Kawhi wants out of SA

I'm anxious to see what vets will be on the block to open up space for Lebron, Leonard, Boogie and George.....it's going to be interesting.

 

Luol Deng will be one. He’s a vet and available for nothing but cap space.

Jerryd Bayless is another one.

 

Not sure who I would take between Brown and Ingram. Jaylen has proven a lot more in the league so far than Ingram and he has playoffs experience but Ingram seems to have plenty of talent too.

Lakers will probably try to avoid putting Ingram in any deal though. They tanked to get him so it would be counter productive to let him go now. I think they will also try to keep Lonzo but he also doesn’t have anywhere near enough value to be included in a trade for a superstar like Kawhi as a main piece anyway.

Kuzma is an interesting piece but it ends here. Everyone else on the Lakers roster is just a filler. Their picks have no value if they get Kawhi and George, let alone if LeBron teams up with them too.

Boston, on the other hand, have three picks that aren’t even dependent on their results hence have more value. Grizzlies pick should be good, Clippers pick can’t be higher than 14th but is still reasonably valuable and Kings pick should be top 10 next year. They also have young players who have actually proven something - I doubt Tatum will ever be included in any deal though as he has more value than anybody in this league, pretty much. Rozier and Brown are good/great pieces though.

 

Please, please, please NOT Bayless. He makes CJ look like an assist wizard. Bayless is one of the most selfish players I have EVER watched in the pros.......

 

Philadelphia have as good assets to put on the table as Boston though, IMO. Their two picks this year, Saric, Covington and Fultz all have value. Some combination of these should definitely at least have SA thinking.

 

Minnesota has pieces they could trade for Leonard...Butler and Townes

 

Hell... I'd take that for Meyers!

 

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Wouldn’t need to send both. Butler + no. 20 would be enough if Butler was willing to re-sign, he’s a legit star even if not Kawhi level.

Thibs will never let Butler go though, so Towns is more realistic as a trade piece. Spurs would take it too.

 

I was gonna reply to this yesterday but had to find the tweet.

 

I mean kawhi could very well stay in San Antonio. They could try to repair it with the time they have left and they also don’t have to trade kawhi, he has a year left on his deal. I don’t think teams want to keep an unhappy player though, especially the spurs who are known for their organization. A deal could happen on draft night considering the teams offering their high picks. Who knows though

 

I think he'll be traded but not to a western conf team...

 

I think a change might be coming.
It was mentioned in one of Zach Lowe's recent podcast that Silver said something along the lines of: "If you don't like the current situation (super teams) ,then you should support a hard cap".

I'm probably messing up the quote a bit, but it almost sounded as if he's going to try campaigning for it in the future and he want to start the buzz\support for this issue.

Axis of Evil!

 

I’ll take Bayless if he comes with a first.

But I got my hopes up for Faried/14. I’m sure it’ll happen....

 

I'd like to see a hard cap.
I'd also like to see contracts be only partially guaranteed.

Fully guarantee contracts less than the minimum & only 1/2 of everything more than that

 

Meh. He's not that clever.

 

Cool story. That's never going to happen. Players union will never agree to that. I wouldn't either.

 

There needs to be a better way of getting cap off the books at least.

 

Not signing players to ridiculous contracts would be a good start.