Poll: Which team will Kawhi play for next season?

[tazzmaniac]

Maybe he's so indecisive he ends up sitting out the season.    

[hwangjini_1]

What the heck?

Make up your mind Kawhi.

My wife giving me the eye roll treatment every time I check my phone.

this makes me wonder what she thinks you are checking your phone for. 

[Bobshot]

I expect he'll stay in Toronto on a 1+1.  If he does, Ainge won't look so great backing off on Davis. Letting his agent plus the media control events.

If Leonard goes to LAL, Danny won't look so great, either. It will show that Davis had a domino effect--attracting another top FA.  If Davis had gone to Boston, Leonard probably wouldn't have considered the Lakers. But Davis is definitely an incentive.

So, either way shows how Danny might have benefitted if he pulled the trigger. He could have traded Tatum and Brown  for Davis, then perhaps kept Horford and signed either Irving or Walker.  That would have been a better team for next year. And who knows what would have happened after that.

There is the question as to whether Davis would have kept Irving and Horford around. And whether all of this was affordable. But you figure the trade would offset Davis' salary, and basically they would be in about the same salary position they are now. My guess it was doable. And they might still have Horford and Irving with Davis here.  If not, they have Davis, Walker, Smart and Hayward as the core. Or maybe they attract somebody else because of Davis. Maybe Durant? Insurance in case Davis leaves next year? Dominoes can lead in a lot of directions.

[jambr380]

I expect he'll stay in Toronto on a 1+1.  If he does, Ainge won't look so great backing off on Davis. Letting his agent plus the media control events.

If Leonard goes to LAL, Danny won't look so great, either. It will show that Davis had a domino effect--attracting another top FA.  If Davis had gone to Boston, Leonard probably wouldn't have considered the Lakers. But Davis is definitely an incentive.

So, either way shows how Danny might have benefitted if he pulled the trigger. He could have traded Tatum and Brown  for Davis, then perhaps kept Horford and signed either Irving or Walker.  That would have been a better team for next year. And who knows what would have happened after that.

There is the question as to whether Davis would have kept Irving and Horford around. And whether all of this was affordable. But you figure the trade would offset Davis' salary, and basically they would be in about the same salary position they are now. My guess it was doable. And they might still have Horford and Irving with Davis here.  If not, they have Davis, Walker, Smart and Hayward as the core. Or maybe they attract somebody else because of Davis. Maybe Durant? Insurance in case Davis leaves next year? Dominoes can lead in a lot of directions.

I do not think there was any path to keeping Irving. That is why I think Ainge didn't go through with the deal. In this scenario, we have AD, Hayward, an overpaid Horford, and Brown (no Tatum or Smart). Perhaps you hang on to Rozier, but then you are on the hook for like $45M/yr of Horford and Rozier. If AD left after next year, we might really be in a heap of trouble moving forward.

And I don't think that Ainge should have traded Tatum/Smart/picks for AD just to keep Kawhi away from the Lakers. While I desperately don't want them to win again before we do, that is just a terrible way to run a franchise.

[SparzWizard]

I expect he'll stay in Toronto on a 1+1.  If he does, Ainge won't look so great backing off on Davis. Letting his agent plus the media control events.

If Leonard goes to LAL, Danny won't look so great, either. It will show that Davis had a domino effect--attracting another top FA.  If Davis had gone to Boston, Leonard probably wouldn't have considered the Lakers. But Davis is definitely an incentive.

So, either way shows how Danny might have benefitted if he pulled the trigger. He could have traded Tatum and Brown  for Davis, then perhaps kept Horford and signed either Irving or Walker.  That would have been a better team for next year. And who knows what would have happened after that.

There is the question as to whether Davis would have kept Irving and Horford around. And whether all of this was affordable. But you figure the trade would offset Davis' salary, and basically they would be in about the same salary position they are now. My guess it was doable. And they might still have Horford and Irving with Davis here.  If not, they have Davis, Walker, Smart and Hayward as the core. Or maybe they attract somebody else because of Davis. Maybe Durant? Insurance in case Davis leaves next year? Dominoes can lead in a lot of directions.

Davis wouldn't have played a single game for the Celtics if he got traded there. He's a little kid who wants to be spoon-fed.

[SHAQATTACK]

Even if per chance a miracle transpires

LeBron will be hard to handle in the playoffs with out Kawhi ...

He fiddles around all season then trans forms into a totally different player for playoff games

I think they ll still be WC camps even with out Kawhi 

[Ogaju]

What the heck?

Make up your mind Kawhi.

My wife giving me the eye roll treatment every time I check my phone.

this makes me wonder what she thinks you are checking your phone for. 

Given his moniker probably thinks he is playing footsey. lol.

[SHAQATTACK]

NBa stuff is usually works out the opposite than i would guess ...LOL

because i think the Lakers is his new home ....now

watch him sign with the  Clippers ....West has a way of convincing people

[Birdman]

I thought Clippers all year until Toronto won it..now think he is torn between going home or staying at Toronto where they can win it again..no way he is going to Lakers with James there

[rondofan1255]

NBa stuff is usually works out the opposite than i would guess ...LOL

because i think the Lakers is his new home ....now

watch him sign with the  Clippers ....West has a way of convincing people

Haha good call!

I voted TOR fwiw

[KG Living Legend]

 Boom called the Clippers!

[rondofan1255]

 Boom called the Clippers!

TP!!