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Originally Posted by lansdale
Lakers now one of the eight teams in the west that look to win 50-52 games. Strange that they got LBJ and Rondo, who'll take valuable minutes away from their two best prospects, Zo and Ingram. L.A. now out for Kawhi. But Spurs really need to move him or they get screwed.
Think Pels believe that Cousins, who had major surgery after Achilles blowout, wouldn't recover his top form. Regardless, he won't play until January and then, who knows how he'll be. Easy title for GSW, so another boring year in the NBA.
Wonder if Silver will take any action to change East-West imbalance -- west now has almost every player to make an NBA 1st team in the past four years.
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You know, sometimes it is best just to let a guy like Leonard walk than it is to trade him and take guys back that you don't really want but get stuck with. Salary cap space is quite valuable in the NBA and you give that up if you trade.
Also, the Lakers would have to give up quite a bit to sign him next year if they don't get him via trade. You can't just sign a max contract guy unless you have room under the cap. So adding Leornard will mean they have to fill the rest of the roster with rookies and vet minimum guys. The Spurs really have no incentive to help the Lakers IMO.
