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I wouldn't be mad if he did, tbh. He deserves better than to be stuck on a team who is rebuilding.
http://www.poundingtherock.com/2013/...l-market-spurs This article got me thinking. The Spurs have always been pretty quiet in free agency and the trade markets, but will that be enough to keep Leonard around? Kawhi Leonard appears to be the future of the team, and the Spurs have to keep him happy. Letting him get some recognition can be a good thing. If and when the Spurs sign Leonard long-term, will they have to be more aggressive in trying to attract and sign/trade for star caliber players? I just don't want Leonard to leave for a big market team.
I wouldn't be mad if he did, tbh. He deserves better than to be stuck on a team who is rebuilding.
He ain't going anywhere, and yes they will need to tank to get some good draft picks because FA is not going to help out much for our Spurs. Enjoy the next couple of years while they last, I have a feeling that we will be bad for quite awhile once Timmy calls it quits.
I really hope we can keep a hold of Leonard and build a compe ive team around him with the right type of players. My biggest concern though is that I pray that we don't lose our culture..... Cause that's the biggest thing that differentiates us from the rest of the league. That's what makes SAS special.
God save the Spurs.
I think we'll need to trade away Parker and have Kawhi carry us in to the lottery for a few years.
Parker/Kawhi/Tiago is a 8th seed/late lottery team with no hope of a championship. Trade Parker for picks and ride Kawhi to a couple Top 5 lottery picks and cross our fingers.
However, if we could lure Aldridge here in 2015, I like a Parker/Kawhi/Aldridge 3, maybe Duncan comes back for a year at 20 min/game if his body is holding up
Parker, Green, Leonard, Diaw and Splitter are a good enough unit to get a mid seed. Add in cap space for a near-max player and the potential addition of depth from Europe, and the Spurs can be a pretty good team for another four or five years.
I agree with this. I think we'll go to a mid seed level post Duncan, as long at that core and Pop stay. We won't be a likely champion, but the Spurs won't embarrass themselves either. We still may push that 50 win season streak another 5 years.
Nah spurs are gonna have to suck at some point to get better. Last thing they want is to be drafting between 14 and 20 regularly, while simultaneously fighting it out for the 6-10th seed in the west. The 2000s Utah jazz are an example of what not to do, despite how admirably they may have fought in some of those season, but they were never a serious contender in that time. NEVER.
It makes me appreciate how "special" the injury-laden 1996 season was. Draft TD in 1997 while getting back a healthy DRob?!?
future rotation = ......................
cojo/kabongo
hanga
kawhi/livo charles
bertans/ayers
richards/baynes
Throw in LaMarcus Aldridge in to that team with Kawhi becoming a legit All-Star with 1st All Defence and they could be a contender. Kawhi is the difference maker between being a 2nd round exit and a contender with his ability to guard the likes of Durant and Lebron
The Spurs will suck once Parker leaves. But not really before. They have little problem being a good regular-season team without him. It's their playoff ceiling that will be lowered dramatically.
I suspect that the Spurs will give a big push for Kevin Love when his Kahnnnn-enabled early jail-break card has a chance to be used at the end of 2015 (right when Manu's, Parker's, Duncan's contracts expire).
They might even coax Duncan to play a couple more years - maybe as a reserve and conserve his energy furthermore - as he grooms Love to improve his game further.
A Parker-Leonard-Love-Splitter core with suitable role players will threaten as a contender.
I think we can rebuild Pacers-style: end up in the middle of the draft without bottoming out, draft some killer value picks and develop the players, field a revitalized team. Remember what the Spurs did with their one Top 20 pick of the 21st Century.
Duncan may not even come back next year if we win, pull a DRob and go out on top. This could be the last dance, so enjoy it. His priorities seem to have changed with the collapse of his marriage. I watched an interview in training camp, and he was asked if he would sign another deal. He said no, that he wanted to spend time with his kids, and that he promised them he wouldn't play longer than his contract.
Actually, James Anderson, being pick #20 in 2010, was also a top 20 pick in the 21st century for us.
Oops. I thought I remembered him being 22 or 23. I do wonder how good he could have been without the career-altering injury, though.
The Spurs front office is the best and get more bang for the buck than anybody. True Duncan can make alot of people look good at their job but look at Parker Ginobili and Kawhi, awesome moves. So I think Kawhi is in good hands and I think he realizes that.
My question is will he become the player we want? He has alot of potential, but can he be number one? I'd like to see some more offensive assertiveness this year. Kawhi is an all around player and has alot of responsibility that gets unnoticed, but a star scores, unless your Rodman.
The Spurs will need a big, a good one.
There aren't many good ones: Love and Davis, ill take any of those.
It's a little premature and makes some enormous assumptions about Leonard, on and off the court.
The league is changing more players are moving to the money. Great teams that are over the cap, can't just acquire big salaries with minimal penalties like Dallas and The Lakers used to do. Also the changing of the MLE from 5.5 million over 5 years to 5 million over 3 years is also a reason why we say a player like Jarret Jack sign with the Cavs instead of the Thunder.
The Hawks got a borderline Allstar in Paul Milsap, The Bobcats got another in Al Jefferson. Basically if you have a ton of cap space and bigger markets don't (I.E. Lakers, Bulls, Knicks, Nets, Clippers, 76ers) then you are much more likely to net an impact player.
Yeah, but that took 5 years to due but they really did a fantastic job of drafting
Roy Hibbert
Paul George
Lan Stephenson
Danny Granger
I think only one of those players (George) was taken with a top 10 pick the rest were in the middle of the draft.
Do you have a link to the interview? I'd like to watch it.
Once a player retires there is no coming back, he could retire tonight if he wanted to spend more time with his kids. He's got nothing left to prove to anybody.
He seems like the kind of guy who would keep a promise to his kids if he made one, so it's likely already decided if that's the case. , give him a deal where he only needs to play games in Texas until the playoffs.
Parker is 31 now. If Manu and Duncan retire in 2 seasons, he will be 33. Its doubtful that we could net a lotto pick for a 33 Y.O PG. Probably a mid round pick from a up and coming team hoping to make a splash in the post season.
I agree. It seems that once Duncan retires, so does Pop and perhaps, Buford also?
For every 10 teams that rebuild 'Pacers style', only one really becomes a contender. Getting better through the draft is as much luck as anything, even moreso without Top 10 picks.
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