Agreed. I feel like the issue was the Spurs didn’t trust Kawhi’s knee so they balked at offering the supermax. Kawhi said you and took his talents elsewhere.
Kawhi is worth the supermax, DeRozan isn’t even worth half his contract.
One season?? Lmfao... U clearly aren't familiar with him
Agreed. I feel like the issue was the Spurs didn’t trust Kawhi’s knee so they balked at offering the supermax. Kawhi said you and took his talents elsewhere.
Kawhi is worth the supermax, DeRozan isn’t even worth half his contract.
Quit acting like you are. You don't even watch the Spurs games, so I know you sure as weren't keeping tabs on DeMar during his Toronto years.
Ppl said the same about Indiana when they traded PG
Victor Oladipo was healthy that season as well Covington doesn't play.
Kawhi supposedly has a degenerative knee/quad condition yet, you wanted to PATFO still offer the supermax. You and moan on here constantly, as it is, imagine finding out Leonard has a unfixable knee. You'd a brick.
I imagine him being a one year rental with a specific destination in mind afterward had more to do with the situation than injury history. You could be right though.
The fans loved DDR, they just know Kawhi gives their historically mediocre team a chance to ring this year. That is a bit different than what you are saying. You don't have to be such a just to say Kawhi is a better player, as we all know he is.
We don't know how accurate all of that is, nor how serious negotiations went. There could have been more at play then Kawhi for XYZ. You also don't know their motivations. It is all speculation, despite most of you speaking in absolutes.
Kawhi was/is one of the top players in the league.Kawhi supposedly has a degenerative knee/quad condition yet, you wanted to PATFO still offer the supermax. You and moan on here constantly, as it is, imagine finding out Leonard has a unfixable knee. You'd a brick.
Imagine the banter on this site if Kawhi somehow reups for the Raptors
I mean the fact they have giddily thrown Green in this one to leave themselves defenseless at perhaps the most important position in today's league earns them no better than a D- grade as it is.
Boiled down to: The Spurs are going to be worse off this season having gotten a return for Kawhi then when they were when he was still on the team and hiding in NY..
Revolting stuff..
I would take Kawhi's on one leg over DeRozan all day. GMs, too. That's the reason why Toronto didn't get many offers for him when they were desperate to dump his salary.Kawhi supposedly has a degenerative knee/quad condition yet, you wanted to PATFO still offer the supermax. You and moan on here constantly, as it is, imagine finding out Leonard has a unfixable knee. You'd a brick.
A bad playoffs' performer with depression disorder on a super-expensive contract? Give me bad quad/knee Kawhi!!
You won't admit it but you already know if Kawhi could have played just two-three years of a super-max contract with the Spurs...still would have been worth it.
Not the best Kawhilights -they forgot their two steals on Durant, his dunk vs Pacers in the final minutes which was 2nd best dunk of the season, his 3's in OT vs Wizards...but stil fine.
He's still clutch.
On one leg he's still the best finisher in the league
https://theathletic.com/830752/2019/...a-this-season/
DeMar DeRozan and LaMarcus Aldridge combined shot more mid-range shots than six teams did as a whole per game last year.
spurs offense based on demar and lamarcus flinging up endless midrange jumpers is alt-right basketball
You’re just a nephew fan boy YGWHI.
Nephew has become a soft player lately that he needs at least a week of rest. Glad he was traded to the Raptors and not LA
Would Kawhi have played at all this year if they just never made any move at all? That's the problem, other guys in similar positions at least showed up to work. This guy was hiding in NY, well allegedly he was depending on who you believe. Although of course in retrospect with seeing how bad the team is anyways and how close to a full tank/rebuild they are, if you know that Kawhi would have suited up and been professional about it I guess you just ride it out till judgement day and either way he leaves regardless and at that point it's full fire sale trade and bye bye Pop as well for that matter. But they really thought they could make this pairing work and stay compe ive.
I think no matter what deal they made, whether it be something with Tobias Harris, and especially with Covington and Saric that the Spurs were screwed...Covington and Saric, I don't know what really to say about that offer except that it really shows how badly Kawhi tanked his value, those guys might have a few good qualities but I could only see the team being even worse with them. Maybe Tobias Harris would have been a better fit then Demar because he can at least shoot the three but again do we lose Danny in that trade as well? So many variables and really they always lead to losing a top 3 player for crumbs.
Should have held out for Pascal siakhim
Tobias harris went for two #1's?! Damn right we got screwed
Could've jumpstarted the rebuilding process but they doubled down on fadeaway 2s, midgets, and old scrubs. Sad.
it still hurts.
not only was this an awful trade but the spurs chose the wrong time to make a move too...
they should’ve agreed to trade him if it suited up for some games this season. and if he said no? the spurs could’ve still traded him anyways.
kawhi should’ve been moved for picks before the draft or during this season.
lol the armchair generals/monday morning QB thread
"we should have also bought powerball tickets with the winning #s last year too"
i said it was poor timing when the spurs made the trade tbh.
Spurs had no leverage. They got the best they could under the cir stances. If you want to be mad at the Spurs for how they handled Kawhi pre-2017, then by all means, criticize. But once Kawhi demanded a trade to L.A. only, all the Spurs lost all leverage in trade talks. They tried to get some good players, but the Bostons and the 76ers of the world would not budge. I imagine they took the best deal they could. Draft picks that aren't in the lottery mean very little.
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