QRich3 wrote:Yeah I don't want Butler at all. I've been saying it all year, I'd like Kawhi to come cause he's low maintenance for the most part, but if he doesn't come, I don't want Butler or Irving or Thompson or any of those guys, I wanna keep building a good team with patience and a long term view. Get some development for the kids, a good pick next year, and keep building value until you find that cornerstone. None of those guys that are not good enough to be that main piece but still make you rush your timeline.
Which is why I was against the "build a little engine that could team to attract a star and when any success comes, claim you dont care about anything else that happens next/ it was all worth it because that little success was enough" from the jump. If it's not Kawhi or KD coming, I dont want it. Oh great, Klay and/ or Kyrie on max deals. Maybe a WCF trip once in the next 5 years. ZZZZzzz
Could it work? Sure.
But traditionally, stars are joining stars. Very rare they just say, "oh wow...45 wins? What a culture. I want that."
I've even made the case that there is more history of players joining "lesser" teams if they can look and see star players on the horizon....Nash-Suns...Paul-Griffin...Bron-Cryrie.
QRich3 wrote:
About Kawhi, the only thing that makes us a better option than Toronto is being in LA really. The rest, front office, roster, future outlook, etc. we're pretty similar. I wouldn't give a big edge to one or another. Now according to reports for the past year or two, being in California is important to Kawhi, so that might be an actual edge. For a lot of people, it isn't, and as some of us have been saying for a while, we haven't got the slightest clue what's going through his head. We, or any reporter we've read, no one really has a clue but him. Just as I didn't think we had any advantage over the Raptors before, I don't think they have it now just because he hit a big shot and they treat him as a hero. We just haven't got a clue, like before.
True. I'm of the opinion we are the better option. However, the big picture for him is the same - be a superstar for a team that won't be much without you.
The LA thing is overblown. So many players in the last 20 years have bought homes in LA. Kevin Garnett had one. Paul Pierce, from the area, was essentially a Celtic for life. Russ, Harden, George are all from the area, own homes there and, for now, seem to be set on finishing their career elsewhere. Many players spend their offseasons in Southern California, renting these huge homes. Should we start a rumor about all of them? This was supposed to be the thing for PG. OMG he wants to be home so bad. He wants home so bad. BRB signed with OKC. Maybe Kawhi does want LA, but outside of him buying a home near San Diego (where he went to college and nowhere near a Clipper facility) and twitter, what else is there?
There's ONE reason I hold out hope for Kawhi coming to the Clippers:
I think he will take a meeting with us and I'm sure Ballmer, Mike, Trent, and Jerry will make an incredible pitch to him.
Everything else....meh...baggage...baggage passed to us from twitter.
Pass it back.
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