What cards do they hold? Spurs either trade for worthless or buy something they want next year. Spurstalk, like 99 percent of the public has approximately 1 brain cell. LEARN TO THINK
The cards they hold are in our locker room that would be the least conducive to "team" since the Rodman days. And probably a lot of fans, like myself, who can't work up much enthusiasm rooting for a team whose centerpiece is a lame duck with no future on the team. But, yeah, if Pau's expiring contract is an asset, Kawhi's is a bigger asset than that.
They hold Kawhi Leonard
He can't sit out the season so he can either
1.) take a big risk of injury and play for the Spurs and he'd have to play well or damage his value
2.) feign injury again and really damage his value.
3.) sign a big contract with the Spurs and then they can trade his ass away for a lot more than nothing.
Spurs really don't have anything to lose at this point
he'll do 2 probably with some assurances from the lakers
Well that would require the Lakers to think it's a good idea to wait and then try to build a dynasty with a 35 yr old Lebron and a Kawhi who hasn't played in 2 years. Which maybe they will do but still if nobody will offer anything for Leonard now then the Spurs don't have anything to lose by holding Leonard hostage and seeing how that hand plays out.
Damn SNAP!!
Kawhi led the Spurs to WCF alone in 2017 and we saw he really wanted that responsibility...Just because he wants to play in other city doesn't mean he changed it.
Another reason to never hear Alex Kennedy again...NBA reporters are the worst in the world.
i agree. and it appears to me that no one wants to give value to the situation where he does leave for nothing. there actually is a value to that and it's called freed up cap space which would be better than some bad contracts assigned to average or above average players at best.
I wasn't talking about on-court responsibility.
In fairness, Kawhi was DNP in the clinching blowout against the Rockets.
True, though in fairness, Harden was DNP-Club in that game.
One game.
Just in case people forget how great were his playoffs games in 2017...
Over 11.5 games, Leonard’s per-game averages were excellent in their own right (27.7 points, 52.5 FG%, 7.8 rebounds, 4.6 assists) but it’s his advanced stats that reflect the kind of impact he was having.
He’ll go down as the 2017 postseason leader in Player Efficiency Rating (31.5), as well as Win Shares per 48 minutes (.314) among all qualifying players.
Look up the players in the history of the league that have hit those marks in one postseason and you see the type of rarefied company Leonard is in: LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, George Mikan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. That’s it.
Kawhi Leonard Game 2 WCSF Highlights vs Rockets 2017 Playoffs - 34 Pts, 8 Ast, 7 Reb, SICK!
Reggie Miller is just a salty b*tch...He's not the best player from IE anymore.
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It's not like he couldn't handle the team that year or he couldn't deal with off-court things...
And if it's not Kawhi, it'll be The Brow.
FML, the Evil Empire doesn't seem to take notice they were born on third base and getting talent is a function of geography. Has nothing to do with organizational skill. It just is.
Nonsense. The guy clearly doesn't want to be/isn't capable of being the face/leader of any franchise. He is a follower, not a leader. That's fine, but he needs to play with LeBron who will allow him to be an on-court superstar and have minimal media exposure.
Kawhi is an amazing player. I think the fact that he's so good, and has been such a great Spur, is why folks are so upset about this whole situation. It's like finding out your super-hot young girlfriend wants to date the rich asshole living up the street.
It still hurts.....
This is your opinion. But if the Spurs would have offered him a supermax deal, he would have stayed 5 years in SA being that guy without issues.
Again, I'm not saying the Spurs should have done it, I say he can be that guy without any issue.
Teaming up with LeBron is nothing if you think that LeBron won't be the same guy in two-three years while Kawhi will be in his prime.
interchangeable
Last edited by YGWHI; 07-03-2018 at 10:25 AM.
But you don't know that. There's a lot of evidence to support the idea that Kawhi made up his mind long ago to leave, especially when the Jordan shoe deal offer was so low.
From the looks of it, DeMarcus joined the Warriors as a way to take revenge on the Lakers who never offered him a real contract. For the Lakers to use up all the cap space on the likes of Rondo, Lance Stephenson and KCP really made him feel disrespected.
But in this case, you're rich, maybe not that super-rich like the other guy but you still have an NBA team.Kawhi is an amazing player. I think the fact that he's so good, and has been such a great Spur, is why folks are so upset about this whole situation. It's like finding out your super-hot young girlfriend wants to date the rich asshole living up the street.
It still hurts.....
That girl gave you a chance to stay with you...She said "buy me a house, give my all Versace...I want $219M". Then, you decide she wasn't worth that money.
This happens all time. Hotties are too much expensive.
Like you say, his camp didn't accept that shoe deal because was so low...And they wouldn't have signed a $219M contract?
They asked for a trade just because the supermax deal never was on the table, that's all.
TDomination, is that you?Kawhi is an amazing player. I think the fact that he's so good, and has been such a great Spur, is why folks are so upset about this whole situation. It's like finding out your super-hot young girlfriend wants to date the rich asshole living up the street.
It still hurts.....
Bunch of delicate flowers in the NBA these days.
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