BREAKING: Kawhi Has Agreed to Sign with the Clippers; OKC Also Trading Paul George to the Clippers

[Pavlov]

mods changed it after i posted saying i said raps would win it all before the season started.

Well, you get to brag about that for another year...

[duncan2k5]

I think you are mixing up 'star or superstar level' with 'elite'. Elite is around the top 20%, in any context, NBA included.

Consider that very soon Max level contracts available will be (at least) one per team. There will soon be more max contracts than all-star players in every given year...

Gallinari is just there, one of the top 80. Nothign more, but nothing less. And yes DDR (whom I want gone, btw) is better than Gallo, but overall only slightly.

(Lebron is worse than Gallinari on defense tbh)

OK I see what ur saying... Our wording is just different... I consider players like lebron and Kawhi elite... But ur ranking is that elite is under a star... So in that context, I agree with you

[duncan2k5]

You and I argue about him all the time. But I am actually proud of him tonight. I really am. He went where he wanted without ing with the compe ive balance of the league. So yeah good for him. I’m cool with it.

If he went to the Lakers I honestly would have lost all respect for him... That's how deep seeded my hatred is for the team, the LA media pushing the Lakers narrative, and the creation of these unbearable super teams... The irony is that Kawhi and PG3 should have been teammates if the pacers didn't make that trade... Lol

[slick'81]

Omg can someone post the kawhi iron giant video

[Spurs fever]

Lol

[dbreiden83080]

If he went to the Lakers I honestly would have lost all respect for him... That's how deep seeded my hatred is for the team, the LA media pushing the Lakers narrative, and the creation of these unbearable super teams... The irony is that Kawhi and PG3 should have been teammates if the pacers didn't make that trade... Lol

Yep I have no issues whatsoever with the decision that he made. He went to a good team and kept the compe ive balance. So I’m good. I am totally good.

[ShutUp SayItAgain!]

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

OH man this is the best timeline. Maybe the Lakers want DeRozan now

Hope not. They have nothing to offer in a trade, all of their picks are going to NO.

[XDT76]

Magic did it for the Lakers, he told Kawhi he is not worth 4 picks. Then the Clippers mortgage their future for him.

[SpurPadre]

To make the asshole Lakers look like victims takes a truly monumental piece of and that's Load Management. The biggest piece of in NBA history.

[timtonymanu]

To make the Lakers look like victims takes a truly monumental piece of and that's Load Management. The biggest piece of in NBA history.

It’s still satisfying. Lol they were so confident they were getting him

[timtonymanu]

I'm not even mad at Kawhi anymore ... well honestly I've moved on a long time ago but if he would had joined the Lakers... that's another story.

Good for the Clips

This. Best case scenario for us, tbh.

[SpurPadre]

It’s still satisfying. Lol they were so confident they were getting him

Yeah, I hate the Lakers but this just surpassed them in the annals of baggery lol.

[SpurPadre]

How many games missed between George and Load Management?

[LCM]

Magic Johnson - the two men you didn't prioritize by trading for them just screwed over your beloved franchise. You tell KL that the Spurs were asking for too much in a trade and blame rivalry for you just being a cheap SOB thinking every player will just bend over for you and the Lakers ... because you are you and the Lakers are the Lakers?? Nice work Magic!!! Your prioritizing LBJ before you got PG13 in hand drove him to sign in OKC where he was appreciated!! And Jerry West, Lawrence Frank, and Doc Rivers just showed you, Pelinka, Jeannie Buss, and LBJ what it means to recruit and build a team while cutting your BALLZ off!!!

Jeannie Buss - Steve Balmer, BALLZ as you called him in an email, just called ... he's going to enjoy kicking your franchise's ass while he gets his own building in order and then leaves yours desolate!!!

LBJ - your time is over. Face it ... Davis is going to experience free agency next off season, and if you don't bend over for him, you and Rich Paul will be sent packing, he will leave the Lakers, or you both will because the Lakers trade you to get whatever they can to start over in the future!!

KL IS A SNAKE!!! Make no mistake. Will never respect the way he handled himself leaving SA. But the one thing the Spurs can say is yes KL leaving left a dent in the door. But he wasn't able to total the franchise like he just did to the Lakers!!

[ShutUp SayItAgain!]

To make the asshole Lakers look like victims takes a truly monumental piece of and that's Load Management. The biggest piece of in NBA history.

[Uriel]

Spurs fans should be over Kawhi now. Toronto did everything for him. Accommodated his every request. Let him load management all he wanted. Let Uncle Dennis rule the roost. And, they won a freakin' le. And, he walked. He was never going to stay with the Spurs, no matter what the Spurs did for him. So get over him.

Except handle the injury situation correctly and offer the Supermax.

[slick'81]

Except handle the injury situation correctly and offer the Supermax.

Well never know the truth U

[Legacy]

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[SpurPadre]

On another note, this can also be seen as Load Management acknowledging that his le with Toronto is an asterisk le that wouldn't have happened without key injuries to the Dubs.

[Ondrej]

So now even trolls could admit - it was nothing about Spurs at ude, Pop, Parker and injury drama was pretty much exaggerated. It was about selfish autistic with his uncle who didn't care at all about the organization which developed him into the best player in the world. He may win a le or two with the Clippers, but he is not reliable in the long term, he will always do whatever he wants and never put someone else's interests above his own.
Poor Raptors

[daslicer]

So now even trolls could admit - it was nothing about Spurs at ude, Pop, Parker and injury drama was pretty much exaggerated. It was about selfish autistic with his uncle who didn't care at all about the organization which developed him into the best player in the world. He may win a le or two with the Clippers, but he is not reliable in the long term, he will always do whatever he wants and never put someone else's interests above his own.
Poor Raptors

He's a sociopath on the level of Kobe but without the social skills.

[monty4329]

Magic Johnson - the two men you didn't prioritize by trading for them just screwed over your beloved franchise. You tell KL that the Spurs were asking for too much in a trade and blame rivalry for you just being a cheap SOB thinking every player will just bend over for you and the Lakers ... because you are you and the Lakers are the Lakers?? Nice work Magic!!!

I guess the reports that KL ''wanted'' to meet with Magic alone weren't totally accurate. Or it was just a tactic to delay the process while Clips were trying to find another star. Regardless, how bad was/is Magic? he can't do anything right with the Lakers.

(Uncle Dennis is a genius, really)

[monty4329]

So now even trolls could admit - it was nothing about Spurs at ude, Pop, Parker and injury drama was pretty much exaggerated. It was about selfish autistic with his uncle who didn't care at all about the organization which developed him into the best player in the world. He may win a le or two with the Clippers, but he is not reliable in the long term, he will always do whatever he wants and never put someone else's interests above his own.
Poor Raptors

Are the Spurs blameless in this?....

[RD2191]

Are the Spurs blameless in this?....

No, they're not. Anyone claiming otherwise is a delusional homer tbh.