Kawhi Throwing Shade at the Spurs

[BatManu20]

Not very subtle.

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[Degoat]

One good thing about the raptors winning whether you like it or not, I bet there will be more clarity coming out of what happened last year

[gameFACE]

Uncle Dennis didn't help the situation but after seeing what went down with KD this week the scale tips toward Kawhi's favor.

[SpurPadre]

Uncle Dennis didn't help the situation but after seeing what went down with KD this week the scale tips toward Kawhi's favor.

No it doesn't. That's such a lazy argument. Durant's injury was far more serious with less time to recover than Load Management. False equivalency.

[HarlemHeat37]

Speaking directly to Tony Parker, unfortunately..

[DAF86]

If it was only about that injury problem, he will stay on Toronto. Let's see.

[NASpurs]

Speaking directly to Tony Parker, unfortunately..

You mean Tony “my injury is 10x worse, why are they leaving Green open and watch out for your wife” Parker? What a teammate.

[ElNono]

Speaking directly to Tony Parker, unfortunately..

That Hornets player that just retired?

[look_at_g_shred]

By the mods changing the title of the thread, I think that tells us all we need to know.

[gameFACE]

No it doesn't. That's such a lazy argument. Durant's injury was far more serious with less time to recover than Load Management. False equivalency.
It's not about the seriousness of the injury. It's about the player and medical staff being in agreement. According to what was reported KD and the Warriors agreed to let him play. Kawhi and the Spurs didn't. That's the thrust of the equivalency. Sorry you're too lazy to get that.

[SpurPadre]

It's not about the seriousness of the injury. It's about the player and medical staff being in agreement. According to what was reported KD and the Warriors agreed to let him play. Kawhi and the Spurs didn't. That's the thrust of the equivalency. Sorry you're too lazy to get that.

You can name call back to make yourself feel better all you want, it doesn't change the fact that the differences in the seriousness of the injuries changes perception for obvious reasons.

[Hoops Czar]

Speaking directly to Tony Parker, unfortunately..

Are you sure he wasn't addressing Spurstalk?

[look_at_g_shred]

It's not about the seriousness of the injury. It's about the player and medical staff being in agreement. According to what was reported KD and the Warriors agreed to let him play. Kawhi and the Spurs didn't. That's the thrust of the equivalency. Sorry you're too lazy to get that.
Well here’s the thing..we all saw Durant get injured. Has anyone been able to locate the actual game and play where this Leonard injury happened?

[look_at_g_shred]

It's not about the seriousness of the injury. It's about the player and medical staff being in agreement. According to what was reported KD and the Warriors agreed to let him play. Kawhi and the Spurs didn't. That's the thrust of the equivalency. Sorry you're too lazy to get that.
Well here’s the thing..we all saw Durant get injured. Has anyone been able to locate the actual game and play where this Leonard injury happened?

[ShutUp SayItAgain!]

No it doesn't. That's such a lazy argument. Durant's injury was far more serious with less time to recover than Load Management. False equivalency.

Durant's was a real injury. Kawhi faked his to force a trade. Amazing people have to be reminded of this

[ShutUp SayItAgain!]

Well here’s the thing..we all saw Durant get injured. Has anyone been able to locate the actual game and play where this Leonard injury happened?

Nope bc it never happened

[ShutUp SayItAgain!]

Well here’s the thing..we all saw Durant get injured. Has anyone been able to locate the actual game and play where this Leonard injury happened?

Nope bc it never happened

[Gamechannel]

Durant's was a real injury. Kawhi faked his to force a trade. Amazing people have to be reminded of this

No use talking sense to Kawhi fans. Their minds are made up. This generation unfortunately believes more in what they read on social media than what's actually happening in front of them in life. That's how Trump became president. He changed the narrative on Twitter and his followers ran with it and totally ignored the reality which was completely opposite.

[SpurPadre]

Talking shit after the fact but he hugged Pop after his return to San Antonio game like a fucking hypocrite. Fucking pussy.

[gameFACE]

You can name call back to make yourself feel better all you want, it doesn't change the fact that the differences in the seriousness of the injuries changes perception for obvious reasons.
Never use terms that can be thrown back at you, then.


Well here’s the thing..we all saw Durant get injured. Has anyone been able to locate the actual game and play where this Leonard injury happened?
IIRC, it was a preseason scrimmage.

[timtonymanu]

No use talking sense to Kawhi fans. Their minds are made up. This generation unfortunately believes more in what they read on social media than what's actually happening in front of them in life. That's how Trump became president. He changed the narrative on Twitter and his followers ran with it and totally ignored the reality which was completely opposite.

Speaking of Trump I’m sure Pop will speak about him any minute to deflect this trainwreck trade

[Gamechannel]

Talking shit after the fact but he hugged Pop after his return to San Antonio game like a fucking hypocrite. Fucking pussy.

Well that was basically Pop hugging him cuz he's the bigger man and Kawhi had no choice but to hug back to maintain his good guy image. Look at him dancing tonight after winning. You think that is someone who is shy, quiet or autistic? Dude's as fake as they come.

[SpurPadre]

Speaking of Trump I’m sure Pop will speak about him any minute to deflect this trainwreck trade

Trump is still president and now this bitch wins a ring. Fucked up world we live in...

[dbreiden83080]

You really have to love this fucking chickenshit bastard. He has been completely quiet about this entire thing all season long. And now he’s running his mouth. What a fucking pussy.

[dbreiden83080]

Well that was basically Pop hugging him cuz he's the bigger man and Kawhi had no choice but to hug back to maintain his good guy image. Look at him dancing tonight after winning. You think that is someone who is shy, quiet or autistic? Dude's as fake as they come.

And he had basically one full year to come out, and do an interview standing up for himself about the injury and perceptions of himself. He didn’t say one fucking word. Now all the sudden he’s feeling brave to talk about it. What a jack ass.

[SpurPadre]

Well that was basically Pop hugging him cuz he's the bigger man and Kawhi had no choice but to hug back to maintain his good guy image. Look at him dancing tonight after winning. You think that is someone who is shy, quiet or autistic? Dude's as fake as they come.

I take pride in not having watched a second of this series, let alone tonight's festivities. I was doing all my tracking on espn gamecast to the bitter end.

[TheGreatYacht]

God damn shame Manure tucked his one testicle in between his legs and retired after running Kawhi out of town

[SpurPadre]

God damn shame Manure tucked his one testicle in between his legs and retired after running Kawhi out of town

And yet he still has more balls than this piece of shit

[ShutUp SayItAgain!]

You really have to love this fucking chickenshit bastard. He has been completely quiet about this entire thing all season long. And now he’s running his mouth. What a fucking pussy.

Yeah you could tell he was waiting for this moment. Faggot. I don't like Pop myself but no doubt this faggot lied his way out of San Antonio

[dbreiden83080]

Well here’s the thing..we all saw Durant get injured. Has anyone been able to locate the actual game and play where this Leonard injury happened?

I believe it happened right after he exited a sit down with his uncle And was informed that his shoe contract is not worth jack shit.

[Gamechannel]

I believe it happened right after he exited a sit down with his uncle And was informed that his shoe contract is not worth jack shit.



Haha. Well played, sir. Well played.

[SuperCam]

he said a few minutes ago on NBAtv "this is the most fun i've had in a basketball season"

PATFO cucked again smh

[Gamechannel]

he said a few minutes ago on NBAtv "this is the most fun i've had in a basketball season"

PATFO cucked again smh

Of course he will say that. He likes a coach who coddles him, team mates that worship the ground he walks on and a fanbase that calls him King of the North.

He didn't have fun playing for the Spurs where Pop would treat everyone equally, get on him when he made mistakes, teammates who held him accountable and a fanbase who loved him but realized the team matters more than any individual.

[timtonymanu]

They made him a laughing stock in HEB commercials when he was the team’s star. How disrespectful can you be to do that?

[kw780101]

And he had basically one full year to come out, and do an interview standing up for himself about the injury and perceptions of himself. He didn’t say one fucking word. Now all the sudden he’s feeling brave to talk about it. What a jack ass.
This, and his uncle did the interview saying the Spurs didn't trust #2 bullshit right after the Raptors won Eastern Conference finals. Fucking snakes. Snake nephew raised by snake uncle.

[UZER]

Of course he will say that. He likes a coach who coddles him, team mates that worship the ground he walks on and a fanbase that calls him King of the North.

He didn't have fun playing for the Spurs where Pop would treat everyone equally, get on him when he made mistakes, teammates who held him accountable and a fanbase who loved him but realized the team matters more than any individual.

Signing Patty to a $50 mil contract is not treating everyone equally.

[TimDunkem]

Of course he will say that. He likes a coach who coddles him, team mates that worship the ground he walks on and a fanbase that calls him King of the North.

He didn't have fun playing for the Spurs where Pop would treat everyone equally, get on him when he made mistakes, teammates who held him accountable and a fanbase who loved him but realized the team matters more than any individual.

He's arguably best player on the planet. A true two-way star, and here you are waxing poetic about the Spurs. Who gives a shit about anything but winning? The Spurs actually used to care about that, you know. This was the team that didn't give a fuck Parker was porking Erin Berry for fucks sake. :lol

And, even if all that about Kawhi is true, who cares about coddling the man if it means he's going to continue to be that stoic-faced killer on both ends of the court?

[TimDunkem]

Signing Patty to a $50 mil contract is not treating everyone equally.

[SuperCam]

Of course he will say that. He likes a coach who coddles him, team mates that worship the ground he walks on and a fanbase that calls him King of the North.

He didn't have fun playing for the Spurs where Pop would treat everyone equally, get on him when he made mistakes, teammates who held him accountable and a fanbase who loved him but realized the team matters more than any individual.

who gives a shit? that antiquated military bullshit is anathema to the modern star. old white fans can be proud about doing thing the spur way while losing in the 1st round :lol

[timtonymanu]

who gives a shit? that antiquated military bullshit is anathema to the modern star. old white fans can be proud about doing thing the spur way while losing in the 1st round :lol

Well said

[Gamechannel]

who gives a shit? that antiquated military bullshit is anathema to the modern star. old white fans can be proud about doing thing the spur way while losing in the 1st round :lol

Then why didn't you guys go root for the Warriors when they were cuddling to the egos of KD, Curry, Klay and Green and winning championships? If winning is all you care about then you should have switched teams.

Rooting for Spurs is just as much as rooting for the Spurs way. Let's not fucking pretend that the Spurs team was as bad as the NOLA or the Lakers when Kobe went on his "I want out " rants where the star wanting out sort is sort of justified. The Spurs were still a playoff team and had Kawhi played the season, we would have made a deep playoff run. We were a playoff team without him the past 2 seasons for God's sake even with all the liabilities and bad contracts you speak of. What's to say we would not have made an impact had he fucking stuck around. Who's to say we would not have improved the roster had he been patient?

Guess what? Toronto is maxed out next year and once they resign him, they're in luxury tax territory. Lowry and gasol are only going to get old. Ibaka will continue his downward slide. They still have to pay Danny Green and extend Siakam. Kawhi will have to wait a year or 2 before they're good enough to go back to the big dance. Just like he would have had to wait a couple of years on the Spurs to become bonafide contenders again. It's the same thing!!

The dude just didn't want to be a Spur anymore. Everything else is just excuses. Whatever the Spurs did to piss him off, it gave him the excuse he had been looking for to GTFO.

[TimDunkem]

Barf.

[Manong Ginobili]

Should have sent him to Orlando

[NickiRasgo]

I'm still going to be neutral between Spurs and Kawhi since I'm supporting both of them but will somehow defend the Spurs more due to Kawhi's uncle.

I'm not saying Kawhi didn't deserve it but Warriors didn't have full 100% sure Kahwi is not 100% but it's playable. Funny thing is, Kawhi can get away from it due to the comparison of LeBron's run in 2015 and he's the good guy.

Sadly, Uncle Dennis won - bigger market/value it is.

[r0drig0lac]

Of course he will say that. He likes a coach who coddles him, team mates that worship the ground he walks on and a fanbase that calls him King of the North.

He didn't have fun playing for the Spurs where Pop would treat everyone equally, get on him when he made mistakes, teammates who held him accountable and a fanbase who loved him but realized the team matters more than any individual.

you may be correct in everything you said, but the bold text is not true and you know it.

[Gamechannel]

you may be correct in everything you said, but the bold text is not true and you know it.

Are you saying Pop would give anyone star treatment over others? C'on man. Even Duncan got routinely chewed out for missing defensive assignments.

[hombre]

No use talking sense to Kawhi fans. Their minds are made up. This generation unfortunately believes more in what they read on social media than what's actually happening in front of them in life. That's how Trump became president. He changed the narrative on Twitter and his followers ran with it and totally ignored the reality which was completely opposite.

Don't forget the part about colluding with Russia.

[bic50]

No it doesn't. That's such a lazy argument. Durant's injury was far more serious with less time to recover than Load Management. False equivalency.
It didn’t look far more serious. Kd looked to be fine dancing and in warm up and during the game. He was apparently told that he couldn’t injure it any worse then thats exactly what happened. What sucks is it was for nothing because his team still lost the series.

[SpurPadre]

It didn’t look far more serious. Kd looked to be fine dancing and in warm up and during the game. He was apparently told that he couldn’t injure it any worse then thats exactly what happened. What sucks is it was for nothing because his team still lost the series.

They only lost because he wasn't a part of the other games.

[bic50]

Of course he will say that. He likes a coach who coddles him, team mates that worship the ground he walks on and a fanbase that calls him King of the North.

He didn't have fun playing for the Spurs where Pop would treat everyone equally, get on him when he made mistakes, teammates who held him accountable and a fanbase who loved him but realized the team matters more than any individual.
And it got them a title. Sorry but if you have a generational talent like that you do what you can to keep them happy. Once he left chance for the spurs to win a title left with him.

[bic50]

They only lost because he wasn't a part of the other games.
Right

[Legacy]

Not very subtle.

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Then why the fuck was he wanting to go to the Lakers? Just to spite Pop... ?

[Legacy]

That appears to be more CIA pop LIES

Pop or Kawhi "LIES" ?

[Legacy]

One good thing about the raptors winning whether you like it or not, I bet there will be more clarity coming out of what happened last year

No shit.

[Chris]

Easy to run your yapper after a W dude needed Durant and Klay to go down to get it.

[YGWHI]

Easy to run your yapper after a W dude needed Durant and Klay to go down to get it.

Like Warriors needed Irving and Love injuries in 2015...CP3 injury in game 7 of 2018 finals...And def Warriors needed Zaza in 2017 WCF game 1

[Spurs#]

The Spurs never made Kawhi play. They let him and his team make the decision. Kawhi and his team was the one hiding and not be around the Spurs team at all. The Spurs just wanted to known what was going on.

[offset formation]

No use talking sense to Kawhi fans. Their minds are made up. This generation unfortunately believes more in what they read on social media than what's actually happening in front of them in life. That's how Trump became president. He changed the narrative on Twitter and his followers ran with it and totally ignored the reality which was completely opposite.

Fact.

[GreekSpursfan]

No use talking sense to Kawhi fans. Their minds are made up. This generation unfortunately believes more in what they read on social media than what's actually happening in front of them in life. That's how Trump became president. He changed the narrative on Twitter and his followers ran with it and totally ignored the reality which was completely opposite.


This guy gets it.

[monty4329]

Trump is still president and now this bitch wins a ring. Fucked up world we live in...

You better get a 6 years sleep then

[monty4329]

Hope that now we'll know more about what was really going on last spring....

What about that ESPN story-in-the-making mentioned here? is it finally being published?

[ernest787]

May have been posted before and maybe this story was out but I had never heard it. Rusillo said on Simmons Podcast the other day that when he found out Kawhi was playing 2 on 2 on the opposite end of the court while the rest of the Spurs team were working out, was when he knew that it wasn't just "injury" that was holding him out. Also said the Spurs were pissed over this. Which should be obvious.

[offset formation]

They made him a laughing stock in HEB commercials when he was the team’s star. How disrespectful can you be to do that?

What a shitty take.

[bic50]

What a shitty take.
He may be onto something there

[Seventyniner]

Not very subtle.

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He never said those people were wrong tbh

[kw780101]

They made him a laughing stock in HEB commercials when he was the team’s star. How disrespectful can you be to do that?

or maybe they just knew the type of snake that autistic fuck is.

[bic50]

or maybe they just knew the type of snake that autistic fuck is.
So bitter

[bic50]

He never said those people were wrong tbh
Those people are crying right now though.

[Gamechannel]

or maybe they just knew the type of snake that autistic fuck is.

He's not autistic. His demeanor during last night's celebrations is anything but autistic. Something tells me he never wanted to be with the Spurs from the beginning and just went through with it until his head was fully turned by his now-agent Uncle. The injury mis-management was the ammunition uncle Dennis needed to turn Kawhi completely against the Spurs.

[lmbebo]

He's not autistic. His demeanor during last night's celebrations is anything but autistic. Something tells me he never wanted to be with the Spurs from the beginning and just went through with it until his head was fully turned by his now-agent Uncle. The injury mis-management was the ammunition uncle Dennis needed to turn Kawhi completely against the Spurs.


What injury? I have no belief that he ever had a real injury at this point.

[SAGirl]

Glad to hear something from him directly about it.

Shade where shade is due.

[Bellboy]

Trump is still president and now this bitch wins a ring. Fucked up world we live in...

:pop: I’m gonna uncork another bottle of Thunderbird and contemplate which is worse. What do you think BoBo ?

:bobo I don’t know Pop, I think they’re both a threat to World Peace

[gameFACE]

Not one congratulatory tweet from Tony or Manu...yet.......

[cpds421]

Not one congratulatory tweet from Tony or Manu...yet.......


Not even Gasol or Rudy gay said congrats to nephew.

[widowmaker]

He was faking an injury if you know deep down what the truths is and “do not care what people think” there is no need to explain yourself.

[Harry Callahan]

Neph lacks interpersonal and communication skills obviously. Unc does the talking and directing and he follows Unc's lead. He did not say the "He's not injured" contention was untrue did he? Guilty conscience.

[Russ]

Kawhi was somewhat gracious in victory re the Spurs (although there is still a lot of "I" in his team). When asked about his development (on his NBATV post-game interview) here's what he said:

Grant Hill: "I remember years ago Chip Engelland talked about how hard you worked. And he had to pull you out of the gym two or three times . . ."

Isiah Thomas: "Well, I was just gonna say it, when you first came in you didn’t have no handles like you have now . . ."

Kevin McHale: "Or a jumper, let’s be honest . . ."

Grant Hill: "Your offensive game is complete as anyone in this league. Just talk about the work and the time you put in to get to this point right now."

Kawhi: "Man. like you said, Chip is my guy. And, you know, he instilled . . . he was a great shooting coach. And I was in the gym every day. I was doing three workouts a day lifting. And, you know, with the team I did have in San Antonio I wasn’t really able to show the talents that early. But Popovich is a great coach and, you know, he didn’t let me skip any steps. I took every step the right way. Chip knew how good I was and I just kept striving and having faith that one day I’ll get to this point and I won the championship today."

[rjv]

sometimes, how a reporter asks questions can push a narrative along. no one ever asked uncle or nephew if they were ever asked to shut it down for the year but declined to do so. no one ever asked leonard how much communication he had with the spurs organization while he was in NY. no one ever asked him why he's such a pussy because his players want to know if he can play or not and it hurts his feelings because they catch him off guard. no one ever asked uncle why his camp never disputed the notion that leonard would only play for a LA team, thereby handicapping what the spurs could get in return for him. leonard and his uncle are still manipulating the media to push along their 'holier than thou' version of events.

[Keepin' it real]

That's nice of Leanord. It's awful hot and sunny in San Antonio in the summer. We'll take all the shade we can get.

[bic50]

He was faking an injury if you know deep down what the truths is and “do not care what people think” there is no need to explain yourself.
He shouldn’t care

[DarrinS]

Salty in here

[spurs10]

Kawhi is an ingrate and his backstabbing of Pop will be remembered. Pop was very generous to him and he and RC could have forced him to stay. They had paid $20 million for his rehab and let him use his own doctors. He wasn't 'forced to play' because he didn't play. He didn't even support his team. They also traded him to the best team in the East he could have prayed for. He has a long way to go before he matches the careers of the Spurs' players and coach he's bashing.

TO has great fanbase and I'm happy for guys like Gasol, who is a very good person off the court.

[benefactor]

Maybe he will say more things today and you can cry about it some more.

[spurs10]

sometimes, how a reporter asks questions can push a narrative along. no one ever asked uncle or nephew if they were ever asked to shut it down for the year but declined to do so. no one ever asked leonard how much communication he had with the spurs organization while he was in NY. no one ever asked him why he's such a pussy because his players want to know if he can play or not and it hurts his feelings because they catch him off guard. no one ever asked uncle why his camp never disputed the notion that leonard would only play for a LA team, thereby handicapping what the spurs could get in return for him. leonard and his uncle are still manipulating the media to push along their 'holier than thou' version of events. Good points especially that the FO and team had the 'audacity' to want to know what was going on. That's what they are all indignant about. People need to consider the long-game and burning bridges with a HOF coach and many HOF players is not a great choice.

[spurs10]

Maybe he will say more things today and you can cry about it some more. I'm a Spurs fan and didn't watch the playoffs. I've been traveling to many of my favorite places in the world and shedding only 'tears of joy.'
:bobo

[DJR210]

Hopefully the Spur logo is incorporated into the championship ring, because we deserve all the credit for this title :tu

[bic50]

Kawhi is an ingrate and his backstabbing of Pop will be remembered. Pop was very generous to him and he and RC could have forced him to stay. They had paid $20 million for his rehab and let him use his own doctors. He wasn't 'forced to play' because he didn't play. He didn't even support his team. They also traded him to the best team in the East he could have prayed for. He has a long way to go before he matches the careers of the Spurs' players and coach he's bashing.

TO has great fanbase and I'm happy for guys like Gasol, who is a very good person off the court.
It won’t be remembered

[bic50]

Hopefully the Spur logo is incorporated into the championship ring, because we deserve all the credit for this title :tu
Lmao

[spurs10]

It won’t be remembered It might not matter much, but it will be remembered. It's a small league.

[widowmaker]

It won’t be remembered

He bailed on that team no matter how you see it. Pop and the FO are the bosses that you work for you ate under contract and if you do not or can not perform should be breech of contract. If you can not handle working for that kind of boss, be a man play out your contract and sign somewhere else once its over and move on. Complaining and coming up with assumptions and accusations is not the way.

But hey its all over been over for a whole season move on.

[buujness]

sometimes, how a reporter asks questions can push a narrative along. no one ever asked uncle or nephew if they were ever asked to shut it down for the year but declined to do so. no one ever asked leonard how much communication he had with the spurs organization while he was in NY. no one ever asked him why he's such a pussy because his players want to know if he can play or not and it hurts his feelings because they catch him off guard. no one ever asked uncle why his camp never disputed the notion that leonard would only play for a LA team, thereby handicapping what the spurs could get in return for him. leonard and his uncle are still manipulating the media to push along their 'holier than thou' version of events.Fuckin' nailed it.

[JeffDuncan]

What injury? I have no belief that he ever had a real injury at this point.

The thing about that, if you take that position, you're accusing the Spurs doctors of malpractice. That's not a good place to go.

[superbigtime]

this has worked out perfectly for Toronto and Kawhi and don't forget Danny Green. Spurs look like chumps.

[exstatic]

It might not matter much, but it will be remembered. It's a small league.

Yup. The media and fans may not remember, but the shot callers for NBA teams will. I've already come out and said that he will never have a late career. No one will trust him or The Group. He's elite now, but when he's not (3-5 yrs), Impact will have a hard time getting returned phone calls. He'll be treated like a discipline case, because that's what he is. He and his group are liars and cheats.

[exstatic]

this has worked out perfectly for Toronto and Kawhi and don't forget Danny Green. Spurs look like chumps.

How 'perfect' will it be when LAC swoop in on June 30th and sign him?

[lmbebo]

The thing about that, if you take that position, you're accusing the Spurs doctors of malpractice. That's not a good place to go.

Not really. Lets say he did visit with them, they found nothing on work up and I'm assuming multiple people on both sides evaluated him -- and only 1 doctor supposedly found something wrong with him?. We can disagree, but if you've seen at least 10 doctors -- assume 1 spurs, 9 Kwahi only, and his imaging probably shared between at least 10 orthopedic docs and who knows how many radiologists... I'm sure more people would have said something. I've read sports imaging. Usually its not 1 person doing it because of the liability. You get as many people as you can to look at it and confirm or deny findings.


Cleared him for activity. He said he didn't feel right and wanted to rehab more and did it with his own people. Not sure how that is malpractice?

[Roscoe P. Coltrane]

No use talking sense to Kawhi fans. Their minds are made up. This generation unfortunately believes more in what they read on social media than what's actually happening in front of them in life. That's how Trump became president. He changed the narrative on Twitter and his followers ran with it and totally ignored the reality which was completely opposite.LMAO, you got that shit backwards with you lefties believing everything you see on CNN and read on buzzfeed.

[lmbebo]

wrong thread

[dbestpro]

Leonard got paid by the Spurs and did not play. The only thing that was injured was his brain. He won a ring with Toronto using the skills taught to him by the Spurs staff. Toronto did not earn it or deserve it. It just happened. If Leonard leaves then the Raptors go back to a middle of the pack team. Some can argue that they got the Spurs ring, and rightfully so. The Spurs remain through it all the most superior franchise in basketball.

[dbreiden83080]

So much prisoner of the moment bullshit going on. The bottom line is I believe as he gets older the spurs ultimately will be vindicated. Because this is not something that won’t happen again. It absolutely will happen again. He will be arguing with team doctors, and refusing to play basketball. As he gets older he’s not going to magically get healthier.

[dbreiden83080]

Leonard got paid by the Spurs and did not play. The only thing that was injured was his brain. He won a ring with Toronto using the skills taught to him by the Spurs staff. Toronto did not earn it or deserve it. It just happened. If Leonard leaves then the Raptors go back to a middle of the pack team. Some can argue that they got the Spurs ring, and rightfully so. The Spurs remain through it all the most superior franchise in basketball.

I agree, but the problem is when you do what he did, and take it all the way, you basically have the forum to say whatever you want and people are going to believe you. That’s what’s happening right now. So the Spurs are taking these punches to the face.

[Play Boban]

You mean Tony “my injury is 10x worse, why are they leaving Green open and watch out for your wife” Parker? What a teammate.
I believe it was 100x worse, not 10x tbh.... :wakeup

[offset formation]

Glad to hear something from him directly about it.

Shade where shade is due.

Go back to stanning the Griz. Or whatev East Coast team you have the time for.

[JeffDuncan]

Not really. ...

Yes, really. The Spurs docs issued a diagnosis, "quadriceps tendinopathy." It is malpractice to knowingly issue a false diagnosis. The docs were not lying (and they are not incompetent.)

It was a real injury - unless we're accusing the Spurs docs of malpractice, or incompetence, and we don't want to go there. I hope.

But given that, it is definitely arguable how significant that injury really was, six months later. It is unreasonable, it seems to me, to believe that a total alienation developed between Kawhi and the Spurs just because his leg might have still bothered him, sometimes. There absolutely had to be more to it than that. Other factors had to be at work, such as, for example, a manipulative uncle.

[superbigtime]

How 'perfect' will it be when LAC swoop in on June 30th and sign him?

Irrelevant.

[ShutUp SayItAgain!]

What injury? I have no belief that he ever had a real injury at this point.

Exactly. No injury.

[ShutUp SayItAgain!]

He was faking an injury if you know deep down what the truths is and “do not care what people think” there is no need to explain yourself.

Exactly. He has to make sure he keeps mentioning the bs fake ass injury even since the previous playoff rounds where media started really eating up the bs.

[ShutUp SayItAgain!]

sometimes, how a reporter asks questions can push a narrative along. no one ever asked uncle or nephew if they were ever asked to shut it down for the year but declined to do so. no one ever asked leonard how much communication he had with the spurs organization while he was in NY. no one ever asked him why he's such a pussy because his players want to know if he can play or not and it hurts his feelings because they catch him off guard. no one ever asked uncle why his camp never disputed the notion that leonard would only play for a LA team, thereby handicapping what the spurs could get in return for him. leonard and his uncle are still manipulating the media to push along their 'holier than thou' version of events.

If only Skip added this to his arguments

:tu

[Payote75]

Sad part is he has and used or insinuated on a couple of occasions the Durant situation like " see that could of been me" so aperfect narrative perfect example he wins a championship and everything coming up roses for that loser quitter. However karma is a bitch and hopefully it comes back to bite him and his greedy uncle in the ass.

many have thought about Durant being a bitch ...punking out.....riding the coat tails to chip...but ask yourself who was the bigger bitch no love lost hear for KD but the dude came out for his team that he supposedly already new he was leaving to help them win at the risk of his own career and free agency looming. To me kawitter holds the chip but also crowned the biggest fraud punk ass bitch in the league.

[duncan2k5]

Of course he will say that. He likes a coach who coddles him, team mates that worship the ground he walks on and a fanbase that calls him King of the North.

He didn't have fun playing for the Spurs where Pop would treat everyone equally, get on him when he made mistakes, teammates who held him accountable and a fanbase who loved him but realized the team matters more than any individual.

Treated everyone equally?? LMFAO!!! that fable needs to die already

[duncan2k5]

So ppl crying about Kawhi throwing shade? Where were u when the old guys for the Spurs, the coach, FO, and retired players were throwing shade at Kawhi??

[duncan2k5]

So much prisoner of the moment bullshit going on. The bottom line is I believe as he gets older the spurs ultimately will be vindicated. Because this is not something that won’t happen again. It absolutely will happen again. He will be arguing with team doctors, and refusing to play basketball. As he gets older he’s not going to magically get healthier.

U got can't get ur arguments straight... One day yall say no injury ever occurred, next day, yall saying he is injury prone... Get it together

[duncan2k5]

Yes, really. The Spurs docs issued a diagnosis, "quadriceps tendinopathy." It is malpractice to knowingly issue a false diagnosis. The docs were not lying (and they are not incompetent.)

It was a real injury - unless we're accusing the Spurs docs of malpractice, or incompetence, and we don't want to go there. I hope.

But given that, it is definitely arguable how significant that injury really was, six months later. It is unreasonable, it seems to me, to believe that a total alienation developed between Kawhi and the Spurs just because his leg might have still bothered him, sometimes. There absolutely had to be more to it than that. Other factors had to be at work, such as, for example, a manipulative uncle.

Or teammates and coach publicly questioning him

[duncan2k5]

Sad part is he has and used or insinuated on a couple of occasions the Durant situation like " see that could of been me" so aperfect narrative perfect example he wins a championship and everything coming up roses for that loser quitter. However karma is a bitch and hopefully it comes back to bite him and his greedy uncle in the ass.

many have thought about Durant being a bitch ...punking out.....riding the coat tails to chip...but ask yourself who was the bigger bitch no love lost hear for KD but the dude came out for his team that he supposedly already new he was leaving to help them win at the risk of his own career and free agency looming. To me kawitter holds the chip but also crowned the biggest fraud punk ass bitch in the league.

Kawhi literally did that same thing this year... Play through injury for a team he may leave in a month... And I can bet if Kawhi injured himself, ppl on here would laugh and say he is injury prone, but yall praising KD

[dbreiden83080]

U got can't get ur arguments straight... One day yall say no injury ever occurred, next day, yall saying he is injury prone... Get it together

I have been incredibly consistent that he milked and faked his way out of San Antonio from day one. Are you finally ready to stop pretending you are even a fan of this team? What is your deal anyway?

[dbreiden83080]

Or teammates and coach publicly questioning him

They questioned him privately, and he pulled a complete bitch fit by running and hiding. That is the problem with this dude. You have to kiss his ass, never question him, and basically do every little thing to make him happy or he’s going to quit on you. Trust me it will happen again.

[Payote75]

Kawhi literally did that same thing this year... Play through injury for a team he may leave in a month... And I can bet if Kawhi injured himself, ppl on here would laugh and say he is injury prone, but yall praising KD

are you serious? Huge difference between injuries KD who I am not a fan of was injured for a while and out of action a rushed back into the line up. Kawitter may have had a nagging injury but nothing that seemed career threatening or we all know he doesn't play. Besides he basically had to play could you imagine what it would of done to his career brand and reputation if he tried punting out on this team as well in the playoffs??? He would of torpedoed his career big time as a wussy injury prone bitch who won't play through nagging injuries. Either way he a loser cause if he was as injured as you seem to think and he "pushed" himself for his new team but had his feelings hurt and quit on the team that made him well that's classless anyway.


last thing the dude had his playing time monitored and played like 60 games and by his own words the media asked how he is playing at such a high level and he said it's because he is fresh and had good game load management. So don't compare a broken nail with Durante calf strain turned ruptured Achilles.

[DMC]

That Hornets player that just retired?

:lol shots fired

[DMC]

He's arguably best player on the planet. A true two-way star, and here you are waxing poetic about the Spurs. Who gives a shit about anything but winning? The Spurs actually used to care about that, you know. This was the team that didn't give a fuck Parker was porking Erin Berry for fucks sake. :lol

And, even if all that about Kawhi is true, who cares about coddling the man if it means he's going to continue to be that stoic-faced killer on both ends of the court?

Stupid take. If all I cared about is winning I could just bandwagon a team with the most likely chance to win every year. Obviously there's a reason Spurs fans remain Spurs fans, and if that was only winning we'd be the most underwhelmed group in existence.

[Slippy]

Lmao

Aside from being kwhitters lapdog and liking salt do you have anything to post of substance?

Also let me beat you to the punch. Your posts are Gay AF.

[kobyz]

lol spurs fans, instead of asking kawhi for his forgiveness, admit he was right all along and be happy for him, you keep throwing shit and being salty! Grow up!

[Bill_Brasky]

So much prisoner of the moment bullshit going on. The bottom line is I believe as he gets older the spurs ultimately will be vindicated. Because this is not something that won’t happen again. It absolutely will happen again. He will be arguing with team doctors, and refusing to play basketball. As he gets older he’s not going to magically get healthier.

Yeah, there was a feud and he left and the team he went to won the fucking championship because he played like an absolute stud.

Yeah, real winners the Spurs were here. Really feeling vindicated.

Seriously, gtfo with the classy Spurs bullshit. Pop has created an awesome culture here and we had a great run but he plays favorites just like every other coach and it costed the team big time.

[timtonymanu]

Yeah, there was a feud and he left and the team he went to won the fucking championship because he played like an absolute stud.

Yeah, real winners the Spurs were here. Really feeling vindicated.

Seriously, gtfo with the classy Spurs bullshit. Pop has created an awesome culture here and we had a great run but he plays favorites just like every other coach and it costed the team big time.

dbreiden has been one of the most delusional posters all year

[hater]

LMAO the salt in here

Get over it faggots. Move on

[dbreiden83080]

Yeah, there was a feud and he left and the team he went to won the fucking championship because he played like an absolute stud.

Yeah, real winners the Spurs were here. Really feeling vindicated.

Seriously, gtfo with the classy Spurs bullshit. Pop has created an awesome culture here and we had a great run but he plays favorites just like every other coach and it costed the team big time.

The narrative is changing here suddenly. Number 2 based on all the reporting that last season with the Spurs wanted out because of LA. Not "Oh my god Fuck you Pop, you are pushing me to play Hurt" No it was Uncle Dennis wanting him in LA. That's all I heard from the talking sports heads. So lets say number 2 plays it out last season. We go as far as we go in the playoffs. Isn't he still leaving by asking for a trade? That was the word. It would have been the AD scenario in NO. So the drama was going to be there anyway. Health or no health. Real or Fake Injury.. He did NOT love SA and the team/org made him hate SA. He never loved being in SA at all..

[dbreiden83080]

dbreiden has been one of the most delusional posters all year

About what specifically? Are we the first team to lose a player in their prime or something? Pretty sure AD just spent 1 whole season pouting his way out of NO.

Around here we got 2 sides to this debate..


PATFO are 100% to blame for this, and fuck them..


OR

Fuck Leonard and his POS Uncle Dennis..

Delusional is thinking he was staying in SA ever. He wanted to be in LA.

[picnroll]

Kwitter signing in LA after being coddled in Toronto, winning a title, getting MVP will tell the tale. Kwitter apologist will try to spin it with the blame on the Spurs but it won’t wash.

[r0drig0lac]

About what specifically? Are we the first team to lose a player in their prime or something? Pretty sure AD just spent 1 whole season pouting his way out of NO.

Around here we got 2 sides to this debate..


PATFO are 100% to blame for this, and fuck them..


OR

Fuck Leonard and his POS Uncle Dennis..

Delusional is thinking he was staying in SA ever. He wanted to be in LA.


until we know the full story (or timvp elucidate the situation a little, although in my opinion by its few comments, it seems the franchise has made some kind of mistake that can be considered unforgivable depending on the person on the other side) will remain hard to have an assessment on the situation, the only ridiculous thing is the change of assessment of some people on the "game" of Kawhi Leonard (especially when you read the comments of these people when he was dominating the league playing for San Antonio).

ps: Duncan2k5 acting as if Kawhi had not made a mistake with the way he treated the franchise over the past season is also weird as fuck.

[dbreiden83080]

until we know the full story (or timvp elucidate the situation a little, although in my opinion by its few comments, it seems the franchise has made some kind of mistake that can be considered unforgivable depending on the person on the other side) will remain hard to have an assessment on the situation, the only ridiculous thing is the change of assessment of some people on the "game" of Kawhi Leonard (especially when you read the comments of these people when he was dominating the league playing for San Antonio)

When you got a player's Uncle saying "Trade him to LA" for 1 whole season not much you can do.. Seems clear he wanted out.. If it is mostly about simply not kissing his ass enough, I am never going to sweat him leaving. Any team he plays for, a few things are clear.


1) He needs a lot of time off for load MGT, 20 plus games a season.. Spurs are the most conservative team anyway, as long as 20 does not turn into 73..

2) Don't push or question him about anything when It comes to his body.. If you do he hides and runs away like a 10 year old..

[dbreiden83080]

Kwitter signing in LA after being coddled in Toronto, winning a title, getting MVP will tell the tale. Kwitter apologist will try to spin it with the blame on the Spurs but it won’t wash.

He may stay in Toronto for 1 more year or so. That does not change what he wanted, and what Uncle Dennis was asking for in SA.

"Send my nephew to LA"..

[MultiTroll]

He may stay in Toronto for 1 more year or so. That does not change what he wanted, and what Uncle Dennis was asking for in SA.

"Send my nephew to LA"..
Even if he does bail he has helped bring Toronto something they have not had in years and will not have again perhaps for 20 years if he leaves.