Kawhi free agency - I'll be very surprised if he stays in Toronto............

**jjgold** · 06-15-19, 01:18 PM

Leonard’s best interest is definitely Toronto financially and basketball wise

**KVB** · 06-15-19, 01:30 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Leonard’s best interest is definitely Toronto financially and basketball wise

I think this is a picture of Charles Barkley saying the same thing when he first got to Tor, but I'm not sure.

Gold do a video making your case.

**homie1975** · 06-15-19, 01:32 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Leonard’s best interest is definitely Toronto financially and basketball wise

much bigger endorsement potential if he comes to LA.

with KD and Klay out, the West is wide open now.

Kawhi can OWN LA and NBA if he comes here and crushes it this year.

KAWHI KOME BACK TO KALIFORNIA AND KRUSH IT

**TheMoneyShot** · 06-15-19, 01:52 PM

Originally posted by asiagambler

This was him after the Sixers series. It almost seems like he let slip that it could have been his final game with the team, but he paused and said the season.

Obviously things have changed and he's more likely to stay after winning a title. Short term deal seems most likely. Then if he doesn't win another title, he can bolt for LA guilt-free.

2:02 is when he says it.

Originally posted by homie1975

he talks so little and STILL almost slips up all the time LOL. it's a good thing he talks so little !!

He sounded the exact same way with Scott Van Pelt after winning the championship. He kept on talking like he was happy for the city of Toronto.... but I'm OUT! lol

**DavidGoliath5003** · 06-15-19, 03:02 PM

Siakam is the reason Kawhi will stay. Siakam at full potential with another year under his belt will be one of the best scorers in the league.

**TheMoneyShot** · 06-15-19, 04:14 PM

Does any books have a line on Leonard if he stays or leaves? I checked 5D and Bookmaker.... nothing.

**asiagambler** · 06-15-19, 04:17 PM

Pinnacle had -200 to stay last night but that was before Woj reported LA is still the most likely place Leonard ends up and Toronto is a longshot.

**jjgold** · 06-15-19, 04:19 PM

I think we will know early July

**asiagambler** · 06-15-19, 04:22 PM

I think Leonard wants to stay. Uncle Dennis wants him in LA

**2daBank** · 06-15-19, 04:22 PM

Originally posted by asiagambler

Pinnacle had -200 to stay last night but that was before Woj reported LA is still the most likely place Leonard ends up and Toronto is a longshot.

You gotta be crazy to try and predict what this cat will do, I don’t think he knows.

**asiagambler** · 06-15-19, 04:25 PM

Originally posted by 2daBank

You gotta be crazy to try and predict what this cat will do, I don’t think he knows.

Yes he's a very strange guy. I couldn't bet any of these unless I had some inside information.

**2daBank** · 06-15-19, 04:26 PM

Originally posted by asiagambler

Yes he's a very strange guy. I couldn't bet any of these unless I had some inside information.

Even then it be tough cause I think he changes his mind from one minute to the next! Lol

**homie1975** · 06-15-19, 05:26 PM

Originally posted by asiagambler

I think Leonard wants to stay. Uncle Dennis wants him in LA

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**homie1975** · 06-15-19, 05:29 PM

Originally posted by asiagambler

I think Leonard wants to stay. Uncle Dennis wants him in LA

Pure speculation.

All we know is that last year "his people" wanted him in LA but coach Pop was not going to help the Lakers out and he wasn't going to "reward" kawhi by sending him to the clippers and let him go home. So he shipped him to Canada and the dude won another chip lmfao

**lakerboy** · 06-15-19, 06:08 PM

Originally posted by homie1975

ok that explains it. you are biased. as a LA resident i hope he comes here so I am biased too. we have better weather and hotter chicks. oh and we have beaches. seriously though, the case i made in the OP makes the case for him to leave. HE GONE.

how do you did your team because of LeBron? that means your hate for LeBron is greater than your love for the Lakers.

i grew up watching Showtime Lakers. fast break. Magic to James Worthy, then the dunk.

I grew up watching those teams. James is a great player but he is a bitch.

**homie1975** · 06-15-19, 06:28 PM

This might change things for kawhi. 2 stars already in LA now does he want to compete against them in same market ?

**jetsfan2019** · 06-15-19, 07:32 PM

AD, Lebron, Kawhi and Rondo/Kyrie/Kemba?

**IBetYou** · 06-15-19, 07:34 PM

Originally posted by jetsfan2019

AD, Lebron, Kawhi and Rondo/Kyrie/Kemba?

there;'s this thing called a salary cap..

**jetsfan2019** · 06-15-19, 07:38 PM

Originally posted by IBetYou

there;'s this thing called a salary cap..

There's a thing called luxury tax...

A luxury tax in professional sports is a surcharge put on the aggregate payroll of a team to the extent to which it exceeds a predetermined guideline level set by the league. The ostensible purpose of this "tax" is to prevent teams in major markets with high incomes from signing almost all of the more talented players and hence destroying the competitive balance necessary for a sport to maintain fan interest. The money derived from the "tax" is either divided among the teams that play in the smaller markets, presumably to allow them to have more revenue to devote toward the contracts of high-quality players,^[1] or in the case of Major League Baseball, used by the league for other pre-defined purposes.

**2daBank** · 06-15-19, 07:45 PM

Originally posted by homie1975

This might change things for kawhi. 2 stars already in LA now does he want to compete against them in same market ?

You think he cares bout any of that? I don’t. .

**homie1975** · 06-15-19, 08:06 PM

Originally posted by 2daBank

You think he cares bout any of that? I don’t. .

Only so many endorsement dollars in the same market. AD to Lakers is a blow to the clippers

**lakerboy** · 06-15-19, 08:08 PM

Originally posted by homie1975

This might change things for kawhi. 2 stars already in LA now does he want to compete against them in same market ?

The man who destroyed 2 three peats is worried about a 35 year old guy and his unibrow partner? LMAO

**homie1975** · 06-15-19, 08:11 PM

Originally posted by lakerboy

The man who destroyed 2 three peats is worried about a 35 year old guy and his unibrow partner? LMAO

Let's be real. In 2014 he beat the team who beat him in 2013. And this year he beat the team who was injured badly.

**jjgold** · 06-15-19, 09:03 PM

Leonard now will stay with Toronto

**clockwise1965** · 06-15-19, 09:06 PM

As I stated earlier in this thread. I just can't see him leaving Toronto. We shall see.

**lakerboy** · 06-15-19, 09:06 PM

Originally posted by homie1975

Let's be real. In 2014 he beat the team who beat him in 2013. And this year he beat the team who was injured badly.

I'm real bro. He wasn't involved in 2013. That was the old spurs. In 2014 he destroyed James. Don't give me the injury crap. He was hurt himself this year in the finals. The media is full of shit. Warriors had 4 hall of fame players on the court in game 6 at tip off.

**TheMoneyShot** · 06-15-19, 09:20 PM

Damn... wanted to risk money on Leonard leaving Toronto... can't find a book with odds. Even Fairlay doesn't have it... they typically clone what pinnacle has.

**homie1975** · 06-15-19, 09:22 PM

Originally posted by lakerboy

I'm real bro. He wasn't involved in 2013. That was the old spurs. In 2014 he destroyed James. Don't give me the injury crap. He was hurt himself this year in the finals. The media is full of shit. Warriors had 4 hall of fame players on the court in game 6 at tip off.

Dray and cousins are not going to the HOFif their careers ended today.

**homie1975** · 06-15-19, 09:24 PM

Originally posted by lakerboy

I'm real bro. He wasn't involved in 2013. That was the old spurs. In 2014 he destroyed James. Don't give me the injury crap. He was hurt himself this year in the finals. The media is full of shit. Warriors had 4 hall of fame players on the court in game 6 at tip off.

Kawhi started all 21 playoff games in 2013 bro !!https://www.basketball-reference.com...leonaka01.html

**IBetYou** · 06-15-19, 09:30 PM

Originally posted by jetsfan2019

There's a thing called luxury tax...

A luxury tax in professional sports is a surcharge put on the aggregate payroll of a team to the extent to which it exceeds a predetermined guideline level set by the league. The ostensible purpose of this "tax" is to prevent teams in major markets with high incomes from signing almost all of the more talented players and hence destroying the competitive balance necessary for a sport to maintain fan interest. The money derived from the "tax" is either divided among the teams that play in the smaller markets, presumably to allow them to have more revenue to devote toward the contracts of high-quality players,^[1] or in the case of Major League Baseball, used by the league for other pre-defined purposes.

You can't just sign anyone you want and then pay tax after. Unbelievable.

**lakerboy** · 06-15-19, 10:05 PM

Originally posted by homie1975

Kawhi started all 21 playoff games in 2013 bro !!https://www.basketball-reference.com...leonaka01.html

So what? He was a non factor kid. Bro be better

**jjgold** · 06-15-19, 10:08 PM

Don’t forget Leonard had a bad knee the whole entire playoffs this year he barely was walking after game 6

**lakerboy** · 06-15-19, 10:13 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Don’t forget Leonard had a bad knee the whole entire playoffs this year he barely was walking after game 6

JJ most of these losers layed-330 on State. They are just bitter.

**jjgold** · 06-15-19, 10:15 PM

I hope Leonard stays it’s a perfect situation for him

**The Kraken** · 06-15-19, 10:16 PM

Originally posted by lakerboy

I'm real bro. He wasn't involved in 2013. That was the old spurs. In 2014 he destroyed James. Don't give me the injury crap. He was hurt himself this year in the finals. The media is full of shit. Warriors had 4 hall of fame players on the court in game 6 at tip off.

His achilles didnt rupture, not did his acl tear

He wasn’t injured, he was just sore. Probably fibromyalgia