Young: sources tell @ExpressNews that Kawhi Leonard wants to be traded from Spurs

[NASpurs]

Woj saying it's unlikely the Spurs trade Kawhi to the Lakers

https://streamable.com/wsuns

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Sort of...if he doesn't extend with the team he gets traded to, then his next contract as a free agent would be about $140MM...I believe (someone correct me on this) he'll leave around $40MM on the table under that scenario (in addition to the $40MM he would have lost on the SuperMax)...so how much of a loaner would he really be?

It goes from $219M to $188M over 5 years, or $31M. From there it goes down to $139M over 4 year max contract if he doesn't re-sign.

So in essence it's $80M, spread out over 1 fewer year by $31M (for supermax) and $49M (and for max) respectively

[John B]

Let’s wait for Kawhi to choke his uncle with his gigantic hands when he realizes this

[spursparker9]

Woj saying it's unlikely the Spurs trade Kawhi to the Lakers

https://streamable.com/wsuns

[NASpurs]

Can't tell if that gif is for Kawhi not being dealt to the Lakers or him still staying in SA

[marinoman]

Aldrdige didn’t leave small market, not good enough Portland, to be in small market, even worse team San Antonio. He’ want out too
I thought we had a chance at Lebron to compete for a ring, instead we’ll be competing with the Suns and Kings

[spurs10]

Woj saying it's unlikely the Spurs trade Kawhi to the Lakers

https://streamable.com/wsuns

Yeah it seems highly unlikely.

[cool cat]

Correct me if this is wrong but didn't Kawhi injure himself.
Now he is mad, potentially $80 million mad because the team was uncomfortable by that.

He lost trust the Front Office and now he might get sent to Sactown with Divac in charge or Philly which just fired its president because he was using burner accounts on twitter to leak sensitive information about the organization. Or the Lakers where he will be hounded by the media and bombarded by LaVar Ball questions all day, every day.

[look_at_g_shred]

Damn man I want to believe all this ain’t true and that he’s still the Kawhi we thought he was

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Let’s wait for Kawhi to choke his uncle with his gigantic hands when he realizes this

Lol. You might be on to something. Woj reporting even at this late hour that Spurs and Leonard may still find a solution. No way I keep that fool. No ing way.

[Uriel]

Again, this is a power move by Kawhi's camp to extract the supermax from the Spurs. The Spurs won't trade him. The way I see it, the two most likely scenarios are:

1. The Spurs have face-to-face meeting with him and give him the supermax his camp has wanted all along.
2. They play out the season, keep him on the team for another year, then offer him the supermax next summer.

[FkLA]

Woj saying it's unlikely the Spurs trade Kawhi to the Lakers

https://streamable.com/wsuns

jk that autistic

[YGWHI]

He lost trust the Front Office and now he might get sent to Sactown with Divac in charge or Philly which just fired its president because he was using burner accounts on twitter to leak sensitive information about the organization. Or the Lakers where he will be hounded by the media and bombarded by LaVar Ball questions all day, every day.

That's what you get when you're not willing to take a paycut in SA. You dont mess with Pop. "Take less Kawhi, or you will play for those scrubs"

[toki9]

It goes from $219M to $188M over 5 years, or $31M. From there it goes down to $139M over 4 year max contract if he doesn't re-sign.

So in essence it's $80M, spread out over 1 fewer year by $31M (for supermax) and $49M (and for max) respectively

Thanks for those numbers. So how much of a loaner would Kawhi really be? Would he walk away from $49 after losing out on $31? Does he really think he'll recoup all that foregone income?

[kjhip1]

DPG doin the Lords work on twitter...

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jk that autistic

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Thanks for those numbers. So how much of a loaner would Kawhi really be? Would he walk away from $49 after losing out on $31? Does he really think he'll recoup all that foregone income?

If we sent him to NBA ?? I think he would walk away from that extra year and $49M. Dwight Howard did. Lol, I just realized that in the case of DHoward, NBA = Lakers.

[YGWHI]

Again, this is a desperate move by Kawhi's camp to extract the supermax from the Spurs. However, the Spurs will trade him.

Fixed.

[toki9]

Again, this is a power move by Kawhi's camp to extract the supermax from the Spurs. The Spurs won't trade him. The way I see it, the two most likely scenarios are:

1. The Spurs have face-to-face meeting with him and give him the supermax his camp has wanted all along.
2. They play out the season, keep him on the team for another year, then offer him the supermax next summer.

This is just so much amateur hour on Kawhi's part...if the Supermax is off the table, then still work it out so that you still get the maximum amount you can from the franchise that's nurtured you...not antagonize the person holding the money bag...

[toki9]

If we sent him to NBA ?? I think he would walk away from that extra year and $49M. Dwight Howard did. Lol, I just realized that in the case of DHoward, NBA = Lakers.

That'd be something. Waste away another year of your prime (after already sitting out one year) in NBA , and then end up losing $80MM of guaranteed money. It's as if his agent doesn't know how all this works at all...

[toki9]

Again, this is a power move by Kawhi's camp to extract the supermax from the Spurs. The Spurs won't trade him. The way I see it, the two most likely scenarios are:

1. The Spurs have face-to-face meeting with him and give him the supermax his camp has wanted all along.
2. They play out the season, keep him on the team for another year, then offer him the supermax next summer.

And if he does not qualify for the supermax next year?

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That'd be something. Waste away another year of your prime (after already sitting out one year) in NBA , and then end up losing $80MM of guaranteed money. It's as if his agent doesn't know how all this works at all...

Bingo. It's why there's evidently some backtracking going on as we speak.

I actually wouldn't be shocked if they work something out. Kawhi and his camp just realized there are actual adults in the room. They thought they were going to force a supermax with boorish behavior. Like a 4 year old girl (source: I've got one).

Instead, they ran into a gotdamn brick wall of PATFO. If I'm them I trade this fool. No way do I deal with the represenentation Kawhi is trying to roll with. Not after this . No ing way.

[toki9]

Bingo. It's why there's evidently some backtracking going on as we speak.

I actually wouldn't be shocked if they work something out. Kawhi and his camp just realized there are actual adults in the room. They thought they were going to force a supermax with boorish behavior. Like a 4 year old girl (source: I've got one).

Instead, they ran into a gotdamn brick wall of PATFO. If I'm them I trade this fool. No way do I deal with the represenentation Kawhi is trying to roll with. Not after this . No ing way.

Right? How do you work with this for the next 4-5 years, particularly if he's your best player taking up the biggest chunk of your salary cap? It's way too much risk, I would think. In some ways this feels quite a bit like the Jonathan Simmons mess last summer--who also had an agent who had no idea what he was doing.

[eDizzle20]

At the end of the day it reminds Spurs fans that there will always be only one Tim Duncan. He was the ultimate teammate and was never jealous of the success of his teammates. Pop was in tears at Tim’s retirement because he knew would never be the same.

[Jules_Winnfield]

Vivek and Divac seems like the type of guys who'd trade the 2nd overall pick for 1 year superstar rental..