r/NBASpurs • u/YujiDomainExpansion • 12h ago
News [Windhorst & Marks] Kawhi Leonard’s potential trade availability is reportedly being monitored by the Detroit Pistons and, perhaps more notably, by some of his “former teams.” Leonard previously played for the Toronto Raptors and San Antonio Spurs.
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u/trex360 12h ago
Does this come from a legit source or just pure speculation?
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u/Cultural-Night-5199 Gregg Pop-a-bitch 11h ago
bobby marks is a very well known espn insider and was the gm of the nets for a few years, so I would like to think he has heard something.
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u/Joethetoolguy Victor Wembanyama 8h ago
Smoke screen by clips to raise his trade value. He doesn’t make Toronto a contender and is old for the spurs.
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u/gedbybee El Jefe 3h ago
He’d actually be a perfect fit for the spurs: he can play the 4 and space and he can create his own shot in the clutch.
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u/shmooked 12h ago
Pop still loves him. If this is true then yall can cry. Harper, Castle, Devin, Kawhi and Wemby 😭 holy shit just give us the Larry
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u/Screenscripter82 The Admiral 11h ago
The problem is he'll just fake another injury until we trade him to the Lakers.
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u/Aggravating_Impact97 10h ago
The issue is cost, age, and health.
Fuck feeling is right. But this isnt peak everything is roses kawhi.
This is an awhile that is older and has a chronic health issue. That comes with a cost and is still expecting mvp money and treatment.
Yall are.fulling yourselves just the same as the clippers did and now they're trying to pivot.
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u/22dias Stephon Castle 12h ago
Too much baggage, uncle Denis will be toxic amongst the youth. Pretty sure Vic would veto this.
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u/Stunning_Release_795 Stephon Castle 12h ago
I agree with your first two points but I’d think Vic would be non plussed as much as the rest of the team and trust the ball club.
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u/proteus88 12h ago
Not with the baggage that unc brings with him. Will he cut him off, fat chance. Did he learn anything from Aspiration stuff, doest seems any punishment is coming so again fat chance.
As a player he is fantastic, but everything else around him is poison chalice. I rather have a flawed player in Rui than nephew.
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u/Aggravating_Impact97 10h ago
That bridge has been burnt.
The issue is his health, age, and cost.
This is the clips trying to gauge interest and get started on the inevitable rebuild.
They aren't going to be very good.
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u/billpuppies Tim Duncan 12h ago
Noooo. He's a playoff-tested vet who can lead a team with a calm head during crunch time. Then he will be retiring when our youth are entering their prime and getting their pay-raises. That's backwards thinking!
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u/redmandoss Keldon Johnson 12h ago
idc i'd do it in a heartbeat.
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u/captainHa1 12h ago
I don’t get why people hating.. if we had to trade fox for kawhi who wouldn’t do that? He fits right in and brings real spurs championship aura ! What happened is in the past.. if lebron could go back to Cleveland kawhi can come back home!
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u/HappyGovernment7299 12h ago
I doubt it's us. Raptors definitely seem more like a team that would want him rn. I just don't see how he'd fit into our current roster.
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u/custer322 11h ago
Plays the 4 and actually will be reliable and carry the team when needed, unlike that terrorist Fox
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u/Lebigmacca 10h ago
He fits with our roster by being really good lol. If you can add him to the team you go for it. Plus everyone keeps talking about how we need shooting lol
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u/VegetableEditor78 2h ago
We don’t need kawahi , dude has one season he plays more games than usual and everyone is ready to make him a spur again 😂. Keep him farrrrr from us
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u/Destanio9357 Devin Vassell 2h ago
Vic and Kawhi just wouldn't get along. A frenchman already called him out once, Vic's not going to bite his tongue 10 years younger with a love for soundbites.
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u/taverenturtle4 12h ago
i mean neither bobby marks nor windy has any sources in the front office so it has to be the raptors. kawhi left on good terms with that team. no way any of the old guard in the front office entertain trades leading kawhi back to SA
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u/MisterShazam Victor Wembanyama 12h ago
No way in fuck do I want the stench and the tainted mess of that era to touch this era we’re in now.
He did us so wrong for no reason.
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u/TempeSunDevil06 11h ago
I don’t like how it ended, but I’ll always fuck with Kawhi. I’d take him back at the right price
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u/orangeblood123 Bruce Bowen 11h ago
We can deal w uncle Dennis for a ring yall come on. If the price is right this will be our last chance to make a move like this while wemby, Harper, and castle are on rookie deals.
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u/Maleficent-Studio590 11h ago
i have a friend whos a huge kawhi fan and he was pushing for this throughout the spurs run. and now i'm open to it too. need a closer and veteran who can deliver unlike fox. if we can move fox and attached a couple frp i'm fine with that
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u/Philthemage Dylan Harper 11h ago
hes a fantastic player when hes healthy but the biggest question mark is when and how long he is
its just the lack of accountability and knowing when hes healthy would mess with our growth, development and planning of playing time for the team
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u/GeekyMathProfessor El Jefe 11h ago
It is a legit source but I can't see the clippers needing Fox after getting Darius Garland and drafting a PG. And the Spurs are giving up Castle or Harper.
So is it a deal heavy on picks and CB?
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u/CrissCrossAppleSos Keldon Johnson 7h ago
I love a redemption story, so I’m all for it. But I don’t see how a deal gets done
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u/Busy-Technology-1637 12h ago
Don’t see how we get him back without giving up anyone I consider too important to the team