Author Topic: Kawhi signs shorter deal: 2 year + 1 year player option (3 years total)  (Read 1601 times)

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Offline PhoSita

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Makes sense -- PG is a FA in two years, so Kawhi doesn't want to get stuck by himself on that team if things don't work out and PG decides to leave.
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Makes sense. He can opt out as a 10 year vet and get 35% of the cap.
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This was posted in another thread, but I don’t know why anyone is surprised.  This makes him eligible for the 10+ max contract in 2 years — I’d have been shocked if he did something else.  The Clips can then use his Early Bird rights to sign him to a 3+1 with max raises, or his non-Bird rights to sign him to a 1+1 max, followed by a 4+1 with max raises using his full Bird rights.

Offline greenhead85

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His move, I think, is giving notice to the Clippers to assemble a title-contending team within the next two seasons. It also gives him time to rethink his options after the 2nd year while he could still be a sought after talent by that time.

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Makes sense unless his thigh blows out again next year. 

Offline Mike Pemulis

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This is like when Marlo killed Prop Joe then told the co-op that the price of the brick was going up.
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Offline SparzWizard

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He can go to the Lakers in two years.


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He can go to the Lakers in two years.
Unless they plan on losing AD for naught and having no contracts take up that space in the meantime, sadly for those salty LAL fans this is never happening.
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Clips have traded their future for a 2 year shot at winning it all.  Kawhi still holding all the cards as long as he stays healthy.
For LA that's the cost of doing business in today's player run NBA.