Coach Nick: Kawhi isn't a superstar and here is the reason...

[spursistan]

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:lmao..

Tim Duncan wasn't a superstar, too..:lol

[Dex]

Wow...for someone with the basketball brain that Coach Nick has, that is an incredibly asinine take.

How much you get for your latest sneaker deal or how much of your soul you sell to State Farm should have absolutely NOTHING to do with your ability to produce on the court and carry your team.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Yikes, that's a terrible take. Coach Nick has been on a steady rapid decline.

[Budkin]

Just lost a ton of respect for Coach Nick.

[spursistan]

Just lost a ton of respect for Coach Nick.
Implying you had a ton of it :lol..

[Splits]

Oh yeah. This needed it's own thread.

Definitely

[Chinook]

Maybe he's a couple a weeks early on his April Fool's post?

[Chinook]

Yikes, that's a terrible take. Coach Nick has been on a steady rapid decline.

Literally defying the laws of physics. Dude's drop-off has no terminal velocity.

[cd98]

Coach Nick has sold his soul?!?! The Westbrook or Harden campaign teams must have bought him out. I guess by that definition, Tim was never a superstar and never should've won an MVP.

[superbigtime]

He has his own clothing apparel line with Jordan. And does some bad commercials. Kawhi isn't a mountain dew kinda guy.

[sananspursfan21]

Wait, what about all the HEB endorsements???? Doesn't that count for something?! Wtf!!! Color me pissed .

[Chinook]

BBALLBREAKDOWN‏ bball (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=46863)breakdown 42m42 minutes ago
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BBALLBREAKDOWN Retweeted Austin 🌀
I love Kawhi, and I've loved him before just about anybody else would listen to me about it. He could easily be MVP

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BBALLBREAKDOWN Retweeted Jackson Roberts
Kawhi’s ceiling, like The Rent, is too damn high

[dabom]

I've been saying coach Nick has been slurping that gsw market for a while now. :lmao

[Robz4000]

:lol Jesus (or Allah, Buddha, etc), send your prayers to Coach Nick

[SpursFan86]

Meh, it's dumb...but it's just semantics. To some people, "superstar" inherently means being insanely popular and marketable. If you aren't recognized in pretty much every household, you aren't a superstar. By this definition, Melo is more of a superstar than Kawhi.

I don't agree with it, but that's how some people define it. Not sure there's a 100% correct way of defining a sports superstar.

[Brazil]

Yeah I'm pretty sure dude was being ironic

[Pocho La Pantera]

Oh yeah. This needed it's own thread.

Definitely
Exactly, for shitty threads we already have you.

[SAGirl]

:lol Someone tell me coach nick has his bballbreakdown account hacked...
wow.

[dabom]

Yeah I'm pretty sure dude was being ironic

I ain't clicking it to add to his views. Dude has to be upfront about this shizz.

[DJR210]

Am I missing something here? All I see is a sarcastic tweet..

[Brazil]

I ain't clicking it to add to his views. Dude has to be upfront about this shizz.


Am I missing something here? All I see is a sarcastic tweet..

^what he said

[Spur|n|Austin]

Am I missing something here? All I see is a sarcastic tweet..

It's not sarcasm, he's getting roasted on Twitter and responding to most tweets with his "justification".

[Marrow]

Coach Nick should've used the blue font...some people just can't detect the sarcasm

[dabom]

It's not sarcasm, he's getting roasted on Twitter and responding to most tweets with his "justification".

Srs? :lmao

[Brazil]

It's not sarcasm, he's getting roasted on Twitter and responding to most tweets with his "justification".

it is called trolling

[Mikeanaro]

Coach Nick needs to be raped.

[Spur|n|Austin]

it is called trolling

:lol oh ok fucking with his followers, cool. His credibility is going even further out the window if he's trolling his readers.

[Brazil]

I cannot imagine it is not sacarstic tbh... he even used capital letters on the MUST

dude is a Spurs and Kawhi fan, makes no sense

he is making fun of the superstar concept as per mainstream media

[dabom]

I went through all his comments. Dude was being truthful. Said something about "moving the merch". :lmao

[apalisoc_9]

Nick is being sarcastic.

God, spursfans sometimes can be so sensitive. :lol

[TheGreatYacht]

:lol Jesus (or Allah, Buddha, etc), send your prayers to Coach Nick
:lol

[dabom]

Nick is being sarcastic.

God, spursfans sometimes can be so sensitive. :lol

I trad all his comments. Dude was serious.

[spurraider21]

I trad all his comments. Dude was serious.i dont blame you for being confused, sometimes he talks about really complicated subjects like how players perform "off the dribble"

[Joseph Kony]

Kawhi is incredibly marketable because he is "quiet" and "humble," meaning white people love him because he's not a demonstrative black guy, imo

[dabom]

i dont blame you for being confused, sometimes he talks about really complicated subjects like how players perform "off the dribble"

Trying to "get one in" when you can now? :lol

The rise of Kawhi made a whole bunch of ya pussy posters post less. :lol

[Arcadian]

What the actual fuck?

[xtremesteven33]

Coach Nick may be sarcastic but he really is stating a narrative that most sports journalists believe."Superstar" is an undefined term. With no real meaning anyone can give definition to it. In this case in order to be the best you must be a "superstar", which means you must market yourself out to the public. Glad Kawhi is concentrating on becoming the best player in basketball and only that will matter and last. All that other bullshit, is here today and gone tomorrow...

[BillMc]

Yikes, that's a terrible take. Coach Nick has been on a steady rapid decline.

This

Anytime Nick tries any subject not strictly on the court he usually embarrasses himself. His attempts at humor on his casts are cringe worthy

[james evans]

technically, that's what a superstar is today. It's not about playing level, it's about marketability. Some guys no matter how great they are, you just can't market them to the masses. Duncan, Olajuwon, Leonard, Kareem(for obvious reasons), .. Some dudes just don't have the charisma that the white media feels they can exploit. Now, jumping around after every point like you're having a seizure, that's marketable. Scoring and then getting to the other end of the court to play defense, nah, can't market that.

[dabom]

Is Lollard a superstar? Other NBA players would laugh at that shit. Ask LeBron if kawhi is a superstar. :lol

[NameLess Scrub]

Coach Nick may be sarcastic but he really is stating a narrative that most sports journalists believe."Superstar" is an undefined term. With no real meaning anyone can give definition to it. In this case in order to be the best you must be a "superstar", which means you must market yourself out to the public. Glad Kawhi is concentrating on becoming the best player in basketball and only that will matter and last. All that other bullshit, is here today and gone tomorrow...

Agreed.

That sounds like the Kobe argument for when he was collecting tons of money after getting old and injured :lol

We understand there's a business, but it's a sport first and if someone will be called the best, it's the best at the sport.
That's just common sense.

[elbamba]

I would make the argument that neither Paul nor Blake are superstars, yet one has State Farm and the other has Kia commercials. As support for my take, name a team with two superstars that have never made it to the finals.

[YGWHI]

Meh, it's dumb...but it's just semantics. To some people, "superstar" inherently means being insanely popular and marketable. If you aren't recognized in pretty much every household, you aren't a superstar. By this definition, Melo is more of a superstar than Kawhi.

I don't agree with it, but that's how some people define it. Not sure there's a 100% correct way of defining a sports superstar.

How the best PF to ever play the game was never a superstar? This is so wrong

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[spursistan]

This corny bum ass is actually serious with his take :lol..

[YGWHI]

technically, that's what a superstar is today. It's not about playing level, it's about marketability. Some guys no matter how great they are, you just can't market them to the masses. Duncan, Olajuwon, Leonard, Kareem(for obvious reasons)...

Agree. But Coach Nick says Kawhi isn't markteable at all when Kawhi's 7 in top jersey selling, he his has his own Jordan line, his own sweatsuits line too...

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Saying Kawhi's less marketable than LeBron or Kobe is one thing, saying he's not marketable is another...The first is true, the latter not.

[YGWHI]

This corny bum ass is actually serious with his take :lol..

He was never "sarcastic" like others said, he truly believes this shit

[hater]

:lmao Sperms fans. Some of the most sensitive emo pussies Ive sen

:lol

This thread delivers :lmao

[YGWHI]

:lmao Sperms fans. Some of the most sensitive emo pussies Ive sen

:lol

This thread delivers :lmao

Thank God you're not a Spurs fan and never overreact


"Avoid Memphis at all cost"...Spurs 4-Grizz 0

[dabom]

Thank God you're not a Spurs fan and never overreact


"Avoid Memphis at all cost"...Spurs 4-Grizz 0

Mtfkr called a Clinton victory. You know how that worked out. :lol

[YGWHI]

Mtfkr called a Clinton victory. You know how that worked out. :lol
Damn... :lol

[xellos88330]

There is a difference between a marketing superstar and a basketball superstar. Basketball superstar is a phenomenal basketball talent. A marketing superstar is one that plays basketball to sell shit.

[DMC]

The problem is fans have conflated the terms "superstar" with "all star" as if "super star" is the next level from "all star" but it's not even related (see Carmelo Anthony), and if you misuse something long enough eventually it becomes the norm (See even people like Trey Gowdy saying "this begs the question"). Super-star" is a celebrity term, and to be a celebrity you have to be recognizable by face and name to a lot of people. Kawhi isn't recognizable to most people.

I think coach Nick is being pedantic. Kawhi is for sure a star in the NBA. He's just not a star outside of it. He doesn't have a high profile, intentionally too I might add.

[hater]

The tears here are hillarious :lmao

Coach nick going in raw :lol

[Proxy]

it's either a semantics argument or he's trying to gain publicity

[Spurtacular]

Coach Nick telling the truth. ST'ers butthurt :lmao

[mudyez]

He is just beeing sarcastic, isn't he?

[spursistan]

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[apalisoc_9]

I told you nick Loves Kawhi :lol

He's just been frustraated lately with Casuals consistently attacking him. Most of which are Counting stats casuals alaWestbrook fan.

It's criminal nowadys to prop up spurs players and to a lesser extent warrior players. People are just stupid

[Chucho]

I loved his tweet from earlier that went something like "if you told someone in the 90's NBA that the MVP's team won only 48 games, they'd laugh you off the line..."

I bet the horsemeat connoisseurs around here love him, seems he hates Russ and OKC more than STers love coming here to cry a about slights, or eating horse meat.