Full disclosure, the reason I’m not nervous is because I always expected the trade to go through before Kawhi announced his decision. Remember the whole hulabalu about processing the deal with the league either July 6th or July 30th before the Wizards deal, b/c it was about whether we could afford 2 max players. The Wizards deal unlocked the ability to provide a near max to the FA and have the trade process first with AD waiving his no trade kicker. By AD waiving the no trade kicker the Lakers are able to offer Kawhi $32m a year, and over 4 years it projects to $128m. The fact AD has agreed to waive this tells me that Kawhi is coming, he’s just coming after AD is officially traded to us.

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