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I don’t want Kawhi back. Screw him.
...cleared to play. Get the out there and do what you're paid to do bro.
I don’t want Kawhi back. Screw him.
Storybook redemption story opportunity (comes back to face team that purposely took him out). One last and final chance to save face in San Antonio.
Won’t even show up to sit on bench.
This is like the third thread of its kind already in 12 hours ..
Can't blame Spurfan for turning on this soft when they grew up watching warriors like Duncan/Ginobili/Parker, tbh..
Timmy turned in his second greatest playoffs series vs the Mavs '06 playing with plantar fasciitis in both feet. Manu played with broken nose, dislocated arm, bone bruise and Parker with strained hamstring in 2013 etc..
He is not made of that stuff..
Oh yay, another thread
Well deserved.Oh yay, another thread
watch manu mention how they had to adjust expectations and adjust to the situation after what happened in february and early march:This is like the third thread of its kind already in 12 hours ..
Can't blame Spurfan for turning on this soft when they grew up watching warriors like Duncan/Ginobili/Parker, tbh..
Timmy turned in his second greatest playoffs series vs the Mavs '06 playing with plantar fasciitis in both feet. Manu played with broken nose, dislocated arm, bone bruise and Parker with strained hamstring in 2013 etc..
He is not made of that stuff..
Exactly. Guys we grew up watching were the polar opposite of Kawhi. We were making threads 10 years ago complaining that they were too compe ive, wearing themselves too thin with Eurobasket/National team play. Not sitting out the entire year with bruised labia.This is like the third thread of its kind already in 12 hours ..
Can't blame Spurfan for turning on this soft when they grew up watching warriors like Duncan/Ginobili/Parker, tbh..
Timmy turned in his second greatest playoffs series vs the Mavs '06 playing with plantar fasciitis in both feet. Manu played with broken nose, dislocated arm, bone bruise and Parker with strained hamstring in 2013 etc..
He is not made of that stuff..
Let's not forget David Robinson who played 2/3 of each of the last two seasons with a terribly painful degenerative back condition, and turned in a of a final game to win the championship tbh.....This is like the third thread of its kind already in 12 hours ..
Can't blame Spurfan for turning on this soft when they grew up watching warriors like Duncan/Ginobili/Parker, tbh..
Timmy turned in his second greatest playoffs series vs the Mavs '06 playing with plantar fasciitis in both feet. Manu played with broken nose, dislocated arm, bone bruise and Parker with strained hamstring in 2013 etc..
He is not made of that stuff..
Screw the idea of trading him for Fultz and a pick. I'd trade him there for a Philly cheesesteak. One whiz with, please. Make an example of this soft got.
This kids a ing .
I go to work every god damn day and do what I'm paid to do and it's no where near as fun as what this guy does or as lucrative.
God I hope he's not a Spur anymore.
If he doesn't even show up on the bench then he'll be dead to most Spurs fans. Time for Kawhi to get the out of New York and at least root the team on. This whole show of Kawhi being medically cleared to play for months and not saying a damn peep to anyone became an ordeal of madness months ago
That horse ain't waking up!Oh yay, another thread
Wins an award for longest le thread at least!
Not sitting with the team at home games was the last straw. He lost all benefit of the doubt there.
Man, some of you cats are cold-blooded.
Last year, Kawhi was the GOAT and the heir to Duncan's throne.
Less than a full year later, he is a wimp, a head-case, and a cancer.
I'm as disappointed with the situation as anyone, but damn...cool your jets people.
If Kawhi actually does come back healthy and sign his supermax, gonna be a lot of crow to be served up around here.
I think if he was just injured, we’d all accept it even though we felt like we’d get redemption this year after he got injured in the playoffs. But what’s frustrating is that there is no clarity and every time there’s a negative opinion out there that Kawhi is unhappy and Kawhi is leaving, he’s silent. He goes to NY and not a word. He can’t seriously think he’s coming back for the playoffs. Why not just break Daboom’s heart now and just tell people he’s out for the season and playoffs. All the drama makes you sour on the guy.
What a refreshing, enlightening perspective offered by the OP. After reading this post, I'll never look at Kawhi the same way ever again. My eyes have been opened to truths previously obscured.
This.
I was pissed, too, to not see him behind the bench and/or forcing a comeback, but then I had to put myself in Kawhi's mindset, and I can see what he's thinking...get better. Sitting behind the Spurs bench at a game doesn't help him rehab.
Kawhi is a basketball player. He loves the game. I still believe he wants to be a Spur and has always felt like the Spurs are his team. For all the people who act like he's mentally re ed, it's funny that these same people can sit back and say he's this mastermind who's forcing the Spurs into a trade, willing to sink the success of an organization that has done so much for him. All for what? Endorsements? A chance to be close to his old stomping grounds? Stupid rumors. That's not Kawhi. All the guy knows is basketball.
I think he's desperately trying to save his career right now, trying to get healthy, and probably has no idea, or concern, for how his absence appears to the fans, and maybe some of his teammates. I think mentally he's a basketball robot, and his focus is on getting healthy, and he really could care less what people think about that. If anything, the old farts on the team should be counseling him instead of bashing him publicly. Tony Parker diminished in my eyes when he did that, especially when you consider how the Spurs organization protected him with his scandal with Erin Barry.
Oh, and as for wanting to get back to Los Angeles...would you want to move back to the city where your dad was murdered? I doubt that place is so special in his heart that he he's willing to waste one of his few precious prime years of basketball to get back there.
Do I think he will be a Spur next year? I do. That or he'll retire.
Last edited by Ed Helicopter Jones; 04-12-2018 at 06:18 PM.
He already said he wants to be a Spur for life, he said he's injured, that can't have more setbacks..But he has to talk after every media rumor?
Why do you want him to talk when you didn't believe in his words the first time?
Couldn't agree more...Also, being unable to do what he loves most in his life, is not easy to handle.
Well, for instance, he didn't say he had a setback, so everyone was waiting for him to show up the last two or three weeks of the season. He didn't say he was going to get another opinion from his doctor. He hasn't said whether he will be available to play in the next two weeks. That's my point. Does he have to answer every report? No, but periodic updates that aren't based on social media accounts, uninformed teammates, or media speculation would be nice. For example, we should know if he is close to coming back to the playoffs or if he is out without speculating. He's been unwilling to clarify the situation the entire time and it has created more doubt and speculation, and not less.
Did he lose his SA privileges?
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