Where Will Kawhi End Up?

[apollotsg [enjin:6592798]]

It would be best for every team (except Tor and Lakers) and the game as a whole if he picks the Clippers. It would be the first time in a really long time where the championship is actually up for grabs. It could be a really fun season - maybe parity is the cure for tanking.

[Camden [enjin:6601484]]

It would be best for every team (except Tor and Lakers) and the game as a whole if he picks the Clippers. It would be the first time in a really long time where the championship is actually up for grabs. It could be a really fun season - maybe parity is the cure for tanking.

Fuck all Los Angeles teams, honestly.

[Lipoli390]

It would be best for every team (except Tor and Lakers) and the game as a whole if he picks the Clippers. It would be the first time in a really long time where the championship is actually up for grabs. It could be a really fun season - maybe parity is the cure for tanking.

Fuck all Los Angeles teams, honestly.

I share your sentiment.

[Lipoli390]

Kawhi will sign with the Clippers. I'm just happy he snubbed the Lakers.

[Phenom]

Does Gersson make a play for Westbrook now?

[khans2k5 [enjin:6608728]]

At least our division gets weaker in all this Kawhi news.

[KiwiMatt]

See if we can be the 3rd team in the deal. Take Gallinari and send Wiggins to OKC

Wiggins always kills the Thunder when he plays them!

[WildWolf2813]

Either you're a team with superstars or a team with assets that allow you to be in play for one.

The Wolves are neither and that's a bad place to be.

This team is tanking. Don't let Rosas, Taylor or anyone else convince you otherwise.

[Lipoli390]

Either you're a team with superstars or a team with assets that allow you to be in play for one.

The Wolves are neither and that's a bad place to be.

This team is tanking. Don't let Rosas, Taylor or anyone else convince you otherwise.

Tanking is a bit of an overstatement. I'd call it taking one or two steps back. That's how you accumulate assets that can eventually bring in superstars - either via the draft like the Warriors or via trade as we've seen recently from the Lakers and Clippers. It's about time we had a front office that understood there are no shortcuts to building a title contender and that the first step in accumulating assets. So let's see what develops out of KAT, Okogie, KBD, Culver, Nowell, Vonleh, Bell, Layman and next summer's lottery pick. And let's see if Rosas can acquire another 1st round pick or to two, or perhaps a couple of additional 2nd round picks in return for Wiggins, Teague and/or Covington. In three years LeBron will be 38 and Kawhi 31. Meanwhile KAT will be 27 at the height of his prime. The primary focus of Rosas should be making sure he has surrounded KAT with has as many similar vintage allstar caliber players as possible three years from now.

[WildWolf2813]

Either you're a team with superstars or a team with assets that allow you to be in play for one.

The Wolves are neither and that's a bad place to be.

This team is tanking. Don't let Rosas, Taylor or anyone else convince you otherwise.

Tanking is a bit of an overstatement. I'd call it taking one or two steps back. That's how you accumulate assets that can eventually bring in superstars - either via the draft like the Warriors or via trade as we've seen recently from the Lakers and Clippers. It's about time we had a front office that understood there are no shortcuts to building a title contender and that the first step in accumulating assets. So let's see what develops out of KAT, Okogie, KBD, Culver, Nowell, Vonleh, Bell, Layman and next summer's lottery pick. And let's see if Rosas can acquire another 1st round pick or to two, or perhaps a couple of additional 2nd round picks in return for Wiggins, Teague and/or Covington. In three years LeBron will be 38 and Kawhi 31. Meanwhile KAT will be 27 at the height of his prime. The primary focus of Rosas should be making sure he has surrounded KAT with has as many similar vintage allstar caliber players as possible three years from now.

two steps back from a 36 win team means they'll undoubtedly be one of the 2-3 worst teams in the West with the other two teams farther ahead in their rebuilding process. If that's not tanking I don't know what it is. The Wolves can't view guys like their free agent pickups as assets. They're just guys, guys that may not be back here next year, guys that if they panned out might be too rich for Glen's blood. All Rosas has done is do what we've seen plenty of times before: sign a bunch of nobodies and castoffs and pray this team has the magical cure to fix them. This isn't the first time this has happened. The only difference between Rosas and Kahn at the moment is that Kahn was at least honest about how bad we'd be. Even in your scenario, Rosas would only have half a year to compete with KAT before KAT asks out.

Seriously, we're back to the "pray these stars get old and these teams blow it up". Even the teams that suck seem better equipped for the future than this team. The Pelicans might not make the playoffs and they're loaded. Sacramento is 2 deep almost everywhere, Memphis has their cornerstones on rookie deals for a long time to come. OKC just traded George yet still have Westbrook, now have SGA and a war chest of picks in addition to their own. Ive said it before and I'll say it again: I don't think Rosas realizes how hard it really is to build a competitive team here.

Fun fact: Only three Wolves have spent more than 7 seasons on this franchise: KG, Sam Mitchell and Doug West. Wally Szczerbiak entered his 7th season with the Wolves but was traded midseason to Boston. Gorgui Dieng and Andrew Wiggins will likely join this list, but that's because nobody wants them. Long story short, I'm not gonna believe Towns completes a 7th year with the Wolves until it actually happens.