[Senator Clay Davis]

A short-term deal is a rather risky play for a superstar player. Kawhi only needs to look across the court at Cousins to see that injuries can quickly derail a guy's opportunity at a max contract. That said if he does take a short term he will certainly show how little max money means to him since if he does take a two year deal he will probably have cost himself $50 million+ by not taking the Spurs super-super max initially, and then the Raps extra year max now.