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To that point, multiple league sources indicated this week that the Warriors were reasonably close to trading for Kawhi Leonard last February — apparently with much of the deal terms generally agreed to — before the Clippers ultimately decided to pull out of the talks.

Those same sources said that it’s understood around the league that the Warriors will continue to pursue big names to complete a glamor starting lineup that would also include Curry, Draymond, Jimmy Butler (when he’s healthy), and maybe Porzingis.

Leonard’s name continues to be connected to possible Warriors moves.

ThinkSoftware | Hawks

317 | 9 hours ago

Lot of big trees up in Northern California

Coolguynumber01 | Warriors

67 | 9 hours ago

dude’s gonna buy a house in Redwood City

jaggedjottings | San Francisco Warriors

33 | 8 hours ago

Where ironically there aren’t many redwoods. Send him to Mill Valley instead.

Fishingfan4life

5 | 7 hours ago

Yea way more sequoias

ASK_ABT_MY_USERNAME | Warriors

2 | 3 hours ago

Tons of them in the Warriors old home of Oakland

Zigxy | Pacers Bandwagon

0 | 6 hours ago

Mill Valley is rich, but nearby Belvedere, Tiburon, or Ross are where actual billionaires live.

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

2 | 6 hours ago

Pablo gonna expose Kawhi as a billionaire next

okaybreh | Warriors

3 | 5 hours ago

Climate best by government test

WhiteRoseFromPluto

281 | 9 hours ago

If Kawhi could stay healthy with Curry that’d be a great duo

Ophidiansounds

281 | 8 hours ago

If kawhi could stay healthy we wouldn’t need to say this every two weeks

WhiteRoseFromPluto

75 | 8 hours ago

To be fair he’s having his best season in a very long time and will play the majority of the season lol

Ophidiansounds

62 | 8 hours ago

Fair enough. But I will say a broken Klawck is right twice a day

dustinthegreat | Slovenia

13 | 7 hours ago

The self-lob, THE JAM

HOFredditor | Warriors

0 | 7 hours ago

SLAAAAAAAM DUNK !

WhiteRoseFromPluto

4 | 8 hours ago

I’m dead lol

qj1135 | Knicks

-5 | 8 hours ago

so are kawhi’s knees every couple months

Unpickled_cucumber1

-3 | 8 hours ago

Shower this man with awards

CravingKoreanFood | 23

9 | 7 hours ago

Only cuz it’s his contract year lol

Suspicious-Whippet

4 | 7 hours ago

Is it contract season already?

pagny77 | Timberwolves

3 | 6 hours ago

Hes playing through a wrist sprain to increase trade value. Watch his teammates intentionally throw the playin so he doesnt risk getting injured in the post season

Dumbass1171 | Bulls

1 | 8 hours ago

He’s been healthy this season

narcistic_asshole | Cavaliers

29 | 8 hours ago

Steph is obviously on another level, but you kinda get glimpses of what that’d be like watching the Clippers now that they have Garland and his off-ball movement and shooting

WhiteRoseFromPluto

-5 | 8 hours ago

Yeah that trade kinda turned their season around

kcoe24 | Timberwolves

26 | 8 hours ago

???? They were on a massive winning streak before the trade. And continued to win after the trade before Garland even played.

narcistic_asshole | Cavaliers

2 | 6 hours ago

Yea they were kinda on a tear before that. I do think both Garland and Harden fit better with their new teams.

Harden gives the Cavs size and as good as DG was at running pnr, Harden’s one of the best ever at it and giving him two great roll men in Mobley and Allen feels almost unfair.

Garland meanwhile really bumps up the pace of the Clippers offense. He’s as good as just about any player in the league and forcing defensive rotation so adding that to a team with a floor-spacing front court and a healthy Kawhi makes for a really nasty offense

RainRainPurpleRain

8 | 8 hours ago

The trade definitely turned the Clippers long term outlook around, and Garland has been great with the Clippers - but this trade is NOT what turned the Clippers season around.

After the 6-21 start, the Clippers were already doing extremely well with Harden leading up to the trade for Garland (they recovered to like 25-28 at the trade deadline). There were a lot of factors that led to the turnaround, notably Kawhi hit a massive and sustained healthy/hot streak where he was playing at MVP levels, the JVG defense started to click again, due to injuries, Lue was forced to play surprisingly talented young blood (Sanders, Miller, Neiderhauser) breathing some much needed energy and hunger into the squad, plus DJJ returned from injury and was more impactful than most realized. Also the CP3 chemistry issues might be real given the timing of the turnaround. As a fan, it was jarring when Harden wanted out in the middle of a crazy stretch of success, but he wanted a longer term commitment than management was willing to make.

Happy to have Garland, but just want to add my perspective on the turnaround during this crazy season.

DarkoDragicevic

7 | 9 hours ago

i sorry he not played for usa 2024

HalcyonDrift | Heat

13 | 8 hours ago

apology accepted

sorendiz | HOU

7 | 7 hours ago

it’s good to finally know who we can blame for that

TW_Yellow78 | Minneapolis Lakers

2 | 8 hours ago

Curry health hasn’t been the best either, especially this season

etfvidal | Lakers

1 | 7 hours ago

Same for Curry!

couchtomato62 | Warriors

1 | 5 hours ago

Except he won’t. He will get his money and back to normal.

wubbalubbadubdub45

1 | 4 hours ago

he seems to be fine this season, curry is now the one that has real injury concerns for his future.

PootieTooGood | Cavaliers

233 | 9 hours ago

“Much of the deal generally agreed to” is a weird way of saying “LAC didn’t agree with the warriors best offer”

IMovedYourCheese | Warriors

64 | 8 hours ago

Exactly, you either have an agreement or you don’t. Obviously each side will agree to everything that is favorable to them. The last part is always the holdup.

DayComprehensive1078

23 | 8 hours ago

Like it could mean they agreed on the players but were fussing on what picks to include, or it could mean that they were nowhere close, it’s so vague and really doesn’t mean anything without actually knowing/explaining what part was the hiccup.

Also does “last February” mean this season or last season? I’m assuming this season, so it could also be that Clippers backed out when if they realized that there wouldn’t be a huge punishment for their Kawhi/aspiration stuff (as in, Kawhi wouldn’t be punished with a suspension and having to miss games)

It really isn’t saying anything except “GSW was interested in trading for Kawhi too even after they have Butler”

CarmeloDramatic

2 | 7 hours ago

All it actually means is kawakami’s source works for the warriors. Idk what the warriors could have offered that’d be remotely worth it for the clippers anyway

NextWafer2667

1 | 7 hours ago

Gotta be last year. No team in their right mind would risk taking Kawhi right now if there’s even the slightest possibility he might get banned. For the record, I think it’ll get swept under the rug but if you’re a GM I just don’t see why you would take that risk.

cl353 | Heat

3 | 8 hours ago

yea i was expecting a “kawhi stopped the deal” thing but nope. that doesnt sound like the deal was actually that close

shinbreaker | Spurs

1 | 6 hours ago

They just need some time to set up some front companies to give Kawhi more money under the table.

NoLimitSoldier31

4 | 8 hours ago

Haha right. Clippers ultimately turned down the Kawhi for Moody & Pods deal.

chris-dempsey |

5 | 7 hours ago

Pods

Over Kerr’s dead body

wubbalubbadubdub45

1 | 4 hours ago

steve kerr would threaten to quit if they offered his prized podz

IAmNotKevinDurant_35 | GSW

1 | an hour ago

This is Kawakami reporting it, so it’s likely coming directly from the Warriors front office

--Rick--Astley--

77 | 9 hours ago

BREAKING NEWS: Player was not traded

supreme_wavedash | Bulls

2 | 5 hours ago

I guess you can say

They were never gonna him up

OkExchange7229 | Rockets

25 | 9 hours ago

Jimmy butler I hope you enjoy LA 🫡

And no, Draymond + salary fillers still wouldn’t have been enough (Kuminga was already traded), it was clearly Jimmy and Picks

jdorje | Nuggets

5 | 6 hours ago

This says last February. Does it mean this February? Not sure which would make more sense or if anyone cares.

Briggity_Brak | Tampa Bay Raptors

2 | 6 hours ago

Yeah, pretty sure nobody cares because it’s obviously not true.

FERFreak731 | Jazz

11 | 9 hours ago

That’s good to hear. That Clippers pick this year would’ve been 9th best lottery odds for the Thunder had they did it. But now it’s looking like that Clippers pick will be out of the lottery

Skillomie | Lakers

-2 | 8 hours ago

A play in team is still in the lottery lol

sorendiz | HOU

9 | 7 hours ago

only if you expect the hospital warriors or the blazers to beat them in the play-in

shit they’re not even locked out of getting the 7th seed yet, although it’s a bit of a long shot

Skillomie | Lakers

1 | 4 hours ago

I absolutely do believe the blazers will beat them lol

sorendiz | HOU

0 | 2 hours ago

Crazy take imo but I suppose anything can happen in a bo1

Ok_Pick5000

5 | 7 hours ago

Only if they don’t land the 7 or 8 seed.

Skillomie | Lakers

0 | 4 hours ago

They’ll lose to the suns and the blazers

nbaistheworst

12 | 9 hours ago

It’s spelled “Kawakami”

jonsnowKITN

10 | 9 hours ago

Would the clippers trade him in the off-season?

KL2ConspireLLC | San Diego Clippers

45 | 9 hours ago

That might be difficult once his contract is voided by the league.

xdgaymer69

10 | 8 hours ago

If anything even happens lol

YujiDomainExpansion

1 | 8 hours ago

I think they’d very much consider it for the right offer. Expiring contract after this season, 34 years-old, probably will make All-NBA first team or second team after this year. This is probably the most value they will ever be able to get.

motherthrowee | Warriors

8 | 9 hours ago

translation: some unspecified startup ran out of runway and couldn’t pay kawhi his money

SMOKE2JJ | NBA

2 | 7 hours ago

Ya this economy is hitting everyone pretty hard. Ya gotta feel sorry for him at this point with all those unpaid millions racking up. Planting some trees is pretty cathartic though so hopefully it’s not impacting his mental health.

Sneakyk88

5 | 7 hours ago

GSW gotta let it go. Lol it’s looking bad over there

SufferingSucatash137 | Thunder

1 | 6 hours ago

Don’t worry Pogz will bring them back to the promise land

grepya

3 | 6 hours ago

We missed out because we already have too many trees up here in northern California.

MJRuinedMyChildhood | Charlotte Bobcats

2 | 8 hours ago

Potential man strikes again. Warriors almost did a good move but the other team was too stupid to realize it!

PalePilsenDiet | Warriors

2 | 8 hours ago

April Fools!

Odd-Direction9452 | Lakers

2 | 7 hours ago

Feels like a thing that gets revisited this summer. Have to imagine this was where Kuminga would have headed if it went through.

f_et_al | United States

2 | 7 hours ago

April 2ools

f_et_al | United States

2 | 7 hours ago

Wording is a bit unclear (in the article as well)

Couldn’t tell if he meant last year (instead of the Jimmy trade), but the article seems to imply Feb this year

guzzler_bennett_jr

2 | 6 hours ago

is “last february” 2026 or 2025? I assume 2026, but if someone said “last february” in a conversation they’d usually mean” “february of last year”

wubbalubbadubdub45

2 | 4 hours ago

steph and kawhi will alternate to who plays and who sits each game

Skillomie | Lakers

1 | 8 hours ago

How would Kawhi trade even work before any final determination on aspiration? Let’s say he was traded at the deadline for a haul and then this summer the league voids his contract, would the warriors just have been SOL??

AshenSacrifice | Clippers

1 | 7 hours ago

Then it gets swept under the rug of course

TechnicalSample4678

1 | 8 hours ago

Ive said i think this is where he ends up. Works better for the Warriors to go after than Giannis imo as well

MusclyArmPaperboy | Raptors

1 | 7 hours ago

Were they worried about a possible suspension?

Blowback_

1 | 7 hours ago

Why keep Jimmy and go after Kawhi? I’m confused by that. Even if Jimmy doesn’t play next year, there’s still the year after that.

dead-serious | San Diego Clippers

1 | 7 hours ago

Kawhi’s last year of his 3 yr deal next year. He should play for GSW as a ringer to win one final chip then retire away to the trees. Not even far from home

PressureMiserable | Spurs

1 | 7 hours ago

The irony of kawhi getting traded from LA to the team that derailed his career would be funny as hell tho

Dm-me-a-gyro | Spurs

1 | 6 hours ago

Kawhi said “no thanks”

domdomburg | Supersonics

1 | 4 hours ago

Easy to imagine a sweaty draymond yapping passionately in Kawhi’s ear during a timeout, while Kawhi stares in space completely ignoring Draymond.

ricepail | Warriors

1 | 4 hours ago

Maybe I’m misremembering but I thought I saw a quote from Balmer last year that he’d rather let Paul George walk away in free agency for nothing than to potentially help the warriors by trading him to them (or be used as a third party in any substantial warriors kuminga trade). Could be that the front office had a potential deal for Kawhi they would have accepted, but Balmer rejected it for similar reasons.

haikupoetics2 | Spurs

1 | 2 hours ago

Bro why is Golden State both the daycare and retirement home of the NBA

Life-is-beautiful-

0 | 8 hours ago

Curry, Jimmy, Kawhi, KP, Draymond? I’ll take them all healthy even just for 1 season.

redplasticbowl

-1 | 8 hours ago

Kawhi, Curry, LeBron, Draymond, and a no name bench.

Uncles the Revenge Tour coming to an arena near you

TheGoatPurdy | Warriors

-5 | 8 hours ago

kerr didn’t want to give up podz for leonard

Coolguynumber01 | Warriors

1 | 8 hours ago

ahh you again. is it physically possible for you to make a comment without bringing up Podz? this gotta be a bot

f_et_al | United States

2 | 7 hours ago

Ah, yeah. This guy - every time I made any post, he magically appeared with some super negative comment right off the bat. Ended up blocking him.

TheGoatPurdy | Warriors

-7 | 8 hours ago

Who are you? Never seen your name before

And also, why would a bot post about podz LOL 🤡

Coolguynumber01 | Warriors

3 | 8 hours ago

there you go again mentioning Podz in another comment

TheGoatPurdy | Warriors

-6 | 8 hours ago

hmm? not sure who you are. never seen your name before. guess i live rent free in your head, podz stan

[Kawakimi] The LA Clippers and Golden State Warriors had a deal centered around Clipppers superstar Kawhi Leonard with “much of the deal generally agreed to.” The LA Clippers appeared ready to deal Leonard to Golden State before pulling out of trade conversations.