So who else here is rooting for Kawhi?

[rjv]

i'm more indifferent to him now. but i would root for the clips against the lakers or warriors any time.

[TheBallsbreakers]

Yeah f Kawhi.

[spurraider21]

him tbh

[Dex]

I'm on the fence on this one.

On one hand, I don't wish injury on anybody...but his continued injury history further justifies the Spurs on their prognosis and resulting decisions. Good for him for finally being healthy for a playoff run, I guess.

On the other hand.... Kawhi and the way he did San Antonio. Either way, I hope he and the Clippers properly get their ass kicked, so I'm not rooting FOR him.

[dn0774]

I actually still enjoy seeing Kawhi dominate but the F the Clippers and their tampering asses.

[ginobilized]

Kawhi's game and especially his efficiency is hard not to love, when he's healthy.

I've softened on his disgruntled departure from the Spurs as I believe that there was some dysfunction on both sides for that to play out the way it did.
He was a vital cog in a championship and leveled the organization in a way that we were gifted Wemby.

[R. DeMurre]

He grew up in a ty neighborhood, is almost certainly on the spectrum, and his father was murdered. In retrospect, it's not all that difficult to see why he didn't enjoyed getting yelled at by a short-tempered coach with a military background. Time to move on.

[HankChinaski]

Not ever going to root for this guy again. He did this franchise dirty and if that means being booed till he has left the court for good so be it. He earned that treatment from fans.

I doubt he loses any sleep from it with the millions of dollars he has made from the sport.

[Brazil]

Hopefully he torn his acl soon

Spurs developped him, gave him opportunity to win a FMVP on a historical team ( dat beautiful game), gave him the key of the truck for him to quit and betray one the cleanest organization in the professional sport.

So him but as I said dude when healthy is a beast... he was the chose one and went down the path to the dark side... no way I'm rooting for dat pos

[scott]

I've got no lingering ill-will towards Kawhi, and if not for his inability to stay healthy I'd actually be happy to bring him back to the Spurs.

I find people who hold a deep seated grudge to be hilarious, in a sad way.

With that said, he should still be booed every time he touches the ball here, because that's what you should do to opposing players you have a history with. Like... Dereck Fisher should have been booed the same way forever in San Antonio after 0.4

[Seventyniner]

I'm always going to call him Number Two for the way he forced his way out and how he mishandled the situation. I don't think the Spurs have totally clean hands, but I place the lion's share of the blame on Number Two and his uncle.

I most certainly will never root for him, though I don't care as much about rooting against him as I once did.

[Spurs Homer]

Who?

[RC_Drunkford]

there's no doubt in my mind that we ring in 2018 if nephew doesn't go hiding

[bigzak25]

Well. I'm gonna root for him. He's awesome
He may have made a mistake not honoring his contract. But what's done is done. I've made mistakes too...

[Mal]

Nope, not me

[Obstructed_View]

I hope both his ing knees explode.

[baseline bum]

This is pretty much my mentality towards Kawhi. I despised him from '19-'23 and openly rooted against him but getting Victor allowed me to finally get over it. I still view him as a POS, but I'm not actively invested in wanting to see him fail like I was during that 4-year span. I will never root for him but if he somehow flukes his way to winning it all again like he did in '19 I won't care since I have no emotional investment anymore when it comes to him succeeding or failing.

Same here

[baseline bum]

Nobody respects the Thunder for the exact same reasons nobody respected the Spurs. Small market, quiet superstar that eschews the limelight, defense-first.

They posted the highest point differential and second-highest net rating of all time, but everybody thinks the West is “wide open.”

If the Lakers went 68-14 and +12.9, everybody would think the playoffs were a formality.

Yeah this Thunder team is a monster that shored up every single weakness their 57 win team from last year had. Just crazy that they have three guys on their team that could be legit DPOY candidates in Dort, Holmgren, and Caruso.

[baseline bum]

Man, you may be right...I have to admit, I haven't watched much basketball since the Spurs lost a close one to Cleveland late in the year. But I'm getting an 86" LG on Tuesday, so I'll put it to good use and watch these playoffs carefully...increase my knowledge base of our compe ion.

This Thunder team reminds me so much of the 03 Spurs but if they had 05 Tony and Manu. They're going to run off some serious les in the next 7-8 years and short of SGA blowing out his knee I don't see anyone even making it compe ive against them in a series this year.

[lefty]

Go Kawhi

[Raven]

i am rooting for him and donut as well, which ... who knew before the season.. honestly i have forgiven him, and i like his play, that's it.

[lefty20]

him. Not only did he us on the way out. He also forced Clippers to gift SGA to Thunder along a metric ton of picks for Pandemic P.

And now we gonna have to deal with a powerhouse OKC team during Wemby era.

[intlspurshk]

Would rather root for Thunder

[Dod01]

no. Would love to see the Rockets go all the way because Udoka, i.e. Pop coaching tree etc. etc., but the NBA and ESPN would never allow the Rockets to ring over Golden State, the Luka and Bron Lakers, Clippers, Celtics, etc., etc. Might let them make the WCF but that's it. But again on Kawhi, no.

[CIAPop]

Hey now! Stop with all the hate. That's not who we are.


















Kawhi
no way that knee is holding up through four rounds