knicks1248 wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:

knickstorrents wrote:Please no to the Starphuch.

What he said, He was being polite

How else we're suppose to get talented players to come here, obviously they are not signing with us via Free agency, and we don't draft well enough or high enough.

Let's just give the f up!

What kind of statement is that?

Are you Dolan? We don't draft well enough or high enough.

That hasn't stopped San Antonio!

We have to build a foundation- fill in some of the holes and gaps.

It's too early for us to think about adding a player like Kawhi through a trade. We don't have enough pieces, and we're bad.

knicks1248 wrote:

franco12 wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:

meloshouldgo wrote:

knickstorrents wrote:Please no to the Starphuch.

What he said, He was being polite

How else we're suppose to get talented players to come here, obviously they are not signing with us via Free agency, and we don't draft well enough or high enough.

Let's just give the f up!

What kind of statement is that?

Are you Dolan? We don't draft well enough or high enough.

That hasn't stopped San Antonio!

We have to build a foundation- fill in some of the holes and gaps.

It's too early for us to think about adding a player like Kawhi through a trade. We don't have enough pieces, and we're bad.

No you can start by getting rid of mills, so we can change the culture.

Then we can start drafting better, signing better FA, rather than over paying for Noah, Baker, jr smiths brother, lance THJ, ect.

Don't be naive..

You know whats up, make good trades no matter who's on the roster.

If we drafted well enough we wouldn't be in the position we are in now, if we didn't build a 30 win team we would draft high enough, im not saying nothing ridiculous. It's a fact

Your solve for everything is to get rid of Mills? Create a thread on that, ok? Forget this idiotic starfukking.

We don't draft high enough and well enough - based on what? It's people like you and front office GM's with your mindset that has kept us from drafting high enough or in most cases drafting at all. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Call for starfukks and trading our picks at every opportunity then bith about not drafting high enough? How many drafts did Philly make in teh top 8 before putting together three good players? And we want to match that with two picks in 15 years?

Get your **** together, bro.

Mike1989 wrote:

wargames wrote:Lets wait and see if the Spurs even move him. They are a older team and there is a certain wisdom is being low in the cap while you rebuild (The Process). You're not getting equivalent star value for Kawhi, and even Kawhi couldn't keep that older roster in the playoffs much longer. Also trading him for picks isn't ideal because even on a decent roster with him there you're getting late 20 picks.

They might just let him walk? Hit bottom and put faith in their coaching/scouting that won them championships before.

The Spurs have managed to get this far this season without Kawhi Leonard. Now I agree that they are unlikely to be a title contender without him, and it is possible they might miss the play offs next year without him, but I suspect the Spurs would still be competitive without Kawhi. I think they have shown with their line ups this season that they can adapt to the loss of their star player and change their approach depending on their opponent (for instance in the last game they started Patty Mills, Dejounte Murray, Danny Green, Kyle Anderson and LaMarcus Aldridge). Factor in a potential deal for Kawhi Leonard and they could still end up with a talented line up.

If they send Kawhi east who could they get in return?

- Miami are typically aggressive but they lack first round picks to do a deal. The Spurs would also have to accept a deal possibly involving Dragic and Winslow or Adebayo plus a future first round pick, or they could go for Whiteside and a young player plus a future first round pick.

- Milwaukee could decide to swing for the fences to try and keep Giannis happy. Imagine if they decide to throw Khris Middleton and Tony Snell to the Spurs, that gives them a scorer and a really good 3-and-D player to replace a potentially exiting Rudy Gay and Danny Green (if they both opt out and leave). The Bucks also own their first round pick which could be added into a deal..

- Boston are likely to want in on the act. Putting together a deal could revolve around them sending Al Horford with the Spurs sending Kawhi and Rudy Gay to balance the deal. Alternatively they could look at a deal involving Jayson Tatum ($6.7m), Marcus Morris ($5.3m), Jaylen Brown ($5.1m) and Terry Rozier ($3m) as a package deal. That sees the Celtics get three young ascending players and a proven veteran, and with the contracts the Spurs will have coming off the books they could accept a 4 for 1 deal. This is before consider the draft picks the Celtics own.

- Philly would be possibility. Imagine if they pair Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid with Kawhi Leonard. Good luck eastern teams in competing with that. Philly could offer a young player like Markelle Fultz ($8.3m) along with a veteran like Covington ($10.4m) and a makeweight like TJ mcConnell ($1.6m team option). Philly also have an abundance of draft picks including the 10th and 26th picks in the first round and four second round picks. Plus they have future first round pick rights to sell as well.

These are all appealing deals for the Spurs to consider if Kawhi truly wants out of San Antonio. Reportedly Pop doesn't want to send him in their conference so that means sending him out east. We've got teams out here with the assets to make a deal worthwhile. They could end up with some decent young ascending talent. So there is no point in them holding onto him and letting him walk for nothing because they aren't a title contender with Kawhi. He could even play hard ball again next year and sit for most of the year before opting out and leaving for nothing. So it makes sense for the Spurs to get something in return for him rather than nothing just like the Pacers did when they sold Paul George.

Oh god no, not Philly. If the Sixers get him its goodnight for the next 5 years. Trade KP and tank hard.