Boy, reading this thread you’d think LA already signed Lebron and George and traded for Kawhi.
My thoughts:
1) Can’t see Pop and Buford trading Kawhi to his preferred destination of LAL after his actions this past year, let alone a conference rival. They’d have to significantly overpay to get him, IMO, probably starting with both Ingram and Ball. Think Boston and Philly much more likely.
2) Even if LAL does land all three, are we sure this isn’t still a good thing for us? That opens up the East for us for years to come, and that puts three super teams, along with several up and coming young teams in Denver and Utah, all in the West to battle each other.
3) Not sure a Kawhi trade would be worth it, given that we already have Brown and Tatum cost-controlled, let alone Hayward. I’m also concerned about potentially losing both Kawhi and Kyrie next summer.
All in all, I’d rather pass on Kawhi. I’d rather see us focus this summer on trying to solidify that big position post-Horford by dangling that Sacramento pick and Rozier to try and move up for someone like Jackson Jr or Bamba.