Hate to be the one to break it to you...but now you are in here participating, too.
There was no Lakers haul. Kuzma and Hart. Magic was in bed with Uncle Dennis.
Hate to be the one to break it to you...but now you are in here participating, too.
Agents work for players, not the other way around.
Yeah, and their job is to give good advice.
I find it hilarious small market teams worry about pissing off agents or potential stars. Those guys never sign with small market teams. It’s either LA, Ny/Brooklyn or Miami. Even major cities like Chicago, Dallas, Houston, or even San Fran (if it wasn’t for 73 wins) have a hard time luring FAs.
Their job is to negotiate contracts. Period. Advice will get you fired.
We got Poetl... three years of Derozan and KJ.
Agreed I never understand that logic being scared to offend agents or potential stars when you know they are not coming to San Antonio anyways. Guys that sign here through FA come here because it's the only place where they can get the most money. The Spurs would have still gotten a FA like McDermott, Collins regardless of how they treated Kawhi and Uncle Dennis. These type of guys are not going to think "The Spurs treated Kawhi badly and therefore I will not sign with the Spurs even though no other team can give me better offers." Then there are the Lebrons, Durants of this world and these guys are never going to sign with the Spurs anyways. Stupid logic in here by some posters fearing that agents and stars wouldn't come here if the Spurs held strong against Kawhi like the Sixers are doing right now with Simmons.
Last edited by daslicer; 11-13-2021 at 07:30 PM.
Yes the Spurs have two starters on a lottery team that's not going to go anywhere anytime soon. Keldon is undersized and playing out of position. Poeltll is just a solid player at best. I'll be amazed if one day they can be starters on a Spurs team that is elite. Until that happens they don't move the needle in my eyes. Spurs got just 1 first round pick from the Demar-Bulls trade and that pick is protected which means it will probably be a ty late first round pick if the Bulls record holds up and there is no chance the Spurs will ever get a lottery pick out of it since it's protected. They also got two second round picks out of trade which will most likely not amount to anything. Overall so far the Kawhi trade was garbage. It will stay garbage unless the Spurs hit a home run with the picks the bulls gave them and draft a superstar.
The Spurs would have only damaged their relationship with Agent Uncle Dennis. I don't see any other agents they would have damaged their relationship with had they held strong against Kawhi.
I disagree with you Morey by nature does not give a about the media's opinion. That was evident with his stand against China and all the the crazy things he's done in the past. Spurs let the media punk them while the Sixer's didn't. Sixers did not let Simmons's and his team set the narrative. They weren't scared to call him out on his bs. The problem with the Spurs they weren't willing to do the same with Kawhi. They were too scared and ended up losing the battle in humiliating fashion.
This year of Embiid's prime was already wasted when Simmon's pulled his stunt. Do you honestly believe if they trade Simmons for some good role players they are going to win a tile with the team they currently have? I personally don't see it happening. You rarely win in this league with just 1 superstar and a collection of good role players. That has only been pulled off 3 times in the last 30 years with Hakeem in '94, Duncan in '03, and Dirk in '11. I doubt Embiid could pull it off.
Well if you’re strictly considering everything as assets you could say the Spurs got 3 firsts and 2 seconds out of that trade. And sure, most likely no one will become a difference maker, however, that’s how things go for everyone when trading away a superstar. Have NO got anything substantial from the Davis trade? By the same logic no - couple of ok players and late firsts that won’t amount to anything. Houston only got what are projected to be late picks for Harden, etc. In every such case the best assets of the team that trades a superstar are their own picks, not the ones they acquire.
And Young, a Chicago 1st, and three 2nds, including a very likely shot at Detroits this year.
And a le. Thinking back on all the small market expats you have to go back to probably Lew Alcindor and the bucks to find a star who contributed to a le before leaving
and lecramp
Yes,
I forgot him. Sort of an unused one since he left then came back after they ac ulated multiple lottery picks
i just like saying lecramp tbh
Yeah but this also sets a bad precedent for the league, other players see what happens with players like Kawhi, Harden and Simmons and then everyone who doesn't like their situation will start pulling this crap. Teams need to put their foot down and stop catering to the demands of players still under contract.
Last edited by SayTown; 11-14-2021 at 05:19 AM.
Yeah actually I do. The 6ers are solid and adding depth or stacking talent for a better trade would benefit them this season. The league looks as wide open as it ever has, the time for a team like them to maximize their chances to win a ring is right now.
https://bleacherreport.com/post/nba/...8-1c65ff0075c8
It still hurrrrrts
Should have just held onto him until a team gave us exactly what we wanted but Pop has always been a pussy when it comes to confrontation so we effectively traded Kawhi for Keldon, Poeltl, and a future 1st round Chicago pick. Terrible
Pop got his coaching record. The DDR years were all about that, in retrospect. In my opinion. I suppose years later it will be cool to see pop mentioned for the All-time record and all that, but for now the DDR years really tried the fan base’s patience, because now we’re still getting worse every year, with rock-bottom hitting next year, most likely.
Yep. The best part is he is the ultimate for team, for country, for greater good puppeteer.
In my opinion this team finally bottoms out only after his departure unfortunately. He will coach us to another 5-10 wins late season, while others are tanking; once again for his own credence.
Uncle Dennis tryna get that chinese money
I've been saying this for years. Old man still hasn't gotten over himself
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