A thing to remember when trying to guess the value of what a davis deal will cost.
Demar Derozan
Jakob Poeltl
Raptor 1st rounder
For
Kawhi
Green
Remember that....
Davis is NOT going to cost 4 picks, Smart, Tatum Brown and Williams.
We ultimately don't know what Kawhi will do, so there's that, just like a Davis signing would present the same doubts.
What's different is Kawhi had also just come off a lost year with a very mysterious injury. For him to come back like he has and take his game to another level like this is more than anyone had a right to expect from him. He still has to stay, but they rolled the dice and appear to have won. Physically, Davis presents a much lower perceived risk.
Also, while both players have had uncomfortable meltdowns with their current team, the Davis situation seems more transparent. It seemed a lot harder to figure out what Kawhi Leonard was doing at the time, and that may have rattled teams who would have been interested