***OFFICIAL KAWHI RELATED NEWS Thread***

[slick'81]

Man kawhi seems content af in tor right now.would be funnny to see him bolt to la with all his good fortune in canada

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I do recall Manu showing LMA a lot of love for last season, but I can’t remember what he said exactly. Could you post the article or interview for that?

I go here after each game for media availabilities, both practice and post game interviews: https://www.nba.com/spurs/video/channel/spurs_sound

So I listened to most everything myself. I read a few, or a billion, articles of course too, but a lot of my recollections come from watching them.

Here is one a quick Google search turned up that goes to the point though:

Afterward, Ginobili talked about the lift the Spurs received just from seeing Aldridge show up.
After the season the Spurs have endured to date – in which the training room has been as crowded as a New York hotspot and "perseverance" has been a daily buzzword – Aldridge's points and rebounds meant less Thursday than his presence.

"We need him to be there, even if he feels bad," Ginobili said. "He's become so important and we depend on him so much. It's great to see him compete like that, fight through the pain and have a great game."


https://www.expressnews.com/spurs-na...p-12792920.php

Be there, show up, fight through pain. Sounds like he's throwing shade to me given their best player was doing the exact opposite of gracing them even with his presence.

[bic50]

You didn’t answer the question. No one Kawhi has faced is as good as PG or Wade. That matters in the nba. PHI is a fine team; they aren’t anything special.

Since when is pg anything special ? and wade started to decline. Phi has one most talented starting 5 in the league. Joel butler and Simmons should have been enough to beat the raptors but Kawhi for most of the series was avg 38 on 62% shooting. He had to play out of his mind to keep them in the series.

[HarlemHeat37]

As Spurs fans, we celebrated players like Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, men who never quit, sacrificed touches and accolades, as long as the team won..

Now we're praising LaMarcus Aldridge for showing up after he asked for a trade and Pop having to baby him this must be what it's like to be a Hornets or Pacers fan..

[bic50]

If anything I find that the "casuals" as far as bball knowledge are often the fans that only watch their team and don't care about anything else basketball wise.

I agree

[DPG21920]

Since when is pg anything special ? and wade started to decline. Phi has one most talented starting 5 in the league. Joel butler and Simmons should have been enough to beat the raptors but Kawhi for most of the series was avg 38 on 62% shooting. He had to play out of his mind to keep them in the series.

Again you are missing the point. Kawhi isn’t going through teams that DeRozan didnt have to face in terms of quality. Sorry if that fact offends you.

[apalisoc_9]

I'm hearing and its been speculated by many trusted sources in the Media that Lamarcus was part of the problem.

He legitimately thought he was as good as kawhi and deserves just as many touches and PATFO did everything they can to make him happy.

This apparently left a sour taste in Kawhis camp.


Lose Micheal Jordan with a three pointer in order to please AL Jefferson with a better defense spurs brehs

[DPG21920]

I'm hearing and its been speculated by many trusted sources in the Media that Lamarcus was part of the problem.

He legitimately thought he was as good as kawhi and deserves just as many touches and PATFO did everything they can to make him happy.

This apparently left a sour taste in Kawhis camp.


Lose Micheal Jordan with a three pointer in order to please AL Jefferson with a better defense spurs brehs

If that is true then Kawhi is a lock to stay in TOR.

They let him shoot 35 times. They let him rest whenever he wants. They let him have his Uncle in the tunnel. If it’s just about the Spurs treatment of Kawhi and not about wanting LA, it’s very obvious he stays in TOR especially knowing they can pay him way more than LA.

[Rusty]

^

[apalisoc_9]

If that is true then Kawhi is a lock to stay in TOR.

They let him shoot 35 times. They let him rest whenever he wants. They let him have his Uncle in the tunnel. If it’s just about the Spurs treatment of Kawhi and not about wanting LA, it’s very obvious he stays in TOR especially knowing they can pay him way more than LA.

Literally every player of kawhi caliber has been treated this way.

Treat Micheal Jordan 2.0 like He's Jeremy Lamb...

All this freedom talk by kawhi and danny is very indicative that they were never fans of Pops "all for the team" mentality. Not even a role player like Danny liked it.

[DPG21920]

Literally every player of kawhi caliber has been treated this way.

Treat Micheal Jordan 2.0 like He's Jeremy Lamb...

All this freedom talk by kawhi and danny is very indicative that they were never fans of Pops "all for the team" mentality. Not even a role player like Danny liked it.

So then he’s staying in TOR. They have given him everything he wants and can pay him more money and give him the best shot at getting to the finals.

And for a guy who didn’t like it, Danny sure did sign here several times, even below market value . He must just like suffering.

[MichaelBayismyUncle]

Most emotion from Kawhi ever. More than the finals celebrations.

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Since when is pg anything special ? and wade started to decline. Phi has one most talented starting 5 in the league. Joel butler and Simmons should have been enough to beat the raptors but Kawhi for most of the series was avg 38 on 62% shooting. He had to play out of his mind to keep them in the series.

Seriously? All of Simmons, Harris, Red , and Embiid were practically no shows. Butler was the only one that brought it for most every game. Embiid caught tummy aches, knee problems, and pneumonia. If he has even 3 decent games, Jurassic Park folks go home crying.

That 4 rim, no glass bounce lucky ass shot wasn't their biggest stroke of luck. They also got a severely crippled Joel Embiid. And bad performances from 3 the other starters.

Btw, just to cool your jets, the Sixers lost one more game this year compared to last year 51 to 52, despite the talent upgrade. They were not any juggernaut. Had they been in the west, they don't even make the playoffs. We had 48 wins and were the 7th seed. Just stop. Kawhi is good but he's not knocking off any Goliaths.

[NASpurs]

As Spurs fans, we celebrated players like Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, men who never quit, sacrificed touches and accolades, as long as the team won..

Now we're praising LaMarcus Aldridge for showing up after he asked for a trade and Pop having to baby him this must be what it's like to be a Hornets or Pacers fan..

seriously, the bar is being set lower and lower; so ing disgusting.

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I'm hearing and its been speculated by many trusted sources in the Media that Lamarcus was part of the problem.

He legitimately thought he was as good as kawhi and deserves just as many touches and PATFO did everything they can to make him happy.

This apparently left a sour taste in Kawhis camp.


Lose Micheal Jordan with a three pointer in order to please AL Jefferson with a better defense spurs brehs

If this is true, why did Manu and the rest of LMAs teammates rally around him and make subtle jabs about showing up? Just stop already, you aren't hearing OUTSIDE of anything you watch on First Take. Unless your aunt has insider information she passes on during your love sessions.

[dbreiden83080]

Who cares?



As long as nobody on the team is getting more touches than him.



Exactly that. Also, the fact tht he won't ever allows us to improve by making him the secondary offensive option that he should be on a team that has some sort of distant aspiration of contending.

So you want DM to be the number 1 option on the team? How did that work out in Toronto in the playoffs? Who else could it be? Mills? White? The 2 top paid guys get the most shots. Gee you don't say...

[cd98]

I go here after each game for media availabilities, both practice and post game interviews: https://www.nba.com/spurs/video/channel/spurs_sound

So I listened to most everything myself. I read a few, or a billion, articles of course too, but a lot of my recollections come from watching them.

Here is one a quick Google search turned up that goes to the point though:

Afterward, Ginobili talked about the lift the Spurs received just from seeing Aldridge show up.
After the season the Spurs have endured to date – in which the training room has been as crowded as a New York hotspot and "perseverance" has been a daily buzzword – Aldridge's points and rebounds meant less Thursday than his presence.

"We need him to be there, even if he feels bad," Ginobili said. "He's become so important and we depend on him so much. It's great to see him compete like that, fight through the pain and have a great game."


https://www.expressnews.com/spurs-na...p-12792920.php

Be there, show up, fight through pain. Sounds like he's throwing shade to me given their best player was doing the exact opposite of gracing them even with his presence.

Yea, but if this set off Kawhi, then he's soft. Manu has more les than Kawhi and I don't know that Kawhi will ever catch him in that department. Manu earned the right to criticize Kawhi because he played with a broken arm. He sacrificed his body for less money than Kawhi was getting paid to sit.

That said, I am bitter about Kawhi, but I can't ignore the fact that he looks like Jordan out there. So sad to see the one that got away doing so well without the Spurs.

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As Spurs fans, we celebrated players like Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, men who never quit, sacrificed touches and accolades, as long as the team won..

Now we're praising LaMarcus Aldridge for showing up after he asked for a trade and Pop having to baby him this must be what it's like to be a Hornets or Pacers fan..

You are so misreading the situation as to not even be on the same planet. Why would Pop and Ginobili rally around LMA as their team leader and not Kawhitter?

You know . You're wrong on the context of everything you posted. We're not praising LMA for merely "showing up." Some of us are simply recognizing he had a difference on how he was being used in 2017. He wasn't happy with that. He quietly went and requested a trade. Pop sat down with him, instead of hiding like a Load Management , and they worked it out. He responded by quite literally saving everything about the Spurs while Nephew was having the worst case of vaginitis ever seen in an NBA player. Pop not only has not babied him, he's praised him for his diligence, leadership, and work ethic. As did Manu and most every other player on the team.

You want to know what players felt about what Load Management did to them? Watch the Danny Green video online where Rudy Gay sits with him before our game this year. It's clear as day what Gay thinks of Nephew. He doesn't like him. End od story. If there's anyone that you shouldn't be celebrating, it's that braided ass punk that stole $19M

[apalisoc_9]

Went for a system player narrative to a Micheal Jordan Narrative.

He's no different than he was in 2016 as a player tbh. Toronto PR really helping kawhi improve his brand.

I love the spurs but they really didnt do a good job of promoting Kawhi.

[HarlemHeat37]

You are so misreading the situation as to not even be on the same planet. Why would Pop and Ginobili rally around LMA as their team leader and not Kawhitter?

You know . You're wrong on the context of everything you posted. We're not praising LMA for merely "showing up." Some of us are simply recognizing he had a difference on how he was being used in 2017. He wasn't happy with that. He quietly went and requested a trade. Pop sat down with him, instead of hiding like a Load Management , and they worked it out. He responded by quite literally saving everything about the Spurs while Nephew was having the worst case of vaginitis ever seen in an NBA player. Pop not only has not babied him, he's praised him for his diligence, leadership, and work ethic. As did Manu and most every other player on the team.

You want to know what players felt about what Load Management did to them? Watch the Danny Green video online where Rudy Gay sits with him before our game this year. It's clear as day what Gay thinks of Nephew. He doesn't like him. End od story. If there's anyone that you shouldn't be celebrating, it's that braided ass punk that stole $19M

Listen, if you want to cheer for a player who asked for a trade because he wasn't getting enough touches on a 67-win team that reached the WCFs, that's on you, you're en led to cheer for whoever you want..

IMO, that's the complete opposite of everything the Spurs stand for..a player who puts his stats over the team..if Kawhi hadn't quit on the Spurs and left, Aldridge would be viewed much differently in SA..

[LkrFan]

[slick'81]

Uncle dennis needing that spotlight

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Yea, but if this set off Kawhi, then he's soft. Manu has more les than Kawhi and I don't know that Kawhi will ever catch him in that department. Manu earned the right to criticize Kawhi because he played with a broken arm. He sacrificed his body for less money than Kawhi was getting paid to sit.

That said, I am bitter about Kawhi, but I can't ignore the fact that he looks like Jordan out there. So sad to see the one that got away doing so well without the Spurs.

Yeah, well I'm not making the case it set off Kawhi. I think he was already set off before the season even started by his uncle and management. I just think the Spurs players knew something was really off with Kawhi early on last season and knew that they had to get behind Aldridge

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Listen, if you want to cheer for a player who asked for a trade because he wasn't getting enough touches on a 67-win team that reached the WCFs, that's on you, you're en led to cheer for whoever you want..

IMO, that's the complete opposite of everything the Spurs stand for..a player who puts his stats over the team..if Kawhi hadn't quit on the Spurs and left, Aldridge would be viewed much differently in SA..

Never complained even one word publicly. We don't know he was upset with his touches for his stats or for just being involved in the game flow. We do know that Kawhi had a case of Load Management and Return from Injury Management. We know he hid from his training staff and made Pop track him down across the country just to have a sitdown meeting with him. We know he didn't show up on the bench once after his heroic 9 games, even during the playoffs (Aldridge single handedly carried us to), he was cleared to play in. You are on the wrong side of the debate here Harlem. And it's not even close.

[DPG21920]

There is nothing wrong asking for a trade IMO. Is it a great look? No. But it’s not a fatal flaw. If kawhi would have done what LMA did, be a professional and a man and gone directly to Pop/RC and requested a trade in private while continuing to play good solider in front of the media, HE would be viewed differently