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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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by gameFACE
Speaking directly to Tony Parker, unfortunately..
If it was only about that injury problem, he will stay on Toronto. Let's see.
You mean Tony “my injury is 10x worse, why are they leaving Green open and watch out for your wife” Parker? What a teammate.Quote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
That Hornets player that just retired?Quote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
By the mods changing the title of the thread, I think that tells us all we need to know.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpurPadre
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by gameFACE
Are you sure he wasn't addressing Spurstalk?Quote:
Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by gameFACE
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?Quote:
Originally Posted by gameFACE
Durant's was a real injury. Kawhi faked his to force a trade. Amazing people have to be reminded of thisQuote:
Originally Posted by SpurPadre
Nope bc it never happenedQuote:
Originally Posted by look_at_g_shred
Nope bc it never happenedQuote:
Originally Posted by look_at_g_shred
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by ShutUp SayItAgain!
Talking shit after the fact but he hugged Pop after his return to San Antonio game like a fucking hypocrite. Fucking pussy.
Never use terms that can be thrown back at you, then.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpurPadre
IIRC, it was a preseason scrimmage.Quote:
Originally Posted by look_at_g_shred
Speaking of Trump I’m sure Pop will speak about him any minute to deflect this trainwreck tradeQuote:
Originally Posted by Gamechannel
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpurPadre
Trump is still president and now this bitch wins a ring. Fucked up world we live in...Quote:
Originally Posted by timtonymanu
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamechannel
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamechannel
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 shitQuote:
Originally Posted by TheGreatYacht
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 AntonioQuote:
Originally Posted by dbreiden83080
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by look_at_g_shred
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Originally Posted by dbreiden83080
Haha. Well played, sir. Well played.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperCam
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.
They made him a laughing stock in HEB commercials when he was the team’s star. How disrespectful can you be to do that?
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by dbreiden83080
Signing Patty to a $50 mil contract is not treating everyone equally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamechannel
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. :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Gamechannel
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?
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Originally Posted by UZER
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 :lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Gamechannel
Well saidQuote:
Originally Posted by SuperCam
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperCam
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.
Barf.
Should have sent him to Orlando
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.
you may be correct in everything you said, but the bold text is not true and you know it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamechannel
Are you saying Pop would give anyone star treatment over others? C'on man. Even Duncan got routinely chewed out for missing defensive assignments.Quote:
Originally Posted by r0drig0lac
Don't forget the part about colluding with Russia.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamechannel
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by SpurPadre
They only lost because he wasn't a part of the other games.Quote:
Originally Posted by bic50
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamechannel
RightQuote:
Originally Posted by SpurPadre
https://youtu.be/5xa3Hj92-5oQuote:
Originally Posted by BatManu20
That appears to be more CIA pop LIESQuote:
Originally Posted by Legacy
Then why the fuck was he wanting to go to the Lakers? Just to spite Pop... ?Quote:
Originally Posted by BatManu20
Pop or Kawhi "LIES" ?Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDrewShow
No shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Degoat
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 1Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris
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.
Fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamechannel
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Originally Posted by Gamechannel
This guy gets it.
You better get a 6 years sleep thenQuote:
Originally Posted by SpurPadre
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?
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.
What a shitty take.Quote:
Originally Posted by timtonymanu
He may be onto something thereQuote:
Originally Posted by offset formation
He never said those people were wrong tbhQuote:
Originally Posted by BatManu20
or maybe they just knew the type of snake that autistic fuck is.Quote:
Originally Posted by timtonymanu
So bitterQuote:
Originally Posted by kw780101
Those people are crying right now though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seventyniner
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by kw780101
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Originally Posted by Gamechannel
What injury? I have no belief that he ever had a real injury at this point.
Glad to hear something from him directly about it.
Shade where shade is due.
:pop: I’m gonna uncork another bottle of Thunderbird and contemplate which is worse. What do you think BoBo ?Quote:
Originally Posted by SpurPadre
:bobo I don’t know Pop, I think they’re both a threat to World Peace
Not one congratulatory tweet from Tony or Manu...yet.......
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Originally Posted by gameFACE
Not even Gasol or Rudy gay said congrats to nephew.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
He shouldn’t careQuote:
Originally Posted by widowmaker
Salty in here
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.
Maybe he will say more things today and you can cry about it some more.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by rjv
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.'Quote:
Originally Posted by benefactor
:bobo
Hopefully the Spur logo is incorporated into the championship ring, because we deserve all the credit for this title :tu
It won’t be rememberedQuote:
Originally Posted by spurs10
LmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by DJR210
It might not matter much, but it will be remembered. It's a small league.Quote:
Originally Posted by bic50
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by bic50
But hey its all over been over for a whole season move on.
Fuckin' nailed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by rjv
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by lmbebo
this has worked out perfectly for Toronto and Kawhi and don't forget Danny Green. Spurs look like chumps.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by spurs10
How 'perfect' will it be when LAC swoop in on June 30th and sign him?Quote:
Originally Posted by superbigtime
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffDuncan
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?
LMAO, you got that shit backwards with you lefties believing everything you see on CNN and read on buzzfeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gamechannel
wrong thread
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.