You don't need to be a circus loud mouth like Paddy Mills to lead a clown show like the one you see before your eyes.. Being a leader means leading by example. Duncan did it for his entire career. What did Kawhi not do on the court to help the Spurs win games?
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I also have to wonder if Pop orchestrated the locker room ambush, led by Parker, that alienated Kawhi from the team. I wouldn't put it past the addled old wino. Speaking of leadership.
Yeah the same way he wasn't a leader when he lead them to that 20 point lead on the Warriors in WCF game 1 in 2017. Of course he wasn't a vocal leader but he lead by playing hard on both ends of the court.
Waiting for kawhi's sister to go off on Pop and Spurs fans on social media ��
Woild rather have kawhis talent now and find some other dummy to lead the team
Pop with the truth nukes.
Trading a franchise player will be pops lasting legacy. You never trade away the franchise. Even if he sat again and left for nothing that’s on the player not on the coach.
told u clowns erique was a fake ass leader leading this team no where, as a coat rider he didnt even do his job with the bailout of backup pgs in elimination games
Speedy Claxton was the real leader tbh......
Stay classy, Pop.
The first requirement of a leader -- being around.
You see him taking pot shots. You don't see him glowing about him. I don't think there's any need to wonder. Kawhi quit on the team. Any possible respect Pop has for him would be quite subdued.
The dominant Spurs imploded when Kawhi left Gm 1 of the 2017 WCF. He was the team's leader.
the simple fact he didn't come back from that minor injury shows you how much a leader he was...alas a fake leader. Your Leader comes back also if he has a brocken arm...he just had a little sore ancle and he didn't come back not just for that game but for the whole series...weak, weak man and personality. Nobady can be lead by such kind of dude...
At least we know, what we all suspected I guess, that the divorce was mutual. Also, what I find interesting is that the Spurs, even though they wanted Kawhi to be the next Tim Duncan, they never treated him like Tim Duncan.
It was not a minor injury. He was already playing on a very sore ankle like a leader. Once he was taken out, it was inevitable he was gonna miss a few days. If you're sore about that, you should be mad at Silverstein for allowing that nonsense to occur and not punish it.
No, you moron. He was the team's best player and only elite perimeter threat. And the team was far from dominant, too dependent on Leonard to create offense and play elite defense.
Now, he's on a team that better blends with him on defense, so he can "take plays off" and allows him to shot to his heart's content.
We'll see if that leads to success in April, May and June (I doubt it, TBH).
And he isn't a leader in any sense of the word. A leader doesn't lie to his teammates about coming back and then change his (last minute), a leader roots on his teammates behind the bench and most of all a leader doesn't sabotage an entire season just to satisfy their selfish needs.
He has led a lot of you gullible idiots to sniff his balls, wipes ass and defend him at every waking second, though. So, yeah, he's a "leader" in that sense.
Sure, he was the leader on the court, or as Pop said it their best player on the floor. But, it's off the floor that they wanted him to be someone that brings the team together and be their emotional leader, like Timmy was. But in reality it was Pop that was doing everything he could to keep Tim happy. He did not do that for Kawhi, or if he did, he failed miserably.
At the end of the day, I believe it was his health concerns and lack of leadership that made Kawhi too much of a risk for the franchize to invest the super max on him, that's what I feel happend.
I agree that Kawhi bailed on the team in 2018; and maybe for all that Pop is right that Kawhi wasn't a leader that year. But it seemed like he was ultimately trying to dis him and act like Kawhi wasn't an integral part of the team's success.
What?!
Now, Pop "catered" and "babied" Timmy to keep him happy? Are y'all serious with these stupid theories and takes?!
Or maybe Kawhi didn't like someone/something about the front-office, didn't inform anyone of significance about this issue, the issue festered and his uncle further "poisoned" the relationship.
The "misdiagnosis" was either the last straw or a smokescreen to protect Kawhi from real criticism for bailing on the team.
Thanks for illustrating that he was the best player on the team which again has nothing to do with being a leader. Like I said before the best player on a team is not always the leader which Draymond Green has proven the last few years. Spurs lost that game much like the Rockets failed to win after Chris Paul went out with a hamstring injury. You are not going to beat the Warriors without your best players. Your deflections are just pathetic.
It’s amazing how Kawhi can be viewed as a leader even compared to Duncan by some fanboys in this thread. This is the same guy who choked in 2013. Same guy who “held LeBron down” in 2014 but somehow LeBron should’ve won Finals MVP. Same guy who got emasculated in 2015 by the Clippers and then shrunk in 2016 to Durant and OKC. He got abused that series fanboys.
So he has ONE great season in 2017 and all of a sudden he’s MJ. ONE ing season. You Kawhi apologists are embarrassing yourselves. As if MJ would let a swollen ankle hold him out of the CONFERENCE FINALS. Hilarious
That’s not a leader fanboys. You worship him...great. I’m actually rooting for Toronto this year. The Spurs need that late first rounder. So at least for this season Go Raptors.
Honestly, I have no ill will towards Kawhi. He helped the Spurs win a le. He shouldn’t be booed. I was more disheartened when he was traded. But I wish him well except against the Spurs.
But enough with trying to justify his leadership abilities jokers. They’re non existent. He’s not MJ or Duncan idiots. Leaders are there for their teammates through success and adversity. They don’t go into hiding. They don’t let a players only meeting become public. They don’t let the media run with narratives and then mumble through an interview where he lied. Liberals will never get it. Leaders are not victims of their cir stances.
Kawhi was a leader. He was trained how to take leadership over the years 'til he could overcome the nerves and lead the team to a dominant performance. That wasn't happening with any other player on the Spurs. Your bitterness is what's pathetic.
I think there is a difference between "Kawhi wasn't a leader" and saying that Kawhi wasn't the franchise guy. Like how he repeatedly said that "Kawhi is the best player in the NBA" during the 2017 playoffs or does that happening not fit your narrative?
Pretty sure Pop understood Kawhi's talent and impact or he wouldn't have foolishly tried to rectify the relationship last Summer.
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