Kawhi Leonard Discussion: “I’m A Snake Clipper Guy.”

While I would love to have all the young guys blow up and we get lebron and Kawhi on back to back free agent years, the issue is the Lakers may have one too many players at that point.

Kuzma or BI will have to come off the bench and I dont think either one of them come free agency time will want to continue to play off the bench.

Lakers may be thinking that now and would be will to part with BI for that reason because Kawhi and him play the same position.

Kuzma's game better compliments Kawhi and Lebron. Lonzo's game compliments anyone because he is a pass first player.

 

Play lebron at center

 

Didn't Kevin Love start at center?

 

His pansy a** would be falling and flopping all over the place

One elbow in his grill, and he'd be out for concussion protocol for a month.

No way I play him at center unless it's a death lineup for a few minutes at a time

 

I think so. I remember lebron guarding prime pau very well in the post.

 

kuzma nor bi have any say in regards to their next nba contract as for Zo, if rondo can beat him out for starting pg duties, he can go n no tears will be shed from me

 

Sauce wars! Who's got the real insider info?



Also per Woj: Along with Embiid, Simmons and Fultz being off limits for Philly in a Kawhi deal, Boston is saying their top 5 are off the table.

 

Best they are going to get is Ingram.

 

Nope not even Ingram, best they'll get is Hart, Zu, bonga, and 2 first round picks

 

Why can't they just be Lebron and Kawhi?

It's not like anyone sees Curry and KD as A and B or vice versa, just two really good players who came together to win.

If his ego is really that big, than I don't want that. He's a quiet guy to begin with already, what's he trying to go for? What's his angle? If he wants to win, the choice is obvious. If he wants to be the focal point in a large market, then go to New York.

Don't be a Paul George, Kawhi.

 

I think the truth is no one really knows Kawhi except his uncle, and kawhi's camp (mostly family)... They are the ones pushing the narrative to the Lakers. And I'm sure Kawhi being from Cali just really wants to go home, not like Paulina

 

Sigh. All this "who's team is it" started with Kobe and Shaq and it's the easiest narrative to keep drama in everything.

Especially with the piece of s*** media that generally has no talent but needs to cook up drama for the simpletons who bite on it everytime.

Kawhi and Lebron are a devastating combo. You couldn't even compare those two to Jordan and Pippen. They are 6'8 freaks of nature. They are like Charles Oakley and Anthony Mason with all world skills. It wouldn't even be fair at how good those two would be together. And it would be The Lakers with the baddest combo since Shaq and Kobe.

Get Kawhi here now for BI only. If not, the NBA will be in trouble in 12 months when he comes without the Lakers losing any talent. You choose your death NBA. I'm good either way.

 

Yup. Our long, national Clipper nightmare is finally over and they can finally climb back into the hole in the ground from whence they came. They'll always have that time they almost made a conference finals.

Couldn't agree more. Eventually, the torch will be passed, and it'll no longer be LeBron's team. Even if he stays on an extra couple years, it'll be Kawhi and the kids.

 

Wait, so C Bags have Kyrie, Hayward, Tatum, Rozier and Brown off limits? Why on earth would we offer Ingram then? f*** that, the most they get is Hart. God I wish we still had Randle to package too.

 

I know it's a hard pill to swallow, but BI is the only way we can snag Kawhi from San Antonio. The only reason why those other teams are unwilling to give up assets is because Kawhi (or his camp) has blatantly said he will not resign there.

Either San Antonio is just trying to use that as leverage on us to get more assets or it's true, it's a hard tell. We have the option to wait it out until next year, or we go for the plunge and take him on this year.

Seeing what happened with PG, I would prefer to snag him now than wait, but we're not giving up the farm to do so. BI is the best asset they can get, but they are not touching Zo, Kuz, Hart, or anyone else. Our offer should stand at BI+Deng+19 1st (and maybe one of Zu, Bonga or Svi).

 

We did try to offer Randle to the Spurs and they rejected it.

There was a report last weekend saying that Monday was the deadline for the Spurs to accept the Lakers offer before they back away from the trade table. Why was Monday special? That's the day when the Lakers renounced Randle and let him sign in New Orleans.

Once Randle was let go, the Lakers lost the centerpiece to their offer for Kawhi, and hence they are no longer actively pursuing a Kawhi trade. I'm very happy to see Magic and Rob demonstrating patience by waiting to sign Kawhi in 2019 despite losing out on PG, to me it's the right decision.

 

The reason why the C Bags have taken out virtually any valued players in their package is because they know Kawhi doesnt want to be in Boston. It's not that hard to figure out why Boston won't work.

Sixers would risk Saric and Covington for a one year rental. That's about it.

Lakers trading only BI doesnt hurt the Lakers. Lakers could compete for a title this year and they would have Kuzma developing and hopefully Lonzo going the way of Jason Kidd.