I'm a Spurs, Pop, Beadle, etc... hater big time. But what Kawhi did and is doing sucks and shame on him for handling his business like that. Tough for me as a hater to say this but Spurs Org and especially Pop don't deserve to be treated like trash. The Org and Pop are first class all the way. I hope Kawhi's good guy, team guy, reputation get's destroyed. He's a dirty, cupcake, snake and worst than KD because of his silence. He hides behind his "shyness" and "awkwardness" but they 'aint nothing "cute" about his act. He's a quiet POS, him and his uncle.
[Fischer] San Antonio has informed teams its preferred target in any Leonard trade is the Celtics' Jayson Tatum, sources say. It’s widely believed in league circles that Boston is more likely to propose a deal centered around Kyrie Irving and future picks.
[Internet GM] Unless I could get a king's ransom for Leonard I would never send him where he wanted to go.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/...ntonio-spurs.html?smid=tw-nytsports&smtyp=cur Spoiler The San Antonio Spurs are moving closer to cutting ties with their superstar forward Kawhi Leonard, according to two people familiar with the team’s thinking, though the timetable on a potential trade remains unclear. Realizing that hopes of repairing its damaged relationship with Leonard are fading by the day, San Antonio is ready to move on from Leonard provided that a palatable trade offer materializes this off-season, according to the people, who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. The Spurs have until the N.B.A.’s annual trade deadline in February 2019 to keep weighing their options before they risk losing Leonard without compensation when he becomes a free agent next summer. But the Los Angeles Lakers and the Philadelphia 76ers have been pressing the Spurs to trade Leonard this week, as both teams believe that acquiring Leonard would put them in pole position to try to sign LeBron James away from the Cleveland Cavaliers when free agency starts Sunday at 12:01 a.m., Eastern time. The Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Clippers are also known trade suitors for Leonard, whose reported desire to be dealt — to one of the Los Angeles teams, preferably the Lakers — emerged earlier this month. The growing uncertainty about Leonard’s future has thus become perhaps the second-biggest story line in the league next to James’s third career foray into free agency. James has until 11:59 p.m. Friday to formally decline his $35.6 million option with Cleveland for next season, which would allow the Lakers, the 76ers and the Houston Rockets to begin their bids in earnest to try to persuade James, a three-time N.B.A. champion and Northeast Ohio native, to leave his home-state Cavaliers. Other marquee free agents include the Houston All-Star guard Chris Paul, who is widely expected to stay with the Rockets after they came within one win of an N.B.A. finals berth, as well as the Oklahoma City Thunder star forward Paul George, who grew up in Southern California and is deciding between a move to his hometown Lakers and staying with the Thunder. The Lakers’ pursuit of Leonard, a two-time N.B.A. defensive player of the year, could hinge on San Antonio’s willingness to trade him to its longtime Western Conference rivals, especially since the Spurs naturally fear that the acquisition of Leonard would lead to the Lakers adding James or George, or both. But Leonard’s reported desire to play out the final season of his contract and sign with the Lakers in July 2019 as a free agent could prevent teams such as Boston and Philadelphia from matching the Lakers’ best trade offer for Leonard. The Lakers could assemble a trade package featuring highly rated up-and-coming players such as Kyle Kuzma, Brandon Ingram and Josh Hart as well as multiple first-round picks. The Lakers could likewise decide that it’s counterproductive to give up so much in a trade for Leonard if he is willing to sign with them in free agency in a year. That’s the painful conclusion the Knicks reached after they gave up so much to acquire the All-Star forward Carmelo Anthony in February 2011 and struggled thereafter to build a quality roster around him. The Lakers, though, took the patient approach a year ago when the Indiana Pacers made George available via trade, figuring that they would be able to comfortably sign him this summer. The Thunder jumped in, however, with a trade for George, who has enjoyed his time alongside the All-Star guard Russell Westbrook and has given increased consideration in recent weeks to staying in Oklahoma City — perhaps on a two-year deal that would allow George to return to free agency as early as July 2019. Another factor affecting Leonard’s fate is his health. The lingering effects from a mysterious quadriceps injury limited the 2014 N.B.A. finals M.V.P. to nine games last season and could make teams like Boston — the club widely hailed as possessing the league’s most attractive collection of trade pieces — hesitant to make the Spurs an asset-rich offer. San Antonio Coach Gregg Popovich recently met face-to-face with Leonard in San Diego in an attempted first step toward repairing the team’s fractured partnership with its best player. But the summit appears to have done little to dampen Leonard’s desire to move on, despite the fact that San Antonio is the only team in the league capable of offering him a five-year “supermax” extension between mid-July and mid-October worth an estimated $219 million. The frosty state of the partnership was clear during San Antonio’s first-round playoff loss to Golden State, when Leonard, 26, continued his injury rehabilitation away from the team and attended none of the Spurs’ five postseason games. ESPN reported this month that Leonard felt “the franchise turned on him” during the season once he started receiving outside treatment for his quadriceps tendinopathy in New York.
Think I mentioned this earlier. As it makes the most basketball sense!! If all things made sense.... Kawi- philly Lebron-Houston George-LA Jordan-Dallas Guess what———Melo to Houston!!!
I think that's the way to go for Boston. Kyrie can be indomitable scorer at times, but I think the others -- Tatum and Brown are both two young and improving assets, almost lead the team to the Finals. I really don't see the East getting that much better, next year.
Ewwww... Why do you hate Houston so much? Melo's not even a top100 player anymore. In fact, he might be in the bottom top100. I'm sure the advanced stats would support that claim.
Kyrie has 1 year left on his deal. Who knows if he will stay in SA. Unless I am getting Brown or Tatum I think the Lakers have the best offer.
All that post and you focus on Melo......click bait!!Gotcha!! Seriously, if he wants to be here , he will eventually get here. Suck it up and deal with it when it eventually happens!! Melo is bad but not Ryan Anderson bad.
