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Still he's losing a lot of money...
Kawhi could make the most money; that doesn’t go to Tio Dennis. A team like CLIPS or TOR giving him everything HE wants is what the angle is here.
Still he's losing a lot of money...
Kawhi is; Dennis stands to make more.
Exactly, and for a re like Neph uncle Dennis is his pep pep figure.
Stuff that will become public?
That's already happening.
This team doesn't even have a path to conceivable contention for the foreseeable future, so who cares where the balance of power lies? Why you'd care that that s bag gets the most money, is beyond me.
It wasn't bold at all. It was one of the biggest miracles/gifts in recent sports history. Any president in that situation does that without thinking (operative words being that situation, so don't bother bringing up the majority of the league). He's had an incredible run of luck recently and anytime that happens, people make the mistake of thinking those involved are geniuses.
Not more than what kawhi lose...
PHI didn’t act. BOS didnt act. So to me, it was bold.
Doubtful. But it’s already stuff that has been discussed here. There is proof of Kawhi’s camp angling for LA even BEFORE the injury. Before the TP comments. A year before to be exact.
Them being a combination of arrogant and stupid doesn't make the Raptors bold. That was a no brainer trade if there ever was one.
Who knows. Uncle Dennis tried his power play here and failed? He'd need to have Kawhi move on in that case, so he can try somewhere else.
Probably - but DeRozan was an important figure and there is some downside, despite it being a gamble you have to make, if Kawhi bolts.
I don't think so. According to reports he told his team mates he'd do everything for them, just not for this organization. But who knows if that's true
The guys to the right of Uncle Dennis are billionaires in some kind of private Jet business. Uncle Dennis and Kawhi have been seen at their tail parties in downtown Toronto. Dennis has also been on vacation with one of them. He has formed a bond with these Toronto businessmen.
Great networking by Uncle Dennis. I'm sure he will be making business deals with these guys next year in LA.
We could have been less than an hour away from a White, Green, Kawhi, Gay, Aldridge vs a Durantless Warriors series.
Should have never traded him in the offseason, tbh.
Yeah that lineup is scary. Gay looked like he was primed for an impact player role. He was ready.We could have been less than an hour away from a White, Green, Kawhi, Gay, Aldridge vs a Durantless Warriors series.
Should Pop need to resign for this failure?
What's your take on it?
Its a few years too late. He should’ve retired with Timmy. Every second he prolongs it, it just further exposes his deficincies. And he’s oblivious to it, which makes it all the more sad.
I agree but to be fair to Philly and Boston they had a lot more to lose than Toronto. Simmons and Tatum/Brown have a lot more value than DeRozan has plus the Raptors were desperate to trade DeRozan whereas Philly and Boston viewed those guys as untouchable. Does Toronto trade for Kawhi if PATFO wanted Siakam and OG instead of DeRozan? Maybe not.
The offer that Philly was reportedly offering was basically good enough to get them Butler and Harris. Covington and Saric (good enough for Butler) + Fultz and Miami 1st (at the time Fultz was more valuable than Shamet and a late 1st). Would PATFO have traded Kawhi for Butler and Harris?
We just saw Kawhi beat all those guys himself. He was worth it and Simmons was not that much to lose as things stand.
? Rudy gay was the reason spurs lost
This had LA flashing red to me. Both had stacks of assets, absolute stacks, but knew enough about a rental situation not to sit at the table with their chips.
I understand that but the risk is a lot different. DeRozan is a known en y, the Raptors were unhappy with what they were getting from him. Simmons is still 22 yrs old. He has tremendous potential and 10+ years of him and the hope he fulfills that potential is the reason why they didn't risk just 1 season of Kawhi coming off an injury. They would have needed to win the Championship and/or Kawhi to re-sign to make it worthwhile and hope Simmons didn't fulfill his potential.
To put it into perspective it would be like if the Spurs were to trade rookie TD for Shaq in a contract year (pretending the season's aligned). At the time there was no guarantee TD would become an all-time great while Shaq was already a dominant player. Would you have wanted the Spurs to make that trade at the time?
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