 This would be real good for the San Antonio Spurs not so much for the Toronto Raptors It's about narratives It's not about the best player because the best player hadn't won the MVP in a very long time I don't think TO looks as bad as the Hall of Fame this weekend This would make no sense to me skip with no assurances that Kawhi litter with Resigned and you give up the centerpiece with which would be DeMargie Rosen and maybe a new to me and maybe Purtle skip this makes no sense I believe skip at the end of the day This is why Philly and Boston and all these other teams other than the Lakers I believe this is why they're hesitant because he's not giving them reassurances that he would reside I like those three pieces right you could take those three these are win now pieces right as opposed to let's just do the Hypothetical I know this has been kicked around but the Lakers You know if they give Brandon Ingram Kau Kuzma and Josh Hart and I'm falling in love with Josh Hart in the summer Look as he is a man among kids at the in Las Vegas as a longtime Spurs fan. I am also I'm shocked by I am pleasantly shocked If this is really on the table I'm good with it. Yeah, this would be real good Yeah, the San Antonio Spurs not so much for the Toronto Raptors You can squint and say oh would the Raptors do that move if they thought what percent chance with the Raptors Need to believe they could keep Kauai Leonard in order to do that move and you could even argue Would the Raptors do that move even if they knew they couldn't keep Kauai? Because privately maybe they would like the idea of getting off DeRozan's money of being able to start a new of being able to Start fresh why can be traded anywhere like any team? Yes, so it's is it a possibility but nothing's changed from Kauai's side as far as from these standpoints He still wants to go to Los Angeles and he's still not Interested in being rented out for one season. I think the Lakers should go after him And I think they should go after him now. I think he would be an incredible asset now having LeBron James Of course There's discussion about what they would be willing to give up who they would be willing to give up their top assets Brandon Ingram to me is tops on that list Kauai Leonard is doing something I really like now fans in San Antonio are ticked But if he's successful It's gonna change this league. He comes out with a year left and says I will play for the Lakers By making it public through his people what general manager is gonna give away anything to rent him for a year I'm not giving up. I'm not giving up elite players and draft picks knowing He's kind of a different cat to begin with and he wants to be a Laker This is what we know about the MVP voting. It's about narratives It's not about the best player because the best player hadn't won the MVP in a very long time LeBron James comes to a once Still story franchises, but they're going through the riff the worst stretch of basketball. They've ever encountered He comes. Yeah, he's LeBron James Stores order MVP narrative That's what's going to happen. You know that I know that Even you can't disagree on this. I completely agree with LeBron should be the prohibitive favorite to be the Runaway MVP next year and I think he processed this very quickly. He's thinking legacy He's thinking I need to win an MVP in my 16th season because Nobody has ever won an MVP this late in their career. Where are most guys in year 16? Bridge Paul made the point either out of the league Commentators are saying I wish he'd retire like he's kind of you know He's he's tarnishing how I want to remember him or they are taking a much lesser role as a complimentary player Yes, he's not only the number one free agent available this offseason He's the best odds to win most valuable player But those are the things that you have to do if you're gonna be in that rarefied air if he's ever going to be I mean, he's in the conversation with Jordan, but if the court in conversation just like Michael Jordan He changed how you looked at NBA players once he got those three championships took that time off ended up getting three more and the MVPs it's it changed the way we evaluated Kobe changed the way we evaluate LeBron if you go back to when LeBron 16 years old and I would have told you Six or seven things about him including multiple titles multiple teams took the worst team ever to the finals his first game as a pro As a baby was a all-star line He is gonna be the greatest statistical player ever. Oh, no by the way in year 16 He moved to the Lakers and he's still the best player in the league. I think our expectations are sort of warped on him I think we would have taken we would have stopped at he wins two team titles in Miami and one in Cleveland You could just say okay. He's every bit as good as we thought The hall had no other choice I mean would just to put his name with the rest of the guys because really what this is celebration It's a celebration of football, but it's a celebration of the other Players and executive Bobby Bedford. It's a celebration of their careers and the people that were important to them So when you've decided That you're not going to come to the celebration I don't know what what other recourse that the hall had he didn't want to be a part of it So now we want to include a player in something he wanted no parts of So if it's his right to not come and I ate He and I we've talked about it. I disagree and I told him I'm disappointed in it, but he said Shannon I'm comfortable with it. I trust trust me. I won't regret it. I said, okay, Teal. I hope you're right Can't the Hall of Fame says well since you do not want to be here We just gonna honor and highlight the guys that are here. I don't really see the problem with that Teal and I were friends. I talked to him last week about it and I told him my opinion I said it's my opinion that he should go and you know what but till the grown man, you know Either way, I'm gonna support my friend either way, right? You know, I feel like that This problem was started really by the sports writers. It really was Teal with no doubt was the first ballot hall. I mean, it's no doubt The bottom line Teal is was Eagles Cowboys Niners needy He needs constant affirmation. He seeks attention in every turn You do not going in and you knew it before you voted him in I don't have to love a player being needy, but he's human But for an institution to be petty You got to be above that. I don't think Teal looks as bad as the Hall of Fame this weekend He's the first of three hundred and ten Who said no to the induction ceremony and the Hall of Fame finally said, okay If that's the way he wants to play it, then we're going to exclude him from our program, right? It's not the end of the world, but It's it's tarry to a tee because I Told you he's not happy unless he's unhappy