***OFFICIAL KAWHI RELATED NEWS Thread***

[RC_Drunkford]

[weebo]

Look, Nephew is a s bag trash human being that quit on his teammates...

But you gotta admire that he's gutting it out for a franchise that most people said he didn't give a about, has been the best player in the East and is about to drag a loser organization to the Finals (slaying two Pop disciples along the way tbh)....meanwhile Pop and RC are racking their brain on how they're going to get Patty more help

...And what's the alternative? Not Play?
KL is playing for his next gig...does he want to win? Of course he does...but what he is doing in Toronto is just a means to an end.

[R. DeMurre]

Kawhi is playing great, but someone like the Clippers and Jerry West have to be concerned... do you really want to max out a guy who sat out an entire season, then had an unprecedented amount of "load management" and still seems to be suffering from the same injury? A four year commitment at max is a lot of money... and if Kawhi deteriorates, those year 3 and 4 obligations could ruin a franchise financially.

[Spurs fever]

Did Michael C Wright originally say both sides were to blame? I thought he came out very pro Spurs back when all this dropped.

[loveforthegame]

Did Michael C Wright originally say both sides were to blame? I thought he came out very pro Spurs back when all this dropped.

I thought he was very pro spurs too. He even said he had a lot more Leonard/uncle dirt he’d spill when the trade dust settled. So it’s surprising he’s now saying both sides are to blame. Though I guess that lines up with timvp saying he knows things that made him sympathetic towards Leonard.

[UZER]

MCWright saying what a lot of us have been saying. Blame is on BOTH SIDES. People on here want to put it all on Kawhi. I keep saying what got so bad that they would not only ask for a trade, but hide Kawhi from the Spurs, and sabotage all the trades they were tying to make?

[Spurs fever]

I thought he was very pro spurs too. He even said he had a lot more Leonard/uncle dirt he’d spill when the trade dust settled. So it’s surprising he’s now saying both sides are to blame. Though I guess that lines up with timvp saying he knows things that made him sympathetic towards Leonard.

But then how can the team be so shocked it blew up?

[timvp]

Michael C. Wright can't tell the whole story unless he doesn't care about being blackballed by the Spurs and possibly the NBA . . . . . . . . . .

[RD2191]

Michael C. Wright can't tell the whole story unless he doesn't care about being blackballed by the Spurs and possibly the NBA . . . . . . . . . .

Spill it. I'll pay you.

[UZER]

Michael C. Wright can't tell the whole story unless he doesn't care about being blackballed by the Spurs and possibly the NBA . . . . . . . . . .

Yes he can. He can do it here. Just give him one of dabooms alts.

[RD2191]

Yes he can. He can do it here. Just give him one of dabooms alts.

tbh

[timtonymanu]

From Wing Stop to Red Carpet, sigh

[timvp]

Yes he can. He can do it here. Just give him one of dabooms alts.

K, keep a lookout for dabom9, tnbh.

[MichaelBayismyUncle]

He's not doing for Toronto. He's a FA this summer, and the optics would be terrible if he weren't playing every game, normal playoff minutes. He's doing for himself, and The Group.

Stay in denial. lol He's staying in Toronto.

[timtonymanu]

Sad how Kawhi on one leg is still much more efficient than a healthy DeRozan

Some were so delusional to ever think this trade would have helped the Spurs

[SpursforSix]

Some were so delusional to ever think this trade would have helped the Spurs

I think the worry was that Leonard was going to screw them around and sit out the whole season.

[slick'81]

I think the worry was that Leonard was going to screw them around and sit out the whole season.

Thats why its called a panic move

[SpursforSix]

Thats why its called a panic move

well yeah. I was responding to the comment about "delusional people" thinking the trade helped the Spurs.

I'm pretty sure the Spurs with Demar won more games that Spurs would have without Leonard and Demar. Not to mention the season long drama they would have been dealing with.

The big question being if he would have played the same about of games in SA as he did with Toronto.

[cd98]

K, keep a lookout for dabom9, tnbh.

I'm guessing if the true story gets out on Spurstalk, Spurs folks will know it didn't come from some random dude. But the real question I have is whether Kawhi threatened to do the same thing this year if the Spurs didn't trade him. I'm curious how bad he tried to tie their hands on a trade. Or if he just said he's leaving after this year, so if you keep him, you'll get nothing for him, but that he's playing to win a championship. I'm guessing he told them to trade him or he would sit. That's the only thing that could have motivated them to trade him and not get a king's ransom.

[TD 21]

I've been rooting for the Warriors since the Spurs got eliminated, tbh. I don't want any other team gaining championship experience.

Raptors going to the Finals would be a good thing, IMO. It has to increase the chances Nephew stays in Canada. I'd rather that than him sign with the Clippers.

At this logic. I didn't know you were a Curry/Warriors fanboy.

Championship experience? I wouldn't worry about that. It could be another 20, 30, 40 or more years before this franchise even has a roadmap to that. They gave theirs away because they didn't have the balls to drag out an uncomfortable situation.

I don't understand how any Spurs fan could want the Raptors in the Finals or him to re-sign. He shouldn't be rewarded for doing what he did and the all-time bad trade only becomes worse if they secure him for his prime years.

Unfortunately, I think you're going to get your wish though. Virtually everything they probably needed to break right, has.

Really? Admire that he’s actually playing for the franchise that’s paying him? Gutting it out? When your paid millions every year you better be gutting it out.

but I forgot that with kawhi it’s a special case. He doesn’t always have to play for the team that’s paying him. Only if he’s happy or willing to. Otherwise he just won’t show up. So yeah I guess it takes extra effort on his part to do what he’s doing.

but the first part of your post is spot on!

[RC_Drunkford]

Michael C. Wright leaking the story about Uncle Dennis not wanting to follow the Spurs schedule at the All-Star game and having to walk to the arena with Kawhi definitely showed that there were Uncle Dennis issues prior to the "injury"

[exstatic]

well yeah. I was responding to the comment about "delusional people" thinking the trade helped the Spurs.

I'm pretty sure the Spurs with Demar won more games that Spurs would have without Leonard and Demar. Not to mention the season long drama they would have been dealing with.

The big question being if he would have played the same about of games in SA as he did with Toronto.

There was ish floated that The Group said he was going to sit out, again. I don't categorize a trade under those cir stances as a panic move.

[exstatic]

Stay in denial. lol He's staying in Toronto.

I'm thinking that Jerry West is taking a good, long look at these playoffs, and Toronto may be his only choice. There are rumblings that JW's new target is Durant. I wouldn't have thought either of those things until watching him drag his leg up and down the court this series. , the Lakers might not even want him any more after watching.

[apalisoc_9]

At this logic. I didn't know you were a Curry/Warriors fanboy.

Championship experience? I wouldn't worry about that. It could be another 20, 30, 40 or more years before this franchise even has a roadmap to that. They gave theirs away because they didn't have the balls to drag out an uncomfortable situation.

I don't understand how any Spurs fan could want the Raptors in the Finals or him to re-sign. He shouldn't be rewarded for doing what he did and the all-time bad trade only becomes worse if they secure him for his prime years.

Unfortunately, I think you're going to get your wish though. Virtually everything they probably needed to break right, has.

Timvp has inside info that the spurs is just much to blame. If thats the case, there is reason for kawhi to do what he did

[TD 21]

Timvp has inside info that the spurs is just much to blame. If thats the case, there is reason for kawhi to do what he did

There's nothing anyone can say that can excuse his behavior. Even if it was mostly or even all on the Spurs, requesting a trade is one thing, doing all the things he pulled is another. You just don't do that to your teammates or an employer paying him what they were.

And at Bucks in 5.