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Kawhi Leonard is largely seen as the single asset that could “clinch” a LeBron James departure to the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason. Yet, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, the two superstars have yet to exchange words this summer regarding a potential partnership. via RealGM: “As for Kawhi, I have been assured very strongly that […]

The San Antonio Spurs are not used to NOT winning. They are a franchise that has made the playoffs in each season since 1997-98 and won at least 50 games in all but one campaign during that two-decade stretch. Unlike most other teams, a full-blown rebuild process is an alien concept to the Spurs. At […]

When it comes to Lonzo Ball, the San Antonio Spurs’ interest in him seems to be comparable to the level of attention the public is giving to LaVar Ball’s JBA league. The Los Angeles Lakers are in determined pursuit of Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard, but convincing San Antonio to give up the talented swingman is […]

The Kyrie Irving era in Beantown might only be comprised of one ephemeral season. That’s not as unlikely to happen as what most people believe if the Boston Celtics truly want to bring in to their fold embattled San Antonio Spurs superstar Kawhi Leonard. According to Jake Fischer of Sports Illustrated, while the Spurs have […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have ramped up their efforts in the last couple of days towards working a deal out with the San Antonio Spurs for All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard. However, that was met with the Spurs putting a high asking price on Leonard in order for a trade to be feasible. In response to […]

Things have steadily picked up over the few weeks for the San Antonio Spurs regarding All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard’s future with the franchise. It has become quite clear that he has a strong desire to move on elsewhere due to how things have unfolded over this past season involving his quad injury. Throughout the process, the […]

Kawhi Leonard playing with LeBron James is not a scenario many in NBA circles thought they would ever witness. But according to Jordan Schultz of Yahoo Sports, Leonard reached out to James to discuss his desire for this exact scenario. The source told Schultz that Leonard highlighted his own defensive prowess as a way to […]

According to new reports, the Boston Celtics are not using Jaylen Brown as a piece in trade talks for Kawhi Leonard with the San Antonio Spurs. How do we know this? Well, I am glad you asked. It comes by way of this report: Hearing Jaylen Brown has NOT been discussed in any potential deal […]

The Boston Celtics have yet to get any assurance or sense of indication that San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard would be willing to stay in Boston if traded there, according to Mark Murphy of The Boston Herald. The Celtics front office is doing its due diligence by exploring a potential trade for Leonard, but […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly willing to send Brandon Ingram to the San Antonio Spurs for Kawhi Leonard as part of their Godfather offer. This news comes by way of ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, who also notes a future first-round selection is in the mix. From Woj’s ESPN report: The Lakers are willing to include former […]

The Boston Celtics entered this season with high expectations. They traded Isaiah Thomas for Kyrie Irving. Gordon Hayward was the shiny-yet-familiar new toy brought in to raise the ceiling. Add solid depth, intriguing young pieces, and an elite coach, and many expected Boston to eclipse 50 wins with room for more growth. Not even 10 […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will have to go balls-to-the-wall with an offer too hard for the San Antonio Spurs to resist, if they hope to land their prized star, Kawhi Leonard. Yet rumblings of the purple-and-gold having a “Godfather offer” has rival teams wondering if they have what it takes to compete with them in […]

The Boston Celtics are one of the two main teams taking their best shot at trading for Kawhi Leonard, after reports of the San Antonio Spurs being “fully engaged” with several teams in potentially making a deal for him. Though the front office is wary of plenty of things — among them, his desire to […]

Gregg Popovich met with Kawhi Leonard just over a week in hopes that the San Antonio Spurs and Leonard could get on the same page and that the relationship could be repaired. How the meeting went is a mystery and nothing really came away from it good or bad. Now it appears that the meeting […]

The San Antonio Spurs are now reportedly ready to move on from Kawhi Leonard and fully engaging several teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics in trade talks, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Spurs are at an exploratory point at this moment, after being hellbent in hopes to repair the relationship […]

Free agency doesn’t start until July 1st, and that is when all the big offseason moves are supposed to be taking place, but it looks like the offseason madness could be starting a few days early. Tim Tompkins of Suns Solar Panel reports on Twitter that there is going to be a big trade coming […]

In the midst of a huge potential trade in the works between the Los Angeles Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs, reports of a potential disconnect between Kawhi Leonard and his reported preferred destination have emerged. ESPN’s Steven A. Smith said during his radio show that the atmosphere surrounding the Lakers’ Showtime-rebirth aspirations could be […]

With the Warriors anticlimactic sweep in the NBA Finals and Alexander Ovechkin finally lifting the Stanley Cup, the period of lull in three out of four major US sports inevitably began. The American sports fans are now slowly winding down from a season filled with excitement, but things are just getting heated up at the […]

Kawhi Leonard has entered the LeBron James free agency drama. According to rumors, the current San Antonio Spurs forward will be key whether or not the Cavs star joins the Los Angeles Lakers or not. Per Ramona Shelburne, Adrian Wojnarowski, and Brian Windhorst of ESPN: The stakes on these talks are enormous, because a deal for […]

When Kawhi Leonard requested for a trade, he made it clear that he wants to go the Los Angeles Lakers. But given the Paul George and LeBron James drama, the other team in LA seem to be creeping in on Leonard. Basketball pundit Stephen A. Smith said that the Clippers intend to move some pieces […]

Despite the San Antonio Spurs showing barely any interest in trading disgruntled forward Kawhi Leonard to the Los Angeles Lakers, Magic Johnson and company are not letting that cold treatment stop them from trying to extricate the superstar from San Antonio. In fact, the Lakers have contacted San Antonio again on Wednesday after initially getting […]

The Boston Celtics have a desire to acquire embattled San Antonio Spurs superstar Kawhi Leonard via a trade, but such a transaction seems to be highly unlikely as of the moment. According to a source of The Boston Herald’s Steve Bulpett, the Celtics have contacted San Antonio, but the conversation did not bear any fruitful […]

The rift between the San Antonio Spurs and Kawhi Leonard has apparently come to the brink, as the star forward reportedly does not want to step foot in the Spurs’ locker room again, according to ESPN international announcer Alvaro Martin. The Spurs remain adamant that no team will force them into a trade before this […]

The Los Angeles Lakers’ time is ticking, with only two days left to get a deal done with the San Antonio Spurs for their estranged star Kawhi Leonard. Leonard is viewed as the key piece in the balance for luring LeBron James in free agency, but the cost of making that trade would be to […]

The Los Angeles Lakers have insurmountable pressure ahead of this free agency period, now counting with only two days to find a way to acquire Kawhi Leonard before LeBron James makes his impending free agent decision, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Brian Windhorst, and Ramona Shelburne. James will have to make his decision to opt […]

It was supposed to be the ideal pairing of two of the best forwards in the NBA. There was no doubt that the two would terrorize the league for years to come. The San Antonio Spurs have previously been reported as one of the teams LeBron James is interested in going to, teaming up with […]

The saga continues. Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs always seemed like a match made in heaven. But recently there’s no secret that there’s trouble in paradise. Leonard sat out most of the 2017-18 season with a mysterious quad injury and many outside observers wondered why it was taking Leonard so long to return. […]

Things have once again taken another twist for the San Antonio Spurs with Kawhi Leonard making it clear to the organization that he wants to be traded. This has immediately put both Los Angeles teams on the map with Leonard voicing that he wants to be moved to his hometown. However, NBA veteran reporter Peter […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are a team determined to right the ship immediately this summer. Magic Johnson and general manager Rob Pelinka will be going all out in their attempts to upgrade the roster with superstar talent in NBA free agency with LeBron James and Paul George expected to be in their crosshairs. Although this […]

Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs have a few issues to sort out this summer, and the big question is will both sides be able to come together. Head coach Gregg Popovich and Leonard met last week, but Peter Vecsey doesn’t think it matters because Leonard has already emotionally checked out. “Emotionally, Kawhi has […]

It has been a couple weeks since Kawhi Leonard requested a trade from the San Antonio Spurs, and with every passing day the picture seems to get clearer about where he could end up. The BetDSI Sportsbook released a future on where Leonard is going to end up, with a couple of surprising odds. The […]

One of the big storylines this summer to watch across the NBA is exactly what is going to happen with Kawhi Leonard. Will the San Antonio Spurs and Leonard be able to work out their differences and will the Spurs decide it’s time to move on and trade him? Paul Gasol who has been with […]

News broke back in May that superstar power forward/center Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves are “not in a good place internally.” This was reported by ESPN’s Zach Lowe on The Lowe Post. His colleague Brian Windhorst asked Lowe to share his thoughts on Towns and the Timberwolves. Here is what Lowe said via Hoops Hype’s […]

Kawhi Leonard made it clear this offseason that he wants a trade from the San Antonio Spurs. But the Spurs get to pick where he goes. It looks as if the Spurs want to keep with Gregg Popovich’s philosophy of avoiding trading assets within the Western Conference. In this piece, explored the Kawhi situation a […]

Zhaire Smith entered Texas Tech’s campus as a three-star recruit, which was not an ideal designation for a future NBA first-round pick. And yet, there was Smith getting called in the 2018 NBA Draft on Thursday as the class’ 16th pick overall by the Phoenix Suns. Smith was later traded to the Philadelphia 76ers along […]

The San Antonio Spurs will have the utmost diligence dealing with a touchy situation with their disgruntled star, Kawhi Leonard. General manager R.C. Buford offered that while the team remains intent in finding a solution and keeping him as a Spur, the front office will leave to peg unturned. “Kawhi and his family mean a […]

While Chauncey Billups is busy comparing guys like Jaren Jackson Jr. to Joakim Noah and Collin Sexton to Eric Bledsoe, Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown has a different provocative player juxtaposition in mind. According to Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Brown sees at least a little of Kawhi Leonard in Zhaire Smith, whom […]

Things have taken yet another turn for the San Antonio Spurs regarding Kawhi Leonard’s future with the franchise after reportedly requesting a trade this summer. This latest development has had another former longtime Spur Bruce Bowen has weighed in on the situation where he isn’t holding back his feelings about what has unfolded over the […]

Plenty of drama is unfolding in the NBA Draft right now. Some trades have already pushed through, including that of the Atlanta Hawks swapping their no. 3 pick to the Dallas Mavericks for the Mavs’ no. 5 selection and their 2019 first-round pick (top-five protected). One rumor that also sprouted concerns the L.A. Clippers, who […]