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So there is one major player who still has yet to sign (or even take meetings: Kawhi, and this is very on brand for him - "feeding frenzy? nah, I'll take my time.") and the following teams still have max-ish space left:
LAC: $55M LAL: $32M DAL: $30M NYK: $30M I don't think he's going to LAC, since there is no one left to team up with. LAL or return to Toronto for him. If he doesn't go to LAL, I think the favorite in the West is... the Jazz? Conley/Mitchell/Bogdanovich/Jingles/Gobert is a tough crunchtime 5. Even if Kawhi goes to the Lakers, they are still paper thin after their best 3 players. Having 3 of the best 8 or so players in the league though, is amazing. |
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I still wouldn't rule out Kawhi signing with the Clippers for his own reasons. The guy's won two rings and two Finals MVPs with two different teams. He's a draw unto himself if he plants with the Clippers over the next 4-5 years. Who knows? He could find the media ecosystem around LeBron his own personal nightmare. He might hate the focus that'll come with the Lakers versus something more sedate with the Clippers. As always with Kawhi, shoulder-shrug? I just can't wait to hear that weird laugh again. |
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"Last year it happened to me," Iguodala said. "I missed the last three games of the Houston series, it goes to Game 7. We barely get out of that series and now you looking at me like 'when you coming back?' And I had a fractured leg and but it's being put out there like you got a bone bruise. Like 'no, it’s a fracture.' "So I’m fighting with the team, I'm fighting with people, I'm fighting with the media. Then my teammates ask me everyday 'How you feeling? How you feeling?'" "So with K[evin Durant], he getting it from everywhere too: 'How you feeling? How you feeling?' — not just from the team, but from family and people close to him." |
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The amount the Warriors gave up for DLo (two firsts!) makes me think/hope something else is in the works. Otherwise, I'm getting some Corey Maggette vibes and I'm having flashbacks. I mean, I'm sure Toronto doesn't want to lose Kawhi for nothing, right? RIGHT?! |
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If Kawhi really wants to win a title next year, I feel pretty strongly that his best chance is to run it back with Toronto. All of the East team contenders are marginally worse. There's no juggernaut waiting in the West unless he goes to LAL. If he does go to LAL, he's counting on all three of those guys, all of whom have recent experience missing full to half seasons due to injury, being ready to go for 42 min a night in the playoffs. If Toronto proved anything this year, it's that superstars are great, but you need to be able to put 7 competent pieces on the floor to win in the playoffs, no matter how good your 1 and 2 are.
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^ agreed. yes, he hit that one corner three...but that was all. sad to see him go but it was time.
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I'm just wondering why people think DLO would want to return to the Lakers?
Am I missing something here? Just because Magic left, doesn't mean the drama behind his exit is non existent in his memory. The Lakers gave up on him and now he wants to go back there? It doesn't make any sense. The Brooklyn Lakers game last season was all about DLO knocking the Lakers out of the playoffs, purely from them trading him away and that was his revenge.. |
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Can't speak to his thinking, maybe winning is a powerful drug? |
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Max Salary is a powerful drug..
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