2019/20 Players' Transactions: Breaking News , Trades, Free Agents, And Rumors

What if pop and the small market are the reason why he wants to go? If he truly loved pop I don't think the s*** last year woulda gone down. They're trying to get him to sign the max so he gets more money and be traded, I'm sure Kawhi knows this lol.

Carmelo Anthony and the Knicks gave the blue print on what not to do if the players heart is elsewhere as far as a different team/city they know they're gonna join one way or another.

 

Sorry I didn’t make myself clear, they won’t sign him to the super max, they’ll let it be known to all teams that it’ll be on the table so they don’t need to trade him unless it’s a great haul.

 

For what it’s worth Cousins and George aren’t Kawhi caliber players. So their teams wouldn’t want to offer a supermax.

If I’m SA I sign him to the supermax or I trade him for an unbelievable haul, otherwise I won’t play ball. And yes I’d rather lose a player of that quality for nothing than trade him for deng, one of the young guys and zubac. You can’t save face when you do that, but you can say Kawhi turned coat if he leaves and the fans just turn on him.

 

it's a fascinating stare-off. leonard's camp can only get supermax from SA (right?), so they want it. but SA would probably rather keep him at closer to regular max, given their cap constraints and uncertainty about the organizational future, not to mention his year-long injury! there's a chance he misses out on the super max if things don't go well this season, too. weird room to be in.

if i'm SA, i probably bite the bullet and offer the contract. worst case you end up applying for disabled player exemption down the road. if you're both unhappy, the trade haul you get back for disgruntled supermax isn't going to be much worse than what real's projecting his trade value as right now. so, if real's right, they should offer big and keep him. if others are right (that he would fetch a king's ransom), they should move him right now. i thin real may be right: teams aren't throwing the house at them. i bet boston offered like, jaylen brown and memphis's lotto protected pick or something.

 

I wonder if Reddick would ring chase if we do get Bron and George. He already got paid last season, imagine adding his shooting to the lineup.

I guess, if he really wanted to, he could just go to GS for that opportunity too.

 

I know we say it's about the money and yet you have guys like Dwight Howard or Kevin Durant leave more money for other places. However, I just can't see Kawhi Leonard saying no to the super max. If the spurs sign him to that, he is staying. at least that way, as hard as it would be, he can guarantee that money and see if someone could trade for him if they really wanted him.

If the Spurs don't offer him the super max, he either gets traded or he waits til next year.

My money is spurs give him the super max. If they don't , they are eff'd and at that point why would Pop stay. To get LeBron with that money? LeBron won't come if Kawhi is gone anyway.

 

I don’t think it would be a bad reboot for the spurs to trade with the Lakers for 2 youngsters and Deng, especially considering Pop might not be there much longer. They would have reason to resign Parker and Ginobli for grooming.

Not having a team in championship contention will probably speed up his retirement. Unfortunately, I do think Big Mouth Ball is a slight deterrent for any team looking to get Zo.

 

.... And Derozan's on the block.

 

hope itsb the clipps...never seen such a choker like dd that not only multi all star but even made all nba...guy makes eddie jones look elite in playoffs lol

 

ATL could be sitting with the 3rd and 4th pick by draft night?

Hope not, cause that makes one less dumping site for Deng.

 

he'll get multi yr 10+/yr easily