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Clippers: 3 reasons fans shouldn’t panic about Kawhi Leonard free agency

By Evan Desai

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No. 3 reason LA Clippers fans shouldn’t panic about Kawhi Leonard free agency: Money can’t always buy trophies

There are a couple suitors for Kawhi Leonard that will have a ridiculous amount of money to spend, and more than the LA Clippers.

The New York Knicks, for instance, will have $72.8 million to spend this offseason.

They can offer a lot, and it doesn’t get better than being able to play in Madison Square Garden. The Knicks are a pretty solid team nowadays too.

But, if they buy Kawhi Leonard, I don’t know if they’ll get a trophy in return. This is because; what else are they going to be able to spend money on after that?

Let’s say Kawhi signs with them for $40 million per year (which very well might be too low). They’ll pick up Julius Randle’s $20 million option, and now they only have $12.8 million left to spend.

What are they going to be able to buy with $12.8 million more if they also then re-sign Derrick Rose, which both parties seem to want to do? Not much, and their roster may not be a championship roster.

If Kawhi stays with the Clippers, however, the Clippers will immediately be the likely Western Conference favorites at the least.

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It just wouldn’t be worth it for Leonard to leave the Clippers. It’s simple: The best situation for him is for him to stay.

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