2021-2022 MAVS NEWS: 4th in West | WCF loss [ARCHIVED]

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He's still better than THJ and it's frankly not close IMO. 

THJ is also bad on defense and always has been. At least KP has been good there before last year. 
THJ is a better shooter but KP is an overall better scorer. 

Again take the contract value out of it. Now the injury concern is valid. But I still take the better player. If we are concerned about injuries, we probably aren't  trying to sign Kawhi.

The most recent version of KP we witnessed is worse than THJ and it's frankly not close IMO.  And that's coming from someone who isn't the biggest fan of THJ on the court, check my tag.  And that's also coming from someone who has defended KP's shortcomings a ton because I think a lot of the blame rests outside of his shoulders.  You have a lot more cap space to tinker with the roster if it is a KP for Kawhi swap rather than a Kawhi addition.  If Kawhi sits for a year, we'd certainly be a worse team but we own our 2022 pick.

Injury is only part of the KP issue.   Kawhi would be easy to trade and get great value from.  We'd be lucky to recoup half of what we still owe for KP at this point.

For the record, I think Kawhi is the pipe'iest of pipe dreams.