Absolutely not. Until it's proven he has a real mental issue, he is not a victim, but a full and willing participant in this whole charade..
If it was a hold out, for the Lakers it would mean loyalty! It would be ironic if Spurs call the bluff and Lakers use up all the cap space to sign him next year. DeMarcus, pg, and Lebron would be almost as potent.
Kawhi not only got paid 19M this year to play 9 games (injury debatable obviously) but now by having his camp tell the world that he's signing with LA in 2019, he's lowering the Spurs' trade value for him significantly as if on cue with Uncle Dennis' plan on ing the Spurs up all at once. What a total self-serving asshole. And, what big name would want to sign here knowing asshat Kiwi won't be here the whole year. Terrible...
Cant wait for Magic to tell Kawhi "put some ice on your vagina and get your ass back out on that court"!
These two points cannot be understated. I mean his trade demand would be more easy to stomach had he not pulled out an entire season from his employer due to undiagnosable pain which led his coach and two franchise guys to question him.
I also heard the defense of his trade demand is that he just wants to go home to LA. Well if that is true then STFU for one last year and walk free in 2019. If neither LA team has cap space to pay you the max we’ll consider that your penance for taking $19m from your last team in 2018. Also you probably shouldn’t have sign that max deal in 2015 with the Spurs either now, Kawhi.
Oh and Spursistan - your OP warrants a username bolding. Damn well written post
Kawhi is NOT a man.
He is just a boy with some basketball skills.
Doubtful. The conversation would more likely be Magic asking Kawhi to put three fingers inside him.
TP questioned him in the media. Not the org.at blaming the organization because a teammate or two said something that hurt your feelers. That's some pussy ass the likes of which have never been seen in pro sports.
Or are you referring to Pop telling people to ask Kawhi and his group? I don't understand at all why so much is made of this comment. Kawhi and his group held all the cards as to when he was coming back. It was a perfectly reasonable thing to say.
And the Spurs obviously had a huge vested interest in Kawhi not getting further injured. To assume they cleared him willy nilly and without regard for his longevity is asinine.
If he's still here I'd hope Pop plays him 48 mins/game and run his ass into the ground Thibs/DAntoni style
If he was really that hurt he should have announced he was out for the year. I would have been fine with that. But stringing the team along into thinking he was going to make some comeback and then just bolting to NY was the final nail in the coffin
I thought only the Spurs could rule him out for the season?
No doubt.Doubtful. The conversation would more likely be Magic asking Kawhi to put three fingers inside him.
Spurs will have to keep him for now because he's destroyed his trade value.
The worst thing he ever did was allowing this asshole of an Uncle to get into his head this badly. He wants to send him to the largest and most pressure filled media market in the country to play basketball in. Yes you are from California, but that does not mean you are suited to play for the Los Angeles Lakers. Whenever they have even a remotely good team, it is championship or bust. And because it is Hollywood, they also expect their great basketball players to have some semblance of a personality. He has no personality of any kind. He doesn’t ing speak. He doesn’t perform there, or refuses to play hurt, they will be calling for his head. Let’s also not gloss over the fact that he will be going to play for a young and completely unproven head coach. Leaving behind one of the great head coaches of all time, that helped to mentor and get him to where he is right now as a player. He does not belong with the Lakers. It’s completely the wrong fit.
I said that numerous times last season when some people were saying the spurs could basically name their price in a trade. That was 100% true coming off his previous season when he was a top three player in the league. He torpedoed his own trade value by sitting it out over what I guarantee you most teams believe was a minor injury. Now he is saying he only wants to play for Los Angeles. It’s a train wreck. All the way around a train wreck.
Exactly. The lie and refusal is worse. And what happened
Trade him to the Los Angeles Sparks.
Angle that somewhat makes sense is that the real destination is Philly. His uncle is based there (or NJ, iirc). Of course the Spurs wouldn't want to deal him to LA. LeBron supposedly had interest as well in the Sixers.
If he does go to the Lakers I will be very interested to see how that aspect of the marriage goes. Short honeymoon I expect. I have been saying for many moons that Kawhi does not want to be the face of ANY franchise. The thing that would save the situation would be for LeBron to sign there so that Kawhi could live in his shadow and just play basketball. I believe that is exactly what the Lakers are pitching to both Kawhi and LeBron. Now THAT would be the perfect marriage.
Not a max player. As i said in 2014, kl hasnt and wont lead spurs to anything. Rigged fmvp
Even if they managed to land both LeBron and Leonard the pressure will be out of control on that team. Certainly most of the pressure will fall to LeBron but the expectation will be that they have to win a championship. And come playoff time Leonard will be expected to do a lot. Because one of the main reasons LeBron would go to LA is to play alongside what he thinks is going to be the Leonard before all of this drama and bull that occurred his final season with the spurs. He has to return to form. That’s a lot of pressure. He is showing to be very mentally weak.
I think that LeBron should go to Philadelphia. Stay in the Eastern conference and you get on a team that is much more talented right now than the one you are leaving. I think that is the best fit for him for next season. Just sign a one-year contract.
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