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https://twitter.com/YannisNBA/status/1012155988026281985http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23930461/los-angeles-lakers-san-antonio-spurs-reopen-talks-kawhi-leonardThe demands of SAS are unrealistic IMO. It's more about trying to keep the price up, but -if past deals for all star players are any guide- they will have to settle for less, esp. now that it is known that Leonard wants out.
So it looks like the Spurs want nothing to do with Deng's contract, or Lonzo Ball. Essentially it will probably take Kuzma, Ingram and a Randle S&T to get it done. Honestly if I'm the Lakers and getting Leonard means getting Lebron (possibly George too), you do it. SAS may fish for an additional asset like Hart or a future pick but I think they'd gladly settle on Kuzma, Ingram and Randle (via S&T)
Quote from: Phantom255x on June 28, 2018, 08:03:32 AMSo it looks like the Spurs want nothing to do with Deng's contract, or Lonzo Ball. Essentially it will probably take Kuzma, Ingram and a Randle S&T to get it done. Honestly if I'm the Lakers and getting Leonard means getting Lebron (possibly George too), you do it. SAS may fish for an additional asset like Hart or a future pick but I think they'd gladly settle on Kuzma, Ingram and Randle (via S&T)Thing is if they don't send out Deng then they won't have cap space for Lebron and George. And without all 3 it's just a rehash of Cleveland. Maybe that's enough for Lebron but he isn't adding to his championships that way. The Lakers need to find a team to take on that Deng contract.
Quote from: TheSundanceKid on June 28, 2018, 08:10:14 AMQuote from: Phantom255x on June 28, 2018, 08:03:32 AMSo it looks like the Spurs want nothing to do with Deng's contract, or Lonzo Ball. Essentially it will probably take Kuzma, Ingram and a Randle S&T to get it done. Honestly if I'm the Lakers and getting Leonard means getting Lebron (possibly George too), you do it. SAS may fish for an additional asset like Hart or a future pick but I think they'd gladly settle on Kuzma, Ingram and Randle (via S&T)Thing is if they don't send out Deng then they won't have cap space for Lebron and George. And without all 3 it's just a rehash of Cleveland. Maybe that's enough for Lebron but he isn't adding to his championships that way. The Lakers need to find a team to take on that Deng contract.They can stretch Deng, sign both LeBron and PG13, and then trade Ingram, Ball, and two of Kuzma, Hart, Wagner (30 days after he signs), and Zubac (if he’s not waived this week) to match salaries for Kawhi. That’s a heavy price, and they would have over $7 million of Deng’s contract on the books for the next five years. But trading Deng is not a necessity.