Knowing what we know now why did Kawhi choose the Clippers?

[Thebesteva]

I know why..he wanted to be 'the guy' and I admire his competitive nature but seriously...if you know you wanted to load manage the entire season wouldn't Lakers or Raptors make more sense? Who the F does that autistic bastard think he is to just show up during the playoffs and win it all? Even Michael Jefferey Jordan didn't roll like that.

He's easily a back to back champion if he chooses the Raptors or if he asked Lebron and AD to take over the season while he rests. Instead he decided to be a hero and now realized he doesn't have Pop to guide him or Coach Nurse. This may be one of the biggest retard decisions in NBA history tbh.

Also lol @ these guys thinking they're a lock for the trophy. That trophy is up for grabs by any one at this point.


https://youtu.be/5JY0VhnHRlk?t=55

[Laker_1995]

I know why..he wanted to be 'the guy' and I admire his competitive nature but seriously...if you know you wanted to load manage the entire season wouldn't Lakers or Raptors make more sense? Who the F does that autistic bastard think he is to just show up during the playoffs and win it all? Even Michael Jefferey Jordan didn't roll like that.

He's easily a back to back champion if he chooses the Raptors or if he asked Lebron and AD to take over the season while he rests. Instead he decided to be a hero and now realized he doesn't have Pop to guide him or Coach Nurse. This may be one of the biggest retard decisions in NBA history tbh.

Also lol @ these guys thinking they're a lock for the trophy. That trophy is up for grabs by any one at this point.


https://youtu.be/5JY0VhnHRlk


That’s when you know that team is full of trash ass immature players . You think a leader like Timmy D or Lowry and nurse would allow this bull shit from the other guys ?. I know the lakers bench celebrates loudly but they never mock other players like these clowns

[Thebesteva]

That’s when you know that team is full of trash ass immature players . You think a leader like Timmy D or Lowry and nurse would allow this bull shit from the other guys ?. I know the lakers bench celebrates loudly but they never mock other players like these clowns

Lakers bench doesn't clown around...they cheerlead which is fine but no one is acting like the trophy is ours. Far from it...I can get a sense from the team that they recognize anything can happen in the bubble...this is any ones to win. No one is afraid of the Lakers...Clippers thought teams were afraid of them but they had to learn the hard way

[RD2191]

Kawhi is a great player imo, but he isn't a leader. I think he can carry a team and be the best player on that team but I don't think he can truly lead a team, if that makes sense.

[Thebesteva]

Kawhi is a great player imo, but he isn't a leader. I think he can carry a team and be the best player on that team but I don't think he can truly lead a team, if that makes sense.

Makes perfect sense...he's a great player but he has his limitations like any one else.

[TDfan2007]

Kawhi is a great player imo, but he isn't a leader. I think he can carry a team and be the best player on that team but I don't think he can truly lead a team, if that makes sense.

100% agree. 99% of the great ones don't have it all, tbh, and he's a great one. Still, fuck him and I'm glad he lost :lol

[DC23]

Who would have thought PG13 would suck so bad?

[Nivek_ogre]

The clippers would have been better off keeping Gilgeous Alexander and Gallinari. Not to mention their draft picks.

[DMC]

KL chose the Clippers because Lebron was on the Lakers and KL didn't want to be a +1. He also didn't want high expectations but he fucked up by having PG there with him. Had it just be KL they would have been a wash basically. They were just shy of "not 1, not 2" territory.


KL is a good player, he's a great player actually, but his stature has been artificially inflated by being incredibly lucky, falling into a pile of shit and coming out smelling like a rose. In SA he wasn't clicking even in the Finals until that one conversation he had with Pop, supposedly. The prior year he missed a FT that would have sealed the ring. He was on a team of the most unselfish players (9 not withstanding) that were ever assembled. Great ball movement, great shooting, great defense (so so), and he was able to get his. That MVP gave him the idea he was better than the Spurs. In Toronto he was added to a conference leading squad, they weren't scrubs and they made it back this year without him. Even then Lebron left and the Warriors were dropping like flies. By the end, KD, Steph and Klay were out.

He took the money, offered 2 years because he probably thinks Lebron will be out of LA by then or he'll at least know enough about the Clippers to decide to retire or go elsewhere. Retire you say? He's in pain a lot, misses every other game. He's not a lavish lifesyle guy, not by the standards of his income, so he could retire and never need to play again. That would be a really smart move, I wouldn't put it past him, he is autistic you know and autistic people do some things very very well.

[DMC]

Kawhi is a great player imo, but he isn't a leader. I think he can carry a team and be the best player on that team but I don't think he can truly lead a team, if that makes sense.

Well yeah, I said it 5 years ago and you and the other upstairs felchers lost your minds over how great of a leader KL was because Pop called him the future face of the franchise. KL only works on KL's game, does not make his teammates better, doesn't seem to give a shit about anyone but himself.

[FrostKing]

Technically he was the guy in Toronto,CN but just another franchise player in Los Angeles.

[weebo]

Kawhi is a great player imo, but he isn't a leader. I think he can carry a team and be the best player on that team but I don't think he can truly lead a team, if that makes sense.

Yet people were losing their collective shit when Pop called him out for not being a leader...

[daslicer]

Yet people were losing their collective shit when Pop called him out for not being a leader...

Agreed it was stupid but he had the media on his side at that time. They all wanted him to go to the Lakers badly and assumed he would so they never going to bash him. It's a big reason why he was able to win the PR war against the Spurs mainly because these media whores wanted him in a Laker jersey.

[daslicer]

I know why..he wanted to be 'the guy' and I admire his competitive nature but seriously...if you know you wanted to load manage the entire season wouldn't Lakers or Raptors make more sense? Who the F does that autistic bastard think he is to just show up during the playoffs and win it all? Even Michael Jefferey Jordan didn't roll like that.

He's easily a back to back champion if he chooses the Raptors or if he asked Lebron and AD to take over the season while he rests. Instead he decided to be a hero and now realized he doesn't have Pop to guide him or Coach Nurse. This may be one of the biggest retard decisions in NBA history tbh.

Also lol @ these guys thinking they're a lock for the trophy. That trophy is up for grabs by any one at this point.


https://youtu.be/5JY0VhnHRlk?t=55

He went to the Clippers because his uncle told him to. Originally he was going to go to the Lakers up until Lebron signed with them. He might still go to the Lakers in a few years once Lebron retires. It wouldn't surprise me if he does. His uncle is obsessed with endorsements and he's still not getting them so a switch to the Lakers might be seen as a lucrative business move for Uncle Dennis.

[Rummpd]

He is stupid and in some ways overrated- end discussion.

[KaiRMD1]

Didn't the ol' sport's Uncle Dennis decide that Kawhi wanted to go to the Clippers?

[Kawhitstorm]

I know why..he wanted to be 'the guy' and I admire his competitive nature but seriously...if you know you wanted to load manage the entire season wouldn't Lakers or Raptors make more sense? Who the F does that autistic bastard think he is to just show up during the playoffs and win it all? Even Michael Jefferey Jordan didn't roll like that.

He's easily a back to back champion if he chooses the Raptors or if he asked Lebron and AD to take over the season while he rests. Instead he decided to be a hero and now realized he doesn't have Pop to guide him or Coach Nurse. This may be one of the biggest retard decisions in NBA history tbh.

Also lol @ these guys thinking they're a lock for the trophy. That trophy is up for grabs by any one at this point.


https://youtu.be/5JY0VhnHRlk?t=55

*Relax, this is an asterisk season & like you said even Jordan couldn’t do it.

[MultiTroll]

I wonder if behind these mega pro sports deals are goodies beyond the contract.
Worth just as much $$$ as the contract itself?

Like owner promises to hook up coveted athlete with insider stock tip that owner is or certainly could be privy to.
No proof, just seems like with the rest of sleazeball big business it must happen.

So I'm purely speculating that Balmer and co promised Uncle stuff beyond Kwa's actual contract.

[Thebesteva]

*Relax, this is an asterisk season & like you said even Jordan couldn’t do it.


It's definitely an asterisk season no matter what happens. With that said, if the Lakers win it all I think the public will consider them the true champions given that they dominated bucks and clippers right before the real season ended. I still think they have a long way to go to win it all though.

[DMC]

It's definitely an asterisk season no matter what happens. With that said, if the Lakers win it all I think the public will consider them the true champions given that they dominated bucks and clippers right before the real season ended. I still think they have a long way to go to win it all though.

:lol no

No one will ever consider this season a real one.

[Kawhitstorm]

It's definitely an asterisk season no matter what happens. With that said, if the Lakers win it all I think the public will consider them the true champions given that they dominated bucks and clippers right before the real season ended. I still think they have a long way to go to win it all though.

Regular seasons championship?:lmao

Btw, both were like a 5 point games before the try-hard Lakers pulled away late at home.....wouldn’t exactly say “they dominated” even with Bradley going off.

[daslicer]

It's definitely an asterisk season no matter what happens. With that said, if the Lakers win it all I think the public will consider them the true champions given that they dominated bucks and clippers right before the real season ended. I still think they have a long way to go to win it all though.

The national media will consider it legit since they tend to be Laker stans but not the online community and social media since Lebron is a polarizing figure. Lebron will bring up that he is the new goat with this title but his critics will respond by saying the title was not legit due to Covid/bubble and deserves an asterisk. That's the way I see it going down if the Lakers win it all.

[R. DeMurre]

Who would have thought PG13 would suck so bad?

Seriously. A season ago PG put up 28 pts, 8.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists, & 2.2 steals per game, and finished 3rd in the MVP vote. I don't know if having surgery on both of his shoulders had a bigger effect than he's letting on to, but in theory it seems like it'd be easier to adjust to Kawhi than to Westbrook.

[TDMVPDPOY]

Seriously. A season ago PG put up 28 pts, 8.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists, & 2.2 steals per game, and finished 3rd in the MVP vote. I don't know if having surgery on both of his shoulders had a bigger effect than he's letting on to, but in theory it seems like it'd be easier to adjust to Kawhi than to Westbrook.

up against superior players, he disappears man.... then he has a blowout game against some scrub to avg out his stats from previous shitty game

[Seventyniner]

The clippers would have been better off keeping Gilgeous Alexander and Gallinari. Not to mention their draft picks.

Having the Clips do whatever it took, and it took a hell of a lot, to get PG was likely a condition of Number Two signing there in the first place.

[ndbutch]

[QUOTE=DMC;10264255]:lol no

No one will ever consider this season a real one.[/QUOTE

Revenge for Phil Jackson's 1999 season dig? It will be considered "real" if the Lakers don't win it. If they do...well. Maybe the entire roster will catch Covoid19 during the parade.

[Kawhitstorm]

Seriously. A season ago PG put up 28 pts, 8.2 rebounds, 4.1 assists, & 2.2 steals per game, and finished 3rd in the MVP vote. I don't know if having surgery on both of his shoulders had a bigger effect than he's letting on to, but in theory it seems like it'd be easier to adjust to Kawhi than to Westbrook.

Kawhi/Playoff P weren’t able to ramp up their conditioning & wilted as they were tasked with carrying BOTH the offense/defense. Next season is do or die.

[Laker_1995]

SA fans so sad knowing their second team lost lmao

[Dirks_Finale]

:lol no

No one will ever consider this season a real one.

This

HCA that was worked for all year long was thrown out the window.

5 seed Miami led by a second tier star making the Finals(maybe)

Teams like the Clippers were voting to end the season due to politics. Tells me they didn't even want to be there.

Lebron get's his ring and improves his final's record. I would say artificially but the 2007 team had no business in the finals to begin with. So it all evens out in the wash. Kobe proudly looks down on all of it...or up depending on what you thought of him.

[Laker_1995]

:lol no

No one will ever consider this season a real one.

so if the clippers made the WCF Beat us then won it all . Would it count then ?

[hater]

He does what his sister and his uncle tell him to

Hes a cuck

[Kawhitstorm]

I’m a cuck

[Thebesteva]

The national media will consider it legit since they tend to be Laker stans but not the online community and social media since Lebron is a polarizing figure. Lebron will bring up that he is the new goat with this title but his critics will respond by saying the title was not legit due to Covid/bubble and deserves an asterisk. That's the way I see it going down if the Lakers win it all.

lol and you guys arent biased right? Nah man if Lakers win and it's still a big IF...then the majority of fans will recognize they were legit winners this year.

[daslicer]

lol and you guys arent biased right? Nah man if Lakers win and it's still a big IF...then the majority of fans will recognize they were legit winners this year.

Yes we are biased but half of NBA fans hate the Lakers/Lebron so I'm just telling you the truth. If you don't believe me go to realgm or NBA reddit and see what they have to say about this subject. From what I have read on those forums it's pretty divided. What you are saying is like saying if Trump wins reelection that he would be universally respected and loved across the country. We know that statement isn't true.