Official Kawhi Watch Part 7: Speculation & Rumors

Post #1881 » by **Duffman100** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:00 pm

pilkoids wrote:
pbj wrote:
pilkoids wrote:
That the mods thought it was allowable was surprising to me.

I'm sorry but what is he 'getting away with' exactly'?

I was there last night and allowed his little 8PM shenanigans to go on because it was clearly baloney and everyone was having fun with it.

And frankly, anyone that genuinely believes that some poster on RGM is going to secretly reveal Kawhi's decision to a handful of random people on the internet deserves to be trolled.
Like people who fall for Onion articles - you don't blame the Onion for publishing fiction, you laugh at the reader for being so naive.

Respectfully disagree. That doesn't get to 50 pages if people think its baloney. People were offering money for a PM for crying out loud. Almost everybody on this board took him seriously and it derailed the thread, and you think that's fine because they deserved it?

I was reading it real time. Almost nobody was taking it seriously and everyone was admitting it was entertaining.

First Step · Post #1882 » by **First Step** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:00 pm

Steelo Green wrote:
First Step wrote:
niQ wrote:
LA already has LeBron and AD with Nike covering that market. And if you go north, Curry with UA. NB has a chance to market to the whole country of Canada with Kawhi, and potentially more as Masai is trying to show Raptors as the World's team.

I'm talking just about Los Angeles having 16 million people when you include Beverly Hills, Long Beach etc.

New Balance revenue will increase with Kawhi as a Laker vs Kawhi as a Raptor... I'm sorry that's just a fact.

New Balance wants him in Canada. LA is more saturated with so many stars, Kawhi has all of Canada. An economics insider reported it a couple of days ago.

It's also being affiliated with the Lakers. I love the Raptors, don't get me wrong, but we don't have the same brand equity as the Lakers. Globally, or in the NBA.

bluerap23 · Post #1883 » by **bluerap23** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:01 pm

dillio wrote:
Lukeem wrote:
dillio wrote:Objectively speaking, you're wrong. The Lakers are the safe pick (2 other All NBA Players, iconic franchise that everybody wants to play for, guaranteed to compete for the duration of his time there). The Raptors are the risky pick (aging group, nobody under contract after 2019-2020, no precedent of attracting big named Free Agents).

Both lakers injury prone with no depth behind them

Raptors are proven obviously just winning the title

The no players under contract past 2020 is both misleading and a positive

Misleading both anunoby and siakam can be guaranteed to return after that

And a positive because after those three with have a tonne of flexibility to get someone new or bring back those that still work for the squad

100% agreed that we have factors working in our favor, I just think it's wrong to say that the Raptors are the safe pick and the Lakers are the risky pick.

To clarify - I wasn’t even talking about players, etc. I’m saying he knows everything about how it will be here and he has seen the results. Moving to ANY team is a risk because anything can happen. You see it all the time where a players signs somewhere new and regrets it.

changes · Post #1884 » by **changes** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:01 pm

Can't believe we got itbobby camping out at the hotel :lol:

Bankai · Post #1885 » by **Bankai** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:01 pm

right between the eyes wrote:Lebron simply lacks integrity...stories of him meeting up with kawhi during our playoff run is disgusting.. praising him excessively on twitter ...

LeBron is the one who exposed the ability to collude and tamper for players. Started when LeBron tried to tamper with MVP Derrick Rose, then colluded to form the Miami 3, imagine the face of the NBA flying to cities to hide behind bushes and stalk other players. This is embarrassing behaviour. He can't be compared to Jordan on or off the Court, the Media members claiming he is the GOAT was being paid or drinking hard kool aid.

shefcurry · Post #1886 » by **shefcurry** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:03 pm

First Step wrote:
niQ wrote:
First Step wrote:NB is pushing for him to go to LA for sure. There are 16 million people in the greater Los Angeles area. Let alone the global presence the Lakers have over the Raptors isn't really close at all.

LA already has LeBron and AD with Nike covering that market. And if you go north, Curry with UA. NB has a chance to market to the whole country of Canada with Kawhi, and potentially more as Masai is trying to show Raptors as the World's team.

I'm talking just about Los Angeles having 16 million people when you include Beverly Hills, Long Beach etc.

New Balance revenue will increase with Kawhi as a Laker vs Kawhi as a Raptor... I'm sorry that's just a fact.

Except Nike wants no part of their two superstars being overshadowed by Kawhi. They'll undermine NB just like they did when Durant went to GS with Curry/UA. If I'm NB, I don't touch that situation at all. If I want LA, it's Clippers. Or if I believe Raptors are really international, I go with Raptors.

7theye · Post #1887 » by **7theye** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:04 pm

Why does everyone on this board find it so hrd to believe he’s leaving? All evidence points to this

And drakes jet is still in Miami.

Can’t we just applaud the man, and be happy for him in LA. We now have a favourite team in the West too.

Only question is if we retire the jersey

RapsAndJays21 · Post #1888 » by **RapsAndJays21** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:04 pm

Honestly, this has been absolutely insanity - and I love it. What an entertaining week.

Hero · Post #1889 » by **Hero** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:04 pm

I don't see the problem. It was entertaining and amusing.

What we need with the long wait

Duffman100 wrote:
pilkoids wrote:
pbj wrote:
I'm sorry but what is he 'getting away with' exactly'?

I was there last night and allowed his little 8PM shenanigans to go on because it was clearly baloney and everyone was having fun with it.

And frankly, anyone that genuinely believes that some poster on RGM is going to secretly reveal Kawhi's decision to a handful of random people on the internet deserves to be trolled.
Like people who fall for Onion articles - you don't blame the Onion for publishing fiction, you laugh at the reader for being so naive.

Respectfully disagree. That doesn't get to 50 pages if people think its baloney. People were offering money for a PM for crying out loud. Almost everybody on this board took him seriously and it derailed the thread, and you think that's fine because they deserved it?

I was reading it real time. Almost nobody was taking it seriously and everyone was admitting it was entertaining.

TheMainEvent · Post #1890 » by **TheMainEvent** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:04 pm

Lol @ all the focus/hate BDE is still getting this morning. I get that trolls can suck and for the most part, people don't enjoy being trolled. But man, literally NOTHING else happened yesterday. If the majority of people seemed pissed off, yes, shut it down. But otherwise, y'know, why not let people enjoy things sometimes. Lol.

mademan · Post #1891 » by **mademan** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:05 pm

Bankai wrote:
right between the eyes wrote:Lebron simply lacks integrity...stories of him meeting up with kawhi during our playoff run is disgusting.. praising him excessively on twitter ...

LeBron is the one who exposed the ability to collude and tamper for players. Started when LeBron tried to tamper with MVP Derrick Rose, then colluded to form the Miami 3, imagine the face of the NBA flying to cities to hide behind bushes and stalk other players. This is embarrassing behaviour. He can't be compared to Jordan on or off the Court, the Media members claiming he is the GOAT was being paid or drinking hard kool aid.

I mean off the court Jordan was a gamblaholic and an azzhole. Lebron's a family man who's never been in the news for anything as bad as a speeding ticket

Madhouse · Post #1892 » by **Madhouse** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:05 pm

7theye wrote:Why does everyone on this board find it so hrd to believe he’s leaving? All evidence points to this

And drakes jet is still in Miami.

Can’t we just applaud the man, and be happy for him in LA. We now have a favourite team in the West too.

Only question is if we retire the jersey

favorite team in the West?

FOH

shefcurry · Post #1893 » by **shefcurry** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:05 pm

shefcurry wrote:
First Step wrote:
niQ wrote:
LA already has LeBron and AD with Nike covering that market. And if you go north, Curry with UA. NB has a chance to market to the whole country of Canada with Kawhi, and potentially more as Masai is trying to show Raptors as the World's team.

I'm talking just about Los Angeles having 16 million people when you include Beverly Hills, Long Beach etc.

New Balance revenue will increase with Kawhi as a Laker vs Kawhi as a Raptor... I'm sorry that's just a fact.

Except Nike wants no part of their two superstars being overshadowed by Kawhi. They'll undermine NB just like they did when Durant went to GS with Curry/UA. If I'm NB, I don't touch that situation at all. If I want LA, it's Clippers. Or if I believe Raptors are really international, I go with Raptors.

Plus, with the upcoming release of the Air Dudley, the Lakers are basically a Nike team.

Post #1894 » by **pbj** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:05 pm

rocky_da_best wrote:
pbj wrote:
rocky_da_best wrote:
What's wrong is that his board has always had a precedent that if a thread is open where someone is claiming to have sources (it's happened enough times in the past) then it means they've contacted the mods and given them a reasonable explanation of the situation and divulged who their source is. I understand that there are a lot of trolls and a lot of posts to sift through, but what has happened on this board in the last week is inexcusable. From DH to alchemist to gianni13 to bde.
And I agree with you that if a thread is allowed to remain open, it means it's met some standard of credibility.

However this specific thread is clearly marked rumours and speculation, and exists only for the reason of capturing the baseless BS people would be posting anyway.

I think there's a difference between a thread for rumours and a thread designed to breed a sesspool of trolls which is what you managed to accomplish by not punishing them. And to then have the nerve to hand out warnings to legitimate posters like me without explanation is the cherry on top.

1. Consider this the red-light district - where we corral the cesspool of trolls that would otherwise be running rampant on the board. I'm not sure if you saw the week before part 1 of the thread was created, but it was pretty much the same but spread across 10 threads, and the mods scrambling to lock/warn people - and that was before things got really interesting.
I won't speak for the other mods but I don't want to censor or shape the conversation on this board, just ensure it's happening in a remotely civil way.

2. I noted several times in previous threads that personal 'attacks' in response to baseless speculation would mean a warning. Even if it wasn't vulgar and obscene, I thought you met the criteria.

3. KAWHI END THIS PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

Steelo Green · Post #1895 » by **Steelo Green** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:05 pm

First Step wrote:
Steelo Green wrote:
First Step wrote:I'm talking just about Los Angeles having 16 million people when you include Beverly Hills, Long Beach etc.

New Balance revenue will increase with Kawhi as a Laker vs Kawhi as a Raptor... I'm sorry that's just a fact.

New Balance wants him in Canada. LA is more saturated with so many stars, Kawhi has all of Canada. An economics insider reported it a couple of days ago.

It's also being affiliated with the Lakers. I love the Raptors, don't get me wrong, but we don't have the same brand equity as the Lakers. Globally, or in the NBA.

Right but we’re discussing New Balance. It’s not a brand like Nike.

Vince had the highest selling show because he was Vince. You sell players not teams.

Kawhi getting the entire Canadian market is huge for NB. They literally sell out in seconds because everyone wants anything they have to offer.

In LA there’s so many stars that he just is one of the guys.

MEDIC · Post #1896 » by **MEDIC** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:06 pm

I spent a good 6 hours on my boat yesterday. No cell phone no wifi.

Ahhh. It was great!

NotMyKawhi · Post #1897 » by **NotMyKawhi** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:06 pm

First Step wrote:
Steelo Green wrote:
First Step wrote:I'm talking just about Los Angeles having 16 million people when you include Beverly Hills, Long Beach etc.

New Balance revenue will increase with Kawhi as a Laker vs Kawhi as a Raptor... I'm sorry that's just a fact.

New Balance wants him in Canada. LA is more saturated with so many stars, Kawhi has all of Canada. An economics insider reported it a couple of days ago.

It's also being affiliated with the Lakers. I love the Raptors, don't get me wrong, but we don't have the same brand equity as the Lakers. Globally, or in the NBA.

He’s going to be Chris bosh on the lakers. Did bosh sell sneakers? Kawhi is legit stupid if he thinks the ball wont be in lebrons hands. Most of the time it will be lebron and AD pick and role

RapsAndJays21 · Post #1898 » by **RapsAndJays21** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:06 pm

If Kawhi leaves, I'm just going to re-watch the 2018-2019 season as if it were real time.

15Years · Post #1899 » by **15Years** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:06 pm

7theye wrote:Why does everyone on this board find it so hrd to believe he’s leaving? All evidence points to this

And drakes jet is still in Miami.

Can’t we just applaud the man, and be happy for him in LA. We now have a favourite team in the West too.

Only question is if we retire the jersey

Loser mentality to the max

JD143726 · Post #1900 » by **JD143726** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 2:06 pm

Moderators on this forum all deserve to be fired and replaced.