Kawhi not hosting The Decision or being weak-minded like Durant makes a big difference. I don't think a majority of the world knows he faked an injury to force a trade to get a shoe deal with New Balance.
2019 NBA offseason
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That is an opinion and a rumor. Not fact. It may be true but we don't know for sure. It is equally possible that the Spurs mismanaged him and his injury.Guitarsoup said:
Kawhi not hosting The Decision or being weak-minded like Durant makes a big difference. I don't think a majority of the world knows he faked an injury to force a trade to get a shoe deal with New Balance.
It is a fact.cityagboy said:That is an opinion and a rumor. Not fact. It may be true but we don't know for sure. It is equally possible that the Spurs mismanaged him and his injury.Guitarsoup said:
Kawhi not hosting The Decision or being weak-minded like Durant makes a big difference. I don't think a majority of the world knows he faked an injury to force a trade to get a shoe deal with New Balance.
No, it's not. Show me the facts.
Feel free to do your own research. I'm not gonna waste my time digging up old posts because city boy is too lazy to do his own research into the subject. It's been posted about many, many times with links to all the facts.
If you want to believe the Spurs mismanaged his injury, that's fine, but the Spurs have been the NBA team that set the standard for time and injury management in the NBA and have a strong and well-founded reputation for correctly managing player injuries and recoveries. The Spurs did everything they could for Kawhi except be a big market team.
If you want to believe the Spurs mismanaged his injury, that's fine, but the Spurs have been the NBA team that set the standard for time and injury management in the NBA and have a strong and well-founded reputation for correctly managing player injuries and recoveries. The Spurs did everything they could for Kawhi except be a big market team.
I'm not saying it is one way or the other. I just haven't seen any facts.
AG 2000' said:
Seems pretty likely at this point that Kawhi is going to go the Durant ***** move route and join the Lakers, with Iggy riding along on their coattails.
F Dennis the Menace and his nephew.
I think Kawhi didn't/doesn't get enough criticism nationally, as opposed to in SA, for what certainly looked like a case of malingering to force a trade, but he's already been the best player on two championship teams.
Choosing to go to a town you want to live in and join a super team after having already proven you can win it all, twice, is very different than the beta move Durant pulled.
The difference is also he already has 2 rings while neither KD or Bron had one when they joined/created the super team.CFTXAG10 said:
I feel like he wasn't quite the villain yet, even after what happened in San Antonio. There was a large contingent of Spurs fans that were pissed, but if he joins the Lakers he should fully expect the same treatment that LeBron got in Miami, and KD got in Golden State.
Edit to add: He may not be as widely criticized though based on the fact he isn't as outspoken as KD and LeBron
Ridiculous because there is a lot of money to go around? That seems like a good thing. Seth played a pivotal role with Portland last year, and has improved a lot since he was last with Dallas.AustinAg2012 said:Little brother's getting $8 million per season to essentially wash laundry? The NBA just keeps getting more ridiculous by the minute.Olsen said:
He hit 45% of his threes last year. He'll play a Steve Kerr on Bulls role. Sit on his spot, knock down shots. Let Luka create for the shooters.AustinAg2012 said:Little brother's getting $8 million per season to essentially wash laundry? The NBA just keeps getting more ridiculous by the minute.Olsen said:
Crazy to me that the only team to get appreciably worse in the West was Golden State. Everyone else either improved or at worst remained the same.
Curry averaged a whopping 7.9 points per game last season while playing in 74 games. Yeah, I guess that warrants $8m/season deal.
And he made 1.5 of 3.4 attempts from behind the arc. Woohoo. Some of these recent contracts are crazy, with this being high on the list. Atta boy, Cubes!
And he made 1.5 of 3.4 attempts from behind the arc. Woohoo. Some of these recent contracts are crazy, with this being high on the list. Atta boy, Cubes!
I'm looking at these remaining free agents, and if Kawhi doesn't sign with the Lakers, I'm not sure what they are going to have.
DeMarcus Cousins, Rondo, and Ray Felton?
Tyson Chandler, Kenneth Faried, and Lance Stephenson?
DeMarcus Cousins, Rondo, and Ray Felton?
Tyson Chandler, Kenneth Faried, and Lance Stephenson?
He was a backup to the 2nd Team All-NBA point guard that came in top 10 for MVP voting in 3 of the last 4 years. Quite a different role than the one he is being paid to be with the Mavs, which is a spot up shooter with the first team.AustinAg2012 said:
Curry averaged a whopping 7.9 points per game last season while playing in 74 games. Yeah, I guess that warrants $8m/season deal.
And he made 1.5 of 3.4 attempts from behind the arc. Woohoo. Some of these recent contracts are crazy, with this being high on the list. Atta boy, Cubes!
The Knicks have 7 players on team options for next year, so they can open up ridiculous space again if they want.
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@asilversteinTV's Sources: Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Lakers are inching closer to an agreement on a max contract that will bring the SoCal native back home to team up with LeBron James & Anthony Davis. Contingent on a few training staff additions from his camp! #Lakers #NBAFreeAgency2019
EDITED: Looks like this tweet got deleted. A Lakers insider tweeted out that Kawhi and the Lakers were closer than ever.
Uncle Dennis getting that job!
You have a screenshot by chance?Olsen said:Quote:
@asilversteinTV's Sources: Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Lakers are inching closer to an agreement on a max contract that will bring the SoCal native back home to team up with LeBron James & Anthony Davis. Contingent on a few training staff additions from his camp! #Lakers #NBAFreeAgency2019
EDITED: Looks like this tweet got deleted. A Lakers insider tweeted out that Kawhi and the Lakers were closer than ever.
Sorry I didn't a chance to screenshot it but I was able to copy and paste the tweet in the quote and the @ handle to the Twitter user.
I went to look at that guy's twitter account and it looks like he's a wannabe twitter influencer. Certainly not an NBA insider