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Holy cow !! Garrett basically eviscerated him on the cool. The "mental thing" track is now officially something one should really consider as the root cause of it all..
More worried than before, tbh. This is some DerrickRose-itis ..
Kawhi must have gotten Pop's nudes from Joffrey after Bonner gave it to him.
Pop singing a different tune
Holy cow !! Garrett basically eviscerated him on the cool. The "mental thing" track is now officially something one should really consider as the root cause of it all..
More worried than before, tbh. This is some DerrickRose-itis ..
Interesting.
thanks for sharing. It's amazing to think that he's always suffered from different tendinopathies and that this season they have flared up big time.
Something obviously doesn't sound right when Pop had to go public and hit some salvo shots (props Chinook) putting the burden on Kiwi, for him to respond showing up at the facilities. The timing of it is really su ious.
Don't know if you picked up on it in the beginning, but he mentioned Kawhi has had this injury since college. What made this year different was his Uncle and how he's taken over as his manager -- being in his ear blaming the Spurs medical staff when that's not even the case at all (second opinions cleared this too). Spurs have been more than patient. I'm glad Pop called him out.
Uncle Dennis.
Wow so the condition that he has is chronic but he's always had it. What his uncle did was bush league but it also says a lot about Kawhi's character not to stand up to his Uncle and tell him to STFU.
Knee or quad tendonitis is an injury a lot of NBA players play through.
Duncan had it pretty much his whole career.
Yeah, I pick it that up. There is surely a role being played by his uncle behind the scenes, and it is not helpful one to put it mildly. But this is also cast a poor reflection on Kawhi as someone who is not his own man who could be gripped by some internal anxiety that allows such external "pull" to happen.
I hope the decision to come back was sign that Kawhi is cutting that cord and not the uncle's move because the optics were starting to look ugly for both of them..
Kawhi may have told him that. No one really knows the story it seems.
You can wrap it up ,he still has his mobility. Joff played with a dislocated finger
Very late in the day. No matter how anybody spins this, structuring a team around Kawhi seems like very risky business to me. Supermax for this guy? I just dunno...
Stop being a got for once.
Forbes has copies as well
Judging from Bonner's inexplicable role on the Spurs' game broadcasts, I think Bonner may still have those photos.
It's not nude pics. It's white privilege.
We all know Timmy pushed through for a lot of his career on one knee and at the end, with no knees.
This puts in perspective teammates. They have also been extremely understanding... for much, much less than that the Cavs ganged up on KLove.
Jason Garrett the football coach is now talking about Kawhi like he is a psychologist? I think Pop has got this right, he’s back and following protocol.
Trade
Why bother then?
By the time he gets back, that brutal schedule and the way they've been playing lately will have the Spurs in the bottom half or out of the playoffs altogether.
Inexplicable?
Bonner has always been an outspoken communicator which is why he played a role on the NBA Players Union. Matt obviously wasn't outlandishly great at basketball because of his many other limitations. His understanding of the game was not one of them, though.
He actually does well on the broadcasts.
Hope he does comeback soon...
But they also said that he would only miss the preseason after the last playoffs
Yup. And Sean Elliott doing broadcast is obviously black privilege.
Uncle Dennis is over managing I’m sure because of the max contract. That chance doesn’t come every year especially with great players out there, Harden, Westbrook, LeBron, Durant, and now to add Davis, Greek Freak, and even Cousins. To be an MVP, DPOY, 1st Team NBA seem an impossible task. While many players played through the same condition, they did not have the max contract clause before until LeBron. So to compare Kawhi to Bird, Kobe, Jordan playing through pain is not entirely the same. It sucks but that’s the reality of today’s game.
The whole Kawhi Leonard injury management has been a process and we have to make sure he's prepared on all three facets of the game. I'm really proud of how he shows up to practice and competes almost on a daily basis.
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