[HitsterParticipant]

 The Spurs would like to obviously keep Kawhi and they have the potential to offer him the "Supermax". He’d have to requalify for the supermax next season so to if he went to FA next summer he’d be leaving a lot of money on the table.

Also if he is traded now, his value won’t be as high as if he has several years on his deal. Could it be mutually beneficial for him to sign the deal on condition he gave the Spurs another year and if things then aren’t still settled then they will agree to trade him.

This way he gets his deal and money and it gives the Spurs a stronger trading hand if they do want to deal him. Maybe he’d want a trade clause so he could only be moved to a team of his choosing but it could be beneficial to both sides.

 

 

[Memphis MadnessParticipant]

 Earth to San Antonio,

Kawhi wants to see other people.

It’s OVER.

Signed, 

Management

 

 

 

 

[halfdecayedParticipant]

 people need to realize this is over.. Kawhi is out the door. I said about a month ago that Kawhi PG and Bron would be lakers and got negged and all.. Now look what’s about to shape up. It’s still funny to me that people still think Spurs have leverage. All Kawhi has to say is he’s not signing with any1 else other than the Lakers next year and it’s over.. He has pretty much no value and the Lakers could even lowball the Spurs.

[EndlessknightParticipant]

Still don’t see how they can get all 3. To do so they would have to move Deng and don’t see them having enough assets to trade for Kawhi and get rid of Deng.

[cohenbc1Participant]

Where you’re wrong is that no one will really believe Kawhi when he says that.

You think that if he were traded to the celtics or sixers and he led them to a championship, he would leave the denfending champions to sign with a Lakers team *without* LeBron? 

I bet the Celtics and Sixers don’t believe that.

PG13 supposedly only wanted to play for the Lakers too. He didn’t come anywhere near a championship, but he knows that he, Westbrook and Adams will at least always be a playoff team, and now he’s thinking of staying with the Thunder. 

 

 

 

[ChoppyParticipant]

 Bron won’t be a Laker. There’s no way he goes west, unless he decided he wants to be a Rocket. Laker fans can neg me all they want. Not happening. 

[celtics1982Participant]

 Leonard can’t sign a max contract right now, he has to wait till he’s a free agent. So you can’t sign him now. He can only get like 105% of his current salary now. Same issue with Irving signing an extension right now. NBA needs to fix that if your goal is to gives teams an upper hand in keeping its own players. They shouldn’t have to become free agents to get paid!

[mowestenParticipant]

 Bingo. Totally agree with this. I know it’s different due to the cap and max contracts and a lot of other things, but in baseball players get signed to long term extensions all the time — even if they have only been in the league a year or two.

Provided they are still producing it not only helps teams retain players, but increases their value on the trade market as teams know they are trading for a player under contract.

It’s an easy solution to help small market teams, or teams that have, in theory, an asset they have cultivated that wants to leave.

[Reptilian MonkParticipant]

 Spurs will lose him next year in free agency if they dont trade him. They Should take a Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, Moe Wagner, and future firsts package. Ingram has multiple All Star Potential and Josh Hart is way under rated watching him alot last year. He can be a starter in the league, rebounds elite for a guard and shoots the 3 well.

[cohenbc1Participant]

 If I were Spurs I would insist on Kuzma in the package, but I would also offer to take the Deng contract to make it easier for Lakers to sign two more stars.

I don’t agree with the Spurs’ apparent reluctance to help LA create a "superteam." For one, this superteam would have an expiration date on it, due to LeBron’s age and heavy mileage. For two, it doesn’t really matter whether there are two or three "superteams" in the West. Either way, to get out of the West you’re going to have to beat at least two ridiculously good teams. The Spurs probably aren’t capable of doing that next year anyway, so get the best players you can for Kawhi and go from there. 

 

[The GoatParticipant]

 Reptilian Monk i agree that this is the best package LAL can offer. If i was Pop id demand the firsts be unprotected too, at least one of them

[r377Participant]

 I agree with this.  I read it was Ingram and a first rounder.

Ingram should still be a really good player, Josh Hart would be a solid player playing for Popovich.

Lakers are so messed up that first rounder could be good value if they donon’t make the playoffs 

 

 

[rvan14Participant]

The Lakers need to find a way to keep Josh Hart. I think he has Danny Green written all over him. Probably explains why the Spurs want him. He’s going to be a solid pro for 10+ years, but will never require max money. Every team in the league wants these type of players. Lakers struck gold at the end of the first.

[HitsterParticipant]

 Thanks for the feedback, it could be a matter of who blinks first between the Lakers and Spurs. A lot may well depend on what LBJ’s initial FA thoughts are or if Lakers land another top FA early to try and convine LBJ to go there too.

We don’t know if the Lakers are LBJ or nothing or could they go for say DMC and PG13 for example?

How do they make offers, they cannot really court too many players, what if say PG13 and DMC had been approached and indicated they would join Lakers and they had also approached LBJ who was thinking it over and then indicated he wanted to go to Lakers. Do they back down on one of the other two?

Players have egos and if Lakers have gone after LBJ and he declines then they go to 2nd or 3rd options who has already been courted by other teams and know they are not the Lakers top target.

 

 

 

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