Kawhi has his friends, the problem is they aren't exactly Pop type of players. Another thing is a lot of these other friendships were developed during the Olympics (start of the KD recruitment to the Warriors), something Kawhi hasn't done yet.
Dantoni is already feeling the pressure....
Expectations never been this high for him
Brings back my memories of being a Spurs fan in the 90s.As far as the talent equation (prime, upside) concerned, they are not a Top 5 team in league..
This is essentially the 2000-2002 Duncan's Spurs with no Manu/Parker in the pipeline...Leonard prime is set to be wasted..
Spurs didn't show significant interest in Chris Paul, source told ESPN. Already have an aging point guard in Tony Parker.
http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0671749706224767707-4
Get with the times.
Rasho was the soft, controllable stiff Poop wanted. The latter even travelled all the way to Slovenia to recruit him.Holy did we win the lottery by having Sam Presti on our front office, the genius that discovered Parker
Duncan could've played his career with Antonio Daniels, Jason Hart, and Beno Udrih running the point... it was already bad enough that his Centers consisted of Nesterovic, Elson, Mohammed, and Dejuan Blair....
qftHe'll have to reach LeBron levels, imo. He will literally have to carry the team on his back..
Oh wait. He already did that last year.
I love Kawhi and think he's capable of being the best player on the planet, but he can't do it alone.
KL is capable but even Lebron cant do it all on his own, shhot even the all time great MJ didnt start winning trophies untill he got Pippen and Grant along with a good cast of roll players around him.
we all know how much you wanted CP3 dude but seriously the Culture is the only reason we have a seat at the table, lest you forgot Robinsons days. 20 straight successful seasons, 5 rings... the culture is fine. But you got your hopes up which most of us fans know not to do and now your emotional. It'll be ok trust me.
I think 29 other teams in the league would love to have two players that one is already about to be a super star in his prime, and the other one the sky is possibly the limit also. Possibly a lot of cap flexibility next offseason, and the years after. Also developing good role players. Great job R.C.!
Getting him to originally commit to a meeting with the Spurs brass shows you how much they were interested. But yeah, when they lose out, they pretend and act like they didn't care. Spurs still trying to shake off that snub.Spurs didn't show significant interest in Chris Paul, source told ESPN. Already have an aging point guard in Tony Parker.
http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=21-0671749706224767707-4
Get with the times.
Yeah, kind of seems like that ESPN report is just the Spurs saving face, tbh...
This..Getting him to originally commit to a meeting with the Spurs brass shows you how much they were interested. But yeah, when they lose out, they pretend and act like they didn't care. Spurs still trying to shake off that snub.
Hey atleast they tried.Getting him to originally commit to a meeting with the Spurs brass shows you how much they were interested. But yeah, when they lose out, they pretend and act like they didn't care. Spurs still trying to shake off that snub.
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They have keep their options open. They set meeting so they don't have close the door completely.Getting him to originally commit to a meeting with the Spurs brass shows you how much they were interested. But yeah, when they lose out, they pretend and act like they didn't care. Spurs still trying to shake off that snub.
Typical spurfan sour grapes
Paul was never going to take a pay cut and the Spurs weren't going to pay Paul $30 million + a year. That's what they mean by "really not being interested." You guys on Aldridge (rightfully so) for being soft but then y'all have the same mindset as fans.
This is nothing like the 90s. Robinson never would've heard the end of it if he would've sat out the Conference Finals. Leonard gets a pass as he normally does. PATFO know what's coming...$35-$40 million a year contract for Kawhi. They can't just throw money at any free agent they can only entertain potential free agents who are serious about winning. At least until Ginobili, Parker and Aldridge come off the books.
Houston has not overtaken the Spurs in the western conference hierarchy. Kawhi is still the best player and the difference in the series.
The Spurs under Pop have never been a win now, win at all cost team. The approach has been for the most part, steady build through the draft, pick up some savvy veterans and hope to have a good to great team in the regular season. And if things fall in your favor, win/compete for a few championships along the way. Teams like the Warriors, Cavs and Rockets will have great teams for a few years, but they will also have the inevitable 3-5 down years because of the win now mentality.
Doesn't look like that will be enough to beat the Warriors during Kawhi's prime though...
ExactlyGetting him to originally commit to a meeting with the Spurs brass shows you how much they were interested. But yeah, when they lose out, they pretend and act like they didn't care. Spurs still trying to shake off that snub.
Yep.. Lou Willimas just said it: Houston swooped in about a couple of weeks ago and got him..He wasn't even going to pretend he was grappling with a tough choice by waiting until a FA courtesy meeting: Harden/MDA over Kawhi/Pop, he called IT..
You're probably right, but no one knows how things will play out in a season. Maybe someone for the Warriors gets injured, maybe there's some in fighting on their team and guys get traded, maybe Murray, Simmons and Bertans develop into stellar players, who knows?
Not that I'm defending either approach, but what would you like them to do, go all in during Kawhi's prime and possibly mortgage the future, or continue with the more conservative approach?
Wait, people are upset that the Spurs didn't land a 32-year-old career loser?
Typical spurfan sour grapes
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