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great another Kawai thread disguised as a Bowen thread.
How ridiculous are the Clippers going to feel when they discover they exposed their unprofessional silly selfs to impress a system player that Kawhi will prove himself to be? Oh never mind,wait...it’s the Clippers so it’s a union made in basketball heaven!
great another Kawai thread disguised as a Bowen thread.
The issue was never about an injury or misdiagnosis. It’s about a player that severely lacks the communication skills necessary to manage any sort of hardship. In addition, you have his camp purposely trying to sabotage the relationship and when you put the 2 together, the outcome is a trade that no one saw coming a year ago. This was the oddest situation I’ve ever seen in sports in terms of a divorce. It’s very disappointing but it’s probably time to move on. I think we will never get the complete answer on this but I truly believe the Spurs acted in Kawhi’s best interest and their camp took advantage of the situation. I think in time Kawhi will regret his decision.
I get this. I just wonder how it became an issue las season but wasn't in previous years when people in the organization are saying he didn't talk with them in those 6 years either.
It was pretty obvious they had a communication problem and that issue could deteriorate every relationship.
I guess that's the reason why the team had issues reading their best players situations in last seasons.
Pop said he didn't know about LMA feelings until he asked for a trade in 2017 summer...
I'm just saying I expect everyone learn from these last two offseasons.
They made the same mistake that a lot of us did. They thought his quietness was akin to Duncan's, and that he would eventually open up, not turn on the team. LMA and Pop had their issues, but they sat down, talked, and worked it out. KL either is incapable of that, or he's not the one in control of his group. My 'aha' moment was the phone video when Uncle Fester LITERALLY took Kawhi by the hand and led him away from some Spurs fans in NYC.
I just heard Buce on the DP Show. Straight from his mouth. The clipper’s management flat out told him that he was getting fired because of what he said about kawitter and that they didn’t agree and couldn’t take any chances. They literally told him he was fired because of what he said. So to those who said that’s not what happened, you.
Bowen had a final shot at the Clippers when Patrick told him that someone with the Clippers said Bowen knew he should not have been talking about Leonard because they wanted to sign the former Spurs all-star forward, and have a difficult time getting free agents to Los Angeles. “If you can’t get free agents in California, in Los Angeles that is, that has nothing to do with Bruce Bowen, that has more to do with the organization,” Bowen said.
Full article: https://www.ksat.com/sports/nba/spur...im-at-clippers
soundbite makes a ton of sense
Damn, Bowen went in...
Clippers gonna Clip...
Just listened to Bowen on the DP Show. I'm glad he didn't back down. This says a lot about the Clippers organization and not in a good way. Kawhi seems even more sensitive than what I initially thought. His camp definitely had something to do with the firing of Bruce Bowen. Dude is more of a cupcake than KD.
My 'aha' moment was the phone video when Uncle Fester LITERALLY took Kawhi by the hand and led him away from some Spurs fans in NYC.[/QUOTE]
Is there any way to see that footage? Website? Twitter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBujjzhh1vQ
Pretty sure this is the original upload.
Thank you! Never saw that before. That's incredible.
It's silly to think they were that stupid to do something like that. DRob said that most people in the organization can "count on one hand how many words Kawhi's really said" to them in 7 years as Spur.
I doubt that Tim didn't talk with them in his first 7 years in SA.
But they aren't fans like us, they're an NBA team with people that have to deal with this situations better than us. The communication issue they had with their two best players was a mistake.They made the same mistake that a lot of us did. ... LMA and Pop had their issues, but they sat down, talked, and worked it out.
In two situations, the team could fix one. And like Pop said, they didn't trade LMA just because they wouldn't get great offers for him "I told him, 'I'd be happy to trade you. You get me a talent like Kevin Durant, and I'll drive you to the airport" Who knows if LMA would be on the team if they would have gotten an All Star for him like DeRozan.
I'm glad they could solve the issue with LMA but it doesn't change the fact that he asked for a trade while Pop "ignored" what was happening to his player.
I wonder what happened to "CIA" Pop in last years, the coach that knew everything about his players on/off court...
Again, they're not reading well situations and had communications issues.
For the sake of the team, I just expect everyone learned from these last two summers, and the Spurs change their approach to relationship-building with today NBA stars.
There isn't a Tim Duncan anymore. The Spurs can't expect players to be like him or the rest of the Big3. The league has changed and players, esp stars have changed too.
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