LogFAQs > #905303493

I shouldn't have said "finally" because there's already a bunch of chatter about how Kawhi hates the idea of playing for Toronto and now everybody is wondering if they'll trade him to LA. This whole thing is such a huge shitshow.

I get that players should be entitled to go where they want but they also have an obligation to play out their current contract with a team. Not like demanding a trade is totally unprecedented, but a team not wanting to trade to a conference rival isn't unheard of either. Both sides probably have valid reasons for how they acted but Kawhi comes out of this looking worse imo.

The Spurs made a good trade forwarding the drama onto Toronto, but if he ends up going to LA anyway, which is still looking like the case, they would have been better off trying to take away assets from the Lakers. Of course if Toronto sends him to the Lakers, the Spurs look like geniuses since the Lakers still lose some young guys, they don't give Kawhi his demands, and they end up with a win-now type of player instead of prospects.