Kawhi Throwing Shade at the Spurs

[Harry Callahan]

Neph lacks interpersonal and communication skills obviously. Unc does the talking and directing and he follows Unc's lead. He did not say the "He's not injured" contention was untrue did he? Guilty conscience.

[Russ]

Kawhi was somewhat gracious in victory re the Spurs (although there is still a lot of "I" in his team). When asked about his development (on his NBATV post-game interview) here's what he said:

Grant Hill: "I remember years ago Chip Engelland talked about how hard you worked. And he had to pull you out of the gym two or three times . . ."

Isiah Thomas: "Well, I was just gonna say it, when you first came in you didn’t have no handles like you have now . . ."

Kevin McHale: "Or a jumper, let’s be honest . . ."

Grant Hill: "Your offensive game is complete as anyone in this league. Just talk about the work and the time you put in to get to this point right now."

Kawhi: "Man. like you said, Chip is my guy. And, you know, he instilled . . . he was a great shooting coach. And I was in the gym every day. I was doing three workouts a day lifting. And, you know, with the team I did have in San Antonio I wasn’t really able to show the talents that early. But Popovich is a great coach and, you know, he didn’t let me skip any steps. I took every step the right way. Chip knew how good I was and I just kept striving and having faith that one day I’ll get to this point and I won the championship today."

[rjv]

sometimes, how a reporter asks questions can push a narrative along. no one ever asked uncle or nephew if they were ever asked to shut it down for the year but declined to do so. no one ever asked leonard how much communication he had with the spurs organization while he was in NY. no one ever asked him why he's such a pussy because his players want to know if he can play or not and it hurts his feelings because they catch him off guard. no one ever asked uncle why his camp never disputed the notion that leonard would only play for a LA team, thereby handicapping what the spurs could get in return for him. leonard and his uncle are still manipulating the media to push along their 'holier than thou' version of events.

[Keepin' it real]

That's nice of Leanord. It's awful hot and sunny in San Antonio in the summer. We'll take all the shade we can get.

[bic50]

He was faking an injury if you know deep down what the truths is and “do not care what people think” there is no need to explain yourself.

He shouldn’t care

[DarrinS]

Salty in here

[spurs10]

Kawhi is an ingrate and his backstabbing of Pop will be remembered. Pop was very generous to him and he and RC could have forced him to stay. They had paid $20 million for his rehab and let him use his own doctors. He wasn't 'forced to play' because he didn't play. He didn't even support his team. They also traded him to the best team in the East he could have prayed for. He has a long way to go before he matches the careers of the Spurs' players and coach he's bashing.

TO has great fanbase and I'm happy for guys like Gasol, who is a very good person off the court.

[benefactor]

Maybe he will say more things today and you can cry about it some more.

[spurs10]

sometimes, how a reporter asks questions can push a narrative along. no one ever asked uncle or nephew if they were ever asked to shut it down for the year but declined to do so. no one ever asked leonard how much communication he had with the spurs organization while he was in NY. no one ever asked him why he's such a pussy because his players want to know if he can play or not and it hurts his feelings because they catch him off guard. no one ever asked uncle why his camp never disputed the notion that leonard would only play for a LA team, thereby handicapping what the spurs could get in return for him. leonard and his uncle are still manipulating the media to push along their 'holier than thou' version of events.

Good points especially that the FO and team had the 'audacity' to want to know what was going on. That's what they are all indignant about. People need to consider the long-game and burning bridges with a HOF coach and many HOF players is not a great choice.

[spurs10]

Maybe he will say more things today and you can cry about it some more.

I'm a Spurs fan and didn't watch the playoffs. I've been traveling to many of my favorite places in the world and shedding only 'tears of joy.'

[DJR210]

Hopefully the Spur logo is incorporated into the championship ring, because we deserve all the credit for this le

[bic50]

Kawhi is an ingrate and his backstabbing of Pop will be remembered. Pop was very generous to him and he and RC could have forced him to stay. They had paid $20 million for his rehab and let him use his own doctors. He wasn't 'forced to play' because he didn't play. He didn't even support his team. They also traded him to the best team in the East he could have prayed for. He has a long way to go before he matches the careers of the Spurs' players and coach he's bashing.

TO has great fanbase and I'm happy for guys like Gasol, who is a very good person off the court.

It won’t be remembered

[bic50]

Hopefully the Spur logo is incorporated into the championship ring, because we deserve all the credit for this le

Lmao

[spurs10]

It won’t be remembered

It might not matter much, but it will be remembered. It's a small league.

[widowmaker]

It won’t be remembered

He bailed on that team no matter how you see it. Pop and the FO are the bosses that you work for you ate under contract and if you do not or can not perform should be breech of contract. If you can not handle working for that kind of boss, be a man play out your contract and sign somewhere else once its over and move on. Complaining and coming up with assumptions and accusations is not the way.

But hey its all over been over for a whole season move on.

[buujness]

sometimes, how a reporter asks questions can push a narrative along. no one ever asked uncle or nephew if they were ever asked to shut it down for the year but declined to do so. no one ever asked leonard how much communication he had with the spurs organization while he was in NY. no one ever asked him why he's such a pussy because his players want to know if he can play or not and it hurts his feelings because they catch him off guard. no one ever asked uncle why his camp never disputed the notion that leonard would only play for a LA team, thereby handicapping what the spurs could get in return for him. leonard and his uncle are still manipulating the media to push along their 'holier than thou' version of events.

in' nailed it.

[JeffDuncan]

What injury? I have no belief that he ever had a real injury at this point.

The thing about that, if you take that position, you're accusing the Spurs doctors of malpractice. That's not a good place to go.

[superbigtime]

this has worked out perfectly for Toronto and Kawhi and don't forget Danny Green. Spurs look like chumps.

[exstatic]

It might not matter much, but it will be remembered. It's a small league.

Yup. The media and fans may not remember, but the shot callers for NBA teams will. I've already come out and said that he will never have a late career. No one will trust him or The Group. He's elite now, but when he's not (3-5 yrs), Impact will have a hard time getting returned phone calls. He'll be treated like a discipline case, because that's what he is. He and his group are liars and cheats.

[exstatic]

this has worked out perfectly for Toronto and Kawhi and don't forget Danny Green. Spurs look like chumps.

How 'perfect' will it be when LAC swoop in on June 30th and sign him?

[lmbebo]

The thing about that, if you take that position, you're accusing the Spurs doctors of malpractice. That's not a good place to go.

Not really. Lets say he did visit with them, they found nothing on work up and I'm assuming multiple people on both sides evaluated him -- and only 1 doctor supposedly found something wrong with him?. We can disagree, but if you've seen at least 10 doctors -- assume 1 spurs, 9 Kwahi only, and his imaging probably shared between at least 10 orthopedic docs and who knows how many radiologists... I'm sure more people would have said something. I've read sports imaging. Usually its not 1 person doing it because of the liability. You get as many people as you can to look at it and confirm or deny findings.


Cleared him for activity. He said he didn't feel right and wanted to rehab more and did it with his own people. Not sure how that is malpractice?

[Roscoe P. Coltrane]

No use talking sense to Kawhi fans. Their minds are made up. This generation unfortunately believes more in what they read on social media than what's actually happening in front of them in life. That's how Trump became president. He changed the narrative on Twitter and his followers ran with it and totally ignored the reality which was completely opposite.

LMAO, you got that backwards with you lefties believing everything you see on CNN and read on buzzfeed.

[lmbebo]

wrong thread

[dbestpro]

Leonard got paid by the Spurs and did not play. The only thing that was injured was his brain. He won a ring with Toronto using the skills taught to him by the Spurs staff. Toronto did not earn it or deserve it. It just happened. If Leonard leaves then the Raptors go back to a middle of the pack team. Some can argue that they got the Spurs ring, and rightfully so. The Spurs remain through it all the most superior franchise in basketball.

[dbreiden83080]

So much prisoner of the moment bull going on. The bottom line is I believe as he gets older the spurs ultimately will be vindicated. Because this is not something that won’t happen again. It absolutely will happen again. He will be arguing with team doctors, and refusing to play basketball. As he gets older he’s not going to magically get healthier.