I hope the Lakers don't get Kawhi for many reasons.
1, we got their picks so I don't want the Lakers having AD/Kawhi for the next 5 years.
But as a general NBA fan, man I just wanna see a wide open league. Props to the Lakers FO if they get Kawhi. They deserve accolades if they do. But to me the Lakers are a must see, intriguing team if it's AD + LeBron + depth. If they get Kawhi, of course they are still must see, but the intrigue would be gone after like a month because everyone knows, barring injury, they gonna likely go to the Finals and win it.
There's more storyline and anticipation in seeing if AD is a real alpha dog now that he has a top player playing next to him, or to see if he just doesn't have that dog in him. If Kawhi joins, it lets him off the hook because we all know talent carries a team to a championship in the NBA more than any other sport.
It's more fun to see LeBron make a run with just one superstar instead of another super stacked team..it'll make his legacy that much stronger. If Kawhi joins, we'll still get the "yeah but he needed two top 5 players to get another ring."
I wanna see Kawhi go at it vs LeBron, not with LeBron.
I wanna see if AD and LeBron can carry a team of role players themselves. You add Kawhi to the mix and it's a damn near foregone conclusion they going to win the whole thing.
So I hope Kawhi stays in Toronto or goes to the Clippers (that'll be some great fukkery). I will give LAL props if they pull off signing him, it's what any other team will do. But I want intrigue back in the NBA, Kawhi to LA would eliminate a lot of that.
