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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2753270, member: 488"] At this point, they don't have a ton of leverage. You can ship him to his preferred destination and maybe get a Brandon Ingram type player or you can play it out and lose him for nothing. I'm not in love with Brandon Ingram (I wouldn't put him on the same level as Tatum or Simmons), but he's not even 21 yet and putting up some nice shooting numbers. Boston is dealing from a position of strength. Right now they're set up great long-term even if they lose Kyrie next year. They don't have a ton of incentive to break the bank for Kawhi unless he commits to an extension. I mean, it'd be tempting to trot out a Kyrie/Tatum/Hayward/Leonard/Horford starting five, but with two of them free agents, one coming off a major injury, and the other 32, there'd be potential to look back years from now and say "how did this all go wrong?" ala OKC. Philly is more interesting because of the LeBron factor. If him and Kawhi want to play together long term, you might be able to pry away Simmons, which would be best case scenario. Otherwise, you probably have to settle for something like Saric/Fultz/#10 overall pick. That wouldn't be nothing, but you'd gladly take the known blue chip if you get the chance. I don't know who else would even be a possibility. Talk is that Sacramento could shop the #2 pick, but there's no clear cut #2 guy this year after Ayton. I don't think Minnesota has the cap space to make it happen and even if they did I don't think a player like Wiggins has enough value any more to center a trade. Houston has cap problems already, Milwaukee doesn't really have the pieces, the Clippers have nothing to offer, etc. It's a bad spot for the Spurs to be in. [/QUOTE]

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