Woj: Kawhi Cleared to Play; Chooses to Sit Out; In NYC Getting 2nd Opinion on Injury

[Avitus1]

Dude seems broken mentally.

[Brazil]

Having your own guys vs having legit discord with the Spurs staff is very different things IMO. Especially to the point where you have rumors coming out from guys like Woj.

Issue is when your own guys want to show they deserve to be paid and start tell their boss.. “don’t listen to spurs medical staff, they don’t know what they are doing, let’s have our own protocol”.. some players can be heavily influenced by this kind of speech.. Brady does not trust at all pats medical staff, he only trust his diet guru.. probably same kind of happening with kawhi getting brainwashed by entourage including dat ing uncle

[DPG21920]

Issue is when your own guys want to show they deserve to be paid and start tell their boss.. “don’t listen to spurs medical staff, they don’t know what they are doing, let’s have our own protocol”.. some players can be heavily influenced by this kind of speech.. Brady does not trust at all pats medical staff, he only trust his diet guru.. probably same kind of happening with kawhi getting brainwashed by entourage including dat ing uncle

Sure but Brady is playing and nothing is leaking that he has a bad relationship.

[coachmac87]

TP was a ing warrior compared with Kawhi. Sure he had his share of random injuries but they were all legit (ankle sprains etc). He always (over) communicated to the Spurs, American and French press about his desire to come back and play, then his actions followed through each and every time. He also played international ball several years and won the EuroBasket the same year the Spurs went to the Finals. No comparison. One will hang in the rafters, the other is now a joke that needs to be traded.

Tony had surgery...different deal. Tony couldn’t walk without surgery...

Kawhi can possibly elect surgery but you can go ahead and add 8-9 months if he does..he’d be damaged goods if he goes that route.

[LkrFan]

The Ringer chimes in:

[Mr. Body]

Booker is a best case (one good young player with promise). Lillard is base case/likely, plus maybe a 2nd (vet, proven scorer). Eric Gordon/Lou Will-type (3rd tier) and a pick is worst case.

edit: also a basket of random prospects like OKC got for Ibaka is also an option (3-5 players with various prospects, e.g. Aaron Gordon/JSimms/etc)

I doubt Lillard would want to play next to Aldridge again. Booker, IMO, is complete empty stats. I'd rather just pull as many number one picks as possible and think about the future. We're not competing until after the Warriors fall apart, anyway.

[phxspurfan]

Back in the days tp had an agent and his mom for his diet and the spurs.. kawhi has a whole team around him.. look at the Brady / Pats situation, same kind of BS..

Dude Tom Brady is the GOAT and face of the franchise and league. He has single handedly willed that team to like 5 championships. He is their Tim Duncan/LeBron. He deserves to have a personal chef and his own trainers/staff. He also brought their team with a concussed Gronk to 1 play from winning it all this year, after willing them back from like 28 down last year to win it all. Kawhi would be blessed to sniff Brady's sack.

[bklynspursfan]

[BatManu20]

Wish Kawhi would just come out and say something. Anything, really.

[KDKSpurs24]

I think I’m done with this. Ready to just roll with what we have. I’m not about to think about this Kawhi situation anymore until something actually happens. I think I’ll be able to enjoy the season even more with that mindset.

[Darius Bieber]

Beginning of the end of the Spurs' run tbh

[YGWHI]

The Ringer chimes in:

Not a bad article at all. I like the part about focusing on DJ development...There are some lines about the possible misdiagnosis...But I hate the GSW-Houston part.

I would love if JeffMcDonald could write an article like this instead of tweeting his dumb thoughts.

[DMC]

"Kawhi is a leader" -upstairs

"Kawhi ain't no leader, Kawhi works on Kawhi" -DMC

This probably cements Pop's retirement at the end of the season.

[AaronY]

Kawhi quit.PERIOD

[phxspurfan]

"Kawhi is a leader" -upstairs

"Kawhi ain't no leader, Kawhi works on Kawhi" -DMC

This probably cements Pop's retirement at the end of the season.

Unless a miracle happens and we turn Kawhi into someone really good or a top 2 pick in the draft, I agree he probably retires. I hope TP, Manu and he all retire together, so I can come back next December and watch their jerseys (pop will have a jersey or banner) go up.

[DMC]

Unless a miracle happens and we turn Kawhi into someone really good or a top 2 pick in the draft, I agree he probably retires. I hope TP, Manu and he all retire together, so I can come back next December and watch their jerseys (pop will have a jersey or banner) go up.

I don't think Pop relies so much on the outlook of the team as much as just deciding 70 is the right age to focus only on USA basketball and let the NBA move on.

[cjw]

The more I think about this, the more frustrating it is if he can actually play. Would he play if it were the playoffs and doesn’t want to waste regular season minutes?

My Eagles had a guy stay in with a torn ACL to throw a pivotal TD pass to a guy with what was later revealed to be a torn rotator cuff (who caught a TD in Super Bowl, and in prior Super Bowl had a guy playing on a broken ankle). I’d have to think he has the heart to play through SOME pain in games that matter.

[DMC]

Kawhi quit.PERIOD

Pop sat Tim out when Tim could have probably played. He rests players for no reason other than to show his ass. Kawhi decided to sit himself out. He's had great coaching but he's been one of a learner, so he's likely been financially coached with "this is your future, look at Derrick Rose who kept pushing it and now he's basically out of the league".

If Kawhi suffered a major injury, the Spurs wouldn't go on hold waiting for him to recover. It's business. That works both ways. Kobe took 50m and spent most of that time on vacation in another country.

[HarlemHeat37]

The past year has shown how fortunate Pop has been to have spent virtually his entire career in a setting that doesn't resemble the typical NBA environment..outside of Duncan almost leaving to Orlando(which wasn't even comparable to this, since he was a FA), this franchise has faced minimal NBA drama during their great run..

In the past year, they've had to deal with the reality of the NBA and 2 of the most common personalities among superstar athletes..the cancer who asks for a trade and only cares about touches(Aldridge) and the -ass, pussy-boy (Kawhi)..

We'll see how they adjust to the real world from an NBA standpoint..it isn't so easy without Duncan, Ginobili and Parker putting the team first

Personally, my preference is for Pop to retire and to move on from soft-ass Kawhi..Pop is way too out of touch at his current age, he's just living off reputation..start a re-tool(they won't fully rebuild right now) and get Becky in as coach to keep the team somewhat relevant..

[Leetonidas]

The past year has shown how fortunate Pop has been to have spent virtually his entire career in a setting that doesn't resemble the typical NBA environment..outside of Duncan almost leaving to Orlando(which wasn't even comparable to this, since he was a FA), this franchise has faced minimal NBA drama during their great run..

In the past year, they've had to deal with the reality of the NBA and 2 of the most common personalities among superstar athletes..the cancer who asks for a trade and only cares about touches(Aldridge) and the -ass, pussy-boy (Kawhi)..

We'll see how they adjust to the real world from an NBA standpoint..it isn't so easy without Duncan, Ginobili and Parker putting the team first

Personally, my preference is for Pop to retire and to move on from soft-ass Kawhi..Pop is way too out of touch at his current age, he's just living off reputation..start a re-tool(they won't fully rebuild right now) and get Becky in as coach to keep the team somewhat relevant..

[noles1983]

If this got is healthy and sitting out, he shouldnt be getting paid.

[marinoman]

Last year in the playoffs he wanted to play but pop and the staff would not let him. Now its the opposite?
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[Amuseddaysleeper]

if only i had the POWUH in this forum to IP ban you

Shut up

[marinoman]

Looks like i may have to change my sig, also wallpaper on my phone

[Arcadian]

I don't understand. Why is he "medically cleared" to play? If his quad still hurts, he shouldn't be cleared to play.