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

This why folks don’t take Broussard serious. Breh went on the radio and said the Lakers were out of the running and the back got on tv and said this lol

 

This sort of thing always feels weak to me. Any team can slap something like this together. Sure, we have all the history and other goodies that other teams don’t, but the players and their agents know this already. The Lakers shouldn’t be the ones begging. And that’s how stuff like this always feels to me.

 

I know what you mean. And that is one of the big reasons why Marco is gone.

 

I'm being sincere here Chief, but has Roggin really broke info on anything before? "According to sources", could very well mean Ayre is his source haha. I mean FoxSports and Yahoo did it for some weird reason...





There's a very convenient narrative here. Players (and what better source than a player themselves) via their Twitter stir up noise. Supposedly LA has already agreed to an AD trade that would cut into their max space limiting that amount from 23-27m depending on what AD does with his trade kicker.

AD starts following DLo on the gram, so now it's safe to assume he would waive his trade kicker for him and that means DLo's max of 27m is now something LA realistically has now, cause the max slot for the Kawhis and Butlers has been supposedly bumbled away by Rob. Meanwhile the Ky/KD team-up in BK happens, which allows DLo to get renounced and become an UFA. Thats the narrative that the media has where it checks off all their boxes.

Lastly for my own personal well-being, I don't want to believe the DLo rumors cause that would mean a shot at Kawhi/Butler (legit star 2way wings) is most likely a scenario that's on thin ice and for us to do a pirouette and change course would be taking those dudes' names in vain....and for what? High usage iced veins?

If and only if we strike out on Kawhi (or Butler) should we go the Dlo @20m contingency route, using the extra cap we have left in getting DJ or Boogie. But DLo at his max is hard pass by me and frankly I'm not buying the rumors of us already setting up meetings with him. Again that would imply we failed elsewhere and I don't want to believe that just yet.

 

I obviously want him here but I could see why someone of his personality would want no part of the Lakers drama.

 

Will he visit the training center, though? We might just meet him in a hotel. Funny, I imagine, would be the Clips presentation where they take him around Staples, with all the Laker statues and retired jerseys. They might even recycle the Blake Griffin shirts.

 

I think we have to assume LeBron and AD will be working the phones, and figuring out how to get Kawhi here, if that's even in the cards. I trust their insights and whatever they say far more than anything the Lakers FO, or AEG or Mr. Rambis can put together. If Kawhi comes here, it'll be because of those two guys saying whatever they think Kawhi needs to hear, and not because of a PowerPoint deck on "legacy" and "global brand."

 

They could have new Kawhi shirts but I don't know how you top the roster they had on Blake's.

 

Bruh...no meetings necessary. Just have Bron sit in dude's Rancho Santa Fe driveway till the clock strikes 3:01pm on the 30th.

 

If Bron gets Kawhi to sign, he surpasses Jerry West as the best GM this team has ever had

 

I think your wrong in this one. The issue with Aldridge was we didn't know anything about him and went the wrong way with him. We didn't do our home work. With Kawhi we already know he wants a Star he wants to work on his brand. It is the main reason he left SA and was complaining about his shoe deal. He is also huge on trust i would be pointing out that MrRaptor was shipped off for him when TOR thought he wasnt cutting it anymore while we gave a Hurt Kobe a huge payday..

Order should be.
Marketing
Trust
Load Managing
Then Basketball

We have Lebron and Davis. Unless Uncle Denis And Kawhi have been under a rock they know that and they also know who those players are... With Aldridge what did we have nothing really that's why it should of been about basketball and what we was going to do going forward...

 

I think the Lakers are going after Kawhi first. And if he doesn't come, I actually think D'Angelo is next in line.

Theory with all this smoke with D'Angelo is maybe Pelinka never wanted to trade him and now he wants to make amends with Russell being where he is.

Plus, money wise, need and younger could be factors as well.

 

I spoke nothing about Money... I said Marketing and his Brand while yes those stuff do make money they are not all they have. I will quote Kuzma
"'I'd Rather Be Talked About Bad in LA' Than Irrelevant in Orlando". It was the main reason he switched from Jordan to NB. Kawhi trust Uncle Dennis so he matters also. Trust is also big with Kawhi he keeps a small group of friends for a reason. Sale people dont always just sell to the person buying they also sell to the people around them to help them complete the sale.

 

If the Lakers pull some b******* marketing crap on Kawhi without him asking about it, Lakers will lose.

Kawhi and AD for the next decade win 5 titles. That is what you push hard on. And everyone knows the Lakers take care of their stars.

That's the sell and it should work if Kawhi is indeed focused on winning. The endorsments will come regardless.