Re: Camp and Preseason 2023
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:03 pm
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og15 wrote:In general, everyone's body is different, some guys can come back and feel at their best sooner than others. We also have to add that in terms of his body and injuries, Kawhi is not the average pro athlete, his lower body is more fragile and susceptible than other pro athletes, it's just part of his life.
It seems like a lot of people still want to live in a world where Kawhi is just an average player when it comes to injury proneness and resilience, so they respond and react to his injury situations that way, but he simply isn't. Just because he's jacked and all that doesn't mean much except that he's working hard.
Players like Beverley, Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams — Clippers bedrocks before the arrival of Leonard and George — bristled when Leonard was permitted to take games off to manage his body and to live in San Diego, which often led to him being late for team flights, league sources said. The team also allowed Leonard to dictate to Rivers when he could be pulled from games, among other things.
---Jovan Buha and Joe Vardon, via The Athletic, October 2020
esqtvd wrote:og15 wrote:In general, everyone's body is different, some guys can come back and feel at their best sooner than others. We also have to add that in terms of his body and injuries, Kawhi is not the average pro athlete, his lower body is more fragile and susceptible than other pro athletes, it's just part of his life.
It seems like a lot of people still want to live in a world where Kawhi is just an average player when it comes to injury proneness and resilience, so they respond and react to his injury situations that way, but he simply isn't. Just because he's jacked and all that doesn't mean much except that he's working hard.
57 G, 52 G, 0 G, 52 G
161 GP in 4 years
Has played 70 games only twice in his career, the last time when he was 25. Skepticism is warranted.Players like Beverley, Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams — Clippers bedrocks before the arrival of Leonard and George — bristled when Leonard was permitted to take games off to manage his body and to live in San Diego, which often led to him being late for team flights, league sources said. The team also allowed Leonard to dictate to Rivers when he could be pulled from games, among other things.
---Jovan Buha and Joe Vardon, via The Athletic, October 2020
By all accounts, both Kawhi and the team have turned over a new leaf, that the regular season MUST be taken more seriously. This is why.
og15 wrote:esqtvd wrote:og15 wrote:In general, everyone's body is different, some guys can come back and feel at their best sooner than others. We also have to add that in terms of his body and injuries, Kawhi is not the average pro athlete, his lower body is more fragile and susceptible than other pro athletes, it's just part of his life.
It seems like a lot of people still want to live in a world where Kawhi is just an average player when it comes to injury proneness and resilience, so they respond and react to his injury situations that way, but he simply isn't. Just because he's jacked and all that doesn't mean much except that he's working hard.
57 G, 52 G, 0 G, 52 G
161 GP in 4 years
Has played 70 games only twice in his career, the last time when he was 25. Skepticism is warranted.Players like Beverley, Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams — Clippers bedrocks before the arrival of Leonard and George — bristled when Leonard was permitted to take games off to manage his body and to live in San Diego, which often led to him being late for team flights, league sources said. The team also allowed Leonard to dictate to Rivers when he could be pulled from games, among other things.
---Jovan Buha and Joe Vardon, via The Athletic, October 2020
By all accounts, both Kawhi and the team have turned over a new leaf, that the regular season MUST be taken more seriously. This is why.
I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be skeptical about