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Nah. If Kawhi leaves, Kawhi being -ass would be to blame.
yea yea, 5 championships i get it but that's in the past. Times are different now in this modern NBA and its all about the stars and how they wanna run the show. If this really is the case, i fear no one will wanna come here and play as long as Pop and his "ways" are still present. could be awhile then until we get another "big time" FA to roll in SA.
Nah. If Kawhi leaves, Kawhi being -ass would be to blame.
So youre soft like kl? Congrats
nope, not soft buddy. just saying, might be the difference between getting more ships and not and right now, if we lose this cat (top 5 player) we aint winning for awhile.
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Oh okay
You limp noodle
bite me. don't be crying when spurs aint winning for a good while. you think they're gonna get back equal talent for his ass or better?? ...
regardless of what people think of spurstalk, this is how the players and the rest of the league will see this situation
It was pop and the spurs culture what made Duncan stay here, and is a very similar approach, somehow updated but still very similar, what made golden state the powerhouse they are today.
So in reality you have to ask these two questions.
Do you believe Kawhi will be at least as successful as Duncan to change something that worked with and for him and in some way still honors Td?
Do you believe that change had to be towards what Cleveland and Oklahoma and Houston had made with very little success, over what the spurs, golden state and in some way Miami did??
Culture doesn't win. Tim Duncan and Kawhi Leonard do.
Stars wouldn't come here anyway. The culture and Pop are the only thing keeping us from being another Sacramento, tbh.
Aldridge, and some posters on spurstalk believe PG13 and Irving wished play in San Antonio for Pop
Sacramento doesn't have Lamarcus Aldridge.
And you don’t own a boat
I wouldn't blame SA, nor Kawhi.
There are some SAS moves I don't get...Let Dedmon walk, loyalty-contracts, overpaying useless players in off-season but I don't blame "Spurs culture" at all. That's just Pop losing his fire.
I have no doubt Pop feels more comfortable with olds players like Manu Pau and even LMA that with young guys like Brandon or DJ, who can't blame him for that?
My grandpa doesn't get anything I say...But these guys are pro, they can handle their differences properly.
If the Spurs deny Kawhi the extension and trade him, I won't blame them. I will miss him badly but the Spurs'll be fine.
Like I've always said, there is life for the Spurs without Kawhi and viceversa.
Last edited by YGWHI; 04-03-2018 at 07:45 PM.
This? What's about the other option? Kawhi doesn't want to leave but the Spurs deny him the extension and trade him. Would you blame the Spurs? I wouldn't.
Like I wouldn't Kawhi for asking an extension.
Players get traded all time, we shouldn't see this like a drama blaming one/other side.
if somebody sat out when able to play in an effort to force himself out*
then he's entirely to blame
*if
But why would they do that?
Like a player would lose the chance of getting the first supermax of his career just "to force himself out"
There is no endorsement deal that gives him that much money in any market.
Only way I can see Kawhi wanting to leave if he doesn't get that extension.
This isn't about culture, in today NBA is about money.
How is a star supposed to run the show when he won’t even get on the court and play?
Many reasons.
-They cleared him to play but already knew his injury is problematic? This isn't the first time they trade an injured player. It's about business not "culture/family"
-Sadly, there are small markets that can't afford supermax deals. SA could be one of them.
-Pop will retire in one, two years. SAS wouldn't want a supermax contract for the next five years.
-Some LeBron deal in the summer?. Bron already said he won't play for less than the max. Kawhi's supermax and Bron's max in the books in next seasons are too much for SA.
Last edited by YGWHI; 04-03-2018 at 08:12 PM.
He's the only one, ever. He's a second tier star too. And besides what was the biggest basketball reason why he came here? It wasn't bc of Kawhi's anti-social ass.
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