*Breaking News* Kawhi Wants Out

[JazzGal]

True, I still find that weird. If you are going to be an old rich guy who remarries a much younger women, you might as well go really young. Get a 30 year old, go for the full 40 year age gap instead of the 20 Sloan did.

Good thing Sloan made the choice he did. If he would have married a woman 40 years younger, she probably would have bailed (with a big alimony package) at the first sign of Altzheimer's.

 

[The Midnight]

Good thing Sloan made the choice he did. If he would have married a woman 40 years younger, she probably would have bailed (with a big alimony package) at the first sign of Altzheimer's.

Can you just bail on someone when they're sick and get all the money?

 

[fishonjazz]

Kawhi's camp is VERY smart in this.

By making it known that he only wants to go to the Lakers, no other team will be willing to give up major assets for him. It's like Kawhi is forcing the Spurs hand. If the Spurs don't trade him? He'll just wait out 1 more year and sign with the Lakers in Free Agency.

I see 2 scenarios:

Either the Spurs trade Kawhi to a team other than the Lakers and get less assets in return. Or trade Kawhi to the Lakers knowing they could form a super team later.

The ball's in the Spurs court now.

What if the lakers don’t have the cap space to sign him in free agency though?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Good thing Sloan made the choice he did. If he would have married a woman 40 years younger, she probably would have bailed (with a big alimony package) at the first sign of Altzheimer's.

Uhh, why would you bail when that's just a sign the big payoff is about to come? None of them ever bail before death. They wait.

 

[The Midnight]

What if the lakers don’t have the cap space to sign him in free agency though?

If Kawhi doesn't get traded to the Lakers, then it's unlikely that LeBron would come... so the best the Lakers could hope for would probably be signing Paul George... therefore they should still have enough cap space.

 

[The Midnight]

Good thing Sloan made the choice he did. If he would have married a woman 40 years younger, she probably would have bailed (with a big alimony package) at the first sign of Altzheimer's.

Actually, the younger the girl is, the more incentive there is for her to wait it out? The younger you are, the longer you're gonna live, the more money you're gonna need.

 

[fishonjazz]

if I were BOS I'd trade Tatum. It's the chance at Kawhi, you've gotta do it.

They don’t need to use Tatum. Irving, Hayward, brown are all better than any kuzma, ball, Ingram crap. Plus doesn’t Boston have a good pick next year again? (Or this year)

Point is, Celtics have TONS of better assets than the lakers even if the keep Tatum

 

[fishonjazz]

If Kawhi doesn't get traded to the Lakers, then it's unlikely that LeBron would come... so the best the Lakers could hope for would probably be signing Paul George... therefore they should still have enough cap space.

Lebron was rumored to be going to the lakers before any of this came out about Leonard. Leonard staying in San Antonio doesn’t change Lebron decision.

 

[The Midnight]

They don’t need to use Tatum. Irving, Hayward, brown are all better than any kuzma, ball, Ingram crap. Plus doesn’t Boston have a good pick next year again? (Or this year)

Point is, Celtics have TONS of better assets than the lakers even if the keep Tatum

Bos won't trade Kyrie. Brown or Hayward won't get it done from the Spurs side of things.

Ingram is better than Brown as a prospect and better than Hayward in that they can keep him long term.

So I think the Spurs would hold out for Tatum.

 

[JazzGal]

Can you just bail on someone when they're sick and get all the money?

Guess it depends on the prenup.

I suppose one could dump him into the best facility you can find, and then go on her merry way spending all his money.

 

[yamers]

i also think it's a little crazy that this news was "leaked" to like 8 different sources prior to their face to face meeting with pop. This tells me that leonard's camp wants him to team up with bron. They leaked it so the proccess speeds up and give hints to other FA who were potentially looking to sign with the lakers(bron , pg13)

 

[Avery]

Lakers are going to look an entirely different team next year. Basically every player is coming off the books and they have room to sign these guys to max contracts.

I could see guys like Joe Johnson signing for the vet minimum just to fill out the cheap aspects of the bench.

I'd love to snag Kuzma in a three way, but don't see how that would benefit any other team.