Kawhi is trending and NBA twitter is ripping him into shreds

[duncan2k5]

I have never heard of a player in the NBA missing an entire season with an injury that did not require surgery. He did not even make an actual attempt to get out there and play on this quad. 9 games is nothing, especially because he was on a minutes restriction, and not playing in back to back games. He was being babied coming back, and he pulled himself off the court. But did he have surgery after that? No.. Just more months of rehab. Rehabbing what? Again he came into camp hurt. Nothing has ever made common sense about any of this bull ..

Did u not see how he looked during and after games? He shouldn't have been playing

[duncan2k5]

This is all that matters really. Also have you seen Pop's interview today? He is not upset about anything he says 'I've got the easiest job in the world! I ride around in a chartered jet that I don't pay for full of food and stuff...get taken to my room at the Four seasons, that I don't pay for. Then I have front row tickets to an NBA basketball game.'

He was not snarky at all. He meant it literally that he didn't know if he'd be coming there, as they hadn't made the out for the season call yet. Sounds to me like Kawhi was doing what he could to get back and they finally gave it up. Not the contentious bull many in the media are making it out to be. Also Jabari Young was plainly saying they were all communicating and supportive of the process.

Voice of ing reason

[duncan2k5]

I'm saying it doesn't matter. LMA nearly signed with Phoenix when they were a repeated catastrophe and had players bad mouth the organization that very year on their way out.

People like to imagine that how organizations treat players matters greatly but it doesn't.

If it did, there wouldn't be any issues with Kawhi, now would there?

They've done everything for him. Pop talked him up as the future years before even a majority of Spurs fans did. He talked him up and celebrated him. Durant was calling him a system player, all the talking heads were downplaying him, but the Spurs had his back. Pop even talked him up as THE best player in the car whole league. What did it get the Spurs?

When he sprained his ankle in game 5, despite the criticism', Pop held him out to protect Kawhi's health. What did it get the Spurs?

They shielded him from the media, he never had to take the big media star in he didn't want to. What did it get the Spurs?

Desperate to help the team, Pop debased himself before LMA to keep him engaged. Not for Pop's own benefit, for Kawhi to have his best chance. What did it get the Spurs?

If doing right by players, if treating Kawhi better and supporting him better than any other team could means so much ... Why is Kawhi doing everything a player could to screw a team over?

Not being with the team, leaving the city for months, getting his own medical team, refusing to talk, having people in his sphere talking trash to the media on his behalf.

If his goal was to screw the Spurs over by simultaneously tanking his value, dividing the team and destroying locker room chemistry, dissuading possible suitors from non-huge markets from even bidding with leaks, and ruining the reputation of a coach near retirement ... then Kawhi is doing a magnificent job!

I'd give him an A+ in franchise killing

So much nonsense in here, my head hurts... Literally nothing u said was true... Quite the feat, tbh...

[tholdren]

Mellllllllllttttttttttttt doooooowwwwnnnnnnnnnnnn

[SAGirl]

I'm saying it doesn't matter. LMA nearly signed with Phoenix when they were a repeated catastrophe and had players bad mouth the organization that very year on their way out.

People like to imagine that how organizations treat players matters greatly but it doesn't.

If it did, there wouldn't be any issues with Kawhi, now would there?

They've done everything for him. Pop talked him up as the future years before even a majority of Spurs fans did. He talked him up and celebrated him. Durant was calling him a system player, all the talking heads were downplaying him, but the Spurs had his back. Pop even talked him up as THE best player in the car whole league. What did it get the Spurs?

When he sprained his ankle in game 5, despite the criticism', Pop held him out to protect Kawhi's health. What did it get the Spurs?

They shielded him from the media, he never had to take the big media star in he didn't want to. What did it get the Spurs?

Desperate to help the team, Pop debased himself before LMA to keep him engaged. Not for Pop's own benefit, for Kawhi to have his best chance. What did it get the Spurs?

If doing right by players, if treating Kawhi better and supporting him better than any other team could means so much ... Why is Kawhi doing everything a player could to screw a team over?

Not being with the team, leaving the city for months, getting his own medical team, refusing to talk, having people in his sphere talking trash to the media on his behalf.

If his goal was to screw the Spurs over by simultaneously tanking his value, dividing the team and destroying locker room chemistry, dissuading possible suitors from non-huge markets from even bidding with leaks, and ruining the reputation of a coach near retirement ... then Kawhi is doing a magnificent job!

I'd give him an A+ in franchise killing

Good post. Flies in the face of posters like d2k5 and ygwhi who make every excuse imaginable for Kawhi and the fair amount of trolling that’s always shown in Pops direction in this forum. However failing to manage Kawhi’s reputation and exposure to the media is not a Pop sin. They have really basically bent over to accommodate every request that will make him comfortable in the management of his injury. I understand the fan that’s in denial that a rift even exists. I am quite moderate in thinking that things aren’t peachy, but I still hope they can be mended.

[DaBears]

Pop purposefully antagonizing an injured player because he wants to send off manu and parker in a blaze of glory at Kawhi's expense

Really that’s what you believe..

[Kawhitstorm]

Pop has four ing les without Kawhi. You can rank Tim against Pop if you want, but Kawhi has no place at that table.

He cost Tim at least 2 more, his ass lost 50 games before Tim saved his career & will never win a playoff series without a 1st ballot HOFer

[YGWHI]

Reading between the lines: "Kiwi's uncle is mad bc SA hasn’t done more to protect Kawhi’s rep."

I don't know what more they could have done tbh. It's a very difficult situation they are in.

Good post. Flies in the face of posters like d2k5 and ygwhi who make every excuse imaginable for Kawhi and the fair amount of trolling that’s always shown in Pops direction in this forum. However failing to manage Kawhi’s reputation and exposure to the media is not a Pop sin. They have really basically bent over to accommodate every request that will make him comfortable in the management of his injury. I understand the fan that’s in denial that a rift even exists. I am quite moderate in thinking that things aren’t peachy, but I still hope they can be mended.

It's a Pop sin if he doesn't tell the truth.

If a player traveled with team' staff to rehab in other city, if the player has said he talks with the coach almost every day, the coach can't say he doesn't know a about..."Ask his group" when he already knows what's going on...

[Clipper Nation]

It's a Pop sin if he doesn't tell the truth.

If a player traveled with team' staff to rehab in other city, if the player has said he talks with the coach almost every day, the coach can't say he doesn't know a about..."Ask his group" when he already knows what's going on...

Poop is clearly running Kawhi out of town for the sake of his own ego, tbh.

[Play Boban]

I can’t beleive Kawhi spends so much time posting on here.

[Ice009]

Yeah, I don't like the sounds of that. If the Spurs have personnel there with him, and Pop keeps saying to ask his group, then that's not good. If a decision has been made, I wonder if it's the Spurs that made it (they are ready to trade him), or Kawhi has made it (he's asked to be traded)? I hope neither have made either of those decisions, but what reason would Pop have to keep bad-mouthing him if he knows what's going on?

[E20]

Kawhi and his bruised pussy. Hopefully his uncle screws him over and takes all his money

[spursistan]

[Chillen]

If he's not at any of the home games vs Warriors that's all you need to know. I would expect him to be traded in the next few months. He may be injured but the injury isn't bad enough to keep him from doing normal things people do everyday. So sitting on the Spurs bench is possible.

[spursistan]

I'm saying it doesn't matter. LMA nearly signed with Phoenix when they were a repeated catastrophe and had players bad mouth the organization that very year on their way out.

People like to imagine that how organizations treat players matters greatly but it doesn't.

If it did, there wouldn't be any issues with Kawhi, now would there?

They've done everything for him. Pop talked him up as the future years before even a majority of Spurs fans did. He talked him up and celebrated him. Durant was calling him a system player, all the talking heads were downplaying him, but the Spurs had his back. Pop even talked him up as THE best player in the car whole league. What did it get the Spurs?

When he sprained his ankle in game 5, despite the criticism', Pop held him out to protect Kawhi's health. What did it get the Spurs?

They shielded him from the media, he never had to take the big media star in he didn't want to. What did it get the Spurs?

Desperate to help the team, Pop debased himself before LMA to keep him engaged. Not for Pop's own benefit, for Kawhi to have his best chance. What did it get the Spurs?

If doing right by players, if treating Kawhi better and supporting him better than any other team could means so much ... Why is Kawhi doing everything a player could to screw a team over?

Not being with the team, leaving the city for months, getting his own medical team, refusing to talk, having people in his sphere talking trash to the media on his behalf.

If his goal was to screw the Spurs over by simultaneously tanking his value, dividing the team and destroying locker room chemistry, dissuading possible suitors from non-huge markets from even bidding with leaks, and ruining the reputation of a coach near retirement ... then Kawhi is doing a magnificent job!

I'd give him an A+ in franchise killing

Objective with the truth nukes ..

[Vito Corleone]

Can anyone imagine what the outrage would be if he did this in LA or NY?

They'd set his car on fire, with him in it.

[FvckMavs]

I'm saying it doesn't matter. LMA nearly signed with Phoenix when they were a repeated catastrophe and had players bad mouth the organization that very year on their way out.

People like to imagine that how organizations treat players matters greatly but it doesn't.

If it did, there wouldn't be any issues with Kawhi, now would there?

They've done everything for him. Pop talked him up as the future years before even a majority of Spurs fans did. He talked him up and celebrated him. Durant was calling him a system player, all the talking heads were downplaying him, but the Spurs had his back. Pop even talked him up as THE best player in the car whole league. What did it get the Spurs?

When he sprained his ankle in game 5, despite the criticism', Pop held him out to protect Kawhi's health. What did it get the Spurs?

They shielded him from the media, he never had to take the big media star in he didn't want to. What did it get the Spurs?

Desperate to help the team, Pop debased himself before LMA to keep him engaged. Not for Pop's own benefit, for Kawhi to have his best chance. What did it get the Spurs?

If doing right by players, if treating Kawhi better and supporting him better than any other team could means so much ... Why is Kawhi doing everything a player could to screw a team over?

Not being with the team, leaving the city for months, getting his own medical team, refusing to talk, having people in his sphere talking trash to the media on his behalf.

If his goal was to screw the Spurs over by simultaneously tanking his value, dividing the team and destroying locker room chemistry, dissuading possible suitors from non-huge markets from even bidding with leaks, and ruining the reputation of a coach near retirement ... then Kawhi is doing a magnificent job!

I'd give him an A+ in franchise killing

Truth bomb.

[cd98]

I'd be fine with Kawhi if he'd have just bowed out and said he wasn't going to be healthy enough to play this year. Just be up front and report to the media so we don't speculate. It's the mystery that has clouded this whole thing that has got most of the fans frustrated.

[Old School 44]

If his goal was to screw the Spurs over by simultaneously tanking his value, dividing the team and destroying locker room chemistry, dissuading possible suitors from non-huge markets from even bidding with leaks, and ruining the reputation of a coach near retirement ... then Kawhi is doing a magnificent job!

I'd give him an A+ in franchise killing

Sadly, kind of reminds me of the Jerry Sloan/Deron Williams.

[exstatic]

Yeah, I don't like the sounds of that. If the Spurs have personnel there with him, and Pop keeps saying to ask his group, then that's not good. If a decision has been made, I wonder if it's the Spurs that made it (they are ready to trade him), or Kawhi has made it (he's asked to be traded)? I hope neither have made either of those decisions, but what reason would Pop have to keep badmouthing him if he knows what's going on?

I don't consider what Pop is doing to be 'bad mouthing'. He's simply pointing the questions of his return to those making the decision over whether Kawhi plays or not: his group. He's actually showing great restraint by NOT openly bad mouthing Kawhi or his group.

The Group was always going under the microscope once the scope of the media went national for the playoffs. They wouldn't be dealing with the local SA 'softball' media any more. They didn't plan it very well, or act proactively by releasing some sort of statement before game one, and they got slammed. Not Pop's fault.

[exstatic]

Sadly, kind of reminds me of the Jerry Sloan/Deron Williams.

Utah actually came out of that quite well, because they didn't F around once they realized the situation was irrevocably broken. They pulled the trigger on a trade at the soonest opportunity. I think the Spurs had their 'aha' moment when he fled back to NY for the second time. That's why I think they'll field offers and pull the trigger, either at the draft, or early in the FA window. I don't see Kawhi being a Spur by 15 July.

[Brazil]

holy

His group

Pop is mad as !

[FvckMavs]

Utah actually came out of that quite well, because they didn't F around once they realized the situation was irrevocably broken. They pulled the trigger on a trade at the soonest opportunity. I think the Spurs had their 'aha' moment when he fled back to NY for the second time. That's why I think they'll field offers and pull the trigger, either at the draft, or early in the FA window. I don't see Kawhi being a Spur by 15 July.

So ing tired of this . Just trade his ass and move on.

[sammy]

(The Snake with the last words)

[sammy]

Bruh I named one of my dogs Kawhi. He's had that name for almost 2 years. Don't know wtf I'm going to do if he bolts smh. No joke that is actually of my main concerns in all of this.