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If Parker’s comments really were the nail in the coffin then I’m glad they traded him to Charlotte
i've mentioned it before but it's crazy how the spurs managed to underestimate kawhi...
in the media the dude was building buzz about him being the second best player playing (before zaza incident).
If Parker’s comments really were the nail in the coffin then I’m glad they traded him to Charlotte
They didn't trade him. He left. They tired to keep him.
Ainge had his chance. Would have been interesting to see Kawhaha with Kyrie for a season however.
SMH @ Pp
that statement is simply false. Pop just said Kawhi wasn't a leader...that's all. But at the same time said he was the best basketball player in nba...and pulled for him to be the regular season mvp...
SMH @ P
They were taking shots at him the entire time... U act as if the spurs were so holy... That would piss off anyone
He was injured... Pop sat him...
That's ur opinion... Most Toronto fans I've seen disagree... They'd rather lose a late first rounder than to keep DeRozan for the entirety of his contract... He definitely would have hampered the growth of Siakam
Clearly Kawhi is a leader tho... Kawhi has never bad talked the Spurs... All the talking has been going in one direction from the beginning.. If Kawhi was on the Spurs, Pop would be lauding his leadership by example, and how the on/off court stats prove how me makes teammates better
Reading Kawhi open to staying at raptors. Probably more news today. Thought the clips were getting ready for injury management.
Kawhi was the main character in Get Out. The Spurs were the white people.
Duncan2k5 continues to be the worst poster on this board. Nothing new.
I'm gonna be extremely surprised if nephew stays in Toronto. Even after the Woj bomb i still think that he will be a Clipper at the end of the season.
As far as the current playoff situation, if Giannis manages to hit at least 2 threes a game from here on out(very big if), it's over, the Bucks will win it all and i don't care who Kawhi or KD is tbh. Shooting perimeter shots is important but what you do inside the paint is always what determines the champion, on both ends. Jump shots win games, scoring inside win chips.
This whole, "yeah the Bucks are pretty good," thing is pretty funny to me. I was the only one on this board talking up the potential of trading for Brogdon and Middleton and/ or Bledsoe and was summarily dismissed as foolish. Lol, that's a horrible idea they said. Only dominated the East with those players, all starters this year.
Feeling pretty good about that recommendation, TBH.
Was there a new WOJ bomb concerning Kawhi? If so, I missed it.
From his podcast yesterday. I know there’s a couple other quotes somewhere but here’s the gist.
https://player.fm/series/the-woj-pod
Also mentioned elsewhere that Kawhi will probably take meetings with both NY teams and Philly. He firmly believes it’s a two team race between Toronto and Clippers though. Not sure he knows anymore than the rest of us considering how private Kawhi is but it’s interesting he thinks Toronto has a serious chance now. He was firmly in the camp of Leonard is going to Clippers no matter what happens in Toronto before.The Toronto Raptors appear to have improved their odds of re-signing Kawhi Leonard as the season has progressed. Leonard appeared to prefer a trade to either the Los Angeles Clippers or Los Angeles Lakers last offseason before he was dealt to the Raptors. Since then, Leonard has been more strongly connected to the Clippers.
"Kawhi Leonard just felt all along, it was going to take the full year to sell him on Toronto," said Wojnarowski. "It wasn't going to be done in training camp or by Christmas or by the trade deadline. But I do think they've made progress with him. I do think they've made pretty good progress with him from the sense I have. They put themselves in it. And when Kawhi showed up there, I'm not sure he imagined any future in Toronto. I do think it's a serious consideration now.
"Certainly the winning and development of (Pascal) Siakam. I think he's built a good relationship with Kyle Lowry. Neither one is easy to get close to. Two guys who don't let a lot of people in and then you put them together, right?
"And Nick Nurse has grown this year as he's gone.
"I think the Kawhi thing is getting really interesting there. For them to just get through this series and get to a Conference Final, every day is the case you're making. And, oh by the way, 'we can pay you more than anybody else. If you want to be in L.A. and you want to live there in the offseason, there's only so many days you really have to be in Toronto in the snow. You can get out of here. You're on the road half the time. The rest of the year, you can get out of here and go in L.A. and be in California.'
"But Toronto is selling winning on him. They can't sell geography to him, I don't think. I don't think they can't sell weather on him. There's nothing they can do about that. When you have that kind of organization, you sell winning and again, the chance to make the most money."
I don't see anything in that blurb that is purported to come from Kawhi or his camp. Seems like a bunch of conjecture on his part. I see this going down one of two ways. He goes to the Clippers this summer, or he signs a MAX deal with Toronto with a no trade clause, and then forces his way out in a season or two using the NTC to go to the team of his choosing, the Clippers, screwing over Toronto the way that he did us.
The reality is that after skipping a ton of games his last year in SA, and hiding from team personnel who were in NY to check on him, he still responded that he wanted to be a Spur for the rest of his career. I wouldn't believe him if he went on the record and said that he was staying in Toronto.
I would tend to agree with this . . .
Many thanks on that.
I kind of want him to leave so Spurs "win" the trade by default. But, obviously, strictly logically we should want him in the East.
Kawhi and Green must be so happy to escape the absolutely purgatory that is the Spurs.
Once Pop retires we can tank hard and try to strike gold again.
I agree with you there Bill. Raptors have always been my second favorite team due to geography but despite all the success of this year's team I still can not root for Kawhi. I'm amazed at his skillset, but I also hope he leaves for LA.Many thanks on that.
I kind of want him to leave so Spurs "win" the trade by default. But, obviously, strictly logically we should want him in the East.
Having him here in Toronto is like having your wife leave you for your best friend and then they decide to move in with you.
In the meantime can you go to RaptorTalk and start every game thread, bro?
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