Exactly, why would they want to help assemble another super team in the Western Conference? Sending Kawhi to LAL would be the first domino, making it more likely for PG13 and then LeBron to go there. Right now, LAL have ZERO pieces of a Big 3. No point in giving them that first piece. If SAS does trade Kawhi, you can bet your bottom dollar it will be to an Eastern Conference team. That organization did not win 5 titles in a small market by being run by idiots. BNM
Stupid trade. Just dumb. I'll BET Collins becomes a better player than TT. He's already a better defender.
I agree and I hope to hell you are right, but.........LA can offer a nice package without matching salary because they are under the cap.(Right???) So a package of Ingram, Hart and Kuzma and a #1 would be tempting.
Except they need to preserve that cap space to make runs at PG13 and LeBron. They currently have a Big 0. To get to a Big 3, they need to trade for 1 and have the cap space to sign the other 2. Although they may end up getting PG13, I'd really love to see the Lakers clear a ton of cap space and then totally whiff in the free agent market. BNM
Aren't they like 70 million under the cap? Subtract those young players and add Kawhi' 19 mil and you still have around 58. Paul George is not worth the max.... he might have to be happy with 23 mil. But I agree with you
According to Spotrac, they currently have $50,418,059 in cap space and $61,856,635 "practical cap space". I'm guessing the difference would be renouncing Julius Randle to remove his cap hold. BNM
Especially since this is the Spurs and lakers we're talking about, two teams that has had their history with one another. Speaking of (L)Eastern conference teams, I wonder what Boston would have to give up. A healthy Kawhi, Kyrie, and Hayward can definitely take the (L)East.
Simons, Trent, Caleb, a #1 and Harkless is a decent package for Pop to consider. (and a couple non guaranteed contracts to match salaries)
So, apparently the Spurs have made it clear that IF they trade Kawhi, it will NOT be to ANY Western team. (So we can stop trying to cobble together moonshot packages that would all be worse than what ten other teams can offer.) ALSO: Paul George is looking very likely to stay in OKC. ALSO: Chris Paul is almost a lock to stay in Houston. ALSO: There's no way LeBron goes to the Lakers without at least ONE of them... So it's not looking great for HCP's dreams. My bet: Philly trades for Kawhi (the Brett Brown-Pop connection) and Philly makes a big play for LeBron. We get involved by trading our TPE for Bayless + a pick.
