Kawhi Leonard reportedly no longer wants to play for the Spurs
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What the fuck went wrong? Seemed like it was all love, he was a lock as their franchise guy, then outta nowhere shit went south quick! Did somebody fuck somebody's bitch or what? 
What the fuck went wrong? Seemed like it was all love, he was a lock as their franchise guy, then outta nowhere shit went south quick! Did somebody fuck somebody's bitch or what?
Dude, you want to play 82 plus games with no hope, in your prime?
This isn't '95. Shit done changed.
This is probably most likely going to happen. Spurs gonna want Kyle Kuzma, Lonzo Ball for Kawhi Leonard
NBA offseason wins once again.
They will want way more than that!!
Leonard is from LA....Family is big with him
His pops died....
There has also been talk that he has considered hanging it up and retiring..
He still loves the game of basketball but hates the business of basketball
What the fuck went wrong? Seemed like it was all love, he was a lock as their franchise guy, then outta nowhere shit went south quick! Did somebody fuck somebody's bitch or what?
His pops died....
There has also been talk that he has considered hanging it up and retiring..
He still loves the game of basketball but hates the business of basketball
What the fuck went wrong? Seemed like it was all love, he was a lock as their franchise guy, then outta nowhere shit went south quick! Did somebody fuck somebody's bitch or what?
I also heard his Uncle is his manager now...and is DIFFICULT to work with.
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Kyle Kuzma, Lonzo Ball & Brook Lopez
I was gonna say Julius Randle but he is a unrestricted free agent.
Brook Lopez is a free agent also; and Spurs have Gasol and Aldridge; they not going to want him. And thats still not enough lol....
Nah.
His dad died before he even got to the NBA its why he wore braids that's not a factor in this decision.
How the Lakers can land LeBron, Kawhi and Paul George
Kevin PeltonESPN Staff Writer
Could the L.A. Lakers build a new big three of LeBron James, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard this summer?
That's the kind of star-studded scenario Lakers fans have dreamed about since last making the playoffs five years ago, and that the rest of the NBA has feared. While it's a long shot, such a partnership is possible if the players involved really want it.
According to a report on Friday by ESPN's Chris Haynes, Leonard wants to be traded from the San Antonio Spurs. And as reported by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, L.A. and particularly the Lakers are Leonard's destination of choice.
Let's run through the possibilities -- and the challenges.
How the Lakers could make it work financially
The Lakers signing George and James, both of whom can become unrestricted free agents if they decline 2018-19 player options, is easy enough. They can create sufficient cap room merely by waiving forward Luol Deng and stretching his contract, then renouncing the rights to their free agents.
Adding Leonard to the mix makes the math trickier -- even before we account for the fact that he's still under contract with the San Antonio Spurs, who would have to sign off on a trade. (More on that in a bit.)
Though Leonard is making substantially less than the current max salary at $20.1 million for 2018-19, combining his salary with max ones for LeBron (an estimated $35.4 million) and George (estimated $30.3 million because he's two years shy of the experience necessary for the largest max bracket for players with 10-plus years in the league) puts the Lakers over $85 million in salary without considering any other players or the remaining amount of Deng's stretched salary.
That tight math makes it all but imperative the Lakers send Deng to San Antonio in a Leonard trade before signing George and James. How might that work?
Kawhi must ask for a trade to the Lakers
Timing is the biggest challenge to the Lakers pulling off a big three this summer. Any trade they make for a high-paid veteran like Leonard assuredly needs to be done before they sign free agents, because otherwise they'll already have waived Deng and be unable to include him as matching salary in a trade.
Given the reports of Leonard's desire to be traded -- and potentially to the Lakers -- we can assume that this request will be delivered to the Spurs. That request might preempt contract talks between San Antonio and Leonard.
As ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Wednesday, the Spurs and Leonard planned to meet sooner rather than later to discuss his future in San Antonio and a possible super-maximum designated veteran extension worth an estimated $219 million. If that offer doesn't come, or if Leonard wants out anyway, he needs to inform the Spurs quickly that they should trade him -- and, in this scenario, that he'd be willing to re-sign only with the Lakers, limiting his value to other teams.
Presumably, a Lakers package would be built around one of the last two No. 2 overall picks -- either Lonzo Ball or Brandon Ingram. Just how realistic a Leonard trade is depends in large part on how San Antonio values those two developing prospects. From a financial perspective, including Ball gives the Lakers slightly more flexibility because he'll count $7.5 million against the cap next season compared to Ingram's $5.8 million.
Sending back Ball or Ingram alone probably wouldn't get a deal done with the Spurs. Since Deng must be included in this version of a deal, the Lakers are going to need to add more value. That could mean parting with All-Rookie first-team pick Kyle Kuzma, whose ability to create shots is less valuable on a team with three superstars.
Let's say the Spurs are willing to do Ball, Deng and Kuzma for Leonard, pivoting to a younger roster built around the two second-year players plus point guard Dejounte Murray. As I outlined in our roundup of Leonard trade possibilities, the two teams could make that trade now by including the Orlando Magic (or another team with cap space or a trade exception of sufficient size) to take on Joffrey Lauvergne's salary for matching purposes.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...mes-paul-george-kawhi-leonard-nba-free-agency
Kevin PeltonESPN Staff Writer
Could the L.A. Lakers build a new big three of LeBron James, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard this summer?
That's the kind of star-studded scenario Lakers fans have dreamed about since last making the playoffs five years ago, and that the rest of the NBA has feared. While it's a long shot, such a partnership is possible if the players involved really want it.
According to a report on Friday by ESPN's Chris Haynes, Leonard wants to be traded from the San Antonio Spurs. And as reported by ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, L.A. and particularly the Lakers are Leonard's destination of choice.
Let's run through the possibilities -- and the challenges.
How the Lakers could make it work financially
The Lakers signing George and James, both of whom can become unrestricted free agents if they decline 2018-19 player options, is easy enough. They can create sufficient cap room merely by waiving forward Luol Deng and stretching his contract, then renouncing the rights to their free agents.
Adding Leonard to the mix makes the math trickier -- even before we account for the fact that he's still under contract with the San Antonio Spurs, who would have to sign off on a trade. (More on that in a bit.)
Though Leonard is making substantially less than the current max salary at $20.1 million for 2018-19, combining his salary with max ones for LeBron (an estimated $35.4 million) and George (estimated $30.3 million because he's two years shy of the experience necessary for the largest max bracket for players with 10-plus years in the league) puts the Lakers over $85 million in salary without considering any other players or the remaining amount of Deng's stretched salary.
That tight math makes it all but imperative the Lakers send Deng to San Antonio in a Leonard trade before signing George and James. How might that work?
Kawhi must ask for a trade to the Lakers
Timing is the biggest challenge to the Lakers pulling off a big three this summer. Any trade they make for a high-paid veteran like Leonard assuredly needs to be done before they sign free agents, because otherwise they'll already have waived Deng and be unable to include him as matching salary in a trade.
Given the reports of Leonard's desire to be traded -- and potentially to the Lakers -- we can assume that this request will be delivered to the Spurs. That request might preempt contract talks between San Antonio and Leonard.
As ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Wednesday, the Spurs and Leonard planned to meet sooner rather than later to discuss his future in San Antonio and a possible super-maximum designated veteran extension worth an estimated $219 million. If that offer doesn't come, or if Leonard wants out anyway, he needs to inform the Spurs quickly that they should trade him -- and, in this scenario, that he'd be willing to re-sign only with the Lakers, limiting his value to other teams.
Presumably, a Lakers package would be built around one of the last two No. 2 overall picks -- either Lonzo Ball or Brandon Ingram. Just how realistic a Leonard trade is depends in large part on how San Antonio values those two developing prospects. From a financial perspective, including Ball gives the Lakers slightly more flexibility because he'll count $7.5 million against the cap next season compared to Ingram's $5.8 million.
Sending back Ball or Ingram alone probably wouldn't get a deal done with the Spurs. Since Deng must be included in this version of a deal, the Lakers are going to need to add more value. That could mean parting with All-Rookie first-team pick Kyle Kuzma, whose ability to create shots is less valuable on a team with three superstars.
Let's say the Spurs are willing to do Ball, Deng and Kuzma for Leonard, pivoting to a younger roster built around the two second-year players plus point guard Dejounte Murray. As I outlined in our roundup of Leonard trade possibilities, the two teams could make that trade now by including the Orlando Magic (or another team with cap space or a trade exception of sufficient size) to take on Joffrey Lauvergne's salary for matching purposes.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/...mes-paul-george-kawhi-leonard-nba-free-agency
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You gonna make it bout Bron one way or another wont you?
something happened we dont know about
Considering his injury history I think this is BS. He's def gonna want that super-max before any moves are made.
Or dude is slightly retarded like i always suspected.
Damn
Slightly retarded? He has a systematic approach to the game. Improved his game tremendously from college. What are basing this on, the way he doesn't speak?
Never mention his name you did...I seen a pic of 3 players collabing and them not winning it all
Can't be that retderded
Which makes it even worse for LeBron. How you let a retard win finals MVP?Slightly retarded? He has a systematic approach to the game. Improved his game tremendously from college. What are basing this on, the way he doesn't speak?
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