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reported that he's 100% at raptors workouts
not that there was any doubt
I do hope one day maturity hits Kawhi and he realizes what he left on the table, not just in terms of money, but also his legacy. Until then, his uncle will keep his nuts in a jar, close at all times.
reported that he's 100% at raptors workouts
not that there was any doubt
It still hurts...
I think you overlook White in your plans. White will be a stud.
It was over when Duncan retired tbh... but Kawhi is a .
Funny that I decided to register here, after years of following this website, the day that Manu retired.
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Spurs could've resigned TP if they wanted to. Blame the organization if you don't like that. But as for Manu, I think he would've not retired if Kunt-Y had stayed and we were legit contenders.
I registered after years of following this site too. But that's because they made me. Assholes.
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I feel ya brother.
, if he's to blame for parker and ginobli leaving, he was more valuable to us than we thought he was. Those guys should have retired a while ago. haha. This player fan has to stop. When guys reach a certain age, and can't perform at high levels anymore consistently, it's time to retire. Duncan is my favorite player of all time, but I was very happy he retired when he did. I didn't want to see him playing 12 minutes a game averaging 7 points just to have my favorite player in the uniform. When it's time to go, it's time to go.
actually ginobli missed a free throw too right before he did late in the 4th hahaha. And I blame Popovich for putting a 60% freethrow shooter in the ing game to ice it. I have told this story many times. I was a bar watching game 6 and when I saw Leonard get fouled, I told everyone, "he's gonna miss one of these". He was a HORRIBLE free throw shooter at the time. shooting 60% . He shot like all series from the line. Why a 60% freethrow shooter is in the game to secure the victory at the time is something only Popovich can explain to us. And it's not that they fouled him off a rebound. IT WAS COMING OUT OF A ING TIMEOUT!!! So he purposely put in a 60% freethrow shooter for freethrows. Still to this day, I haven't even watched highlight of that game 6. That was by far some of the worst coaching I've ever seen by a hall of fame coach in a finals game.
Agreed. Just like you said Duncan is my all time favor player but that Thunder series in '16 was unbearable for me. I could not stomach watching Duncan play another full season and seeing him getting his ass whooped by scrubs. These Manu s were insufferable with their fan worship of Manu. Statistically Manu was washed up. If he was on a good team he probably doesn't get any minutes.
I disagree, Duncan was the glue and all but Parker left and Ginobili retired, it feels over now.
It's not like Kawhi carried us to number 5, he was a key piece to be sure though,
Kawhi was weirdly awful from the line during that entire PS, he had a game against GSW where he missed four or five missed free throws that hurt us later on during that game.
Btw people still never bring up Pop sitting Duncan and Parker for the first 5:30 of the forth, after they helped build a 10 point lead.
Manu, Neal, Green, Diaw and Splitter was the unit that gave up that run and by the time he pit them back in, Miami had cut it to 4 and Parker and Duncan struggled to score after coming back in.
I do agree that the freethrows cost that game overall, but I don't think we would have won in 2014 if not for the 6 in the first place IMO. That terrorized and motivated the team to get back in there and win it, without that drive I don't know if it would have pushed us past the OKC who always had our number.
Without Kawhi we wouldn't have been that relevant in the modern era. He earned us at least one ring, I doubt we would have been in contention if not for him in the first place. Ringing is hard to do in the NBA, I doubt any team other than Golden State, Los Angeles, or Houston comes close in the near future.
2014 probably doesn't happen if 2013 didn't occur. I still wish the Spurs had won in 2013 instead of 2014 now with all the bs Kawhi has pulled. I can't really ever enjoy the 2014 team when I look at highlights knowing this s bag was a huge part of their success. Had the Spurs won in 2013 I could still enjoy it since Kawhi was not a star player yet and Duncan probably gets Finals MVP. 2014 now for me feels the way a tainted college championship feels after a school gets stripped of it due to scandal.
It seems like Kawhi is still salty about Manu. His mouthpiece stated in this clip that Manu is not a hall of famer.
This asshole slanders Manu as only "a sixth man".
Kawhi's drama certainly took away from Manu and Tony's last moments on the Spurs. He took away the 'legacy' feature of passing the torch to the next great Spur franchise player, which the Spurs thought they had established. David to Tim to …... He also put the pressure on Pop and RC to rebuild what is left of the franchise the Big 3 built.
David left knowing the Spurs were in good hands for the next decade. The future certainly is a little less certain at this point. I'm hopeful, though, that this current group over-achieves. The reality is that Kawhi didn't win anything significant without Tim. Maybe that burden would have ultimately been too much to bear for someone so weak-minded anyway. David was cerebral and was able to win with scraps around him, and handle the criticism that went along with being the only superstar on an over-achieving team that didn't have the horsepower to win consistently in the playoffs. Tim was cerebral, and knew how to bring a talented team together and lead them to greatness year-after-year. Kawhi is a great individual player, but he was never a team guy. He'd never of been THAT kind of leader. He'd always just be stats on a page. Great talent...not a leader.
So it might be good he's gone. Let's see what happens next and what sort of leader takes the reins. The Spurs will have the opportunity to rise up and create a new iden y, and maybe forge a closeness that a Kawhi-led team could have never achieved. Let Kawhi be a role player in LeBron's universe...wgaf.
I talk about it all the time. It's like Popovich was trying to give the game back to Miami . Duncan had a goddamn 25 point first half. You play that mf until he's ready to come out and close this out. The 2nd half with Parker going for finals mvp(something he did again in 2014), Duncan being out for both defensive possesions, ginobli stinking it up turning the ball over repeatedly and not guarding the 3 point line when a team is down by 3 with seconds to go. And we still haven't figured out how to defend the 3 point shot when a team is down 3 with seconds to go. As a hall of fame coach, he should not have any players sitting in the paint because no one is driving to the basket.
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