Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 2509. (Read 923232 times)

Exactly, he has worked so hard last season so I think he deserve the respect. Maybe he has a lot of offers right now and choosing not just the salary but where he and his family will be comfortable with.

I remember that he bought a massive house in LA, hmm. But let's see what team he will go when the season starts.

https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-kawhi-leonard-rancho-santa-fe-home-20190124-story.html

I'll be happy to whichever team he will choose to play, this guy deserves some big respect and recognition and whichever team he will play, I will believe that they have a chance of becoming a championship team, and to be more excited, I'll probably gonna put a bet in the NBA futures once it's live.

I actually like that Kahwi is delaying his decision and taking all the time he wants. If he gets more by doing that, then so be it, he deserves it. I wouldn't mind if he announces it on the very last day  It just shows that he doesn't give a sh*t about all these media hypes.

I'm talking about the fans not the management mate. If you have read the past posts that I replied, the credits were just given to the superstars excluding Iguodala for the championships that they've made.

It's about their reinvention everytime there's an event like this. They were about to get the title for the last season but they think it's best for them to take a trade.

Let's accept this fact happens in NBA and other leagues.

He has most of his wonderful experience with the Warriors, and he won a Finals MVP guarding Lebron in the NBA finals, that's a big achievement to him.
But things has to change and we should also accept this, players are aging and not playing as aggressive as they used, so Warriors needs to find a solution for this.

If he was able to stop Leonard last NBA finals, maybe we will not see this news now.

I'm also sad when I heard and read about that but then like what others said, it's a business. For sure if Iggy will retire and request into Warriors, pretty sure they will give him a one day contract. He is part of GSW era and made a good contribution for the team but Warriors move is surprising. No one knows it was coming.

Sad truth that even the players did there best and give everything to show love on this sport, franchise will still take care of the business, letting go of the players is no longer important right now as they need to make sure that fans will be at the teams back.

Iggy was there when warriors starting the journey to the finals, he's been named as finals MVP back then, but again it will just ends up as business, warriors needs to adjust.

For the start of the season, I think they will rely on Looney first as their starting center but if they see that Cauley Stein is a better fit for the Warriors for the center then he will be the starting and he is better compare to Looney in my opinion.

I'm still waiting for the ending of the "Where will Kawhi go? Part 2" . Lakers have a higher chance than the Raptors but lets see. If he goes to the Lakers, be ready Western Conference teams .

Teams aren't loyal so it is no surprise that they got ride of Andre Iguodola.  People think the Lakers were loyal to Kobe by letting him retire a Laker but the only reason they did that is because he was still filling up the seats in Staples Center.  People don't pay to come watch Iggy play and he is an aging player.

I don't think that unexpected decision by the GSW to cut/trade him has anything to do with his production on the court. The official reason behind it is that in order for GSW to complete the sign and trade with Nets for DLo, they had to remove a contract from their roster. The unofficial - 5 days prior to him being traded to the Grizzlies he was a guest to "The Breakfast Club" (online radio show), where he put some strong accusations against their medical staff, he also talked about GSW ownership, Mark Jackson and why he hasn't had a new job since...interesting stuff.

I certainly agree with that, the basis is not solely based on the contribution of Iggy, it was based on his performance in the past season, and this season I think Iggy is less productive.

I don't think he was discredit or something by the Golden State Warriors management. It's all business, he was paid, delivered even won an MVP. And besides, only a few team in NBA has kept their main core intact, its the nature of the business and I'm sure Iggy being a veteran, understand this.

Lost of premature reports today about Kawhi. That's why even it's not intentional on the part of Kawhi, people take it again as he is starting to create a drama again lol. People should relax a bit and just wait patiently for progress.

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No worries, Steve Kerr is used to that.

D'Angelo Russell will fill Klay Thompson's position on the start of the season until I think before the All-Star break. Thompson will follow the normal period of recovery to his injury which is 5 to 7 months. In that timeframe, that's enough for Kerr to analyze what will be the best role that he can give to D'lo or if he will make some adjustments.

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Discredit for what? Do we have an official source stating that Iggy has been discredited by the Warriors itself or some post by people in the social media or it's just a self-opinion?

No, it's not what you think. As I said in my previous post, Iggy is the only valuable player that Warriors can trade. No way they will just do nothing while other teams are busy strengthening their respective cores. No discrediting part and I feel good for Iggy because he can still expect a good deal to another team at his age.

I'm sure he will not be on Memphis for long even if a buyout will not happen. But regardless if he will stay here or not, no doubt he can surely bring a big contribution to the Memphis squad.

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Don't see anything like that. Even on the most toxic page about NBA, I didn't saw any post or comments regarding Iguodala being discredited. He is a humble player to the point that I can't see the involvement of his name every time fans are arguing between Warriors and other teams. Maybe you just saw few so it's not a big deal after all and just ignored it.

I understand that it's all about business, franchise and other reasons to make their team better. But some fans aren't giving the credit that our boy Iguodala needs for contributing and giving his best to the team.
That's all that I'm trying to say.

In NBA this is all business, though Iggy have contributed in the past to make the Warriors a champion but he got paid for that and he is therefore expected to deliver, and you are right, his lots of injury could be a problem for the Warriors so they'll to adjust.

If the last time they won the championship and we still see some changes, so that's kind of a normal thing.

That is not really it.
They need a new face of their franchise. I mean they need to build it now and not later. Just like what they did with Steph before.
And because they lack the space they will need to let go of Iguodala.

But that doesnt mean they are discrediting the success of GSW by letting him go.
This is just like the Tony Parker thing.
Before he retires, he will still make money out of whatever team he will be and he gets to play too.
He is 35 and got a lot of injuries by now.

Feeling bad that Iguodala has been discredited for the success of Golden State Warriors. Each player that has contributed during their run should be credited and Iguodala is one of it. Though those three players that has been mentioned are still good remaining on the team but don't underrate our boy Iguodala.

Do not forget about Andre Iguodala. He was instrumental and really the game changer in their first NBA finals match with Lebron's CAVS team. Since he was also traded, this current Warriors line up may still be dangerous but they no longer have that "invincible" aura. I doubt other teams will fear them now.

True. Even Green positions himself as point and we saw it at the Finals when he was taking the ball down and getting some good buckets because he is being left open.
GSW plays is moving without the ball and we saw it was still working well.
They lost a lot of players in their playoffs games but yet they still made it to the Finals. It is not about them being a super team anymore but more of preserving their main players, Green, Curry and Thompson. They will just be adding another young player for their future.

Thanks to Leonard having a bad decision making or should I say late decisions.
Now, the Lakers will have a problem taking more free agents since they are all being grabbed by other teams. If they cannot make that deal with Leonard then they will be left by small paid players who will just fill up their roster.