Phreak50 wrote:Unless he improves a lot once again, Spurs won't pay max for him. That's why they're waiting. They know he isn't worth it now.
It's tough to build a franchise around the type of player he is and if the Spurs had trouble over the years attracting big names to join the best PF to ever play the game, they'll have a lot more trouble convincing others to join someone like Leonard.
Having watched the game for over 20 years, I'm disappointed just how easy players have it these days. You score 30pts once and suddenly the word 'great' gets thrown around. You are the best player on an otherwise average team and that guarantees you get a max deal.
The standard may have been set but I never thought Kawhi would be the type to compare himself to others in the market and demand he be paid the same. And I'm extremely confident the Spurs as a business certainly won't be following that sort of lead.
Yes he is a very good player and yes we damn well need him here, but the principle of paying max for where he is right now just doesn't sit well.
Welcome to the NBA the rest of us live. You all have been spoiled with David Robinson and then Tim Duncan. The harsh reality the rest of us have had to deal with is paying players that are barely stars max money. Leonard reminds me of the Suns dilemma in paying Shawn Marion.
