Flex Luger
Job Is Finished
– Teams concerned about Kawhi’s representation. It’s an uncle and a football guy but no one with an NBA track record GMs can trust. GMs cannot go to ownership with confidence Kawhi will or won’t re-sign because there is no relationship or history with his reps.
— Woj contradicts recent Kawhi/Clippers reports. Says the idea of going to Clippers and head to head with Lebron and potentially being dwarfed by that does not appeal to Kawhi.
— Suggests the days of “godfather” trade offers are over because teams value draft picks and cheap contracts more than ever
— Talks about 5th year option not being the advantage for small markets that the NBA hoped it would
— Marks doesn’t think Spurs have the leverage they think they do. They suggest offers might improve if Spurs allowed interested teams 24 hours to talk to Kawhi
— Woj says Sixers may have more medical info on Kawhi than the Spurs because their doctors have more access.
— Woj doesn’t think any party has the stomach for it but admits that the only way to increase value of trade return would be if Kawhi proves he’s a top 5-10 player again on the court