http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23366667/inside-tension-kawhi-leonard-spurs This is just fascinating coming from an org like SA.
Yeah, I read that and it makes you wonder if they'll mend whatever needs mended and Kawhi stays a spur or if they trade him. Also makes you wonder if Kawhi will ever be as good again?
Yeah this part is kind of alarming: "According to multiple sources, Leonard's camp has come to believe the issue has more to do with an ossification, or hardening, in the area where the muscle has been repeatedly bruised, and then an atrophy, which in turn affected the tendons connecting the muscle to the knee. The Spurs have always called the injury quadriceps tendinopathy, which is a disease of the tendon that has a degenerative effect on the muscle by keeping it in a constant state of exhaustion"............
Having read that: if the Spurs picked up the phone and said "We'll do CJ McCollum for Kawhi right now" - would you say yes?
Yes - but that assumes the Blazers have to medically clear Kawhi and get to at least make him pass a physical.
Only if you are prepared to pay him that super max of 209 MIL. Which is probably a yes, because you have to take chances. But it could blow up in your face.
On the other hand he will only get that max if he stays healthy all of next year. No one will give it to him if he is hurt yet again....
There shouldn’t be blazer fan out there that wouldn’t. I’d do it even if I wasn’t sure he’d re-sign. The problem is it would take more than just CJ. I guarantee Pop would want Collins as well. In that scenario I’d want a long term commitment.
In a second I don't think he's eligible for the 200 mil extension with a team outside of the Spurs. The designated supermax thing can only be with the team that drafted him or if he were traded on his rookie deal. It's why Cousins/Butler/George are not eligible.
That's the million dollar question. At minimum, he would also have to agree to opt in so that he would be signed for 2 years.
Really? We're talking about an injured malcontent. Know one knows the details. That'd give me pause as it should give any organization pause.
