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Which teams could afford Kawhi Leonard if he surprisingly leaves the Clippers
Kawhi Leonard is probably staying with the Los Angeles Clippers, but it's notable that the "probably" qualifier is now necessary. There was seemingly no chance that he'd leave the team he maneuvered so desperately to reach for most of the season, but slight rumblings stemming from a recent Marc Stein newsletter and later appearance on Greenroom have sent the message that, even if his return to Los Angeles is still by far the likeliest outcome, there are "teams that no longer make the blanket assumption that Kawhi will stay with the Clippers and plan to pursue him if they get the chance."
There's a chance that sentiment is just misplaced optimism. It might also come down to Leonard's notoriously quiet nature keeping the Clippers in the dark. He moved Heaven and Earth to get to Los Angeles. The assumption, until he gives us reason to believe otherwise, should be that he plans to stay there. But on the off chance that he doesn't, it's worth checking in on which teams might actually have the resources to pursue him.
The Mavericks, Heat and Knicks are all reportedly interested in Leonard if he considers teams besides the Clippers. They all, notably, have cap space. In all likelihood, any team hoping to add Leonard will need it. For a multitude of reasons, it appears unlikely that the Clippers would cooperate on a sign-and-trade that would get Leonard to a preferred destination. They have so few long-term assets that dealing him for things that would help with a rebuild would be practically pointless. Their only hope of sustained contention lies with Leonard.
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So realistically, teams in pursuit of Leonard are going to need the cap space to sign him outright. That's not going to be easy. His maximum salary as a 10-year veteran is over $39.3 million, and before you suggest teams might be afraid to pay it given his injury history, remember, Kevin Durant got the max in 2019 with a torn Achilles. Those are far more dangerous than any injury Leonard has ever suffered. So let's take a look at the teams that have been linked to him in the past and whether or not they could feasibly create the space that they would need to sign him, should the (very unlikely) opportunity arise.
The question for the Knicks isn't whether or not they can afford Leonard. They can create roughly $50 million in space by renouncing their own free agents, more than any other team in the NBA. The real question is how they can use the rest of their space to potentially entice Leonard into signing in New York. If Leonard is filling a max slot, the Knicks won't have the space to sign another high-level player in free agency, but they could still weaponize what was left to put a deeper roster around him.
They could, for example, use some of that space to retain key players from last year's team. For example, Nerlens Noel ($6 million) and Reggie Bullock ($5.5 million) have fairly small cap holds. The Knicks could keep them on the books, sign Leonard, and then re-sign both to multi-year deals afterward. If Leonard had his heart set on playing with Derrick Rose, the Knicks could keep him and his $10 million cap hold instead. If there are other outside role players he'd like the Knicks to chase, including former teammate in San Antonio and Toronto Danny Green, that could be an option for them as well.
They wouldn't have the remaining cap space to sign an expensive free agent outright but they could pursue one through a sign-and-trade using some of their own remaining salary. Let's say Leonard wanted to reunite with Raptors teammate Kyle Lowry. The Knicks could negotiate a sign-and-trade with Toronto that would send some of their existing contracts, including Obi Toppin ($5.8 million), Kevin Knox ($5.1 million) or even young center Mitchell Robinson ($1.8 million on a team option) to either the Raptors or a third party to open up the space necessary to fit him in. This is a significantly more complicated procedure, but the basic point is that the Knicks have so much space that they can conceivably pair Leonard with almost any 2021 free agents they want to.
There just aren't any other superstars in the 2021 free-agent class to truly entice Leonard to New York. That, ultimately, would be their best bet. If they want to land Leonard, they're likely going to have to find him a suitable co-star through a trade. No obvious candidates exist if Damian Lillard and Bradley Beal aren't available, but Paul George wasn't available in 2019 either. Leonard's recruiting changed that. If he wants a new partnership in New York, odds are, he'll be able to find a running mate.
The first order of business for Dallas if they hope to get into the Leonard sweepstakes is to make sure that Josh Richardson isn't on the roster next season. His $11.6 million player option is their biggest obstacle to max cap space. If he declines that option, Dallas is starting with roughly $32 million in space, and it gets easier to shed the rest from there.
The $4.1 million owed to Willie Cauley-Stein is non-guaranteed, and Dallas won't hesitate to waive him if necessary. Trey Burke's $3.3 million is easily tradable as plenty of teams have either the cap space or a trade exception capable of absorbing it, but if necessary, they could also waive-and-stretch the remaining $6.7 million on his deal over the next five seasons to shed more than $1 million in space right now. The same could be said of 2020 first-round pick Josh Green. If Dallas had to move his $3 million salary, doing so wouldn't be a problem. Without Richardson, creating max cap space is fairly straightforward for Dallas.
If Richardson opts in? Then things get more complicated. The Mavericks would almost certainly have to trade a mid-tier salary in order to get to the max. Richardson, Dwight Powell ($11 million) and Maxi Kleber ($8.8 million) would all be candidates. All three are valuable rotation players, but that has never stopped teams from gouging desperate cap dumpers. If it took a first-round pick for Golden State to get off of Andre Iguodala in 2019, there's a good chance it would take a first-round pick for Dallas to get off of one of these salaries in 2021. That is somewhat problematic for the Mavericks considering the protections on the 2023 first-round pick they owe to the Knicks. At present, they can't trade another first-rounder until 2027 due to the Stepien Rule. If they want to trade an earlier pick, they would have to remove the protections on their 2023 selection. The Mavericks would likely have a low pick with Luka Doncic and a healthy Leonard leading them for the 2022-23 season, but Dallas isn't exactly asset-rich. Giving up a pick stings.
But if the Mavericks got a firm commitment from Leonard, creating the space wouldn't be an issue. It's doable without too much pain. The next two teams on this list would have a harder time here.
Dallas would have to work to create max cap space. The Heat literally can't get there as long as their two All-Stars remain on the team. Jimmy Butler will make $36 million next season. Bam Adebayo is owed $28.1 million. The Heat have $5.2 million in dead money after they stretched Ryan Anderson in 2019 to fit Butler under the hard cap. Even if you removed literally every player on the roster aside from Butler and Adebayo, the most cap space Miami can generate is roughly $33.8 million once 10 incomplete roster charges are factored in.
The Heat have known this would be the case for quite some time. Had they not extended Adebayo last offseason, they still would have been able to retain him as a restricted free agent, but his cap hold would have been $15.3 million before signing a new deal this offseason. Instead, his cap figure is almost $13 million higher at $28.1 million. That is the difference between having max space and not, as Leonard's $39.3 million max is around $5.5 million more room than the Heat can generate. I explained Miami's decision to willingly sacrifice cap space in order to re-sign Adebayo in-depth here, but this is the two-part short explanation for why they did it:
Adebayo shares an agent, Alex Saratsis, with Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had not yet re-signed with the Bucks. Miami had planned to pursue him, so keeping his agent happy was seemingly a priority.
Teams frequently ask their third-year stars to wait until restricted free agency to sign their second contract as a way to save cap space, and it often blows up in their faces. A really relevant example of that is Leonard himself. He was eligible for a contract extension after the 2014 championship, but the Spurs forced him to wait until 2015 because they wanted to save space for LaMarcus Aldridge. Leonard's relationship with the team deteriorated for other, publicly known reasons, but that decision easily could have been the inciting incident.
Of course, to an extent, this is irrelevant. The Heat are unlikely to clear every salary except for Butler and Adebayo off of their books. Right now, they're looking at around $21 million in space with contracts for Tyler Herro, Precious Achiuwa, KZ Okpala and Omer Yurtseven on their books and cap holds for Duncan Robinson and Kendrick Nunn still in place as well. The Heat can create more room by pulling the qualifying offers on Duncan Robinson and Kendrick Nunn. This would lower their cap holds from $4.7 million down to $2.1 million and get them to roughly $27 million in space, but it would make those two unrestricted free agents rather than restricted ones. Miami could work around this by verbally agreeing to extensions with both early, but signing them last in order to maximize their low cap holds. Let's say they took the more realistic path of retaining Herro, but getting off of Achiuwa, Okpala and Yurtseven and renouncing all of their other free agents. That would leave the Heat with around $28.4 million in space to throw at Leonard.
That's not the max. It's significantly lower than the max, in fact, but if Leonard was desperate enough to get to Miami, there's a way the Heat could get closer over the long haul. Once a player has spent one year on a new team after signing there in free agency, they are eligible for a 20 percent raise on a new deal through Non-Bird Rights and a 75 percent raise through Early Bird Rights. If Leonard signed a one-year deal with a player option for a second season, he could position himself to jump from $28.4 million in the 2021-22 season to $34 million in the 2022-23 season through those Non-Bird Rights.
He could, at that point, sign a hefty four-year deal at a still considerable price, or he could jump up to $34 million, take another one-year deal, and then, through his Early Bird Rights, try to get up to the max afterward. There is definitely some risk in that plan if Leonard gets hurt again, but it is a feasible path he could take to something close to max money in Miami down the line. If he knows that he is going to sit all of next season out (which, to be clear, is no certainty), he could come to a wink-wink agreement with the Heat that they would give him a new deal starting at that $34 million figure in the 2022 offseason without having to risk re-injury on the floor before that.
Still, the Knicks and Mavericks have clear paths to the max. The Heat don't. That makes them significant underdogs if Leonard wants to find a new team.
No reports, to this point, have linked Leonard to the Raptors, but they're worth a brief look here considering their history. If nothing else, the two sides had a mutually satisfactory relationship in 2019, when Leonard led the team to the championship and the organization, in turn, kept him healthy after what was essentially a lost final season in San Antonio. There seemed to be trust between Leonard and Toronto's medical staff, a factor that shouldn't be overlooked. If Leonard wanted to remain with the Raptors, he likely would have done so in 2019, but on the slim chance he'd be open to a return now, we'll at least examine the finances.
In the bare bones scenario, the Raptors can get to just below $27 million in space. This would mean waiving all of their non-guaranteed players and renouncing most of their own free agents, including Lowry. They would only keep the four players currently under guaranteed contracts for next season: Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, Fred VanVleet and Malachi Flynn, along with the No. 4 overall pick and the $2.1 million cap hold of Gary Trent Jr. (which could only get that low if Toronto pulled the qualifying offer and made him unrestricted, as Miami did with Robinson and Nunn in the scenario above). That isn't max space, but unlike the Heat, Toronto could feasibly get there through a trade. It would just be a painful one. Essentially, the Raptors can only get to max space by trading one of their three core veterans: Siakam, Anunoby and VanVleet.
That doesn't necessarily mean that they can't take any money back. Siakam is making max money himself, so the Raptors could conceivably trade him for a player making roughly half as much in order to create the room needed for Leonard. There would be far more interest in Anunoby and VanVleet, though. Perhaps the Raptors could swap one of them to one of the younger teams with space (the Knicks, Thunder, Spurs, Hornets or Grizzlies) in exchange for a valuable younger player on a rookie contract. Finding a deal wouldn't be hard. It would just make the Raptors less appealing.
That, aside from geography, is what makes a Raptors reunion so unlikely. Four of the key teammates that Leonard won the title with (Lowry, Green, Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka) are already gone. If another joins them, he'd be signing with a completely different roster. The Raptors can create max space, but doing so with a roster Leonard would be interested in joining might be another matter.
Teams that could afford Leonard, but that he wouldn't consider playing for
I briefly mentioned the Spurs and the Thunder as possible partners in cap-clearing trades. Both make sense because both could easily get to max space if they wanted to. The Spurs can create nearly as much space as the Knicks, around $48 million. The Thunder are slightly below the max right now at roughly $38 million, but would only need to waive the non-guaranteed contract of Gabriel Deck to make up the difference.
The only problem here is that Leonard wouldn't consider joining these teams. Never say never in the modern NBA, but Leonard burying the hatchet with Gregg Popovich and returning to the Spurs would be among the least likely things that have ever happened in free agency. The Thunder will be appealing down the line, but right now, they are in the thick of a rebuild. Leonard wouldn't leave the Clippers for a non-contender in a small market.
Teams that Leonard might be interested in, but couldn't afford him
Since people are inevitably going to ask about these teams, let's just knock them out quickly:
Leonard could have signed with the Lakers for the max in 2019. That's no longer remotely the case. Even if they traded every player on their roster except for LeBron James and Anthony Davis, they'd still have below $22 million in cap space to offer. Realistically, the Lakers are using the taxpayer mid-level exception this season. If they splurge, it will be through a sign-and-trade for a non-max player.
The Nets and the Warriors are so deep into the tax that it's not even worth covering the steps it would take to create max space. In fact, both of them are more than a full max salary above the cap for next season. Brooklyn is around $44 million above the cap, and Golden State is even pricier with a roster that is currently $55 million above the cap. Both teams will make other moves this offseason that make their rosters more expensive. Even if there are Leonard sweepstakes, these teams aren't getting into them.
Sours: https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/which-teams-could-afford-kawhi-leonard-if-he-surprisingly-leaves-the-clippers/
San Antonio Spurs trade Kawhi Leonard to Toronto Raptors for DeMar DeRozan, others
The Kawhi Leonard saga has reached its long-anticipated conclusion.
The Toronto Raptors have traded star guard DeMar DeRozan to the San Antonio Spurs for Leonard, a former two-time Kia Defensive Player of the Year and Finals MVP winner. Spurs veteran Danny Green is also headed to the Raptors with Leonard while the Spurs get DeRozan, center Jakob Poeltl and a protected first-round pick in 2019.
The Spurs and Raptors both officially announced the deal on Wednesday, just after noon ET. Spurs coach Gregg Popovich spoke with the media later that afternoon and addressed the trade.
"We wish him well as he moves into Toronto. I think he'll be great," Popovich said. "I think this trade is going to work out great for both teams. We wish [Leonard] well, but at this point it's time to move on. It's time to move on.
"Kawhi is not going to stop being a great player. But we're thrilled with DeMar. … To get back a proven NBA player and a proven All-Star, we have to be thrilled."
As for dealing Green, Popovich said: "It was hard, he's become a good player. He'll enjoy Toronto."
Popovich, who also serves as coach of Team USA Basketball, also said he expects Leonard to be in Las Vegas next week for Team USA's minicamp and that he is "looking forward" to coaching Leonard there. A recent ESPN report that the seven-year forward is considering participating in the minicamp next week.
Per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the Raptors and Spurs had been discussing a trade for a while now. A source tells Turner Sports' David Aldridge a long-term stay in Toronto past the 2018-19 season for Leonard is going to be "a very tough sell."
As word of the trade circulated the NBA social media atmosphere early this morning, DeRozan took to Instagram and posted a story there that read: "Be told one thing & the outcome another. Ain't no loyalty in this game. Sell you out for a quick bit of nothing … Soon you'll understand … Don't disturb."
Aldridge reports (via Twitter) that DeRozan is not backing off his claim that Toronto lied to him.
Meanwhile, @DeMar_DeRozan not backing off of claim he was lied to by Toronto regarding a potential trade, per source. Extremely upset.
* Aldridge:Neither player happy with offseason trade
News of the reported deal broke early Wednesday as the Raptors and Spurs reportedly engaged in serious talks involving the Raptors acquiring the two-time Kia Defensive Player of the Year and former NBA Finals MVP Leonard. The details of the trade were still being worked out early Wednesday, but centered on Leonard and DeRozan, writes Yahoo Sports' Shams Charania:
Talks between the Spurs and Raptors have intensified in recent days, league sources said. …
From the moment Leonard made clear his desire for a trade out of San Antonio, the Spurs have taken a patient, deliberate approach to finding a resolution. Several teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers, emerged as suitors, but most NBA executives believed the Raptors presented the best potential current and future package.
Leonard is scheduled to enter free agency in 2019 and has no intention to commit to Toronto long-term, league sources said. DeRozan also has expressed displeasure toward a possible move, becoming aware of the possibility late Tuesday night, league sources said.
Per Haynes (via Twitter), Leonard reportedly has no desire to play in Toronto. And Yahoo Sports' Jordan Schultz reports (via Twitter) that the Raptors were hesitant to include young swingman OG Agunoby in any Leonard-DeRozan swaps.
DeRozan had spent his entire career with the Raptors (2010-18), emerging as one of the top guards in the Eastern Conference. Since making his first of his four career All-Star berths in 2013-14, DeRozan has averaged 23.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game in that span. He was named to the All-NBA second team this season and was All-NBA third team in 2016-17.
Last season, he averaged 23.4 ppg while improving a key facet of his game by hitting a career-high 89 3-pointers. He has three years and and $83 million left on his contract, including an Early Termination Option for the 2020-21 season.
Leonard's future has been a subject of league-wide fascination ever since it was first reported he wanted to leave the only team for which he has played. Despite attempts by the Spurs — including a try by Popovich — to mend the relationship, Leonard and his camp have steadfastly maintained their distance as the offseason has worn on.
The strain between Leonard and San Antonio built throughout the 2017-18 campaign as the former 15th overall pick dealt with a quad injury that kept him from playing in all but nine games. The unusual recovery time was compounded by his physical separation from the team, as Leonard continued his rehab in New York. His absence was especially notable during the Spurs' first-round playoff exit to the Golden State Warriors. Leonard was then spotted at a Los Angeles Dodgers home game three weeks later.
DeRozan is the Raptors' all-time leader in points scored (13,296), games played (675), field goals made (4,716) and attempted (10,532) as well as free throws made (3,359) and attempted (4,277). He also ranks third all-time in assists (2,078) and second all-time in steals (655).
The Raptors went through a series of changes in the offseason after they were swept in the Eastern Conference semifnials by the Cleveland Cavaliers. Coach Dwane Casey — the NBA's Coach of the Year — was fired days after that playoff exit and was eventually replaced by Raptors assistant coach Nick Nurse.
Shortly after Casey's firing, Raptors GM Masai Ujiri said roster changes could be afoot for the team. But, he was quick to point out the timetable for those changes were hardly known at that point.
"It is something we're looking at … not saying this roster is perfect," Ujiri said then. "Things we need to do and I need to do to get better. Roster changes is not something I can change today. Sometimes [it takes] takes 2 months, sometimes a year, sometimes two years."
Los Angeles had long been reported as Leonard's preferred destination. Talks between the Spurs and Lakers reportedly took place on more than one occasion, but never gained enough momentum for completion.
Sours: https://www.nba.com/news/report-san-antonio-spurs-toronto-raptors-engaged-serious-talks-kawhi-leonard
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With Kawhi Leonard finally announcing his decision to join the Clippers, it's time to revisit the most important trade of the 2018 offseason. The Spurs, finally admitting there wasn't a viable path to repairing the team's relationship with its disgruntled star, sent him to the Raptors along with Danny Green, in exchange for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and the Raptors' 1st round pick in this year's draft, which turned out to be Keldon Johnson.
Given all that Kawhi and the Raptors achieved together, grading the trade for the two sides might seem simple, but there's a lot more to consider than just who changed teams. So let's dig in and examine the winners and losere in the trade of Kawhi Leonard.
1. Kawhi Leonard
It's hard to overstate just how well this has all worked out for the San Diego State product. He moved to a franchise willing to cater to his whims, managed his workload during the regular season to an astounding degree, and asserted himself as possibly the best player in the league on the biggest stage there is. He now has a 2nd NBA championship and a 2nd Finals' MVP under his belt and just had multiple franchises bowing and scraping at his feet just for the privilege of paying him as much money as they are legally allowed to.
Now he's going to play in the exact market he wanted to play in for a franchise that's made some of the shrewdest moves over the last couple of seasons, acquiring a bevy of young talent on good deals. Though they've flipped much of their ability to add new young talent over the next 5 years into Paul George, that trade landed Kawhi as well, making it easily worth the cost. With the Warriors' championship era potentially over, Kawhi and the Clippers will have as good a shot as anyone at taking the Western Conference.
If the Clippers win the title next season and Kawhi outplays George, he's going to find himself in some rarefied air. Being the best player on back to back title teams is always impresssive, but doing it with two different franchises is unprecedented.
2. The Raptors
Trading DeMar, by all accounts, was a gut-wrenching decision for Raptors' management, but it was the right decision for the team and its fans. Even without knowing whether Kawhi's health would hold up, the Raptors took a swing at taking the belt and it worked. Hindsight makes it seem like an obvious decision, but it clearly wasn't (something we'll come back to when we get to losers).
They'll bring back a core of solid veterans and young talent capable of remaining relevant in the Eastern Conference even without Kawhi. They'll have the choice of looking to rebuild on the fly, as the Spurs have chosen to do, though they have much more cap flexibility moving forward than the Spurs have in quite some time. If that path doesn't seem to be working out, they could also take the hard reset option and trade away their vets for draft picks and prospects. Either way, there's every reason to expect Masai Ujiri and the front office to keep the team moving in the right direction.
3. The Clippers
It will be interesting to watch this team move forward. They massively out-performed expectations last season, especially after trading away Tobias Harris, and appear to have a great understanding of what they have and what they need to compete. By flipping some of their hard-earned assets into Paul George, they've given away much of their ability to continue building around their two superstars, but even if their options are limited, betting against Kawhi in a seven-game series may be a fool's errand. Barring injuries or a new superteam, the Clippers will likely be title favorites for the next 3 years.
4. The Spurs
It could be argued that unless Keldon Johnson turns into an All-NBA player, the Spurs got fleeced in the trade — so how can they be considered winners? Easy, because they got exactly what they wanted out of the deal. They needed scoring and playmaking to fix their dreadful offense, and they got both in DeMar. They needed a capable young big to supplant the aging Pau Gasol, and they got one in Jakob Poeltl. They needed to continue adding to their cast of talented young players as they search for their next franchise cornerstone, and they got a draft pick. They did all of that without compromising their future cap room and maintained all the flexibility they need to continue investing in that group of potential future stars.
Was DeMar good enough to be the centerpiece of the other side of a Kawhi trade? No. Is Jakob's potential enough to make up the difference? Also no. Did the 29th pick have enough value to make up the difference? Of course not.
The Spurs may not have gotten equal value in return — nobody ever does when they trade away an elite player — but at least they got something. Holding on to Kawhi for another season, without resolving his friction with the team, was never a practical option. Even if they had, they'd likely still have lost Kawhi and wouldn't have gotten anything in return because it is now obvious that his plan was to go home all along. With their backs against the wall and the whole world aware that Kawhi needed to move, the Spurs managed to extract just enough value to keep the team moving forward.
If it's hard to believe there weren't better options on the table, then congratulations, you just identified the losers in this whole ordeal.
Honorable Mentions: Every other player on the Raptors, Canada, people who'd like to believe that the Eastern Conference is a viable and competitive part of the National Basketball Association, parity and Warriors haters.
1-?. Every other potential contender in 2018-19
One year of the best players in the league playing at his absolute best in May and June is worth more than DeMar, Jakob and a late first rounder all by himself, and that's without considering how good Danny Green is. But the question isn't "why didn't the Spurs get more?" The question is "why didn't 5 or 6 other teams blow that offer out of the water?"
It's a bit nonsensical to assume the Spurs rejected an offer that was clearly better. While teams may have offered packages more focused on future assets than current talent, it's unclear why DeMar would've been the best veteran player on the table. Once the Spurs made it obvious they were looking for the type of offer they eventually took, it seems pretty evident now that nearly finished every player in the league should've been available.
Put another way, how many teams would've won the title if they had replaced their best, or in some cases, second best player with Kawhi? And all of those teams had an opportunity to trade for him when his value was as low as it will ever be. They chose not to because of the risk, optics, or some other reason, and that's fair. But there are a lot of franchises that could've had gotten a ring this year if they'd only taken that swing, and every one of them should regret it.
?+1 The Lakers
After missing out on Kawhi, the Lakers find themselves desperately needing to fill out the rest of their roster. While Anthony Davis could be the best player LeBron James has ever had as a teammate, without at least a little depth, there's no reason to expect them to contend this year. The West will still be a bloodbath, and at this stage of his career it's hard to expect LeBron to maintain the level of play he'd need for a whole season to cover the massive gaps in the LA's roster.
Unfortunately for the Lakers, what remains of this year's free agent class is lackluster at best. Danny Green represents an upgrade at shooting guard and they've committed to reuniting AD with DeMarcus Cousins, which is ... interesting, if nothing else. Regardless, the team that scored the biggest coup of the early offseason appears to have come up just a little short of refashioning themselves into a championship squad.
It's impossible to know what, exactly, the Lakers offered for Kawhi last year, but it wasn't enough. Had they executed that trade, there's a good chance he'd still be on their roster and they would've been able to pursue any of the other free agents on the market this offseason instead of watching and waiting, and eventually finding themselves on the outside looking in.
Honorable Mentions: Team doctors (Spurs and Warriors especially), the 76ers a 2nd time because even with Kawhi the Raptors needed every one of those last 4 bounces to beat them, and everyone who downplayed Kawhi's trade value last summer.
Sours: https://www.poundingtherock.com/2019/7/8/20681748/winners-losers-kawhi-leonard-trade-san-antonio-spurs-toronto-raptors
For months (maybe a year), the conventional wisdom around the league has been that Kawhi Leonard would opt out of the final year of his contract with the Clippers, then turn around and re-sign with them (for more money and, if he wants, years). The theory was Leonard had worked too hard to get home to Southern California, he pushed to get Paul Goerge there (and George extended with the Clippers), Leonard wasn't leaving.
Leonard did decline his player option, as expected.
While he likely still re-signs with the Clippers, he will listen to offers from other teams, reports Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports/TNT.
There have been whispers of Leonard's frustrations with the Clippers medical staff, it's unclear if that is behind this, or if it's something else, or if he just wants to be recruited a little. Good luck trying to get into Leonard's head, he's not on social media and his face is expressionless on the court.
The fact that Leonard will miss most or all of next season following ACL surgery for an injury that kept in out of the final eight playoff games for the Clippers is not going to scare any team off. Much like Kevin Durant after his torn Achilles, teams will pay Leonard.
What teams?
The Knicks would be at the top of that list. They have the cap space to sign Leonard to a max contract, they have an up-and-coming team with Julius Randle and R.J. Barrett, and they have the lure of playing in Madison Square Garden. The Knicks will draw a big star in the coming few years, and they will take a swing at Leonard.
The Dallas Mavericks also will be in the mix, although they would need to shed another $7-$8 million in salary or find a sign-and-trade that works for the Clippers. Leonard next to Luka Doncic would be a top two who could hang with any other pair in the NBA, and the Mavericks are the draw of a very player-friendly organization. As a side note, the Mavericks picked up their $4.1 million team option on Willie Cauley-Stein earlier in the day, not a move a team makes if they are looking to clear cap space.
Miami had been mentioned before as well, and Leonard with Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo would be a contender in the East. However, with the Heat advancing toward a sign-and-trade deal with Toronto to bring Kyle Lowry to Miami, they are not acting like a franchise that sees itself in the mix to seriously land Leonard.
Other teams could try to jump in with sign-and-trade offers. Still, the most likely result of all this is Leonard re-signs with the Clippers, and they hope he can return for the playoffs next season.
Sours: https://nba.nbcsports.com/2021/08/02/kawhi-leonard-expected-to-re-sign-with-clippers-reportedly-will-listen-to-other-offers/
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4 ideal Kawhi Leonard trade scenarios from the Los Angeles Clippers
Even though Kawhi Leonard is expected to opt out of his player option and become a free agent this summer, the Los Angeles Clippers could still pull off a sign-and-trade scenario to retool their roster around Paul George.
With the Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat reportedly interested in pushing for Leonard, here are some great trade scenarios involving those teams, along with a couple other suitors who could be in the Kawhi sweepstakes.
To be clear, we're using Leonard's $36 million player option for 2021-22 as the placeholder in these trade scenarios to make the salaries work. He could stand to make as much as $39.1 million with a new max contract.
Dallas Mavericks pair Kawhi Leonard with Luka Doncic
Clippers get: Dorian Finney-Smith, Jalen Brunson, Tim Hardaway Jr. (sign-and-trade), 1st-round pick
Mavericks get: Kawhi Leonard
Losing so many perimeter threats on offense, and not keeping free agent Tim Hardaway Jr. will be a tough one for the Dallas Mavericks and Luka Doncic to swallow. Oh well. They get Kawhi, so that's nice.
Although Kristaps Porzingis isn't part of this deal, he really can't be. Dallas would find a way to get his contract off the books in a separate trade, or just roll with him for one more season and see how he fares with Leonard and Doncic in the fold.
Whatever the case, the Clippers get some depth and defense on the wing with Dorian Finney-Smith, an explosive backcourt scorer in Hardaway, a viable second-unit floor general in Jalen Brunson and a first-round pick. Not a bad package at all. Better than losing Leonard in free agency for nothing.
One potential hiccup here is that these teams squared off in two straight hard-fought playoff series. Maybe they wouldn't be open to doing business together. Then again, the Mavs' interest in Leonard isn't making headlines for nothing.
Kawhi Leonard joins Jimmy Butler on Miami Heat
Clippers get: Duncan Robinson, Tyler Herro, Andre Iguodala, 1st-round pick
Heat get: Kawhi Leonard
Using Fanspo.com's trade simulator and salary cap tools, Miami Heat restricted free-agent sharpshooter Duncan Robinson was given a recommended valuation of $23.7 million in annual salary on a four-year, $95 million contract.
In this scenario, we're making the assumption that either the Heat matched an offer sheet for that amount from some team other than the Clippers, or just made the hardest push to sign him.
With that established, Los Angeles gets the expiring contract of Andre Iguodala — provided the Heat accept his $15 million team option to facilitate this trade — and Miami nabs Tyler Herro's team option to include him in the package.
Leonard reportedly wanted to play with Jimmy Butler before Paul George. He'd be an excellent fit in the Heat's culture, too, and give them a dynamic perimeter scoring threat and elite wing defender they need.
The trio of Bam Adebayo, Leonard and Butler would be a fun one to watch for Miami fans. If Herro lives up to his immense potential and Robinson continues as an elite shooter, the Clippers shouldn't feel too bad about this deal either.
New York Knicks get a mega star in Kawhi Leonard blockbuster trade
Clippers get: Julius Randle, RJ Barrett, two 1st-round picks (via New York)
Knicks get: Kawhi Leonard
Getting the NBA's Most Improved Player in Julius Randle, RJ Barrett and two first-round picks from the New York Knicks seems like a fair bargain if the Clippers are going to lose Kawhi.
Giving up two younger cornerstones in Randle and RJ Barrett who helped spark their surprise playoff run is worth the cost for the Knicks. At the end of the day, they still need legitimate star power to light up Madison Square Garden, and so few players on the planet can provide that kind of wattage.
A two-time Finals MVP, Leonard is just what New York basketball needs. Yes, there's some injury risk, but it's worth the roll of the dice. Maybe it'd take some getting used to head coach Tom Thibodeau's demanding style and tendency to play his biggest stars huge minutes, but that could certainly be sorted.
The reality is, even Barrett's most optimistic ceiling is nowhere near what Leonard brings to the court. Randle proved in the 2021 NBA playoffs that he can't be "that guy" on a championship team, or even close to it. It's worth getting Kawhi, and the Knicks figuring it out from there. They can certainly lure another superstar with him on the roster.
Indiana Pacers take big swing to land Kawhi Leonard
Clippers get: Malcolm Brogdon, Myles Turner and a 1st-round pick
Pacers get: Kawhi Leonard
It's not an absolutely perfect fit with this general framework of a trade, but the Indiana Pacers could tip off head coach Rick Carlisle's second stint with a huge splash if Leonard is there to be had.
This isn't the worst-case scenario for the Clippers, either. They get an elite rim protector in Myles Turner, who'd help solve their lack of depth and size in the frontcourt. Brogdon would eliminate the worry about retaining Reggie Jackson, because he'd be an upgrade.
Leonard in Indiana would be a pretty funny situation, considering it was the Pacers who initially drafted him 15th overall in 2011 before promptly trading him to San Antonio. Maybe Kawhi still feels slighted from that. Nevertheless, the basketball fit is tantalizing.
With Carlisle in Indy and Leonard arriving, free agents would suddenly want to go there. Pairing up Leonard with star big man Domantas Sabonis would be fantastic, and don't sleep on Caris LeVert. He's improved as a playmaker, and he and Sabonis averaged 4.9 and 6.7 assists respectively last season for the Pacers.
WATCH: Sportsnaut's Carolyn Manno on the latest NBA rumors
Sours: https://sportsnaut.com/kawhi-leonard-trade-scenarios-los-angeles-clippers/
Kawhi Leonard FREE AGENCY destinations [TOP-6]
The Los Angeles Clippers are third in the Western Conference at 31-17 this season. They are looking like a championship contender but could this be their final NBA season of being near the top for the foreseeable future?
Los Angeles put themselves in position to win when they added both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. This immediately created one of the best duos in the league and made the Clippers a threat. The duo could quickly breakup if Leonard decides to shake things up a bit and test his value.
Leonard signed a three-year deal worth $103.1 million with the Clippers. He still has one year left on his deal but could opt out and become a free agent in the offseason. It is hard to imagine that he would do this, especially after helping a great deal to get Paul George to town, but anything is possible.
RELATED: NBA Trade Rumors: 4 players who benefitted the most from NBA trade deadline
At 29 years old, Leonard is averaging 26 points per game and continues to be one of the best players in the league. There will be no shortage of suitors
Leonard could be leaning towards opting out for business reasons. If he reaches the open market, it is obvious that many teams will be involved. Here are three teams that could be heavily involved if Leonard decides to opt out.
Sours: https://www.nbaanalysis.net/2021/03/31/nba-rumors-3-teams-kawhi-leonard-should-strongly-consider-if-he-left-clippers/
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NBA offseason is in full swing and already some of the league's biggest names are opting into going into free agency.
Last season there were some huge names potentially going to make themselves available in LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Paul George, Rudy Gobert, Jrue Holiday and more. Instead, they all signed contract extensions to remain with their existing teams, leaving everyone truly let down by the hype.
Will this season's free agency be any different? Chris Paul, Kawhi Leonard and Kyle Lowry are amongst the names available but only five teams are expected to have significant s[pace in their salary cap, with the New York Knicks having around $50m available, according to reports.
So it could be another offseason of trading, rather than picking up deals in free agency. We have all the latest gossip in today's NBA Rumour Mill…
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KAWHI BECOMES FREE AGENT
Kawhi Leonard has declined his $36m player option for next season and will become the biggest name to enter free agency, according to reports.
Both ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski and The Athletic's Shams Charania claim that Leonard will become an unrestricted free agent, meaning he is free to negotiate with other teams.
However, Wojnarowski also reports that Leonard is still likely to re-sign with the Clippers on a new deal to stay in Los Angeles.
Leonard is currently recovering from surgery to repair a partially torn ACL in his right knee, which kept him out of the remainder of the playoffs as the Clippers lost to the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference finals.
CP3 SET TO MISS DEADLINE
Chris Paul is set to join Leonard in entering free agency, with the 36-year-old set to miss the midnight deadline (Eastern Time) to decide on his $44m player option for next season.
Charania again reported that Paul is set to become an unrestricted free agent and test the free agency market following the Phoenix Suns' Game 6 defeat to Milwaukee in the NBA Finals last month.
According to Marc Berman of the NY Post, Paul would be seeking a three-year, $100m deal with both the Knicks and the Lakers interested.
All hopes of him joining his good friend LeBron in LA have disappeared however, now that the Lakers have traded for Russell Westbrook from the Washington Wizards.
Therefore, like Leonard, Wojnarowski is reporting that there is plenty of optimism around Phoenix that he and the Suns can reach a new deal when free agency opens on Tuesday (AEST).
MIAMI MAKING ROOM FOR LOWRY
Toronto's Kyle Lowry is another All-Star who is available during the offseason and it looks like Miami is making room for him on its roster.
Wojnarowski revealed that the Heat are declining the $15m team option on Andre Iguodala's contract, sending him into free agency for next season.
Following that decision, the Heat picked up the $19.4m option on Goran Dragic's deal, which is a probable precursor to using his contract as part of a sign-and-trade deal with the Raptors for Lowry.
Lowry has been linked with nearly every NBA side in the last few months as it became apparent that his days in Toronto were numbered, with the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans both keeping tabs on him.
But Miami has seemed like his preferred destination, with the Heat having a distinct negotiating advantage due to Lowry's close friendship with Jimmy Butler.
Sours: https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/nba/nba-trade-rumours-2021-free-agency-gossip-whispers-kawhi-leonard-chris-paul-kyle-lowry-latest-news-free-agents/news-story/5efb5a48981c4c3f95c73a7001edb00a
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«Арктик-Си» (, «Арктическое море») — судно типа «Углегорск», лесовоз ледового класса с двойным корпусом. Получило большую известность в связи с захватом судна неизвестными в июле 2009 года.

История
Судно построено в 1991 году на верфи Sedef в Турции по заказу СССР, изначально получило название «Охотское» в честь одноимённого села на Сахалине. Оснащено двумя кранами грузоподъёмностью 25 тонн.

На протяжении 2008 и первой половины 2009 года судно занималось лесоперевозкой на линии Финляндия — Алжир. Принадлежало Malta Arctic Sea Ltd (100 % её акций принадлежат компании «Солчарт» (Solchart), Финляндия) и ходило под флагом Мальты.

С 26 июня по 17 июля 2009 года Арктик-Си согласно требованию регистра прошло плановое промежуточное освидетельствование с докованием на судоремонтном заводе «Преголь» в Калининграде.

События лета 2009 года

В июле 2009 года судно было похищено. По состоянию на 2009 год цели похищения и другие результаты расследования неизвестны.

Хронология событий в море и сообщений в СМИ
20 и 21 июля Арктик Си, под контролем управляющей компании «Солчарт» приняло груз и направилось в регулярный рейс из порта Пиетарсаари (Финляндия) в порт Беджайя (Алжир), имея на борту 15 членов экипажа и груз из 6700 м³ пиломатериалов, с расчётной датой прибытия в порт назначения 4 августа.

24 июля в точке с приблизительными координатами 57 градусов 31, 3 минуты северной широты и 17 градусов 37, 4 минуты восточной долготы, вне территориальных вод какого-либо государства между островами Эланд и Готланд в Балтийском море судно было атаковано группой людей, объявивших себя представителями наркополиции. Они 12 часов обыскивали судно, а затем покинули его (либо, по другой версии, сохранили под своим контролем).

Позднее, в начале следственных действий пираты выдвинули свою версию попадания на борт судна: 24 июля в 23:00 по московскому времени в шведских водах к судну подошла надувная лодка. Пассажиры лодки попросили о помощи, сославшись на техническую неисправность, однако, поднявшись на борт «Арктик Си», оказались чуть ли не заложниками экипажа судна. Впоследствии выяснилось, что данное заявление является полной ложью.

28 июля Арктик Си при прохождении пролива Па-де-Кале произвело предусмотренный протоколом радиообмен с береговой службой Великобритании. Это был последний подтверждённый радиоконтакт перед исчезновением судна.

С 01:29:19 UTC 30 июля местонахождение и состояние судна Арктик Си неизвестно. Последние переданные АИС координаты Арктик Си  находятся в западной части Бискайского залива. Это единственная АИС отметка судна в Бискайском Заливе по базе Marin Tracffic имеет отметку происхождения «береговая станция АИС Санкт-Петербурга, Россия» — что свидетельствует о неквалифицированном вбросе информации АИС.

О получении 3 августа от неизвестного лица требования о выкупе в размере 1,5 миллиона долларов под угрозой затопления судна и убийства экипажа информировал представитель страховой компании «Группа Ренессанс страхование» Владимир Душин.

В порт назначения Беджайя (Алжир) к заданному сроку 4 августа судно не прибыло. По утверждению береговой службы Испании, Гибралтарский пролив Арктик Си также не проходило.

9 августа в СМИ появились первые сообщения о исчезновении судна, первоначально опубликованное Михаилом Войтенко на сайте издания «Морской бюллетень — Совфрахт» .

11 августа директор управляющей компании Solchart Виктор Матвеев заявил, ссылаясь на доклад капитана Арктик Си, что в результате действий неизвестных на судне не работала кнопка подачи сигнала бедствия и отсутствовали сигнальные буи.
Владелец судна обратился к правительству РФ с просьбой оказать содействие в поисках.

12 августа пресс-служба Кремля сообщила, что Президент России поручил министру обороны принять меры по обнаружению Арктик Си.

13 августа представитель Еврокомиссии Мартин Селмайер (Martin Selmayr) заявил, что полученные с Арктик Си радиосигналы свидетельствуют о повторной атаке на судно у берегов Португалии.

14 августа СМИ со ссылкой на береговые службы Кабо-Верде сообщили, что сухогруз замечен у островов Зелёного мыса и что СКР «Ладный» отправляется на его перехват.

15 августа полиция Финляндии опубликовала заявление о начале службами Финляндии, Швеции и Мальты совместного международного уголовного расследования дела Арктик Си по подозрению в захвате заложников и вымогательстве. Директор управляющей компании Solchart Виктор Матвеев отрицал получение от кого-либо требования о выкупе.

17 августа министр обороны России Анатолий Сердюков доложил президенту Дмитрию Медведеву о том, что сухогруз найден в 05:00 GMT в 300 милях от Кабо-Верде, все члены экипажа живы и переведены на российский корабль «Ладный».

18 августа морская администрация Мальты опубликовала опровержение любых заявлений об исчезновении Арктик Си, утверждая, что постоянно располагала сведениями о местонахождении судна, но при этом воздерживалась от их публикации. Морская администрация Мальты также не заявляла о пропаже Арктик Си в официальных «Извещениях мореплавателям». По словам Анатолия Сердюкова, при операции по освобождению сухогруза были арестованы 8 человек, которые его захватили. «Находившиеся на нём 8 человек — не членов экипажа — взяты под стражу», — сказал Сердюков. «Это — граждане Эстонии, Латвии и России. Эти люди поднялись на борт "Арктик си" и, угрожая оружием, потребовали от экипажа беспрекословного выполнения всех их распоряжений», — сказал Сердюков. Затем судно «Арктик си» двигалось по указанному захватчиками маршруту в сторону Африки, отключив навигационное оборудование".

20 августа Охранная полиция Эстонии заявила, что шестеро из захватчиков являются жителями Эстонии.

Судно было отконвоировано в район Лас-Пальмас, где находилось в нейтральных водах.

Следствие и расследования
В конце августа 2009 года сообщалось, что все восемь обвиняемых в захвате сухогруза не признали себя виновными (Басманный суд Москвы 20 августа 2009 года выдал санкции на арест всех восьмерых подозреваемых: гражданина Эстонии Евгения Миронова, двух россиян — Дмитрия Бартенева и Андрея Лунева, гражданина Латвии Виталия Лепина, не имеющих гражданства Алексея Булеева, Игоря Борисова, Дмитрия Савинса, а также Алексея Андрюшина, гражданство которого не установлено); на допросе, по предъявлении обвинения, они настаивали, что оказались на борту Arctic Sea случайно, спасаясь от шторма, а затем капитан судна отказал им в просьбе сойти на берег в любом европейском порту. Член экипажа, отвечая на вопрос журналистов, почему они не связывались с родными после того, как были доставлены в Москву, сказал: «У нас не было для этого ни денег, ни средств связи. Телефоны остались на борту сухогруза. Лично я первый раз смог связаться со своими, попросив телефон у случайного прохожего на улице. Спасибо, он не отказал».

8 сентября глава МИД России Сергей Лавров заявил, что в ближайшее время российские власти будут проводить на судне следственные действия, для участия в которых будут приглашены представители Мальты.

14 сентября директор управляющей компании Solchart Виктор Матвеев заявил, что сотрудники российского следственного комитета вплоть до 10 сентября препятствовали доступу на судно уполномоченного судового агента и представителей мальтийской морской администрации. Мальтийская делегация была допущена на судно 11 сентября. Судовой агент управляющей компании доступа на судно не получил и 11 сентября был отозван. Владелец судна заявил о банкротстве.

16 сентября один из членов экипажа сообщил в прессу о том, что российские следователи обнаружили на судне груз сосновой древесины «вместо заявленного в документах более ценного красного дерева». В то же время коммерческий термин redwood (букв.  — «красное дерево») означает именно сосновую древесину и не связан с принятым в русском языке именованием «красным деревом» ценной древесины махагони.

17 сентября сообщалось, что Испания не даёт согласия на заход сухогруза в свои территориальные воды; судно с грузом на борту продолжало находиться в открытом море в 17 милях восточнее острова Гран-Канария, входящего в Канарский архипелаг. Также, в сообщении Следственного комитета при прокуратуре России говорилось: «Сегодня российская сторона получила официальную ноту от посольства Мальты в РФ о том, что мальтийская сторона не намерена отправлять своих представителей для участия в передаче судна в порту Лас-Пальмас».

23 сентября владелец оператора судна Виктор Матвеев утверждал, что судно не пускают в порт, потому что там до сих пор остаются военные моряки.

24 сентября власти испанского порта Лас-Пальмаса сообщили, что в швартовке Arctic Sea отказано из-за присутствия на нем российских военных моряков, что затрудняет его правовую идентификацию: «Принимая во внимание то, что судно не имеет государственного флага и не может выполнить ряд предусмотренных международным законодательством требований, мы рассматриваем Artic Sea не как торговое судно, а как плавучий объект, контролируемый иностранными ВМС».

19 ноября 2010 года генеральная прокуратура России передала в суд уголовное дело о нападении на судно.

Официальная российская версия
25 августа 2009 года о ситуации с судном МИД РФ выпустил комментарий № 1272-25-08-2009, в котором сообщалось:

Сухогруз был настигнут сторожевым кораблём российского ВМФ «Ладный» 17 августа в Атлантическом океане в 300 милях южнее островов Кабо-Верде. Однако капитан «Арктик Си» неожиданно заявил, что это судно является северокорейским. В этот же день Посольство России в Пхеньяне обратилось к северокорейской стороне на предмет срочной проверки заявления капитана задержанного судна о том, что это — принадлежащее северокорейскому судовладельцу грузовое судно «Чендин-2», направляющееся из Гаваны в Сьерра-Леоне с грузом пальмовых пиломатериалов.

Северокорейская сторона прояснила ситуацию и сообщила нам о том, что принадлежащее КНДР грузовое судно «Чендин-2» на момент задержания подозрительного корабля не могло находиться в точке с указанными координатами, поскольку стояло в одном из ангольских портов.

С учётом этой информации командованием ВМФ России было принято решение о проведении досмотра судна, в ходе которого подтвердилось предположение о том, что на самом деле это — «Арктик Си». На борт «Арктик Си» поднялась досмотровая группа, обнаружившая на судне 15 членов экипажа (российских граждан) и 8 человек, подозреваемых в захвате сухогруза. Часть членов экипажа и предполагаемые захватчики судна были переведены на борт сторожевого корабля.

18 августа Посольством России в Кабо-Верде было запрошено разрешение на заход сторожевого корабля «Ладный» в территориальные воды Республики Кабо-Верде в районе о. Сал, и в этот же день разрешение было получено. 19 августа около 12:00 часов по местному времени корабль прибыл и встал на рейде у о. Сал.

С целью переправить 11 членов экипажа и 8 задержанных с борта сторожевого корабля в Москву для проведения дальнейших следственных действий в аэропорт о. Сал 17 августа и в ночь с 18 на 19 августа прибыли два военно-транспортных самолёта российских ВВС Ил-76. На их борту находилась следственная группа и подразделение военнослужащих РФ.

Было получено официальное разрешение МИД Республики Кабо-Верде, и к 19:00 19 августа все восемь задержанных и одиннадцать членов экипажа были переправлены на борт военно-транспортного самолёта российских ВВС. В этот же день в 21:00 и в 22:00 по местному времени военно-транспортные самолёты российских ВВС вылетели в Москву, куда они прибыли в первой половине дня 20 августа.

Ночью 20 августа Кабо-Верде покинул и сторожевой корабль «Ладный», который направился в сторону находящегося в дрейфе в Атлантическом океане в 250 милях к юго-западу от Кабо-Верде сухогруза «Арктик Си». На борту последнего находятся четверо членов экипажа для несения вахты и несколько военнослужащих со сторожевого корабля «Ладный» в целях сопровождения.

Выявлено, что из числа подозреваемых двое — граждане России, один — гражданин Эстонии, один — гражданин Латвии и четверо не имеют гражданства. Первичный досмотр судна не выявил на нём каких-либо подозрительных грузов. Более подробный досмотр будет произведён в одном из портов по пути следования «Арктик Си».

В июне 2010 года в российском суде прозвучала версия о причастности к захвату судна спецслужб Эстонии, в частности их бывшего сотрудника Ээрика Кросса. Прокурор Эстонии заявил, что данная версия не подтверждается, «дезинформацией» назвал данную версию председатель комиссии по делам Евросоюза в парламенте Эстонии Марко Михкельсон.

13 января 2012 год Россия объявила в международный розыск бывшего главу эстонской разведки Ээрика Кросса. Ему заочно предъявлено обвинение в пиратстве по делу о захвате сухогруза «Арктик Си».

Иные мнения и версии
Различные официальные и иные источники в ходе поисков судна и позже высказывали альтернативные российской версии и предположения о событиях, связанных с похищением судна, роли российских властей и характера груза самого судна: в частности Мореходные власти Мальты 18 августа заявили, что судно «никуда не исчезало».
Необычность обстоятельств предполагаемого исчезновения судна были отмечены Комиссией Евросоюза и в СМИ.

19 августа 2009 года бывший командующий Вооружёнными силами Эстонии адмирал Тармо Кыутс () сказал (первоначально в интервью эстонской газете «Postimees», повторив в позднейших интервью), что только присутствие крылатых ракет на борту судна может объяснить странное поведение российских властей в течение всего месяца эпопеи; он отметил также: «Как моряк с многолетним опытом, я могу заверить вас, что официальные версии неправдоподобны.» 21 августа того же года российский представитель в штаб-квартире НАТО Дмитрий Рогозин назвал утверждение бывшего эстонского адмирала, представителя ЕС по борьбе с пиратством, о том, что сухогруз мог везти крылатые ракеты для Ирана «фантазиями морехода из Эстонии».

Главный редактор «Морского бюллетеня» Михаил Войтенко, известный как специалист в области морского судоходства ещё 8 августа одним из первых сообщил о пропаже судна.
Позже он высказал предположение, что «Арктик Си», наряду с перевозкой легитимного груза, одновременно перевозил оружие для одного из африканских режимов.
По его словам, вскоре после того, как он высказал эту точку зрения, ему пришлось покинуть Россию и обосноваться в Турции, а затем в Таиланде в связи с полученными от неизвестных людей угрозами.
Михаил Войтенко считает, что провести такого рода масштабную акцию по захвату судна, при которой его невозможно обнаружить, пиратам не под силу.

9 сентября 2009 года Би-би-си, со ссылкой на «высокопоставленный источник, близкий к израильской разведке», сообщила, что Израиль был причастен к перехвату сухогруза Arctic Sea; по данным израильских средств массовой информации, 7 сентября того же года премьер-министр Израиля Биньямин Нетаньяху совершил тайный визит в Москву и предложил Москве самостоятельно прекратить перевозку во избежание публичного скандала. 12 сентября того же года сообщалось, что министр по делам разведки и атомной энергии Израиля Дан Меридор подтвердил, что израильский премьер Биньямин Нетаньяху совершил 7 сентября визит в Москву, отказавшись раскрыть цель и причины строжайшей секретности; ранее пресс-секретарь премьер-министра РФ Дмитрий Песков утверждал, что ничего не знает о встрече главы российского правительства с израильским коллегой. В начале октября визит Нетаньяху объясняли тем, что премьер вручил Кремлю список российских учёных, которые, по мнению израильтян, помогали Ирану в создании ядерной боеголовки.

14 сентября 2009 года в СМИ появились конспирологические версии подоплёки пожара в здании штаба войсковой части ГРУ Генштаба России в Тамбове 13 того же сентября, увязывавшие инцидент, в котором погибли некие «документы особой государственной важности», с историей сухогруза Arctic Sea.

В начале октября 2009 года газета The Financial Times приводила мнение бывшего офицера ГРУ и эксперта по вопросам безопасности Антона Сурикова, который утверждал, что на судно могло иметь место 2 нападения: первое — у берегов Швеции ночью 24 июля с целью получения доказательств для правительств Британии и США наличия на борту оружия, второе — позже, 1 августа, организованное правительствами названных стран, для дальнейшего закулисного торга между вовлечёнными державами.

12 октября было озвучено мнение М. Войтенко:
<…> В истории мирового судоходства ещё ни одно захваченное пиратами и бандитами судно не таскали взад и вперёд на буксире под охраной военных по океану неделями для проведения «следственных мероприятий». Например, освободили судно из сомалийского плена — судно доползает до ближайшего порта, экипаж тут же меняют, делают необходимый ремонт, судно приводят в более-менее нормальное состояние, снабжают всем необходимым, и оно продолжает прерванный рейс. В случае же с Arctic Sea российская сторона, освободив, так сказать, судно, берет его под свою юрисдикцию, окружает железным занавесом секретности и держит в океане месяц с лишним, а вместе с ним и четырёх моряков из экипажа — и уже всем, кроме разве СКП, очевидно, что держат против их, моряков, воли. Несмотря на крики несчастных родственников и призывы общественности. <…>
В общем, российская сторона хочет избавиться от судна и спихнуть его судовладельцу, не отвечая за последствия, убытки, ущерб… и в конечном счёте — за свои действия.

Прокурор Верховного суда Испании Хосе Гринда Гонсалес, известный расследованиями деятельности русской мафии в Западной Европе, считает историю с Arctic Sea свидетельством нелегальной торговли оружием на высшем уровне.

Состоятельность или несостоятельность версии о торговле оружием с Ираном

Версия о том, на сухогрузе Arctic Sea перевозилось оружие для Ирана может показаться несостоятельной в силу того, что Российская Федерация и Иран имеют морскую границу, поэтому нелегальную торговлю оружием, если она была, проще и безопаснее организовать через Каспийское море. Однако, как показывает практика, возможности судоходства на Каспии и портовые мощности российских и иранских портов крайне ограничены. Иранские порты на южном Каспии представляют из себя рыболовецкие порты или специализированные площадки для приёма грузов нефтяных платформ, а не площадки генеральных грузов, необходимые для обработки продукции машиностроения (вооружения). Поэтому большая часть российского грузооборота с Ираном осуществляется по маршруту, по которому и шёл Аrctic Sea.

Исключениями являются порты Энзели, через который идёт большая часть российского экспорта леса и металлопроката в Иран, и который оборудован кранами грузоподъёмностью до 120 тонн, а также Махачкала, обладающая развитым портовым хозяйством.

Кроме того, существует возможность поставок оружия с российской военной базы в Армении по суше.

Дальнейшая судьба судна
В феврале 2010 года судно купила канадская компания Great Lakes Feeder Lines, осуществляющая каботажные перевозки между Галифаксом, Монреалем, озером Онтарио и другими портами Канады и США.
В апреле флаг Мальты, под которым судно ходило ранее, был сменён на флаг Барбадоса.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Российский морской регистр судоходства, судно «Arctic Sea»

 В Атлантике пропал сухогруз с российским экипажем
 Сухогруз загадок: кем написан сценарий Arctic Sea?
 Russian maritime register of shipping. List of survey`s status.
 http://amantula.livejournal.com/32851.html Независимый взгляд на историю с сухогрузом «Arctic Sea». Фотографии, комментарии, ссылки.

Суда СССР
Суда Мальты
Теплоходы
Пиратство
Контрабанда оружия
Происшествия
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I sometimes see these in the local (upscale) supermarket, but I've never tried them. Might have to do that.
I'm confused at the last paragraph, however, because you say "five fruits," but I'm only counting four: custard apple, coconut, papaya, and mango. (Which sounds like a wonderful fruit salad, by the way.) I love the phrase/prayer.
Oops, you're right; I mixed up two different Tết stories. Thanks for mentioning it.
Your photo of the dragon fruit and custard apples – the festive colours and nubby shapes are a feast for the eyes and beckon us to read on.
Thanks, Karen. More to come. . .
So many wonderful foods in the world, and my local supermarkets have such paltry selections. Drives me crazy! There are some Asian groceries around that I need to venture into.
These look alien and beautiful ! Love your description of how the words all play with each other. Do they taste at all anything else that might be familiar to North Americans?
Alien and beautiful . . . I love that! The same can be said of so many tropical fruits. Hard to describe what they taste like. Very mild, fragrant, and mildly sweet. The flesh is juicy in a lightly creamy way. The fruit is made of little sections, teardrop shaped, most containing a shiny black seed each. The flesh and seed separate easily, and we spit out the seeds the same way one does when eating watermelon.
I haven't seen them in shops here, but we could buy them in Madeira and the hotel often had them in the fresh fruit section of their buffet. They have quite a delicate taste and the flesh is soft rather than crunchy like an apple. Interesting to look at though, as is the dragon fruit which I've never tasted.
Think I'm gonna give this a try when I see it in Vietnam.


Bulgarian House offers on your attention this cozy Bulgarian property for sale in a village close to one of the biggest lakes in Bulgaria Yastrebino and 20 km away from Popovo town.
The house is in habitable good condition. It has living area of around 140sq.m. On the first floor there are in total three rooms. One of them was used as a kitchen, another one for bedroom and a cellar. There is also wide corridor. There is water connected on the first floor.
External staircase is leading to the upper second floor where you will find two bedrooms – one of them is very spacious with sizes approx. 4 m by 8 m and one small premise that can be converted into bathroom/toilet.
The house is for sale furnished with all the things that you see on the pictures. The rural house is supplied with electricity. Roof is in good condition. First floor of the property is stone build and upper floor is red bricks.
The garden is quiet big and spacious. It spreads over 2 315 sq.m. it is overgrown right now with grass, but in the past owners was growing many vegetables . The soil is very fertile. Outside there is external a tap for water. The property benefits of water well for irrigation the garden. There are also a big farm building just in front of the main house that can be converted into big BBQ area or in a living space like guest house. Even it can be on two floors because the present farm building is too high. Additional there is also big shed , another farm building which is not in good condition and have to be totally restored or you can use its borders and build a building for more living space and an another two outbuilding that owners was used for keeping some staff there.
Originally the property is presented in good condition. It has access to two asphalt roads and is surrounded by a fence.
The garden is very big and allow to be built a pool.
The property is located in very nice and quiet place. It has nice views and is close to a pine forest. Nearest town is Popovo where you can get everything: shops, hospital, kindergarten, schools, medical and dental services, hospital, banks…Also nearby about 7km away is Yastrebino lake. So the area is very suitable for fishing, hunting and rural tourism. The village is not so big, but very quiet and all people are very friendly.
If you would like to have more bigger plot of land, the same owner has additional plot of land that spreads over 1655 sq.m land. It is located about 100-200 meters away from the house. So totally plot could be 3970 sq.m.


Rob was previously the National Director of UnitingWorld and Associate Director for Relief and Development programs with our overseas Church partners.
Rob is particularly passionate about providing rural and marginalised communities, and especially women, with opportunities to improve their livelihoods.
Rob's interest in community development was sparked during the seven years he and his wife Jacqui spent as Mission Co-workers for the Uniting Church in West Timor, Indonesia.
During this time Rob taught at a Christian University and also worked as a consultant with a Christian Micro Finance Organisation, Tanaoba Lais Manekat.
Carmen Lazar is a well-known Assyrian community representative. Carmen migrated to Australia in 1971 with her parents and two sisters. She is respected and valued among community services networks.
Currently Carmen is the Manager and Community Settlement Officer, Assyrian Resource Centre that includes the Assyrian Australian Association which is in receipt of funding from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection for Settlement Grants Program (SGP) and for Diversity and Social Cohesion Program (DSCP).
Carmen is also a Member of the Fairfield Migrant Interagency (Fairfield Council) and in the past has been Principal of the Assyrian Diqlat School which is the Saturday Assyrian school that operates in two schools in NSW. Carmen is a member of the Immigrant Women's Network Group for the prevention of violence against women and a Community Support for Women Volunteer (once a month), Villawood Detention Centre.
The Very Reverend Dr Peter Catt, Dean, St John's Cathedral.
Chair, Brisbane Anglican Diocese Social Responsibilities Committee.
Dr Catt is Dean of St John's Anglican Cathedral in Brisbane. He is committed to forming life-giving relationships within the community and across the diocese and city. His interest include Christian Formation, liturgical innovation, the interaction between science and religion, and narrative theology.
He is a member of a number of environmental and Human Rights organisations and has served on Anglican Social Justice Committees at both Diocesan and National level. Dr Catt was the previous Chair of the ACRT for five years.
Rev Meewon Yang grew up in Korea where she was raised an active Presbyterian, and came to Australia in 1989. She was ordained as a Baptist Pastor in 1997, and soon after began working with the Baptist Union as a Multicultural Adviser.
She is now a Multicultural Pastor, caring for pastors and congregations in Victoria's 70 migrant ethnic Baptist congregations from Non-English Speaking Backgrounds.
Meewon has been a passionate advocate for asylum seekers and refugees. She established the Refugee Airfare and Assistance scheme, pioneered a chaplaincy role at an asylum seeker house set up by Brunswick Baptist Church, and then helped to establish the Sanctuary asylum seeker transitional housing project run by Baptcare. In 2012 Meewon completed her Masters Degree which looked at models of Multicultural ministry. She is a regular adjunct lecturer at Whitley College and within the MCD University.
As Executive Officer of the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission of Brisbane, Peter Arndt is also Convenor of the Brisbane Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support Network.
He participates in a number of reference groups associated with the management of Government-funded refugee support programs and the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation.
He also works in advocacy on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues, climate change, protection of outworkers, the death penalty and human rights in Sri Lanka and West Papua.
Brigid Arthur is a Brigidine Sister who trained both as a Primary and Secondary teacher. She taught and was Principal of schools for many years. Brigid has a degree in Arts (MelbourneUniversity) and educational and Mathematics/Science degrees from Australian Catholic University, La Trobe University,Monash University and Melbourne University.
Brigid studied at Fordham University in New York where she graduated with a Masters degree in Religious Education. She has studied theology at Yarra Theological College.
Brigid is the joint coordinator of the Brigidine Asylum Seekers' Project. This work has been at both a hands-on level – helping asylum seekers and refugees with accommodation, and other practical support, and in advocacy – trying to change the present policies and procedures used in Australia to deter asylum seekers coming to this country.
Brigid is a member of the Board of the Asylum Seekers Project and a member of the refugeeAdvocacy Network.
Helen most recently was the Director of Lutheran Community Care in South Australia and Northern Territory and is a member of the Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce.
She is a member of the Lutheran Church of Australia's Commission on Social and Bioethical Questions and has worked within the South Australian Council of Churches, contributing to the Theology and Welfare in Conversation group.
Originally trained as a teacher, she most enjoys listening to the stories and experiences of people and learning from them.Helen is currently in a discernment process to determine how to bring her skills to another opportunity.
Dr. Jill Parris left South Africa in1980 to move away from the restrictive apartheid government. She is a retired psychologist, trained in Australia and worked for the last ten years of her career to help settle humanitarian entrants who had fled war or famine in their countries of origin.
She is a Quaker whose concern lies with advocating for people who have been confined in on or offshore detention by the Australian government. Alongside this she is one of many supporters who draw alongside some of those who live on temporary visas within the community while waiting to be accepted for permanent residence within Australia.
Jill has an abiding interest in peace building which she has pursued though writing.
Rev. Jegasothy is a minister with the Uniting Church Australia, currently serving the congregation of Rose-bay – Vaucluse, and the Tamil congregation in Dulwich Hill. Before coming to Australia in 1986 he served as a minister with the Methodist Church of Sri Lanka for 13years. Both in Sri Lanka and in Australia, Rev. Jegasothy has been actively involved in the justice, human rights and welfare of internally displaced people, asylum seekers and refugees.
Since arriving in Australia, Rev Jegasothy has worked tirelessly to promote the welfare of asylum seekers and refugees especially from Sri Lankan arriving in this country, particularly those fleeing the violence of war. In recognition of this service, Amnesty International nominated Rev. Jegasothy in 2003 for the Australian Council for Overseas Aid (ACFOA) Human Rights award. In 2009 he received a Humanitarian Award from the Refugee Council of Australia (RCA), and the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS).
Born and raised in Queensland, Richard was ordained an Anglican priest in 1977, and has served in parish ministry, theological education and ecumenical ministry activities, including as a broadcaster on Christian radio. Richard is now General Secretary and was previous President of Queensland Churches Together.
He is Chaplain to Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, the Most Reverend Dr Phillip Aspinall, with responsibility for Diocesan and Provincial matters and Residentiary Canon of St John's Cathedral, Brisbane. He also serves as a member of the Ministry Education Commission and the Anglican Committee for Ecumenical Affairs.
In addition to his years of parish ministry, he has also served as Vice Principal, Dean of Studies and Lecturer in Biblical Studies at St John's Theological College, Morpeth NSW and as Regional Representative for ABM in Queensland. Richard holds a Bachelor of Divinity from the University of Queensland and a Masters in Professional Communications from the University of Southern Queensland.
Caz Coleman has been involved with the NCCA and AfP since her youth as a member of the Victorian NCCA Board. In 2000 she volunteered with an AfP partner, OfERR in India with Sri Lankan refugees and went on to specialise in asylum and refugee policy in Australia.
Caz has experience in migration law, torture and trauma support and asylum policy having spent 6 years on the Ministerial Advisory Council for Asylum and Detention.
Caz lead welfare services in Nauru in 2013 and most recently was the CEO of the FASST and settlement agency, Melaleuca Refugee Centre in Darwin. Caz has an academic background in Theology.
James has served as National Advocacy Officer for the Program on Refugees and Displaced People, and is currently operating as the Associate Director of Policy and Advocacy. In 2007 and 2008, James was the Rapporteur for UNHCR's Annual Consultations with NGOs, and he has attended the Ministerial Consultations and the DIAC-NGO Dialogue on Humanitarian Issues for the past seven years. James co-chairs the ACFID Protection Working Group, is the founding member and chair of the ACT International Protection Advisory Group, and is heavily involved in refugee rights work. Prior to his current position he spent five years in Ethiopia and Eritrea working as a journalist and in the development field.


Hey Mollu, I have a question. Where might I find that page you drew of Hound watching The Princess Bride while eating peanut butter? I'm not sure if it's in the archive (I've given up on looking through it). I thought it might be in the news posts, but sadly the ones from before the hiatus seem to be gone.


Hi everyone, today (and the rest of this week) I am the guest blogger at QUILTsocial.com.
I will be featuring 7 projects and my theme for the week is: " How to Make Your Holidays Sew Much Easier" .
Go on over to QUILTSocial.com each day there are some great gift ideas and holiday decor, complete tutorials, lots of information about the notions, fabric and some free pattern downloads.
Enjoy and I sincerely hope you holidays are sew easy!
Todays project, See image below: "Ornament Pot Holder" and Microwave Mitts, great easy gifts for coworkers, neighbours, friends, family and the cooks in your life!
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Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst wrote an op-ed in today's Austin American-Statesman where he attempts to spin a lie that Texas didn't need stimulus dollars to balance the budget.
Given recent comments about our state's budget, I feel it is time to separate fact from political fiction. The fact is, in stark contrast to the U. S. Congress, the Texas Constitution requires the Legislature to balance the state budget every two years, and that would have happened with or without any federal stimulus dollars.
In 2007, I led the effort to save $7 billion to balance the revenue shortfall we anticipated this year.
So it's simply political fiction that stimulus dollars were necessary to balance our budget.
OK then Dewhurst — how would you have balanced the budget without using the $14 billion in federal stimulus dollars?
To balance the budget, he's either got to cut spending or raid the Rainy Day Fund — but the Rainy Day Fund wouldn't have filled a $14 billion budget hole. So what would Dewhurst have cut?
Kicked more kids off of CHIP?
Further gutted public education spending?
Dewhurst has no answer to this at all.
Meanwhile — while Dewhurst is out spinning lies to cover his and every other Texas Republican's political hide when Rick Perry is rallying against Washington at the same time he's accepting $14 billion to fill a budget hole that he created — his Senate Finance Chair, Steve Ogden, is actually telling the truth.
According to the State Comptroller's office, Texas requested and was allocated almost $20 billion in federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment ACt, and has so far been awarded about $13 billion. About $3.6 billion has been received, and nearly all of the received funds have been spent.
If David Dewhurst really wants to claim that Texas didn't need the stimulus funds, then he should produce a budget that shows what he would have cut. But he'll never do that, because this isn't about leadership or fiscal responsibility or being honest about how Texas Republicans play a shall game with Texas' taxpayer dollars.
It's about political power, and political wars — and Dewhurst, Perry, Strauss, and every other Texas Republican is going to rally against Big Bad Washington while silently singing President Obama and the Democratic Congress' praises that they bailed Texas out of a massive $14 billion budget hole.
Don't believe Dewhurst' spin — and don't believe it when you hear it repeated for the next year in the press, in local elections, in campaign forums, or on the campaign trail. The Republican-led legislature was only able to balance the budget because of federal stimulus dollars.
Remember — I didn't say it. The Republican Senate Finance Chair did.