Lowe Post Podcast w/ Michael C. Wright

[MannyIsGod]

I agree, I listened to it today and it actually didn't come across as anti Spur at all.

[cutewizard]

kori ellis, originator and owner of the forum with her husband Timvp, is a she, yes.

https://texags.com/forums/5/topics/1156306

[SAGirl]

Simmons wasn't a locker room problem. If he was, they wouldn't have put the QO on him. Only after weeks of him refusing to sign did the Magic, desperate for a signing, come in and negotiate, leading to the Spurs doing Simmons the favor of rescinding.

If Simmons was such a problem they would have dumped him at the start, and if he was so obviously Kawhi's guy, they would have paid him.

IMO, all this Simmons and Dedmon storyline is made up. While they were in the Spurs there wasn’t a peep heard or rumored about them being locker room cancers. Then all of a sudden, a whole year after and some Kawhi drama that’s inexplicable, their names get dragged into this.

The team meeting happened without them. They were not in the team the last whole year. Fans are just speculating and making stuff up at this point... Grasping at straws bc no one really knows what happened.

[Dingle Barry]

Sorry, the way Lowe phrased it. You could tell he wanted to say the Spurs were "arrogant" in their way of thinking. He's said as much the last few weeks.

I listened to it and didn't take it that way. He even said the Spurs have earned the right to have the confidence or something like that.

[r0drig0lac]

IMO, all this Simmons and Dedmon storyline is made up. While they were in the Spurs there wasn’t a peep heard or rumored about them being locker room cancers. Then all of a sudden, a whole year after and some Kawhi drama that’s inexplicable, their names get dragged into this.

The team meeting happened without them. They were not in the team the last whole year. Fans are just speculating and making stuff up at this point... Grasping at straws bc no one really knows what happened.

fair

[Seventyniner]

I agree, I listened to it today and it actually didn't come across as anti Spur at all.

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story!

[superbigtime]

Holt said TD shoulda been FMVP and Kawhi couldn't handle that.

[T Park]

LeBron is a toxic to any franchise, he'll leave everytime...But I would do my best effort to keep him or Kawhi on my team.

I'm tired to read "toxic in the locker room" like it's a big issue.

No one teammate liked Kobe, MJ was a b*tch...And they still won everything

Pop was so lucky with Tim but there is just one Tim Duncan. The Spurs should know it and keep "toxic" Kawhi on the team, like Phil could handle MJ and Kobe.

you just have zero clue how it works. MJ wasn't "Toxic" he was a leader who took no and ran things.
Same with Lebron. Kawhi is just a whining little bas who made things awful and his family trying to be big shots damn near ruined the team.

You not wanting to deal with that, is a you issue. Sorry.

[RC_Drunkford]

Not really a ton of new stuff. My notes:

• Wright - SA is not interested in any sort of rebuild, fans expect team to remain compe ive and stay ahead of other teams
• Wright thinks Ginobili is coming back based on all the talks, joking between Pop and Gino
• Zach continuing his anti-Spurs slant of late, saying the Spurs have a "self-confidence" about turning guys like Murray into stars.
• Lowe/Wright doesn't think the supermax was ever offered or that Kawhi would have actually accepted it (Not motivated by money, endorsements, etc. )
• Wright thinks the Holts' divorce was a factor in deciding whether to offer supermax
• Kawhi kepts telling Pop/RC that he'd back soon and never came back. Ducked out right after the team photoshoot. Wright does say that Kawhi was always planning on coming back and was doing crazy workouts in NYC.
• Porky led the infamous team meeting, guys were overall support of him and his "rehab." Kawhi stood his ground and said "I'll do anything for you guys in this room but not this organization."
• Pop and Kawhi meeting near the draft was just them two and it was very brief, around 10 minutes. Lowe said he heard it went "badly"
• After that meeting and trade request, Spurs still held out hope that they could fix the relationship and did not want to trade him.
• RC/Pop both care for Kawhi as a person deeply, almost like trading a son away according to Wright.
• Kawhi's best friend is Jeremy Castleberry, intern coach on the Spurs.
• Wright says people in the org were willing to let him come to training camp to work it out but did not want to deal with a possible holdout situation at all.
• Lowe calls the Spurs a high floor/low ceiling team next season. I agree tbh.

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[Uriel]

Not really a ton of new stuff. My notes:

• Wright - SA is not interested in any sort of rebuild, fans expect team to remain compe ive and stay ahead of other teams
• Wright thinks Ginobili is coming back based on all the talks, joking between Pop and Gino
• Zach continuing his anti-Spurs slant of late, saying the Spurs have a "self-confidence" about turning guys like Murray into stars.
• Lowe/Wright doesn't think the supermax was ever offered or that Kawhi would have actually accepted it (Not motivated by money, endorsements, etc. )
• Wright thinks the Holts' divorce was a factor in deciding whether to offer supermax
• Kawhi kepts telling Pop/RC that he'd back soon and never came back. Ducked out right after the team photoshoot. Wright does say that Kawhi was always planning on coming back and was doing crazy workouts in NYC.
• Porky led the infamous team meeting, guys were overall support of him and his "rehab." Kawhi stood his ground and said "I'll do anything for you guys in this room but not this organization."
• Pop and Kawhi meeting near the draft was just them two and it was very brief, around 10 minutes. Lowe said he heard it went "badly"
• After that meeting and trade request, Spurs still held out hope that they could fix the relationship and did not want to trade him.
• RC/Pop both care for Kawhi as a person deeply, almost like trading a son away according to Wright.
• Kawhi's best friend is Jeremy Castleberry, intern coach on the Spurs.
• Wright says people in the org were willing to let him come to training camp to work it out but did not want to deal with a possible holdout situation at all.
• Lowe calls the Spurs a high floor/low ceiling team next season. I agree tbh.

[DPG21920]

I will do anything for you in this room....except show up, support you or communicate with you. The fact that his teammates had to ask him what was up shows the bs that was going on

[RC_Drunkford]

I will do anything for you in this room....except show up, support you or communicate with you. The fact that his teammates had to ask him what was up shows the bs that was going on

I don't even believe he said that. From what I recall that was the NOLA game and his team leaked reports to the media that he will be back. It was also team photo day.