Uncle Dennis Finally Talks! “They didn’t believe Kawhi couldn’t play and that caused a lack of trust"

[florige]

hopefully this motivates derozan to stop sucking and to improve his game *cough *get a 3 pt shot *cough ... I like derozan but this needs to light a fire in him .. he's being talked about to this whole week by Toronto fans /media and it ain't good for him either

If all the years of him sucking in the playoffs when he was in Toronto didn’t motivate him to better his game nothing will.

[Harry Callahan]

Bashing DDR does nothing here. San Antonio was trying to get something last summer and the other teams did not trust KL's team either.

If you watch the games you can see a lot of heavy lifting had to be done for a long time by DDR - Sia is a much better player now than he was last year. Lebron got old and left the EC as well.

I know Leonard is a better player, but he poisoned the relationship in SA with the trade demand and prevented SA from playing things out and getting like 85cents on the dollar rather than 60-70 cents. A "good" trade was simply not available last summer with the I want out demand.

The Sixers, Celtics, Knicks blew it.

[Spurs fever]

It hurts seeing the media rape us. Only Skip is defending us but I feel he's coming across as a bitter rather than laying down facts with research. I feel if he really wanted to defend the Spurs he could do better with more research. I'm hearing people say Shannon owned him by using Parker's comments.

[Beartrucci]

I'm sure as a pathetic #2 bootlicker that you are definitely enjoying this.

Actually I'm not at all. Hate to see the Spurs in this situation. Pretty pissed at UD/Kawhi camp for strategically coming out with that quote right now after ECF win.

[Barfunk]

This morning, Stephen A. Smith on First Take says "the Spurs look very bad today."

"For that stuff to be said right now, with Uncle Dennis coming out and publicly stating it the way that he did, that is not a good look for the San Antonio Spurs, there's no way around that."

Max Kellerman adds, "the San Antonio Spurs were imperfect, they made a miscalculation. . . Kawhi Leonard was hurt"

Kellerman contrasts the way Toronto handled it with "load management."

Kellerman further notes that Danny Green stuck up for Kawhi regarding "the team meeting" then Green also got shipped off to Toronto.

"The way they handled it, it seems to me, was wrong and I think Kawhi is proving that right now."

Bull ing ! Stephen A Smith has ALWAYS hated the Spurs deep down! Stephen A Smith! Dude is a big market loving, huge ing got! Everybody on ESPN hates the Spurs! It's not a secret!

[pad300]

The mistrust surrounding the injury definitely played a prominent role; Uncle Dennis isn't lying about that. It's difficult to point to the exact piece of hay that broke the camel's back but this was up there.

However, the downfall was actually many years in the making. There are layers to it.

The reason I don't say more is that to do so, I'd have to name names. There are like four or five prominent people right in the middle of the drama that media members don't really mention -- or only mention peripherally. Even if I drop vague hints, it'd take ST about five minutes to guess the names.

Everyone I've emailed with regarding further details has come to the same conclusion: not worth the consequences. The people involved would deny it and there's a good chance of being blackballed.

That said, I know some of the ESPN decision makers are now weighing whether to divulge more. With the Raptors in the Finals, they know it'd be a huge story that could be worth the blowback. I'd say there's a 50/50 chance they'll publish it in the next week.

On this site?!? Make yourself an alias, "ESPNGUY" would be a suggestion, and troll away...

Ok, I'm with ESPN, and a closet Spurs fan. This is the real story that ESPN has been suppressing to save Kawhi's reputation...

Just don't forget to log out of your main account.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

that got, go Worriers!

[Murray2k]

It hurts seeing the media rape us. Only Skip is defending us but I feel he's coming across as a bitter rather than laying down facts with research. I feel if he really wanted to defend the Spurs he could do better with more research. I'm hearing people say Shannon owned him by using Parker's comments.

Skip is a broken man too

[daslicer]

On this site?!? Make yourself an alias, "ESPNGUY" would be a suggestion, and troll away...


Just don't forget to log out of your main account.

Even if Timvp did this I'm sure the guys who gave him the info would suspect that he leaked it out to ESPNGUY or that he's ESPNGUY since Timvp is the creator of this site. Best place to leak out this information would be on another forum such as Reddit.

[Barfunk]

Stephen A Smith is the one that replied "Too Bad!" when someone said "you can't catch and shoot with only .4 seconds on the clock." that piece of got. He would worship the the Dallas Cowboys if they were the "Los Angeles Cowboys" instead. him, him, him. And anybody else who is trying to twist this and make it seem like got Dennis and Kawhi were the victims.

[daslicer]

Skip is a broken man too

Agreed. I can't even watch Skip's rants it's too cringe worthy. He's in a position that he's not going to ever look good at going against #2's current large sea of momentum. It's too big right now to go up against.

[Murray2k]

Agreed. I can't even watch Skip's rants it's too cringe worthy. He's in a position that he's not going to ever look good at going against #2's current large sea of momentum. It's too big right now to go up against.

Yeah there's nothing that can be done now, will get even worse if Kawhi rings.. Only way is if Spurs defends themselves which won't happen or if they get good(WCF at least) quickly. If Kawhi continues to dominate and Spurs are looking mediocre or worse people will continue to laugh, I'm resigned to that.

Have to just move on and focus on ourselves, Kawhi is too good to fail.

[Harry Callahan]

It hurts seeing the media rape us. Only Skip is defending us but I feel he's coming across as a bitter rather than laying down facts with research. I feel if he really wanted to defend the Spurs he could do better with more research. I'm hearing people say Shannon owned him by using Parker's comments.

Shannon Sharpe owns no one - I saw the segment. Shannon is performing his role in the mush-mouthed ham handed fashion we have all grown to know and love. I think that Sharpe is much less of a dirtbag than Cris "Coke" Carter - I will give him that.

[daslicer]

Yeah there's nothing that can be done now, will get even worse if Kawhi rings.. Only way is if Spurs defends themselves which won't happen or if they get good(WCF at least) quickly. If Kawhi continues to dominate and Spurs are looking mediocre or worse people will continue to laugh, I'm resigned to that.

Have to just move on and focus on ourselves, Kawhi is too good to fail.

Eventually this will pass regardless of how successful #2 is. The media back in the day eventually stopped talking about the Magic/Shaq feud around 2000. This is still fresh right now since it was recent. Within a few years it won't be talked about. As great as #2 is it's hard to win a ton of rings in this current league unless you form a super team. Look at Lebron he's still stuck on 3. #2 can definitely ring but I don't see him having a dynastic type of run. Plus he's not charismatic enough to be the face of the league regardless of the market he plays in. The fact of the matter the Spurs storyline is being pushed by these guys to make #2 more interesting since there is nothing else about him that is interesting.

[pad300]

Even if Timvp did this I'm sure the guys who gave him the info would suspect that he leaked it out to ESPNGUY or that he's ESPNGUY since Timvp is the creator of this site. Best place to leak out this information would be on another forum such as Reddit.

Actually, I didn't think this through when I posted this. Given this site, it's pretty much guaranteed that there will be an ESPNGUY troll by tomorrow...

[Harry Callahan]

Wright has now just stated that it was nobody's fault just a big misunderstanding.

Where did he say that? I'm not seeing it.....

[EricB]

Baghdad Bob levels of BS, but whatever.

[Harry Callahan]

Eventually this will pass regardless of how successful #2 is. The media back in the day eventually stopped talking about the Magic/Shaq feud around 2000. This is still fresh right now since it was recent. Within a few years it won't be talked about. As great as #2 is it's hard to win a ton of rings in this current league unless you form a super team. Look at Lebron he's still stuck on 3. #2 can definitely ring but I don't see him having a dynastic type of run. Plus he's not charismatic enough to be the face of the league regardless of the market he plays in. The fact of the matter the Spurs storyline is being pushed by these guys to make #2 more interesting since there is nothing else about him that is interesting.

Nephew is not going to be "right" physically in the future on a consistent basis. This playoff run has greatly worn him down. If he has another long series with Golden State he might need a year off again to recover.

[daslicer]

Where did he say that? I'm not seeing it.....

Someone posted the link to him saying it either in this thread or another one.

[Harry Callahan]

Someone posted the link to him saying it either in this thread or another one.

If you locate it, let me know.

[daslicer]

Nephew is not going to be "right" physically in the future on a consistent basis. This playoff run has greatly worn him down. If he has another long series with Golden State he might need a year off again to recover.

I hope you are right. It would be nice to see this guy's career end soon.

[DAF86]

The mistrust surrounding the injury definitely played a prominent role; Uncle Dennis isn't lying about that. It's difficult to point to the exact piece of hay that broke the camel's back but this was up there.

However, the downfall was actually many years in the making. There are layers to it.

The reason I don't say more is that to do so, I'd have to name names. There are like four or five prominent people right in the middle of the drama that media members don't really mention -- or only mention peripherally. Even if I drop vague hints, it'd take ST about five minutes to guess the names.

Everyone I've emailed with regarding further details has come to the same conclusion: not worth the consequences. The people involved would deny it and there's a good chance of being blackballed.

That said, I know some of the ESPN decision makers are now weighing whether to divulge more. With the Raptors in the Finals, they know it'd be a huge story that could be worth the blowback. I'd say there's a 50/50 chance they'll publish it in the next week.

Which names could they be more than Pop, RC, Spurs' owners, Kawhi's managers and maybe one or two Spurs players?

[JohnnyMax]

greg popovich gets away with a lot of stuff that most coaches can't. he tried to ruin kawhi's reputation in the league and failed.

[Jonnyblue19]

I hope you are right. It would be nice to see this guy's career end soon.

Even if it is, he will get the max contract and be setup for life. I don't think he will care too much.

[daslicer]

Even if it is, he will get the max contract and be setup for life. I don't think he will care too much.

That's true but if his career ends soon its a win for Spur fans because we won't have to hear the media talk about him 24/7.