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Originally Posted by picnroll
I dont trust Wright on anything he reports.. Has no real insight, his reporting is blah to say the least and doesn't provide any pertinent details you'd think he'd have being he's local, but he just rehashes the same old stuff you here from the national media.. He is the type of journalist ' if you can call him that ', who'd rather keep his job, rather than ask the in your face questions we all our asking.Quote:
Originally Posted by tmtcsc
This might sound personal its not ( sure he is a nice guy & loves his job ), its just from what i have seen & heard over the years. He doesn't provide insider knowledge you'd think he'd have, ( us fans, already know most of what he reports ) and reports are much the same.
Agree. Lots of salient info/details in this story, filling gaping holes in the narrative so far. Well written.Quote:
Originally Posted by tmtcsc
nothing too fresh other than some minor revelations that pop and some of the spurs are in constant touch and that kawhi would have made it to a playoff game had pop been there to coach. the one thing i, personally, got out of it is that parker needs to keep his mouth shut.
This article does have in depth info on what may be happening. Basically, Kawhi has hired Master P to be his agent in a sense.
The most eye opening part is Kawhi’s team and doctors withholding info from the Spurs and public. Why the need to be so shady?
The 2 points I get out of this article is:
1. Kawhi's injury was unfortunate but nobody is at fault for it. It was just straight up bad luck. I can understand his frustration in dealing with it but him and his camp have to realize it wasn't the Spurs fault. Going forward I'm not sure the spurs should offer him the super max because this injury seems chronic and is only going to get worse.
2. His uncle is who I and many other suspected to be which is a greedy POS hanger on. I laughed when I read this guy wanted to have a marketing agency just like Lebron's LRMR. I have said a few times in here if Kawhi stays with the Spurs that his Uncle wants a Lebron level of power within the organization. Also it confirms what I have suspected that Kawhi doesn't really care about endorsements but it's his uncle who was the one who cares about them.
Kawhi's uncle needs to gtfo tbh.
We got too many rats on the Spurs ship. CIA Pop needs to start waterboarding people.
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Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
Business Rules 101
Never mix Business/Family..doesn’t have to do with anything about race...
You can bring people along the ride without mixing the two. I get why some do it though cause they feel “family member” had their best interest..but when things go south it’s hard to cut the cord and both parties can go down together
Duncan had "proper" representation... Unfortunately many times these guys are crooks... I'd rather an overambitious uncle that has some financial experience and was there for me in hard times, than some guy I don't know know... Lebron put his friends on, and they managed well... Everything negative said about his uncle is coming from ppl that have an agenda, or are going by third hand information
I read words like "ossification" and "atrophying" and I get very concerned for Kawhi and the Spurs.
This was never stated... Don't make stuff upQuote:
Originally Posted by DPG21920
:lol Always trying to get in your cheesy racial shtick. What the hell are you talking about it's been pretty much accepted for years by the mainstream that these black athletes go broke due to their mismanagement of money and allowing their friends and family to leech off of them. People understand hood dynamics and they look at it as being stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
Yes it was. If I highlight the part where it was stated (and don’t be obtuse and say it has to be word for word) will you leave ST forever?Quote:
Originally Posted by duncan2k5
:lol Lebron's friends are idiots they cost him hundreds of millions with the decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by duncan2k5
Kawhi needs to dump the family and hangerons before they destroy his career and steal his money! He needs to get a legitimate agent and start making the decisions himself! His uncle is all out for himself and he's already lost millions in the shoe deal with Nike because of these greedy morons! You're 26 years old and old enough to take care of yourself! These morons are destroying your relationship with the Spurs and your opportunity to sign for 219 million even though I'm not convinced you should get that this summer until we know you are healthy long-term! Once the Spurs get those assurances, then they will sign you the 219 million contract.
Listened to the Lowe podcast where Shelburn expanded on this article. The withholding info was explained more there.
Also fuck those idiots on ESPN and the mainstream who kept on saying the spurs misdiagnosed his injury. This article proves they didn't.
Pop did coach two playoff games, and no Kawhi. Why does Pop's wife have to die for Kawhi to pull his head out of his ass and do the right thing? It's VERY easy to say after the fact that he would have been there.Quote:
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Spurs coach Gregg Popovich consistently affirmed his personal affection for Leonard but repeatedly expressed frustration about a rehabilitation process from an injury they never expected would take this long to heal. "You'll have to ask his group," Popovich consistently said when asked for updates, before reminding everyone that Spurs doctors had cleared him to play back in December.
]Popovich presented San Antonio as a powerless, frustrated organization waiting for its franchise player and his camp to tell them what comes next. Leonard's group offered little explanation publicly or privately. And so it was left to Leonard to either rectify the situation or let it fester.
If anything after this article, I'm more inclined that Kawhi wants to stay with the Spurs on the supermax contract. His close relationship with Pop and the reason he was sitting out was really because of the injury steers me in that direction.
What's concerning is that this injury could really be a career-changer and that he's obviously being manipulated by people close to him. For those reasons, it's easy to understand if the Spurs want to move on from Kawhi this summer.
Fucking Uncle Dennis. What kind of chickenshit move is that to try to piggyback off his nephew's success and put a $219 million extension in extreme peril when it would have been an obvious go without him? It's not like Kawhi was going to let him starve, but now Uncle Dennis thinks he has millionaire talent too? I hate hearing these stories about family members who think they get to be rich too. I hope he doesn't bleed Kawhi dry even if Leonard leaves the Spurs.
I hope Leonard uncle dies
This article fits the narrative of what the Spurs and especially Pop have been saying to the media. Why else would Pop continually reference "his group" if they didn't feel there was a lack of communication from Kawhi's camp. It had to be more than just a difference of opinion on how to treat the injury. Perhaps the motive by Kawhi's reps was to fray the relationship enough to force him out of SA and into a bigger market even if that's not what Kawhi actually wants. I still say the only option is to repair the relationship and offer the supermax.