2019-20 WORLD CHAMPION Los Angeles Lakers Thread

Originally posted by StOnEy333:

Man, the second that Jalen Rose "99% hearing Kawhi to TOR" report was picking up serious steam Uncle Dennis made the call to Cris Carter to shoot that rumor down QUICK. 🤔

— Deano Martino (@FourtyPlusFour) July 3, 2019

LOL. Jalen Rose doesn't have a good track record. Didn't he say KD to the Knicks? I don't think I would get worked up about Jalen Rose.

A source on the Lakers forum has posted the following:

AEG has learned that earlier today Kawhi's camp has reached back out to the Lakers. Per his request, details of the discussion were not disclosed.

Originally posted by susweel:

He ain't signing with the lakers if he was he already would have. Dude is being a b***h he should just stay in Toronto.

I may have to eat crow about him going to the Lake Show. Kawhi is trolling everyone and he loves it

Originally posted by sacniner:

Originally posted by susweel:
He ain't signing with the lakers if he was he already would have. Dude is being a b***h he should just stay in Toronto.

I may have to eat crow about him going to the Lake Show. Kawhi is trolling everyone and he loves it

I still think he will go to the Lakers. But who knows? Maybe he will indeed go back to Toronto.

Maybe he's going to wait till the fireworks start tonight to make the announcement.

Originally posted by sacniner:

Originally posted by susweel:
He ain't signing with the lakers if he was he already would have. Dude is being a b***h he should just stay in Toronto.

I may have to eat crow about him going to the Lake Show. Kawhi is trolling everyone and he loves it

I think he's going back to Toronto, so you may end up eating crow, sac.

Some reports I have seen on the internet suggest Kawhi Leonard will make his decision and possibly announcement tomorrow on Friday. Whatever that is. So we will see. We should know something one way or another by tomorrow apparently.

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Some reports I have seen on the internet suggest Kawhi Leonard will make his decision and possibly announcement tomorrow on Friday. Whatever that is. So we will see. We should know something one way or another by tomorrow apparently.

I think he announces it tomorrow - he's had enough time to decide.

Originally posted by mayo49:

Originally posted by SanDiego49er:
Some reports I have seen on the internet suggest Kawhi Leonard will make his decision and possibly announcement tomorrow on Friday. Whatever that is. So we will see. We should know something one way or another by tomorrow apparently.

I think he announces it tomorrow - he's had enough time to decide.

I think so too. I can't imagine he drags it through the weekend into next week. That would make no sense. Those reports were apparently from his camp BTW. They didn't say what the decision is. Just that it will very likely be made on Friday whatever it is.

I read that the Lakers would have to have a commitment by July 6th, otherwise they don't have their max slot available because of the AD trade, or something like that. I don't know the exact specifics.

Originally posted by StOnEy333:
I read that the Lakers would have to have a commitment by July 6th, otherwise they don't have their max slot available because of the AD trade, or something like that. I don't know the exact specifics.

I STILL think he goes to the Lakers. But after all the conflicting reports and misinformation out there who really knows? I think the Clippers are out. The Raptors would not surprise me. The Lakers would not surprise me.

But dude just really needs to make a decision now. He is holding up the whole league and other guys like Danny Green who was waiting on him to decide where to go. Meanwhile all the free agent money is getting eaten up. So there is less available. He is really hurting other guys now with all this delay. He needs to decide period. Whatever it is.

Kawhi decision likely today. Cris Carter seems to be the only one who kind of knows what's going on with Kawhi. I want to emphasize "kind of"

Originally posted by 4ML:

"For Kawhi, this is about which organization is going to support his quest to be the best player in the world and get as many championships as possible. To me, the only team that presents that is the Lakers. I believe there's going to be an announcement today." — @criscarter80 pic.twitter.com/0zN42SttZt

— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) July 5, 2019

Kawhi decision likely today. Cris Carter seems to be the only one who kind of knows what's going on with Kawhi. I want to emphasize "kind of"

Best player in the world and team that will give him the most championships? Sounds like the team that he just won a trophy with.

If KD and Steph cancelled each other out for 3 years, that wont happen with Lebron, AD, and Kawhi? Lol Chris Carter.

Originally posted by Bluefalcon61:

Best player in the world and team that will give him the most championships? Sounds like the team that he just won a trophy with.

If KD and Steph cancelled each other out for 3 years, that wont happen with Lebron, AD, and Kawhi? Lol Chris Carter.

Raptors aren't in position to potentially give him most championships in his career. Playing with AD for next 5-7 years will give him the best opportunity to win more championships imho.

Originally posted by 4ML:

Originally posted by Bluefalcon61:
Best player in the world and team that will give him the most championships? Sounds like the team that he just won a trophy with.

If KD and Steph cancelled each other out for 3 years, that wont happen with Lebron, AD, and Kawhi? Lol Chris Carter.

Raptors aren't in position to potentially give him most championships in his career. Playing with AD for next 5-7 years will give him the best opportunity to win more championships imho.

Going to LA would give him the most opportunity for multiple championships. Even when James retires - Kawhi and Davis will still have them in the hunt.