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To the OG posters, was Spurstalk around when Timmy almost went to Orlando? What was the reaction then?
In all seriousness, even i was starting to believe the spurs were just that lucky, that they could transition smoothly from DRob, to Tim, right onto Kawhi. Seemingly the same type of person, quiet, no-nonsense personality, fundamentals perfection, no-Ego supers om. Well, we all got hit with the Reality ugly stick epically hard. Despite appearances, we werent so lucky. Kawhi, despite seeming like a clone of Tim Duncan in the 3 spot, turned out to be a 'me-first, why am i staying in a small market, hey i kinda like the superstar thing' type player we have seen so often on other teams and thought 'man, im so glad the spurs are different'. Well, the Reality Stick just hit us square between the eyes. Kawhi is a bag. Either that, or he just doesnt like Pop..which is understandable.
To the OG posters, was Spurstalk around when Timmy almost went to Orlando? What was the reaction then?
Tim was an alpha with a quiet personality but an alpha none the less. Kiwi as good as he became was never an alpha, just a all-nba talented beta who played with a super high level role player mentality tbh.
I mean, I fell for it. Thought it was too good to be true but totally believed it. Duncan with cornrows
Cliff jumping. Hysteria. Crossed with fantasies of Grant Hill coming to SA for the vet minimum.
Some did make that mistake. I didn't. Tim is not a quiet guy. He just doesn't talk to the media. If you look on the sidelines, you could see how vocal Tim was, and how much he cared about his teammates. That was never Leonard. It doesn't make Kawhi a bad guy, but he's not Tim. No one is.
Yeah, I remember it was widely known that Antonio Daniels was Tim's best friend. He also used to have guys over all the time to play like Madden. Set up paint ball days, off-season workouts, etc. Based off stories you hear from Elliott and Bonner, you can tell that he was a vocal joker in the locker room. I don't think Kawhi has a single close NBA friend or hangs out with any of his teammates outside of basketball.
Spurs talk wasn't around back then, but I remember being nervous as . A lot of the media were reporting Duncan to Orlando as a done deal.
, even Bill Simmons at the time felt that Duncan should have gone to Orlando instead of wasting his years with SA.
As time went on he smiled and talked more on the sidelines and the court. Probably has PTSD from his fathers brain blown out in front of him.
It wasn't, but Spursreport and the WOAI Spurs boards were pretty active, and everyone was flipping out when he looked headed to Orlando.
That ing dumbass Peter Vescey reported Grant Hill would come to the Spurs for the minimum.
Then a week later Hill was definitely going to Philly to play with Iverson.
Instead, we ended-up with Derrick Rose 2.0..
Who the believed he was?
Not really.....
My biggest gripe is he won't even see out his contract and treated us like chumps for a season.
Weak as piss
The only mistake was re s thinking Poop was the sole reason behind all the success.
Instead of shoving your heads up his ass, why don't you guys wait until the chicken is done to see if it's an egg or ?
It wasn't OUR mistake. It was POP's mistake.
He thought Kawhi would feel like Tim about Spurs...Tim always felt Pop as a father, a friend, and the Spurs are his family. That wasn't Kawhi's case.
Kawhi only wanted to become one of the best player in the world, he didn't want a new family.
If you watch videos of his few interviews, he always said he only wants to get better and help the team to win. If you hear him, unlike the Big3 talking about the Spurs as a family, Kawhi never said that.
Some people aren't willing to accept that Pop made a mistake but he already did it. He never read well Kawhi's situation and now the Spurs lost a top-5 player.
Tim is like Gandalf, who will rope in the minnions to achieve the main goal; Kawhi is like Saruman, he appears harmless at first, but was actually cohort with the devil Sauron all the time
Yeah I don't get this, Kawhi is a different person and type of player he is no Tim Duncan. I get the Spurs culture aspect for Pop. Duncan is a one of a kind NBA talent that won't come around again for awhile.
Pop spent 250+ days a year with Kawhi over 7 seasons, so I don't think Pop ever thought Kawhi was Tim. He also probably didn't think he was an opportunistic back stabber.
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