Kawhy Leonard

[Astaluego]

He'll be 34 soon..he has 2 seasons left after this one making 50 million for each of them... The Clippers are stuck in the middle of the table.. Does KL still have aspirations to win? Or does he have other priorities bigger than basketball and is he fine with the Clippers? Would the Clippers be open to moving him for the right price? What is his value? What would you offer for him?

[Frankie]

Nobody is giving up anything of value for him, I'm sorry. He hardly ever plays. He's an incredible player when he's available.

He's played 249 games since joining the Clippers in 2019. Jalen Green, for example, has played 287 games and he got drafted into the league in 2021.

No competent FO will trust that he won't just be hurt all the time.

[facothomas22]

I don't see anybody being interested. He's injury prone and hardly ever available in the playoffs. He's seems to be on a decline as a player overall on top of that. The Clippers are likely struck with him,unless they are willing to take on a even nastier contract in Bradley Beal or somewhere that range.

[james vincent]

Not without pick swaps and pick(s).

[schaffy]

I dont see him getting moved. And its really not even about how good he is, its about his contract and availability. Even if the Clippers decided they needed to get off his deal, I dont think they should be paying what it would cost to move him.

Under the old CBA we saw his team with deep pockets load up on an expensive roster to try to load manage him through the season to get to the playoffs. And even that didnt seem to work as he got hurt in the playoffs. Under the new CBA where that isnt the same option given the roster building limits placed with apron rules, I struggle to imagine anyone would take on that contract (without significant other value coming in) given the real availability issues he has.

[gswhoops]

Yeah I don't think there's a deal out there for him. In theory, to have interest in a Kawhi deal, you're looking at a contender or pseudo-contender who's deep enough to be a solid playoff team without Kawhi on the floor, that also has $50M in contracts sitting around that they can move without hurting their existing roster, that's also willing to eat a bunch of salary and deal with the accompanying apron/tax issues to marginally improve their chances of winning a title. I don't think that team actually exists.

The only deals I can see the other team taking are ones that LAC would (correctly) not have any interest in, i.e. to Phoenix for Beal or Philly for Paul George.

[babyjax13]

Yeah I don't think there's a deal out there for him. In theory, to have interest in a Kawhi deal, you're looking at a contender or pseudo-contender who's deep enough to be a solid playoff team without Kawhi on the floor, that also has $50M in contracts sitting around that they can move without hurting their existing roster, that's also willing to eat a bunch of salary and deal with the accompanying apron/tax issues to marginally improve their chances of winning a title. I don't think that team actually exists.

The only deals I can see the other team taking are ones that LAC would (correctly) not have any interest in, i.e. to Phoenix for Beal or Philly for Paul George.

Dallas for Irving?

[ecuhus1981]

No takers, I presume

[Slim Charless]

Yeah I don't think there's a deal out there for him. In theory, to have interest in a Kawhi deal, you're looking at a contender or pseudo-contender who's deep enough to be a solid playoff team without Kawhi on the floor, that also has $50M in contracts sitting around that they can move without hurting their existing roster, that's also willing to eat a bunch of salary and deal with the accompanying apron/tax issues to marginally improve their chances of winning a title. I don't think that team actually exists.

The only deals I can see the other team taking are ones that LAC would (correctly) not have any interest in, i.e. to Phoenix for Beal or Philly for Paul George.

Dallas for Irving?

Philly for Embiid.

[gswhoops]

Yeah I don't think there's a deal out there for him. In theory, to have interest in a Kawhi deal, you're looking at a contender or pseudo-contender who's deep enough to be a solid playoff team without Kawhi on the floor, that also has $50M in contracts sitting around that they can move without hurting their existing roster, that's also willing to eat a bunch of salary and deal with the accompanying apron/tax issues to marginally improve their chances of winning a title. I don't think that team actually exists.

The only deals I can see the other team taking are ones that LAC would (correctly) not have any interest in, i.e. to Phoenix for Beal or Philly for Paul George.

Dallas for Irving?

Philly for Embiid.

Kawhi and George worked so well in LA, why not run it back.

[Slim Charless]

Dallas for Irving?

Philly for Embiid.

Kawhi and George worked so well in LA, why not run it back.

Kawhi for PG13?

[ejftw]

Clips won't deal him. He's worth a lot more to the franchise than what they would get in return, rightfully so, as he's a pretty big negative at this point