quote from Malcom Thomas about Kawhi

[pivdro]

I asked Thomas if he spoke with Leonard when Leonard missed close to two months of play with his right hand injury, after injuring his hand in a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on January 22. “I got to talk to him a little bit about it. It was funny because we have the same agent,” chuckled Thomas, “and my agent was giving him a hard time because he got hurt, and they had to sign a guard which is why they let me go. My agent was just giving him a hard time, saying it was his fault and all that.”

what? how this is Kawhi fault? it was an accident. like agent was joking?


source http://www.projectspurs.com/2014-art...rd-s-play.html (http://www.projectspurs.com/2014-articles/march/conversing-with-malcolm-thomas-what-he-learned-from-spurs-release-on-leonard-s-play.html)

[exstatic]

Yes, like a joke. The agent can't even be that mad, since Utah claimed him off waivers.

[Chinook]

Should have kept Thomas anyway. Those Jeffers/Brown days were horrible. I wonder what would have happened had the Daye/De Colo swap happened earlier.

[Spursfanfromafar]

Poor Thomas. He was being groomed for a backup defensive role on the Spurs and Kawhi's injury made it imperative that they get a scoring guard instead. Atleast he did get his guaranteed contract going with the Jazz.

[cd021]

what was the specs of his deal again?

[Mel_13]

what was the specs of his deal again?

Minimum contract through 2014-15. No guaranteed money the second year.

He might have been better off if he had not been claimed by Utah. His salary for 2013-14 was already guaranteed. He could have picked up some more money on 10 day contracts and had some choice about where to go this summer. He's only played 23 minutes in the two months he's been with Utah.

[Aztecfan03]

I asked Thomas if he spoke with Leonard when Leonard missed close to two months of play with his right hand injury, after injuring his hand in a game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on January 22. “I got to talk to him a little bit about it. It was funny because we have the same agent,” chuckled Thomas, “and my agent was giving him a hard time because he got hurt, and they had to sign a guard which is why they let me go. My agent was just giving him a hard time, saying it was his fault and all that.”


what? how this is Kawhi fault? it was an accident. like agent was joking?


source http://www.projectspurs.com/2014-art...rd-s-play.html (http://www.projectspurs.com/2014-articles/march/conversing-with-malcolm-thomas-what-he-learned-from-spurs-release-on-leonard-s-play.html)



Yes he was joking. A lot of times "giving someone a hard time" is a joking type of thing.

[Man In Black]

More like because Danny Green, Manu, and then Kawhi got hurt...that's when it became his fault. Plus de Colo wasn't going to play the kind of defense that the Spurs needed from the Wing so they had to get crap talent like Jeffers and Brown to fill the gap.

[cd021]

Minimum contract through 2014-15. No guaranteed money the second year.

He might have been better off if he had not been claimed by Utah. His salary for 2013-14 was already guaranteed. He could have picked up some more money on 10 day contracts and had some choice about where to go this summer. He's only played 23 minutes in the two months he's been with Utah.

So theoretically the Spurs could reacquire him, if the Jazz decline to keep him heading into next season.

[cd021]

Kind of makes me laugh that Oden, potentially, could have chosen the Spurs. He would have occupied the 15 roster spot. If the season would have played out the same way with a full roster spot the Spurs likely would have tried to move someone prior to the deadline.

[exstatic]

Poor Thomas. He was being groomed for a backup defensive role on the Spurs and Kawhi's injury made it imperative that they get a scoring guard instead. Atleast he did get his guaranteed contract going with the Jazz.

His contract was already guaranteed for the season before he left SA. The cut deadline had passed. He's also still fully UNguaranteed for next year.

[Spursfanfromafar]

His contract was already guaranteed for the season before he left SA. The cut deadline had passed. He's also still fully UNguaranteed for next year.

Yes. That is what I meant by "going with the Jazz". Should have said "continuing with the Jazz".

[exstatic]

Yes. That is what I meant by "going with the Jazz". Should have said "continuing with the Jazz".
:tu

[Tuddy]

I reckon they'll sign him again next season if he's available. Hitting 3s that consistently, even if it was the d-league shows he can shoot along with his defensive potential.

[313]

I reckon they'll sign him again next season if he's available. Hitting 3s that consistently, even if it was the d-league shows he can shoot along with his defensive potential.
Iirc his shooting had fell off a cliff prior to us waiving him

[exstatic]

Iirc his shooting had fell off a cliff prior to us waiving him

Yeah, teams figured out that if you run him off the line, he has no other offense yet. The thing that has been consistent in his few NBA stops is rebounding. He is a legit NBA rebounder, and wants the ball.

[313]

Yeah, teams figured out that if you run him off the line, he has no other offense yet. The thing that has been consistent in his few NBA stops is rebounding. He is a legit NBA rebounder, and wants the ball.

I liked him, and wish we could have kept him. Especially seeing as his replacement was Brown and Jeffers.

[exstatic]

I liked him, and wish we could have kept him. Especially seeing as his replacement was Brown and Jeffers.

Bad luck, numbers-wise, but when Green, Kawhi and Manu all went down, we needed wings/guards, not a thin PF. We were running a Parker/Beli/Decolo/Joseph/Jeffers-Brown rotation. :lol