NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard wants max 5 years $90 million, Spurs don't want to give the deal

[pickles]

Good for him, them Spurs thought he was one of those "I love basketball so much, I would play for free" types. King Kawhi was like "pay me!!


If Kawhi was on OKC.

 

[FAH1223]

Nope. The Spurs are not used to paying max contract.

To be fair, they did pay Tim Duncan the max a couple of times.

Duncan was making $21 million in 2011-2012.

 

[the kid]

At work reading this thread like . Im rocking with Kawhi on this one. Kawhi the only wing, out of everybody that is getting paid, that got his team a ring. He has been to the conference finals every year he has been in the league. Without Kawhi we would have broken the team up 2-3 years ago. People forget, we were done in 09. Absolutetly done. Had no athleticism. And now the perfect piece falls in your lap in the draft, and you gonna play hardball with him. Mind you, everybody knows the cap is gonna balloon in 2 years, so his contract won't even be as big of a dent in the cap as it looks like now. You don't start off trying to short a player that helped yo get a ring and wants to sign longterm in San Antonio. You will never be able to spend that money on a free agent, so what the fukk are you thinking. The market has been set already. If Parsons and Haywood got paid, Kawhi has to get paid. Simple as that..

 

[A Real Negga]

this nikka kawhi thinks hes really a finals mvp
had spurs won it all in 2013 danny green wouldve got the same award.

its the system, not you..dont u ever forget it

 

[Ohene]

I will let him walk. Over 20 mill per?


Max out 4th options bruhs!

Sad part he will get the max from somebody

the american education system. thats 18 mill a yr

 

[AAKing23]

And dude is like 23, hasn't hit his prime yet

 

[beenz]

Spurs ain't used to dealing with Americans.

 

[Ohene]

i dunno, i can't blame him for asking for it. he IS finals mvp but id wanna see what he could do as more of the focal point first.

-DMP-

well hell have a whole yr to show and prove i guess

 

[pickles]

the american education system. thats 18 mill a yr

:laughing:


:aidisgust:at nikkas who can't even do basic math

 

[SchoolboyC]

That type of thinking would've made the Suns overpay for Bledsoe and the Pistons overpay for Monroe.

Bledsoe still ended up getting 5 years, 70 mil from Phoenix though. And correct me if I'm wrong but there were teams willing to max Monroe too but he was scared Detroit would match.

 

[23Barrettcity]

Gordon Hayward got max.

I can't for the life of me figure out how heyward earned that money

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Bledsoe still ended up getting 5 years, 70 mil from Phoenix though. And correct me if I'm wrong but there were teams willing to max Monroe too but he was scared Detroit would match.

No way Detroit would've matched a max for Monroe.

 

[SchoolboyC]

No way Detroit would've matched a max for Monroe.

I put nothing past Detroit

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Hopefully Morey is whispering in this nikka's ear. I would pay to get this nikka on the Rockets no doubt.

 

[BigE214]

You can't have two secondary dribblers like kawhi and parsons getting the primary minutes on ur perimeter especially when u starting pg is Monta whose a very good player but not a set up man. That just doesn't seem like a good lineup to put together on the floor. Either parsons or kawhi would need to come off the bench....

It most definitely would work although I don't see it happening. Monta brings dribble penetration and DOES create for others. Chandler and Dirk spreads the floor and we're a halfcourt team. We could run the pick and roll with any 2 players (1-4) and have adequate spacing on the floor. At point I'm sure Monta could produce 20 and 8.