity is beyond me. It's going to be fun if Toronto packages him to Philly for the same exact package the Spurs would have gotten.

[SpursDynasty85]

Both teams wanted a full training camp. Let's not forget both teams are trying to win. 1 Curry injury can equalize a lot out west.

[BackHome]

To be honest I am suprised we got anything for him. When you look at his injury he didn’t play all year and his camp demands were crazy. Who is going to trade a one year rental who you do not have a clue how bad his injury is.

[-21-]

Turning down a philly package minus Fultz that included Covington, Saric and a miami 2021 first because they wanted more and then ultimately surrendering to a DeRozen salary dump so they could help Toronto clear their books of all that stank is really quite laughable. As it they even needed to sweeten the pot by throwing in Danny Green and 5M absolutely free of charge.

WTF? Have you not been keeping up? The Sixers kept Simmons, Embiid, Fultz, AND Saric off the table. The Lakers refused to include Ingram and Kuzma. The Celtics reportedly made five players untouchable: Tatum, Brown, Hayward, Horford, and Irving.

[Hoops Czar]

WTF? Have you not been keeping up? The Sixers kept Simmons, Embiid, Fultz, AND Saric off the table. The Lakers refused to include Ingram and Kuzma. The Celtics reportedly made five players untouchable: Tatum, Brown, Hayward, Horford, and Irving.

Boston offered Irving straight up for Leonard. There were several tweets suggesting Philly did offer Saric. It's natural for any team to back track and say a said player wasn't offered for the sake of the player. The Spurs did the same with Green and Parker in the past.

[marinoman]

My biggest issue is patty or pau wasn’t even dumped

[BatManu20]

[FkLA]

Toronto was desperate to dump DeRozen. That deal would have been available in October if the Spurs wanted it. How you go from Covington, Saric and a Miami 2021st pick (probably the most value of anything being offered) to a DeRozen salary dump just to buy a little mediocrity is beyond me. It's going to be fun if Toronto packages him to Philly for the same exact package the Spurs would have gotten.

Please explain why the MIA pick was so valuable. Spo is a good coach and the organization has built a strong culture. What makes you think that it would even be a lottery pick?

[gambit1990]

i know most of the board probably prefer irving but him. my least favorite player in the league.

demar is in my top five least favorite players in the league but i'll gladly take him over kyrie.

kyrie would be would as renown as john wall if not for lebron.

[gambit1990]

people were giving kyrie credit he didn't deserve for boston's success. i'm glad they went on to do as good as they did without him.

[Seventyniner]

I think that is a fair point about waiting a little longer to see what happens, but if SA was neverous because no one was offering much for Kawhi - you can see why SA took it. I can see TOR backing out if you wait. You can tell it weighed on them and it took some big concessions for TOR to even pull the trigger it appears.

Look at how they are talking now and how DeRozan is so hurt. If you gave them more time I can see TOR talking themselves out of it.

I agree it’s fair to think if SA would have waited a little longer and Kawhi helped them would they have gotten more, but those are high stakes.

If Kawhi had been willing to lift even a single prodigiously long finger, other than the middle one aimed in the Spurs' direction, the team could have gotten a lot more in return.

[SAGirl]

To be honest I am suprised we got anything for him. When you look at his injury he didn’t play all year and his camp demands were crazy. Who is going to trade a one year rental who you do not have a clue how bad his injury is.

Yup, never mind that his camp was very public trying to dissuade trades to anywhere but LA... threatening to not play, the risk of not passing the physical etc. The physical was waived, and Toronto took a risk. People think this is the Kawhi from 2016. Instead this is the Kawhi pupeteered by Uncle and that had Kyle start 73 games last season and playoffs in his stead with an alleged bone stuck in his thigh.

[BatManu20]

More hurt that that he was betrayed, or more hurt that he has to live in San Antonio, tbh.

[RD2191]

More hurt that that he was betrayed, or more hurt that he has to live in San Antonio, tbh.

Great, another emo .

[gambit1990]

Great, another emo .

[SuperCam]

First pic of Kiwi in Toronto and he looks like he's still being held hostage

[Payote75]

Well no sh*t dude. But welcome to planet Earth. That was not a real world scenario. So would you rather have 0 Kawhi and no Demar or 0 Kawhi and Demar?

perfectly said!!!!!

[Kurik]

First pic of Kiwi in Toronto and he looks like he's still being held hostage

[SAGirl]

First pic of Kiwi in Toronto and he looks like he's still being held hostage

He looks like he’s lost weight, muscle mass really..