Was Giving Kawhi Leonard An Extension A Mistake?
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- Опубликовано: 21 май 2024
- In January, the LA Clippers decided to give Kawhi Leonard an extension. It was met with some controversy, but overall, the LA Clippers were rolling, and nobody really questioned it due to the way Kawhi Leonard was playing. But now that he got injured yet again, was it a mistake? Right now the Clippers only have Kawhi Leonard out of the big three signed up for next season and it seems like a chance to go a different direction but because they have committed to Kawhi Leonard, it seems unlikely. Did the Clippers make a mistake?
In this episode, die hard, Los Angeles Clippers fan and host Darian Vaziri breaks down whether or not the extension was a mistake and what it means for the Clippers off-season.
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Dude imma Mavs fan who’s still watching your pods. Keep goin crazy Darian
Same here, from Raccoon squad. Darian is not just a clips fan but also a fan of the game. I also aubscribed to dime dropper
@@morriscastillo9587 imma go drop a sub over there too. Go Mavs we letting it ride all night broooo
also a mavs fan here, I'm always here for a grounded perspective. you're doin good work. keep it up!
Not all locked on hosts created equal but Darian def one of the best they have
@@bobbybeez858 wow thanks guys
Am I the only person who thinks Kawhi played himself out towards the end of the regular season? Dude was doing crazy shit and I was thinking it was only a matter of time until he got injured. I also think if we had made it to the 2nd round he would have been good to go.
Yeah I forgot if it was this channel or the other. One of the reporters said to darian that the Clippers spent too much energy on the reg season and they all burned out too early.
Kawhi is NEVER good to GO 😡
It was just bad luck. We should go back to resting him back to backs
I would NEVER pay James Harden $40M for 3 years until he’s 37-38 years old 😡
Just sat down with a plate of ribs for dinner and instantly I receive a new Locked on Clippers to watch. Now that's good luck!
I dunno, Kawhi is my guy....but I can't believe we gave up Shay 😭
I'm still rockin with you Darian
I actually think Xavier Moon is a serviceable PG… He plays under better control than Bones 🦴, Shoots pretty well, and he seems like he can run an offense.. Sometimes teams are always looking for the BIG names and they have the talent right there, just let them play… Moon & BJJ
love the background photo in the vid man!
Fire ty lue before any roster changes
Sorry for my absence.
I was hurt with the loss
U should talk about some replacements for pg if we trade him this offseason?
Far bod on the show!!! ok I see you Darian lol show picking up some valued guests. congrats on your progress brotha
Time will tell. The Q of whether trading away SGA to go 213 was a good move is reaching the end game soon.
In the slim chance they win it all next year it will all obviously be "worth it". There is also the hard accounting of turning profits, which is related but a fiscal conversation in very different terms.
Maybe we should get Bickerstaff, who just got fired from Cleveland. I wouldn't mind because all you're gonna see is Lue's same player rotations and the younger ones on the bench again all year.
Yes, big mistake giving kl such big extension (50 M per year) so early. No team will ever trade for him and fill the salary cap with a never available star, just too risky!
I agree that email was nothing but BS!!
Yup, I agree I would run bones, resign BBJ, let plumlee go, sign Drummond as back up center. We got to develop some of our young guys as we need more energy and youth in our rotation. I'm ready to move on from PG just hated his effort and mentality this playoffs, best to sign and trade and get some pieces back for him in my opinion
The biggest ability is availability and Kawhi is perennially a playoff no show...trade Kawhi, sign and trade PG 13 and reset...
Of course, it is... How can you pay in full when you get half the product? I'm a Mavs fan.
I wonder how Pg would be treated by coach Tom Thibodeau in NY if he plays like in this season with Clippers? Because looking at progress that players who came to NY made i think that we have potentially good players but coach Lue and his staff can't make them play.
After 14 seasons I'm having a hard time letting go of this abusive relationship, but yeah, extending a max contract for a guy who has again and again shown he is 100% unreliable was a mistake, unless the goal of the team isn't winning but making money and then maybe having Kawhi, a guy who but for injuries might have gone down as one of the greatest ever to play, is probably putting butts in seats--not my butt though. I'm done!
Yes and No. Yes cause it was this regime who gave it. No if the regime changes. A great GM which clippers lack knows Kawhi's deal will be a nice expiring in a few years and will net the assets to rebuild or compete. FWIW I don't expect any changes unless Ty moves on. The fact no extension has been announced makes me wonder if Ty is interested in other opportunities. Probably posturing though. I just dont get this idea that they cant rebuild without picks. You can if you get the right scouting and "Hit" and "Development" the talent you take. Plus theres the undrafted pool and g league. Ballmer wanting stars for Intuit is moot when the stars are always injured.
Sure it look bad for us right now but who knows what will happen? Nobody saw Kawhi and PG.. Who knows what will Balmer and West will pull off in the future..
Im ride or die with 213! If kawi could ever be healthy in the playoffs who knows what could happen
He was "pain free for first time since 2017"
Hard to say. Back then you got a "bargain" , after inflammation issue it's easy to "say yes"
Bargain?! That’s not a bargain…
@richardwerka25 yes it was. Could have the FULL MAX.
also if anyone CAN be signed, Ballmer can sign them. Like no other owner, however reticent he may be to look like he's outshining all the other owners.
@shaft9000 yeah he got gone break bread. And if Kawhi knew makes to a ring. Nobody saying shit 💯
If Paul and James is inconsistent then how is that help!?
If they don’t run it back it will look even more dumb and I think harden and PG likes the team environment and LA. If PG goes to Philly he isn’t going to be as respected, harden too isn’t very respected in the league anymore. TyLue treat them like kings no other team will do that they will go to the bench if they play the way they played in the playoffs. Pg and harden are asking for too much right now. As a clippers fan I’m getting pissed but I still want them to repeat at least one more year. The rebuild will be after kawhi era he too old to rebuild a team.
If PG leaves I’m hating on his IG comments . He won’t win anywhere else. I don’t think he want to leave he just want a very high sallary but clippers are in luxury tax . If they wave PJ Tucker Plumlee and theis, and get Jonas valanciunas, like PJ sallary is almost the same as Valanciunas. So Plumlee and theis salary can be used to bring batum back
Paying him was a mistake, just like paying PG or harden will be a massive mistake. It’s time to move on from all three and rebuild.
Yes
Yes. They renewed the contract too early and paid him too much.
Darian, I'm sure PG is not looking for the max... Has anybody thought about PG looking for guarantees that he's not going to get traded to a shitty team 3 months later as they did my boy Blake?
You can't trust this FO... and I would not blame him if he seeks a no trade clause instead of the max
Yea.
If I'm PG, I'm bolting L.A. as soon as possible. If he's weighing the pro's and cons, family in L.A., Money, and playing with Embid & Maxey. Embid & Maxey are a far better Duo than Leonard and Harden while also giving PG a better chance of getting to the finals in the east vs the west.
I would absolutely bolt bro, he'd get millions of millions more dollars, a better chance at winning and maybe a little more fan appreciation. I would not stay in L.A. for sentimental reasons. That's the only way he would stay, and doing so his chance of getting to the finals, and getting more money is GONE.
If I'm any star or super star there's no way I'm signing up to play with Kawhi. You have to accept and believe that people are who they've shown you they are. Kawhi has shown that he will not and CANNOT be available.
I absolutely love Steve B., but if I'm PG I'm out....
That would be Fitting, being he’s the reason the Clippers are in this position… SGA could still be wearing a Clippers jersey
@@torrey2708 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂....It's not like PG called the Clippers and forced them to make a trade for him. Kawhi "asked" for him and would not sign a deal with the Clipps until they agreed to give up SGA for PG. You're making it look like PG said hey, trade SGA for me...and do it yesterday.
My gosh you people......🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Absolutely a mistake, how much more you have to wait for him to be healthy specially in the playoffs. They brought harden there to be a 3rd option, not to be your 1st. Don't expect them to win anything if he becomes your 1st option, james harden tried, but he just couldn't.
wait.. kai not on contract? I thought we bagged him for multiple years?
Not a mistake, the Clippers just have to build a younger , Athletic team around him .
Not a mistake.
When healthy he is still an all star level player.
They just have to hope he can make it through a full postseason.
Ppl can always be delusional
Okay but considering his history they should have waited till the playoffs
@@sydguitar99 first good take
Move harden
Dude’s knees are trash - way to take a franchise hostage and not even play when needed
Big mistake
It was a huge mistake.
Clippers should try to get Steven Adams from the Rockets
We just stay hoping for the day we get a healthy run from Kawhi. Torture 😢 but I know once we get it, that Intuit Dome ring will be sweet.
Don’t count on it, this group is COOKED
lol come on benjamin you believe that?
The Clippers are basketball's version of the Yankees, OLD, EXPENSIVE, AND OFTEN INJURED. That's a bad formula for the NBA.
Not even close to being a mistake. You got him at a discount and with Kawhi the Clippers are always contenders. Health is the only issue with this team. Blow it up??? Overreaction
you sound like a Kawhi stan based on your comments
@@LockedOnClippers lol lazy response. Debate my point. Rather you want to admit it or not, this team lead by Kawhi was widely considered to be a championship contender, but I’ll take your lil stan comment lol
@@cedricfuller2645 i just have no interest in debating with stans. They don't have the best interest in the franchise long term
@@LockedOnClippers I gotcha 👍🏿
@@LockedOnClippers nice content tho. I enjoy it
We’re cooked fa the next 4-5 years so who cares anyways
No it was not a mistake. Every star player deals with injuries. Clippers curse has to end eventually
You need Kawhi for three rounds plus the FINALS, Kawhi can’t play for more than two rounds consecutively… The Clippers franchise is DONE ✅ and I’m a die hard
@@torrey2708 we could have said the same thing about Jamal Murray, Anthony Davis, Steph curry. They all suffered injuries before getting a chip. Guys like Zion, embiid, ja morant Mitchell, butler, kyrie, dame are injured every year should all those teams just not try to compete ? It’s literally every team that deals with this aside from a few players like Lebron and James harden who are durable and always available for their teams
@@andreslancheros2863
Bro the 213 era is 5 years old with NO RESULTS, and they're OLD NOW. it's time to blow this up and find talented youth Asap by any means via trade or whatever.. The Clippers been in LA since '84 I'm tired of excuses Bro 😡
@@torrey2708 the reality is the clippers have little options to rebuild. All of our 1st round picks have been traded so we literally can’t tank for at least 5 years. This forces steve ballmer to have to be competitive every year which he always does anyways. This isn’t as bad of a position to be in. We just need some size to compliment the stars.
@@andreslancheros2863
Sign and trade PG.. Trade Kawhi for whatever you can get(youth).. You guys are suckers for PAIN
It just hurts when you say cancun ,,,,,, crying face
I think so… He’s not getting any younger or any healthier. Unlike Luka, Kawhi needs to be more than 80% to be useful on the court.
LOCKED ON PLS RID OF THIS DARRIAN FOR NEXT SEASON. HE IS NOT UNBIASED HOST AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MANY FANS AT STADIUM AND THEY TRUELY DONT LIKE HIM. HE KEEPS MISREPRESNTING THE CLIPPERS ORGANIZATION.
I disagree, he’s just honest about your favorite player and it hurts your feelings most likely
Who should they get YOU??😂😂😂😂
Plenty of other Clippers pods if he's not your style. He's not exactly my style but he offers analysis that others don't. Plus he reasons through his arguments. Even when it's different from his opinion, he covers it. If you want positivity and jokes, listen to ClipCast. If you want more nerdy analysis, listen to the Lob the Jam. If you want the best mix of serious and laid back, listen to Clips and Dip. And if you want straight passionate basketball, listen to Dime.
LMFAOOOOOOOO sure. Maybe a couple people? I get shown hella love at the arena. All those fans will love me when 213 is gone cause they crave positivity
@@kennethlopez4217 massively
It was a huge mistake giving Kawhi an extension, Clippers are screwed for the next couple of years and will be the laughing stock of the NBA.