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Sucks for Manu because I'm sure he's thinking back to Game 1 of WCF and that with a healthy KL, they'd have at least another shot.
I think he's too old to play mind games like that. In his column in La Nacion he sounded really beat up and down (team had been in a losing streak and he personally had nags and pains that didn't allow him to play at 100%). But he still wants to win and Lamarcus carried the team to 5 straight victories when the team was already seeded 10 and looking at a lottery pick. Manu doesn't care about lottery picks. This is his last season and I think he still wants to win Kiwi or no Kiwi.
Sucks for Manu because I'm sure he's thinking back to Game 1 of WCF and that with a healthy KL, they'd have at least another shot.
If you notice, the team has changed their narrative. It's no longer poor us, we as are waiting to get guys back, we haven't been whole, etc. It's" we don't expect Kiwi back". From LMA it's " I am a leader and I have to do what the team needs". From Dijon it's "we have to get on the same page, we have to be greedy, play we with hunger" and also: "I want to win"...
F*ck Kiwi's tendinopathy at this point, we are who are and its up to us. I think mentally they waited for Kiwi as long as they could... but it's time to move on.
welp, they had a players only meeting saturday so nvm, I guess we should look into everything
Not saying that Kiwi isn't partially to blame for this crap but the conspiracy theory believing part of my mind can't help but have a nagging su ion that there are many individuals out there fanning the flames of this crap. Either talking heads who never like talking Spurs, feeling Kiwi's departure would eliminate the need to talk Spurs for the forseeable future. Some are just haters because while there are tons of ex-player/commentators with connections to the Spurs there are also tons that had their entire career getting drug by Spurs dominance. Lastly by players that either want Kiwi on their team or don't want to deal with a Spurs franchise with a top 5 player. Lets make this as bad looking as possible so that egos get involved and relationships are permanently damaged.
Skip has contacts within the Spurs org and has been saying for months that the situation between Kawhi and the team is bad.
Skip is a trollish personality, but I never thought he would one day be aiming at Kawhi...
Lately, it sounds like Skip has given up on Kawhi being a long-term Spur.
Perhaps its time for a psych eval for Leonard.
Neither good or bad. Just the truth. Manu came back 11 days after losing a testicle. Having to see Leonard saunter around the locker room, disengaged from the team, is not good. Everyone is sick and tired of seeing his mopey-ass around. If you aren't playing, participating or hanging with the team then just get the out of the locker room. YOU ARE A WORTHLESS DISTRACTION.
Boom. Ducks likes the testicle talk
couldn't have said it better .
Lots of good points in this thread tbh
Manu had a staring contest with a mirror...and won.
Manu is fair as you can get. If he sees that Kawhi has reasons not to play, he would defend his teammate. Manu must have seen something else, a prima donna dangling a carrot. He sees a player whose camp questions the integrity of the same PATFO that he, Tony, Timmy, Drob and Co trusted, sacrificed for and stood by for the best of the team, 5 rings and 20 straight playoff appearances, especially from supposedly the leader and role model for the young players. Manu is putting a stop to it.
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