at people acting like Dedmon is Cappella or Embiid. He's a role player. Same with Simmons. Both those guys wanted to get paid. End of story.
Kawhi wanted to leave. First it was mismanagement of his injury, but then we found out his doctors were in control since before training camp last season. Then it was him feeling disrespected by the organization and how they made him look to the media. Then it was the so-called, "ambush players only meeting" that offended him.
There is also the lack of knowledge the Spurs have on how to treat modern day athletes. We've also heard it's because San Antonio is a small market, which caused him to lose on out on bigger endorsement deals such as a larger shoe deal with Jordan. Now it's something someone in the organization said that hurt his feelings. So which is it?
It's none of those. This guy wanted out of San Antonio period and just looked for excuses to justify his behavior last season. He hasn't even spoken about it. He didn't wanna meet with Pop. He didn't return David's call. That's what someone does when they don't want to face the music. Someone who doesn't have the balls to just come out and say I don't want to be here.