Kawhi Leonard “Injury Diagnosis”

[JPB]

Just saw one of Kawhi's siters was sentenced to life for the murder an elderly woman in a Southern California casino in 2019.

[Spurs Homer]

It's weird to me how Kawhi's latest injury is getting him so much hate and vitriol, as if his bad knees are the result of some flaw in his character. Obviously it hurts his value as a player and his legacy, but it's not like he wants this to happen. He's more devastated about it than you are, no doubt. Unless you think he's just being a pussy and his injury isn't bad enough to keep him from playing, I don't see why he should be ted on quite so much.

You must not be a spurs fan then.

He ing betrayed the spurs.
Spurs medical staff correctly diagnosed him - and he accused them of misdiagnosing him.
He sat out and sat out and sat out and refused to communicate.
Then he - said he had his own doctors.
Then he said he was working out privately in in new york or philly or somewhere = NOT IN SAN ANTONIO
Then he didnt have the decency to SIT ON THE ING SPURS BENCH while the real spurs players who had their own aches and bruises were faithfully supporting their team.
Demands a trade. Tanks his own value so the spurs cannot even get a good star player.
Ends up never fulfilling his contract but took the ing money while he chilled all over the usa and then ends up in toronto?

that piece of .

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Just saw one of Kawhi's siters was sentenced to life for the murder an elderly woman in a Southern California casino in 2019.

Not sure what happened there but shehadavery lengthy criminal rapsheet full of robbery and theft type ofoffensesbefore she killed that old lady robbing her. Wonder if some of nephew's millions were not available to her. Or of it would have even mattered. Not sure if they are full or half siblings.

[heyheymymy]

Okay who is winning this ring this year?

MIL looks like , GSW looks dunzo, PHX maybe but they seem flawed albeit deeper than before, PHI already has Embiid at 50% and it's only the first round, LAC is dunzo, SAC seems too underpowered perhaps?

Maybe BOS beats DEN 4-2 or something? Help me out here, let's hear some calls on the initial vibe as we have the first round slightly underway here.

[Ice009]

Must be old news but I don’t remember it lol Kawhi’s sister got life in prison for murder

How many sisters does he have? I remember one used to run his social media account when he was with the Spurs? Is it a different sister?

[Mr. Body]

Okay who is winning this ring this year?

MIL looks like , GSW looks dunzo, PHX maybe but they seem flawed albeit deeper than before, PHI already has Embiid at 50% and it's only the first round, LAC is dunzo, SAC seems too underpowered perhaps?

Maybe BOS beats DEN 4-2 or something? Help me out here, let's hear some calls on the initial vibe as we have the first round slightly underway here.

Boston vs. GSW again with the Warriors winning again.

Boston is one of the most boring teams I've ever tried to watch. Iso, iso, iso. Just garbage to watch.

Warriors had one of the cheapest championships ever last year because the league is so right now. Their experience carried them through. Phoenix imploded, etc. The way the sports media rallied around Draymond's thuggery leads me to believe the league really wants them to win it again.

I'd like it to be Denver just to screw them.

[baseline bum]

Must be old news but I don’t remember it lol Kawhi’s sister got life in prison for murder

Just saw one of Kawhi's siters was sentenced to life for the murder an elderly woman in a Southern California casino in 2019.

https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=281085

[heyheymymy]

Agreed Mr Body

GSW comes back to SAC knotted up and the Kings will fold on inexperience

[heyheymymy]

Can't imagine BOS being dealt another Finals loss though. From a media preserving legacy standpoint.

[baseline bum]

Okay who is winning this ring this year?

MIL looks like , GSW looks dunzo, PHX maybe but they seem flawed albeit deeper than before, PHI already has Embiid at 50% and it's only the first round, LAC is dunzo, SAC seems too underpowered perhaps?

Maybe BOS beats DEN 4-2 or something? Help me out here, let's hear some calls on the initial vibe as we have the first round slightly underway here.

Not at all impressed with Phoenix, they should be crushing the Clippers. With Giannis such a question mark I really think this could be Denver's year. Can't see the Celtics matching up well with them at all.

[Mr. Body]

Can't imagine BOS being dealt another Finals loss though. From a media preserving legacy standpoint.

Last year they were the least clutch team in the playoffs. They were awful down the stretch. No surprise, given their pathetic offense system. Not sure about the clutch numbers this year.

[Mr. Body]

Not at all impressed with Phoenix, they should be crushing the Clippers. With Giannis such a question mark I really think this could be Denver's year. Can't see the Celtics matching up well with them at all.

Agree about Phoenix. They're still the awful chemistry, no-show team that lost by like 50 in the clenching game last year. Durant is a spineless frontrunner.

I'd love to see Denver slaughter the Warriors, who have barely played any teams with dominant centers. But Draymond will jam his fingers into Jokic's eye sockets once again and the media will adore him for it.

[baseline bum]

Boston vs. GSW again with the Warriors winning again.

Boston is one of the most boring teams I've ever tried to watch. Iso, iso, iso. Just garbage to watch.

Warriors had one of the cheapest championships ever last year because the league is so right now. Their experience carried them through. Phoenix imploded, etc. The way the sports media rallied around Draymond's thuggery leads me to believe the league really wants them to win it again.

I'd like it to be Denver just to screw them.

Golden State's road record was only 3 games better than the tanking Spurs'. Doesn't seem to bode well for them winning four series where they'd likely have homecourt in none of them.

[Mr. Body]

Golden State's road record was only 3 games better than the tanking Spurs'. Doesn't seem to bode well for them winning four series where they'd likely have homecourt in none of them.

It just takes the NBArefs to gift them one away game, and they're facing a weak lot of Western Conference losers. Only Denver looks somewhat formidable but they're completely untested and thin at all positions. , the West is so bad even the Lakers could make it through. And the reaction to Draymond implies the league offices have greenlit pushing everything in the Warriors' direction.

[KobesAchilles]

I’m glad I was right about not wanting to suoermax Kawhi way back in the day. I was the only idiot saying we shouldn’t give it to him bc he wouldn’t be worth it and BAM looks like everything worked out for us.

Also it’s hilarious watching mainstream media turn on Kawhi. I was watching The Herd and Colin had a 8 minute monologue on literally everything Spurs fans and Pop were saying 5 years ago. Kawhi isn’t vocal, he’s not a leader in the locker room, he ghosts management, he won’t play through any pain, his knees are shot, and the juice isn’t worth the squeeze with him. 5 years ago Colin blasted the Spurs for saying the exact same things he is saying today. Same with Stephen A.

[baseline bum]

I’m glad I was right about not wanting to suoermax Kawhi way back in the day. I was the only idiot saying we shouldn’t give it to him bc he wouldn’t be worth it and BAM looks like everything worked out for us.

Also it’s hilarious watching mainstream media turn on Kawhi. I was watching The Herd and Colin had a 8 minute monologue on literally everything Spurs fans and Pop were saying 5 years ago. Kawhi isn’t vocal, he’s not a leader in the locker room, he ghosts management, he won’t play through any pain, his knees are shot, and the juice isn’t worth the squeeze with him. 5 years ago Colin blasted the Spurs for saying the exact same things he is saying today. Same with Stephen A.

Because he's doing it to LA now and LA matters to the national media. San Antonio doesn't mean to them.

[Mr. Body]

Lol, Memphis down 35-9 in the first quarter. They were supposed to be a menacing team. What a lot of frontrunning pansies.

[baseline bum]

It just takes the NBArefs to gift them one away game, and they're facing a weak lot of Western Conference losers. Only Denver looks somewhat formidable but they're completely untested and thin at all positions. , the West is so bad even the Lakers could make it through. And the reaction to Draymond implies the league offices have greenlit pushing everything in the Warriors' direction.

I just don't see that team flipping the switch like the 95 Rockets or 01 Lakers. I have such a hard time seeing a team that only managed 11 road wins winning a le. Though with Memphis ting the bed their second round matchup certainly looks a lot easier should they get through Sacramento.

[heyheymymy]

lol now that Kawhi's camp has packed him in and shelved him before he damages his brand marketability cred we should see LAL suddenly powerhouse up since ESPN needs at least one Los Angeles market team doing well to push units. Might be Lebrons last jersey selling efforts as well.

[TD 21]

Okay who is winning this ring this year?

MIL looks like , GSW looks dunzo, PHX maybe but they seem flawed albeit deeper than before, PHI already has Embiid at 50% and it's only the first round, LAC is dunzo, SAC seems too underpowered perhaps?

Maybe BOS beats DEN 4-2 or something? Help me out here, let's hear some calls on the initial vibe as we have the first round slightly underway here.

The Suns are paper thin. Given current health statuses, Celtics vs Nuggets is the safest bet.

Yet I don't feel confident in them or any team (Celtics lack an MVP caliber player/go-to playmaker, are heavily reliant on 3's and R. Williams' durability or lack thereof; Nuggets have no second star, a mediocre defense and go about 6.5 deep).

[Barfunk]

Spurs in the right like I knew from the jump. ESPN and the mainstream sports media tried their damndest to make the Spurs look like the bad guy when all this Uncle er stuff started back in 2018.

[Mr. Body]

The Suns are paper thin. Given current health statuses, Celtics vs Nuggets is the safest bet.

Yet I don't feel confident in them or any team (Celtics lack an MVP caliber player/go-to playmaker, are heavily reliant on 3's and R. Williams' durability or lack thereof; Nuggets have no second star, a mediocre defense and go about 6.5 deep).

Every single team in the NBA right now would get wrecked in a real era.

[daslicer]

I’m glad I was right about not wanting to suoermax Kawhi way back in the day. I was the only idiot saying we shouldn’t give it to him bc he wouldn’t be worth it and BAM looks like everything worked out for us.

Also it’s hilarious watching mainstream media turn on Kawhi. I was watching The Herd and Colin had a 8 minute monologue on literally everything Spurs fans and Pop were saying 5 years ago. Kawhi isn’t vocal, he’s not a leader in the locker room, he ghosts management, he won’t play through any pain, his knees are shot, and the juice isn’t worth the squeeze with him. 5 years ago Colin blasted the Spurs for saying the exact same things he is saying today. Same with Stephen A.

I also said he didn't deserve the super max back then. I felt I got lambasted the most for saying that in here back then if you look at the old Kawhi thread that was a thousand pages long during the '17-'18 season.

The media supporting him was predictable. They all wanted him to go to the Lakers and were desperate for the Lakers to be relevant. Granted he went to the Clippers but originally the Lakers were Kawhi's target up until Lebron went there in summer of '18. Them turning against him is predictable like others have said since he's not succeeding in LA they are pissed off at him about it considering they derive a lot of pleasure and money off of LA teams doing well.

[daslicer]

Spurs in the right like I knew from the jump. ESPN and the mainstream sports media tried their damndest to make the Spurs look like the bad guy when all this Uncle er stuff started back in 2018.

ESPN and national media jumped to new lows in my eyes in 2018. They were always biased but they jumped the shark with their gaslighting of that situation when they would go ham on the Spurs by making up a bunch of nonsense to discredit them. The money has to be pretty good for these guys to constantly kiss LA's ass and even lie outrageously to get players to come there.

[daslicer]

I just don't see that team flipping the switch like the 95 Rockets or 01 Lakers. I have such a hard time seeing a team that only managed 11 road wins winning a le. Though with Memphis ting the bed their second round matchup certainly looks a lot easier should they get through Sacramento.

They have a chance of fluking their way to the WCF if they somehow end up playing the Lakers in round 2. Just like you said I don't think they are as good as the '95 Rockets that were in the same position as them seeding wise. Hakeem went on God mode during that run and that was also the last run where Clyde was a legit superstar.