Saying he plans to try out is talking as if he is already on the team? I know the education level is low in the US, but good lord
Saying he plans to try out is talking as if he is already on the team? I know the education level is low in the US, but good lord
Are you really comparing the U.S to St Croix lol?
Exactly this. He already threw his usual disclaimer out there by saying "If I feel up to it and feel ready to go..." When does he ever feel "up to it"? He'll bail.
Why would he address it either way if he didn't intend to play?
He doesn't give a damn about his reputation or the media. (I live in LA and he's talked about less now than when he was with the Spurs.)
He's probably being (relatively) honest this time.
I’m guessing someone asked him a question, and rather than not answer, he threw out a highly qualified ambiguous one.
its amazing how still to this day, the stories of how it went down are out there and the nba media still just is like “meh no clue what happened, meh he’s so awesome ohmahgerd”
He says "if I feel up to it". He ain't gonna play
From what site owner revealed he put it at 50 Spurs 50 Kwa
You don't want that 50 Spurs coming out ever, do you?
Should get his jersey hung by the Spurs just for this. He’s really gonna help save the old never-was’ career when he didn’t have to. Hero
From what I have heard Brian Wright who was the Spurs assistant GM at the time called him a pussy for sitting out. Kawhi took offense and asked the Spurs to get rid of Wright but the Spurs refused. That's where the spurs get 50 percent of the blame for not silencing Wright but still what Kawhi did was bush league.
Last edited by Uriel; 03-11-2021 at 07:03 PM.
Darn Daslicer, I didn't remember any of that. Great memory and also great find Uriel to backup what Daslicer said.
ing Brian Wright has screwed this team over with a ton of bad decisions. I don't see how he still has a job.
I doubt that Kawhi wanted out based on some nonpublic comment by a Spurs underling. He wanted out because it was part of a bigger plan.
The actual comment might not have been the total reason, but it might have been the thing that started it all. Either way, that clown Brian Wright should have kept his mouth shut, and IMO, should have been fired.
Wright shouldn't have said what he said but Kawhi was going to leave regardless. From what I have heard Wright had this moment around December of 2017 or January of 2018. Wright got fed up with Kawhi playing games with the Spurs and called him out. He should have been smarter and not said anything so Kawhi didn't have the leverage to make the Spurs look bad from a PR point of view.
I just don't see Kawhi being motivated (touchy feely) by some comment. He's a bit too reptilian.
It wasn't the thing that started it all. Uncle Dennis had been poking the Spurs for years with his bs shenanigans but the Spurs were always smart not to bite. It was going to eventually end ugly. Wright lost his cool and snapped. Even if he kept his cool Kawhi is still leaving since Kawhi's uncle wanted LA.
I agree 100 percent. Kawhi was leaving regardless of what Wright said. Just that it sucked to see the Spurs lose the PR battle. I felt if Wright didn't say what he did the Spurs could have fought Kawhi more successfully in the media war.
Alright, again, jumping the gun on my part. I didn't know the timeline. I thought he said it much, much earlier and then Kawhi's people started to use it against him and the Spurs organization for not firing him. Do you think it would have made any difference to Kawhi if they fired Wright? I think it may have shown him that they won't tolerate someone taking a shot at their star player, but I don't know. Bringing this stuff up just gets me mad again and it makes me think not clearly.
It would have made zero difference if they fired Wright. Kawhi is Uncle Dennis' puppet. Dennis wanted Kawhi to have the same type of brand that Lebron James has and didn't feel Kawhi could achieve it in SA and thus wanted him to go to LA for endorsement deals.
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