I get what you're saying about Ibaka and JV contracts but with the backcourt priced as it is, he couldn't let those guys walk and then go shopping for other big men. Classic hemmed-in situation for management based on the NBA's "overpay for your guys or else!" mentality.

This trade I don't like--basically a cap dump that also cost them two more assets--but I get the sense like the ownership was the one pushing it. This is a drastic move, the type that usually comes from the top-down, especially considering the implications of a total rebuild should Kawhi, predictably, not re-sign