What’s Next for Kawhi Leonard? Plus, Free Agency Check-in and Mets Corner!
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Coming up on a late night edition of the Zach Lowe Show, we waited for Adam Silver to say something, anything about the Kawhi Leonard trade that wasn't, was, might be still.
What did Adam Silver reveal about the Kawhi Leonard trade investigation?
And he didn't say all that much at the Board of Governors. But we talk about Kawhi in limbo, Raptors in limbo, Clippers in limbo, League in limbo. kind of in limbo with this strange, unprecedented situation. When is this investigation going to end? When is this trade going to go through? If it is going to go through, how did we get here? Then we talk about LeBron, Victor Weminyama's new contract and the whole second apron, supermax conundrum, best and worst moves of the off season, good under the radar moves. Bad over-the-radar moves, most inexplicable moves. Tyler Hero versus Bam, a runaway bison. Kurt Goldsberry is here to talk about all of that on a loaded edition of the Zach Lowe Show that's coming up right after this.
A lot going on in the NBA, a lot of intel coming from Vegas, and a lot of substance, I thought, coming from Adam Silver's Board of Governors press conference tonight. So we'll get into all that coming up now on the Zach Lowe Show.
Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show. Kirk Goldsberry is here. It's very late at night. We delayed this episode to see what Adam Silver would say at the Board of Governors from Las Vegas, where I just got back from. I should have stayed a day longer. What he would say about the Kawhi Leonard trade that was and then wasn't and then still might be. And what he essentially said, Mr. Goldsberry, was the timeline for the resolution of all this, quote, remains this summer. It's July 14th. The Raptors traded for Kawhi Leonard two weeks ago. The trade has been put on hold. And the timeline remains this summer for Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, Katz, and Billable Hours LLC to wrap up this mammoth investigation of Kawhi Leonard's cap circumvention and to see if perhaps there are some consequences for Kawhi Leonard that would fall onto the Toronto Raptors if they should acquire him.
Like if his contract is voided, what the hell would that do? Do you unwind the whole trade? What if he's suspended? I don't think that's really the issue here. And like Kirk, I kind of like, was a little shocked at how calm everybody was and how calmly Adam basically just said, Oh yeah, these two teams, like you're just going to be in limbo for a while, because if there's an adverse finding against the, against the Clippers that implicates Kawhi Leonard's contract, somehow that would jeopardize this trade. That's not just like the end of it.
Why is the Kawhi trade put on hold and what timelines could resolve it?
That finding, Adam Silver has to present that to an arbitrator who then has to hear more arguments about it, including from the Players Association, and then has to rule on it. That's like a long time. Now, I've been told that the parties involved have been hearing that this is going to be, quote, weeks, not months. But even that is... The Clippers and the Raptors are like stuck here unless they decide to walk away from the trade. And by the way, Adam, like not so subtly sort of blame this on the teams involved and mostly the Raptors saying that everybody knew what the issues were going to be. I don't want to get into who said what, when he said he didn't want to do a tick tock quote about it, but that all the issues were well known.
None of this should have been a surprise. I think the teams themselves obviously slightly disagree, but for whatever reason, because they made a trade. This is a whole thing, man. What did you think of it?
I thought it was a bunch of, it was like sort of overall, there was a nothing burger. I thought we might get news today. And we certainly held as hell. We didn't get any news. I'm not sure if he's talking about meteorological summer or astronomical summer, Zach Lowe. I laughed out loud last Zach Lowe post when he said, don't forget about cats when you named off the list of the lawyers in the law firm.
Gotta remember cats. You know what, Kirk? Don't forget about Grady Dick, okay? He's a part of this too. Grady Dick doesn't know what country he's going to reside in.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:06–0:17
2
What did Adam Silver reveal about the Kawhi Leonard trade investigation?
0:17–2:51
3
Why is the Kawhi trade put on hold and what timelines could resolve it?
2:51–14:37
4
How suspicious is Gary Trent Jr.’s four-year, $64M deal and why does it matter?
14:37–1:27:42
5
Is free agency less explosive under the new CBA and how has team-building changed?
1:27:42–1:41:37
Speakers
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