Wait, Danny Green to the Lakers as well? That one stings, even if he's not the player he once was.
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Kawhi Leonard has signed with the Los Angeles Clippers; Paul George also traded to Clippers
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People claiming the Nets are taking over is hilarious. While the highlights for the Nets in the past 20 years was multiple playoff appearances and finals appearances, the Knicks meanwhile.....
Nobody gives a damn about the Nets.
If the Nets don't take over NYC, it's because Knicks fans are a bunch of fucking suckers.
Not so much that Toronto is a FA-blackhole, Kawhi is just weird and has his own priorities. Dude gave up to $90 million just to make sure he gets to play in Socal. Most other cities would have gotten the shaft from him too. I still think he and his camp are snakes for stringing the Raptors along when from day 1 he had no intention of staying.
I wonder if rent-a-players will be more common like they are in baseball.
I wonder if rent-a-players will be more common like they are in baseball.
Look, our fanbase has that 30 for 30 docu series and that's the biggest possible win on the horizon. Never leave the 90s.
Exactly. Kawhi was heading to the Lakers - per Woj - if the Clippers didn't find a way to get PG. He was going to LA regardless. More brutal than LeBron in the sense that he wasn't willing to go first and then recruit, but in terms of sheer leverage it was perfect: trade whatever Presti asks, or the Clippers are going to sit in the shadow of a Lakers dynasty.
Very sad but ultimately true. No top free agent is coming anyway and we're stuck with Zach Lavine chucking up shots for the foreseeable future.
I still feel like if Toronto could have figured out a way to get George to come there, Kawhi would still be playing for the Raptors.
It doesn't matter. There's no guarantee that Kawhi will be back if the Raptors pull off that George trade. The guy wants to go home badly. OKC were just using Raptors as a leverage to get a better deal from Clippers.
With all the info that's come out it seems obvious he was going to the Clippers no matter what while using the Lakers and Raptors as leverage with no intention to sign with them. His mind was made up while Chris Carter was trying to make it seem like he hadn't decided as they were still trying to reach a deal with OKC.
Clippers agents following him around all year, secret meetings with Paul George and Doc Rivers, Woj saying he's going to be a Clipper for the past year. Masai probably realized what was going on when OKC offered him PG and Westbrook.
It's a cold business and Kawhi and his camp turned out to be masters at the game. Showed the rest of the league how tampering is done.
Clippers agents following him around all year, secret meetings with Paul George and Doc Rivers, Woj saying he's going to be a Clipper for the past year. Masai probably realized what was going on when OKC offered him PG and Westbrook.
It's a cold business and Kawhi and his camp turned out to be masters at the game. Showed the rest of the league how tampering is done.
Except the Bulls don't get top free agents. I have no faith the organization will be able to build a championship team. Their best chance was 2011 but they didn't make that move to get one more player to get past Miami.
Owners have been doing that to players since the beginning. It's all business. I'm happy players can finally do it back to them for a change.
West is harder for sure, but the team he joined was solid last year and just added both him and another all star. Meanwhile GSW is almost disintegrating plus will be out Klay most of the year and Durant fucked off to the east. It also sounds liken Houston is having issues between Paul and Harden. And the Lakers could be trouble but honestly they're gonna be a fragile team. Lebron is aging and on managed minutes, AD is injury prone, Cousins came off a big injury not quite the same and the surrounding cast is vet minimum sorts.
Yeah they'll have to work to get to the championship but it's not like he didn't work his ass off getting the Raps there and winning, too.
The Clips were the Warriors biggest challenge this playoffs before injuries. This Kawhi Clippers team would have eliminated a healthy GSW from a few months ago imo.
It wasn't going to happen. His camp was all Clippers from the start and at the end the Raptors felt he wasn't serious about coming back either.
So....this is it for PG right?
Forced his way out of Indiana, OKC that's cool.
Now he has to get that chip.....
Like that show up in the season and be đź‘» in the playoffs better be caput for him. No excuses. Kawhi better set him straight with that ball is life attitude.
Forced his way out of Indiana, OKC that's cool.
Now he has to get that chip.....
Like that show up in the season and be đź‘» in the playoffs better be caput for him. No excuses. Kawhi better set him straight with that ball is life attitude.
Well apparently hes a top "5" player now just because of last season so Clippers should chip guaranteed. Smh
I agree. And for chip and dip, watch the Raptors trade Lowry to the clippers at trade deadline. Lol
I got him in my top 11-15. Thats me. But people out here acting like PG been killing the league for years
There's a good chance that Westbrook might end up with the Heat, and I'm smiling about the possibilities.
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Yeah, I wonder about this too.
He definitely does his own thing.
Omg....
It will be 10 years in the league. He will get his supermax.