***OFFICIAL KAWHI RELATED NEWS Thread***

[RD2191]

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[99 Problems]

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[BackHome]

KY acted like a little no way can you argue against that.

[Harry Callahan]

That's PATFO own fault. Kawhi told them he wanted to play in LA, there are 2 teams in LA. Play them against each other to get a massive haul. That's what OKC did with PG. Instead stubborn old Pop made it clear they wouldn't trade him to the Lakers which eliminated a lot of the leverage.

The Lakers played the "well he's coming here next year anyway. We have LeBron. Pound sand Spurs." The entire NBA lowballed the Spurs. A year ago makes a huge difference here. Boston, Lakers, Clippers should have come up with more at that time. #2 and the unc destroyed what the Spurs could get - on purpose. They wanted to make it a toxic environment by saying only two teams. Lies upon Lies upon Lies about the FO.

Once again. Will #2 play back to backs next season? Was that question asked or was the clipp event a dog and pony show.

The comments this week in LA are more words than the mute spoke his entire career in San Antonio.

[gambit1990]

Will #2 play back to backs next season?

he didn't last season and look how that turned out.

[Spur|n|Austin]

He didn't force his way out because he was homesick... The organization did him wrong and he said it, I guess I'll go home

Shouldn't you be posting on a Clippers forum or something?

[apalisoc_9]

Named as the best player in the NBA by scouts, AND GMs

[gambit1990]

kawhi said he’d be at full strength this year.

if that’s the case then it’s game over.

[Kawhitstorm]

PG looks like sucking here. But him wishing Pacers kept the draft, and both developed along side? I doubt Kawhi being the player he is now tbh. I remember reading Pop giving Kawhi Kobe tapes to pattern his games, pushing him. Ungrateful .

The Pacers under Bird developed Jalen Rose, Jermaine O'Neal, Al Harrington, Danny Granger, Paul George & Oladipo all of whom MIP (even turned Roy Hibbert into an All-Star) but keep sucking off Pop who can't get out of the 1st rd without MVP candidates.

[Kawhitstorm]

if kawhi's healthy then there's no way in the spurs are beating the clippers in playoffs, wtf

PG/Kawhi/Beverely would put DeFrozen on suicide watch.

[Dennis the Menace]

Somewhere RC and Pop are drinking down their sorrows

[Kawhitstorm]

Kawhitter is the one who ghosted all his former teammates, so why are they the assholes? None of them need Uncle holding their hand for everything.

They quit in Gm 7

[Kawhitstorm]

wow. i guess there's some truth to kawhi not fully trusting the talent PATFO was willing to put around him... hard to blame him knowing PATFO was willing to trade for a player like demar.

[Kawhitstorm]

Pretty sure Tony was still in his prime from 2011 - 2013. He really started to slide during the 2013 - '14 le run. So, he has played with "elite" talent before (Duncan was an elite defender until his penultimate season).

He was clearly talking about an elite 2-way player just like himself which Tim/Enrique weren't during the 2010s.

[Kawhitstorm]

Probably not at hard as they tried when they gave Mills 50 mill at 12:01 that summer.

And probably not as hard as they worked when they were asking Pau to sign for that 48 mill not long after.

[Kawhitstorm]

2012-2015 Timmy was still elite. Maybe not ultimate elite like he was in his prime but far away still elite. I still remember Timmy being far and away the best player in that 2015 Clippers series..

Yeah, I'm pretty sure '15 Tim was better than Blake or the State Farm agent in the '15 series.

[spurraider21]

parker was pretty elite in kawhi's early years. he was getting legit MVP votes in 2012 and 2013

[Kawhitstorm]

I assume the LA media s did not ask Nephew or Tom Rivers or half dead Jerry West or mental case Balmer if precious little #2 is going to play B2Bs for the first time in three years? POS #2.

[apalisoc_9]

parker was pretty elite in kawhi's early years. he was getting legit MVP votes in 2012 and 2013

2012 TP is better than 19 George

[Kawhitstorm]

I mean he owed it to Spurs to get a better return, somewhat what PG got for OKC. Instead this ed up chose to torpedoed Spurs chances by spewing all lies instead of being truthful.

Maybe if they didn't ACTUALLY misdiagnose him then he would have left on better terms. It's not like dude wasn't out there limping after sitting out a season.

[Kawhitstorm]

That's PATFO own fault. Kawhi told them he wanted to play in LA, there are 2 teams in LA. Play them against each other to get a massive haul. That's what OKC did with PG. Instead stubborn old Pop made it clear they wouldn't trade him to the Lakers which eliminated a lot of the leverage.

[cjw]

parker was pretty elite in kawhi's early years. he was getting legit MVP votes in 2012 and 2013

Second team All NBA for three straight years (12, 13 and 14). He was elite. People forget that given how he fell off a cliff from 2014-2015 onwards.

[spurraider21]

2012 TP is better than 19 George

its close considering the 2 way impact PG has (parker was an average on-ball defender at his position)... but parker was really carrying the load on offense and truly was the engine. just watching him run that loop play over and over again was exhausting

he was routinely shredding CP3 during those years too

[spurraider21]

Second team All NBA for three straight years (12, 13 and 14). He was elite. People forget that given how he fell off a cliff from 2014-2015 onwards.

honestly he fell off the cliff at some point during the 13-14 season. i dont remember if there was a particular injury, but he no longer had the explosion and became more of a ballstopper, and it was around the time kawhi really began to emerge, to the point where parker possessions became frustrating (and apa/harlem/fkla would start daily threads about parker )

just dug up this gem https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=244933

he was still a good player but not the guy you wanted running the whole offense anymore. his decline going forward was pretty ugly. thats why getting his 3/43 contract right after the finals was disappointing. it was clear he was on a downward trajectory

for s and giggles, there was this one too

https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=241040

[Kawhitstorm]

This playing the "I just wanted to go home" card after trying to sell the idea that the Spurs pushed him out of SA.

Yeah , we all already knew there was nothing the Spurs could have done to keep you in San Antonio. Nice of you to finally admit it after playing the victim card.

If he didn't have any gripes such as being misdiagnosed & his only agenda was to end up in LA by all means necessary then care to explain why he didn't push his way out of Toronto instead of playing out his contract?

Not to mention he could have left as a free agent in the summer of 2015 instead, he didn't even considering singing with another team. Something tells me there was a mishap that caused the relationship to deteriorate.

All things being equal, he was going to sign in LA when he became a free-agent just like he did this summer but him asking out stemmed from the relationship being frosty rather than simply trying to force his way to LA like Davis.

Basically, if he hadn't been misdiagnose & PATFO hadn't doubled down by giving 100 mill to Fatty/Pau then he would have most likely played out his contract then moved on to LA.