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Colin Cowherd: According to Kevin OConnor of The Ringer, Pat Riley of the Heat and Mark Cuban of the Mavericks are going to make a hard push for Kawhi Leonard. Kawhi Leonard is going to be a free agent Miami and Dallas have no state tax, LA has got 13%. That IS something with Kawhi and heres why. Kawhi makes $34 million a year, if he stays with the Clippers the next the years instead of Dallas or Miami, hed lose $13.5 million. If he stayed for four he would $18 million. Because unlike Steph or LeBron, California doesnt matter for those guys, they have big shoe deals and big social media deals, and Kawhi doesnt. Hes not a big personality, he doesnt make anything on social media, and he doesnt drive shoe sales. A lot of pro athletes come to California and theyve already made their money, or they can drive shoe deals, or their social media deals, Kawhi NEEDS that NBA money. Secondly, he is super frugal. LEGENDARILY frugal. True story: when he signed a deal with the Spurs and made $94 million, he was driving a 20-year-old SUV. When asked about it he said it runs, and its paid off. He then had a deal with Wingstop and they gave him coupons. According to an article in Sports Illustrated he panicked when he lost his coupons for free chicken wings. For athletes like Steph and LeBron, California is where they need to be. The taxes dont matter as much to LeBron because hes not going to get these opportunities and these cozy deals, and this television network without it being in his backyard I think Dallas fits way better than Miami. Luka is a way better player than Jimmy Butler and I like Jimmy Butler. If he goes to Dallas he no longer has to guard Luka, who is the biggest nightmare for any great defender. Luka, Kawhi, Porzingis, and Hardaway is a championship team... He can hide in Dallas, which is a football town, and I think Kawhi would love that. He would love not having to deal with the pressure of being a 'one' because he will have Luka to take the pressure off him. (Full Video Above)