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His rep hasn't been destroyed since his team pushed the narrative that he got misdiagnosed and it's the Spurs fault that he left. 99% of people don't know about the 8 doctors, his team managing his injury since August 2017, him hiding in NY, etc.
Toronto really should be in the Finals this year provided that Lowry/Nephew are healthy AND balling out in the postseason, they have easily the best roster in the East. But for some reason I think there will be drama with the Dennis camp towards the end of this year and Lowry's health is always a question mark....
I also don't trust Nick "Scotty Brooks' Nurse as a coach tbh
His rep hasn't been destroyed since his team pushed the narrative that he got misdiagnosed and it's the Spurs fault that he left. 99% of people don't know about the 8 doctors, his team managing his injury since August 2017, him hiding in NY, etc.
Toronto's not a lock in the East to go the finals. Giannis, Bud and the Bucks have something to say and who knows what they can do in the playoffs. Stevens, Krie and Celts are well coached and might click at the right time. 76ers' talent shouldn't be overlooked b/c of some drama. Don't scoff at Oladipo either. I'm just saying Raps are not guaranteed a finals appearance. Also, if they don't get to the ECF and have a worse record, then Derozan and Casey were better than Nurse and nephew.
Of course his rep wasn't destroyed b/c media has been on his side for the most part and they dgaf about boring small market SA. They "respect" the Spurs, but of course they want the big markets to get a player like Kawhi. Constant nephew lover and Dennis taint licker, JY, is telling the LA teams that Kawhi isn't gonna be an easy get because he just wants to go to LA and he doesn't talk. A really good pitch needs to be made and he wants to be surrounded with a team that can win now. JY been on the payroll. That was blatantly shown during one of his last podcasts on the Spurs Insider (April 14, 2018 "Kawhi Leonard's 'Thank You' Letter") where he illogically protected Kawhi and claimed he was unbiased while screaming at the host (this is no exaggeration btw feel free to listen to it yourself. I've talked about and probably linked on here).
I'm not trying to deny . I'm just stating an undeniable fact, which is that the Raptors supporting cast is by far one of the best on the league.I did my best to ignore this thread. Didn't post here in weeks. ST doesn't need many Kawhi's threads on frontpage daily.
Then you mentioned me..WHY WHY WHY
I was talking about the young guy who went toe to toe with the best player in the world both ends of court.
The guy who's a top 3-5 player in this league and perennial MVP candidate.
Yep. That guy deserves better than a bench that shot 1-15 on the road last game vs Bucks.
A Raptors-less Kawhi couldn't beat a Bucks-less Giannis early in the season. Lowry went scoreless vs Bucks in the 2nd game...What does it tell you about this Raptors team?
Also, he deserves better than players that can't guard any Spur...
Most times, Fred VF Delon Wright OG CJ Miles Monroe can't hit an ocean under pressure against elite teams. If this was postseason, I would add Lowry too.
Siakam is a real talent, Lowry too. But who knows is Pascal is able to translate his great regular season to playoffs. We already know that Lowry can't...
I wonder why you are tying to deny Raptors's flaws...Why do you think that Raptors want Beal?
Because they know they need a 2nd scorer, they know they can't trust in Lowry or Ibaka as #2 option in playoffs.
They have seen this movie before...a single true scorer and a bunch of playoffs' underperformers won't win a series.
I did, and I still do. When he learns how to pass, I'll stop saying it ... maybe.
Tim Duncan had an amazing supporting cast especially during his twilight however, that didn't diminish his accomplishments. The Spurs don't win #5 without him, probably should have threepeated if not for an epic collapse vs the Thunder and a bunch of missed free throws vs the Heat.
Kawhi was brought in to win postseason games, not stat pad during the regular season. Toronto fans know Lowry ain't 'bout det postseason life and Ibaka goes into brain dead mode when the lights shine bright.
What's even more impressive is that Toronto isn't skipping a beat without DeRozen even on nights Leonard doesn't play.
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Raptors have the easiest remaining schedule.
Not easy enough for the Walking Maxi Pad to play back to backs, tbh.
The toughest schedule belongs to YGWHI and duncan2k5.
They have no days off the rest of the way. It’s all back-to-back nights defending Kawhi the rest of the season.
KACHOKE IS JUST AB BALLMOVEMENT CANCER
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This thing about just being player fans. It’s the most coward thing someone could do in Sports. How can you just root for a person, instead of the whole team? .
I just can't see anyone else out East beating the Raptors 4 times out of 7. Best bet is probably the Celtics but their offense has been pitiful this season.
If healthy the Raps will sleepwalk through the East and push the Warriors to 6 games at the most.
I do think Kawhi bolts to LA in the summer though.
NICE JOKE
you forgot the fact that Lowry alway chokes in the first 2 games of a playoff series. And those are home games for the Raptors
...and Ibaka disappears in every other playoff game. They are no where near a lock. I wasn’t impressed by their coach either. Brad Stevens and Coach Bud will coach circles around him.
I agree. Nurse is not the right coach for a contender
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