Lakers Rumors: 'No Way' Kawhi Leonard Was Joining LeBron James, Anthony Davis -->
LOL, the vitriol of the Spurs "vindicationalists"
Yeah everyone and their mother new KY was going back to Cali only thing that was open to debate was which team? It shows he wanted out and wanted to be back home only reason he played with Raptors is we traded his ass and he could not sit out and collect checks two years in a row for doing nothing.
Woj or Capt Stupid, who to believe. Tough choice.
Lakers Rumors: 'No Way' Kawhi Leonard Was Joining LeBron James, Anthony Davis -->
LOL, the vitriol of the Spurs "vindicationalists"
Agreed, I'll hate his guts forever for how he left and tried to make the organization the "fall guy" (especially in what would be Manu/Tony's last season together), but it is time to turn the page.
Spurs have a nice mix of veterans and young, talented, unproven prospects dripping with potential (one or more could easily become an all-star). No point in harping on what could have been or wishing they had held onto (by force) the ultimate quitter.
Spurs being pussies killed his trade value... AD did the same exact thing as Kawhi and NO made out like bandits...
Yall forget Kawhi has a gf (pretty much wife) from Cali... I'm SURE whether he wanted to stay Toronto or not, her opinion held a LOT of weight
bwahaha...Woj or Capt Stupid, who to believe. Tough choice.
Bro... Ppl on HERE were mad at the moves the front office has been making... How the do u expect Kawhi to not be also?
Re the ill-humored contortions of the Spurs vindicationalists:
Leonard was never going to the Lakers, guess again.
The Clips pulled the trigger because of fear that PG would end up in Toronto, and not fear for of Lakerland
Exactly... No WAY Kawhi would ever play with lebron... For goodness sakes as soon as lebron went to the Lakers last summer, rumors came out that Kawhi no longer wanted to go there
My respect for Kawhi has increased with this decision. Rather than stacking 3 superstars on one team, now we have a more balanced 2 and 2 between the Lakers and Clippers. He's officially less of a than Durant.
Ever play poker?
AD pulled a 73 game medical holdout and I missed it !?! How these things fly by...
Yeah I missed that too...I guess he was also just a 'loaner' too and LAL gave up all those players and picks anyway. Who knew?
Uncle and Nephew are still idiots...sign supermax then after a year demand a trade. Or
Leonard wants to play basketball and win les. His way. Team's meet his demands, he calls the shots.
Leonard is a working man's hero. Who doesn't want to fire the boss?
Players create value, they are en led to all that they create - including the power to determine their own destiny.
It's a player's league, get used to it.
Pop's Military-Town USA machinations and manipulations are in the past. Fun while it lasted. You either learn how to adapt to the new, or create self-serving and self-pitying fables of vindication.
Last edited by Capt Bringdown; 07-07-2019 at 09:20 PM.
What a bunch of nonsense.
machinations
Man, the shear delusion of some people on here...
Did Pop and the FO make mistakes? Absolutely. But to those who believe there was ever a chance nephew was ever going to stay... I got nothing for them.
He's wanted to go back to Cali ever since he left. Uncle parlayed that desire into an opportunity to make more money. This is not just his uncle, this is his AGENT. Would he rather get 10% of the super max kicker or 10% of all the endorsement money nephew could make in a major market? These shoe deals are in the hundreds of millions and he wasn't getting a major endorsement in SA. Period. HEB and a 20 million clothing line was the best he could get here.
The evidence all supports this:
At the same time he's sitting out the season his uncle is canceling the contract with Jordan brand because he wasn't making "MVP money";
He sits out the season before he demands a trade so he doesn't risk injury and now he's on the last year of the contract (more likely to be traded);
While he's in the middle of his playoff run uncle is suing Nike for the rights to the klaw logo so he's ready for his new brand this season;
And finally he just left a team that have him the rest he wanted and the support he needed.
Now I will concede that he might have stayed with Toronto if they had brought in George, but that has to do with uncle being comfortable with his endorsements in Canada (being the star player in the only basketball team in Canada).
In the end this came down to two factors: nephew wanted to move to Cali and uncle wanted more money. Simple. The ONLY thing the spurs could have done to hold him is to move to LA.
There is no such thing as "a little bit pregnant", you're either pregnant or you are not, you are a or you are not. Kahwitter is still a who left a very stacked Toronto team to go play alongside an mvp caliber player. Right now KD is not a , Kyrie is nowhere near mvp material.
Kawhi joining the Lakers would have been equivalent to Durant joining the Warriors, but he didn't. He made a more compe ive move. Now, instead of having one good and one ty team in LA, there will be 2 good teams. It's better for the league and better for entertainment.
Sooo… Kawhi went to the Clippers because he was trying to spread the talent around the league, and not give himself the best chance to win B2B with different teams? He passed on an extra $40M that the Raps could have given him, and he passed on playing for a stacked Lakers super-team - all so that he could protect the balance of power in the league?
He's like some kind of saint. Maybe even a god. I mean, if I wasn't a god myself, I might even bow down to him.
kawhi is the gift that keeps on giving
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