Woj: Spurs Held Players-Only Meeting to Implore Kawhi's Potential Return to Lineup

[duncan2k5]

Let the guy heal... No one can feel what he feels... He has consistently been the hardest working spur... Gave us absolutely no reason to doubt him in years... Always shown up to play in the playoffs... Now we are quick to throw him under the bus because for whatever reason we think he is lying... Wtf... The guy is in pain... Let him heal

[SpurPadre]

Let the guy heal... No one can feel what he feels... He has consistently been the hardest working spur... Gave us absolutely no reason to doubt him in years... Always shown up to play in the playoffs... Now we are quick to throw him under the bus because for whatever reason we think he is lying... Wtf... The guy is in pain... Let him heal

Tell that to Manu and TP, then, and see what they tell you.

[spursistan]

Kawhi ass-wipers..Now downspin this ..

Anyone one who still think Pop and Spurs medics are holding him out ..

[cd021]

LMAlpha holding his number 2 accountable tbh

[jmard5]

Bummer.

When you try to recall different Spurs playing/dealing with injuries in the past: Manu with a sprained elbow, Patty Mills with his shoulder injury, Duncan with his plantar fasciitis and bum knees, Tony Parker's successful return from quad injury, etc, you'll definitely want to ask, WTH exactly is going on with Kawhi?

[TimDunkem]

Let the guy heal... No one can feel what he feels... He has consistently been the hardest working spur... Gave us absolutely no reason to doubt him in years... Always shown up to play in the playoffs... Now we are quick to throw him under the bus because for whatever reason we think he is lying... Wtf... The guy is in pain... Let him heal

It isn't just about simply coming back. The man can't even speak up about it. His teammates are as in the dark as any of us. That's ridiculous. He's not being payed millions to sit out and hide his progress from the team.

[SAGirl]

It's Kawhi's fault at this point for not thinking he needed to keep them in the loop. Jabari going around shilling for Kawhi, acting like this is normal and that the Spurs are the weird ones. That was clearly slanted BS a bunch of folks here ate up.

I'm not sure it is Kawhi's choice at this point. I really do think Pop shut that down after he heard Salters' report. When the team finally decided to start hitting back against Kawhi, it wasn't going to be a one-time thing, it seems.

At least functionally they haven't ruled him out for the season and Pop answered sarcastically a question about him having a deadline for Kiwi to return with "why would I do that?" It's difficult to discern how Pop really stands on the whole thing.

But this leak is about teammates wanting to talk to Kiwi face to face and from man to man... no bull about the organization and things that don't concern them. And it was quarterbacked by Tony. The players wanted to know what's up him regardless of PATFO.

Maybe it was the organization that leaked this meeting if there is a real rift. This is unlike anything that went on with LMA last year. He kept his own dissatisfaction to himself and waited until the season was over to air his grievances. Kiwi has held the team hostage all year and if he's just being cavalier about not wanting to play that's unfair to teammates

[rjv]

Don't think this is a bad thing. There was a lot of tension and they're finally being straight up about it and laying it all out on the table. These guys are grown men and i'm sure they're just letting out steam. Can't just brush this aside and pretend this situation isn't bothering anyone on the team.

I'm sure kawhi really wants to be here. He just doesn't want to be like derrick rose, grant hill, IT.. that just my humble opinion. Also the money is of course important to him

i agree, but be warned that trying to be the voice of reason in ST is like trying to discuss science at a creatonists' convention.

[bklynspursfan]

[cd021]

It’s probably best to Supermax him for trading purposes

He can't be traded for a year afterwards then. Spurs should probably move on after this season and build around LMAlpha

[Chinook]

Danny was probably drunk during the meeting, so what would he know?

[Dex]

Weirder and weirder by the minute.

Then again, there were also multiple "sources on ESPN" who said he would be back against the Pelicans, and they were obviously talking out of their ass then. So who knows what's really true or not anymore...

[bklynspursfan]

Danny was probably drunk during the meeting, so what would he know?

Green also said a couple weeks ago he speaks with Kawhi on his progress and stuff and what not, and wasn't left in the dark.

[bklynspursfan]

In agreement with Green here

[baseline bum]

They started to patch it up when Pop essentially ruled Kawhi out

No they didn't, they lost 3 of 5 games after before the GSW game where ESPN claimed Kawhi was close to returning. Plus one of their wins in that stretch was barely surviving a home game against the worst team in the league when they pulled out that 2 point win at home vs Memphis. The chemistry looked like then too.

[NASpurs]

lol #holocaust

[SAGirl]

Danny was probably drunk during the meeting, so what would he know?

Savage...

[LkrFan]

Well, if y'all don't want him:

Name your price sons.

[r0drig0lac]

damn my

[SPURt]

What if Kawhi is using outside doctors to conceal a degenerative injury that would take away any chance the Spurs would offer him a super max contract? What if he gets the super max contract signed and he really will never recover or be the same again? People have done shadier things for $200 million.

[BatManu20]

Such a weird situation and it's clearly being manipulated by the media. Strange for sure.

[spursistan]

You can't make this up-- a most unspursy moment that you could imagine ..

It just seems that this Kawhi's saga has reached the point of no return; it is not blowing over, and it won't until he gets traded this summer. One day we will learn the contours of it all..You bet Parker will spill the beans in a tell it all book..

[SAGirl]

What if Kawhi is using outside doctors to conceal a degenerative injury that would take away any chance the Spurs would offer him a super max contract? What if he gets the super max contract signed and he really will never recover or be the same again? People have done shadier things for $200 million.

I 've never thought his,injury is made up.

All this,drama helps conceal how alarming it is this dude is turning out to be Tiago Splitter with a sore calf that basically retired him. I am exaggerating, Tiago also had a bad back but you get my point. Any way you look at it this quad thing sitting him out all season isn't a minor problem.

[bklynspursfan]

[Russ]

Here's the part of the Woj article that struck me:

Leonard has impressed his coaches and teammates in 3-on-3 and 4-on-4 workouts, and there had been a belief his rehabilitation was cycling toward a return to the floor in the past week, league sources said.

That seems like a new tidbit.