Green on Leonard: "He was injured. Being injured has nothing to do with quitting. Quitting is if you are healthy and you sit out. He was hurt, and everyone in the San Antonio organization knew that.”

[Keepin' it real]

exactly.. the disagreement was not on the injury, the disagreement was on you can play through it or not.. and Kawhi said no no I can't play it still hurts

[TD 21]

I don't care either way, but since it was referenced, two things: 1) Maybe he's bi, but I'm going to take a stab and say you don't have a long marriage and two kids if you're gay. 2) I realize it's one of those things that people automatically presume once said, but there was nothing even faintly resembling concrete evidence; just a bitter ex trying to sully their famous counterparts image by using one of the oldest tricks in the book.

Really not surprised that my Amused, the biggest attention on Spurstalk, decided to start an entire new thread about a non-issue quote by Danny

The same people fall for the same shticks repeatedly. It's amazing.

[DAF86]

He's healthy and still doesn't sit with his teammates now either, to be fair

Because he's quitting on the Raptors too, tbh.

[phxspurfan]

Ugh. Where were you when we were actually talking about this last year. The Spurs never thought Kawhi was healthy. They always thought he had a chronic injury that Leonard was going to have to play through like Duncan's knee. Kawhi's doc said it was an acute injury that could be fixed with rehab. Both thought he was hurt. It was just a matter of type.

Green isn't denying Leonard was a bad teammate. He's just not using the term quitting to describe it. He's also acknowledging the long established reality that Leonard was injured last year. , dude is still injured, which is why he rests like he's 40-year-old Duncan.

Ok, he was injured. Despite medical imaging and team doctors stating he was fine and cleared to play, and the only thing holding him back was pain tolerance for something that never showed up on x-rays or MRI.

Spurs requested he declare himself out for the year. Instead, he didn't, ignored them, sat in NY (conveniently a big market where young stars love to go), floated rumors about PATFO, didn't support his team by informing them of the gravity of his injury (because he wanted the SuperMax) and didn't tell anyone anything really. All while getting paid 19M over the year.

[Dex]

He was injured...up until the exact day where he requested a trade to L.A. and his group started floating rumors that he was 100%.

Yeah, I still call bull .

Injured or not, you can still show up to games and practices and support your teammates, especially if you are the supposed "leader" of the team.

[Dverde]

It takes one comment to get everyone posting the same stuff. I’ll repost my hope for Nephew’s future. I hope he has a good season with the Raptors. Leaves them to play for the Lakers, plays terrible and misses a bunch of time for injuries, becomes a payroll albatross costing LBJ any shot of another championship, gets salary dumped to a bad team wanting a draft pick, sign a league min deal with some crappy team where he gets boo’d by Spurs, Raptors, Lakers fan during the away game.

[Russ]

Injured or not, you can still show up to games and practices and support your teammates, especially if you are the supposed "leader" of the team.

His injury would have been the issue if KL had acted differently (showed up, sat on the bench, communicated with fans and teammates, etc.).

But his actions dwarfed whatever injury he may have had.

Hence the fan reaction which did not focus on any injury.

In the end, KL was tone deaf as evidenced by his blaming "the media."

[Spurs fever]

Wait...Green was asked about Duncan being?

[MoSpur02]

Hey RD2191,if you don't mind me asking a question,are you the same Rob Diaz,that posts in the Toronto Raptors RealGM forums?

If you are,how many posts do you think you'll manage to achieve there before #2 leaves for LA?

And a follow up if it's not too much for you,you'll leave that forum as well and join a LA forum,Clips or Lakers,when he leaves? Do you already know what forums LA teams have active at the moment or do you need help with research on finding out?

Thanks in advance!

Go player fan GO!

[dbestpro]

Green is welcome to stay in Toronto with Kawhi for the rest of his career, except Kawhi is gonna move on from them too.

[UncleDennis]

Wait...Green was asked about Duncan being?

yeah a few years back...on a NY radio station, hot 97 if im not mistaken.

[Arcadian]

He's healthy and still doesn't sit with his teammates now either, to be fair

Wow, that's really weird. Has the Toronto media said anything about that?

[DMC]

Actually, to correct myself, active European players are the only honest NBA players they usually say to sources outside of America, though..

Parker might be the most unapologetic, truth-teller I've ever seen as an active player, for example..

Except that Erin texting thing right?

[hater]

one trick pony should stick to being a good pony and trot his ass away from the mic tbqh

[weeks]

Calling everyone a got isn’t what I would call a pillar.

it is here

[GreekSpursfan]

He quit.

[skin27]

You should put this one on the kawhi thread

[Spurtacular]

Green ting all over the haters.

You got something hanging on your chin, bruh.

[RD2191]

You got something hanging on your chin, bruh.

Awesome burn, I forgot we were in the 8th grade.

[ducks]

True, I should've just posted it there. Green really loves to defend Kawhi though, holy.

He ed him

[ducks]

They want him to resign

Wow, that's really weird. Has the Toronto media said anything about that?

[superbigtime]

Starting to think Green is a .

[YGWHI]

There's really nothing to see here. Danny isn't denying that Leonard cut out on the team.

He already said it. Danny said that "quitting is you're healthy and you sit out. Kawhi was hurt" so he didn't quit.

Anyone with eyes should have read that both sides knew Kawhi was hurt and just disagreed on what the injury was.

There many blind Spurs fans since they keep saying there wasn't an injury.

[duncan2k5]

His injury would have been the issue if KL had acted differently (showed up, sat on the bench, communicated with fans and teammates, etc.).

But his actions dwarfed whatever injury he may have had.

Hence the fan reaction which did not focus on any injury.

In the end, KL was tone deaf as evidenced by his blaming "the media."

kawhi stopped sitting on the bench when his teammates publicly threw him under the bus

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well Parker went to play somewhere else and here I am... not posting on Charlotte board neither spending my time saying Spurs ed Parker and are at fault and blabla.

and it is indeed what it is... you are a player fan ting on Spurs organization, trolling SFs and posting on a raptor forum