Why is Kawhi so quiet? Will he be engaged?

team edward · Post #41 » by **team edward** » Thu Sep 20, 2018 1:56 pm

execoftheyear wrote:2 time dpoy, he let's his D do all the talking on the court...much like how I let my D do all the talking in the bedroom

More likely there is an offensive focus to your game, of the Seven Seconds or Less variety.

EG73 · Post #42 » by **EG73** » Thu Sep 20, 2018 2:21 pm

The OP question seems legitimate to me.
Even for someone who may be uncomfortable to speak in public, and not connected to Facebook, Twitter, etc, there is ways to give a minimum of news or a short comment about the trade or about the upcoming season, show respect for the fans who pays him millions and cheers for him.
I don’t really how quiet he was in SA. If I thought he was more verbal, I would have the feeling he is unhappy about the trade (he has the right to), don’t care about the season, and just want to leave as soon as possible.
Of course, I know he is quiet, I respect his right for privacy and not wanting too much interactions with medias, but the lack of news is still surprising.
(PS: I’m not on Twitter, etc, so my only source of information about basketball is Realgm! but I’m assuming Realgmers would not miss any quote from KL).

execoftheyear · Post #43 » by **execoftheyear** » Fri Sep 21, 2018 6:52 am

team edward wrote:
execoftheyear wrote:2 time dpoy, he let's his D do all the talking on the court...much like how I let my D do all the talking in the bedroom

More likely there is an offensive focus to your game, of the Seven Seconds or Less variety.

Straight out of D'Antoni's playbook

beanbag · Post #44 » by **beanbag** » Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:11 am

team edward wrote:
execoftheyear wrote:2 time dpoy, he let's his D do all the talking on the court...much like how I let my D do all the talking in the bedroom

More likely there is an offensive focus to your game, of the Seven Seconds or Less variety.

Sam Mitchell hundred shots a night

Mr_NC · Post #45 » by **Mr_NC** » Fri Sep 21, 2018 10:39 am

Let mans be, no outsider will ever know how he is so who cares

LLJ · Post #46 » by **LLJ** » Fri Sep 21, 2018 2:35 pm

He will be on the court on opening night. Chill everyone

marcwagz · Post #47 » by **marcwagz** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 5:43 am

Caboclo wrote:On the other hand, I recognize that it may be a mental health or psychological condition..(selective mutism? social phobia?)...But if thats the case...it would seem unlikely that he would be able to manhandle the competition and flourish in the hyper-competitive and ruthless NBA environment.

Now this is all irrelevant if he can ball out, but the thought of him continuing to be a 2-faced passive-aggressive little punk to us fans, really irks me.

This is a very uninformed post.
You can be a genius, a super talent or anything else and still have social phobia. Different parts of your brain.

Hackett · Post #48 » by **Hackett** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 8:12 am

He doesn't want to make it complicated. He is here for 1 year. Does not feel that he should be focused on as the face of the franchise, so no point in taking center podium. The less he says, the easier it will be for him to move on and for the fans to realize that he is here as a 1 year rental.

Is it possible that he clicks and the Raptors go on a tear and he develops a love of his teammates, city and fans... maybe, but I think he has a long term plan and at this juncture his long term plan is to be in LA. I am sure he has heard from both LA teams off the record that they would love to have him.

The biggest issue I see is that the minute we hit rough waters, a slump, it will be very easy for him to go back to plan A, rather than take the pressure of the team on his shoulders. So I just don't see this one ending in our favour. He is not doing anything wrong, he hasn't misled anyone, he has been easy to read in terms of expectations. The Spurs were not good enough for him, its hard to see Toronto changing that mind set. Just waiting for his contract to end so that he can decide where he plays. Fans can lie to themselves all they want, but its 1 year that stands in front of him and his choice location. Why make it harder?

Not going to be long before we have a who should be our new GM thread.

rapsdontlie · Post #49 » by **rapsdontlie** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 11:36 am

Badonkadonk wrote:Who cares? Honestly, I find the people who chronicle their hour-to-hour life on social media more baffling.

But then I don't understand how people can stomach shows like Big Brother or Bachelor, and given how popular they are, this is likely my problem.

I guess I prefer the quiet end of the spectrum.

My thoughts exactly. I'm gonna go on a bit of a rant here:

I myself am very introverted and I know other people who grew up Kawhi-style quiet. There's nothing wrong with it. It's rare to be super quiet at Kawhi's age, but I can totally see how that could happen for him. Imagine you are a person who struggles in social situations and next thing you know, you were thrown into the spotlight at a relatively young age. You have to do interviews where everyone analyses your every word, tone and movement. That would be too much pressure for them, so instead, they avoid those situations completely and focus on other things. In Kawhi's case, it looks as though he focused on basketball, hence his MVP level status (in spite of the fact that he wasn't expected to be great coming into the league).

We just live in a world where extroverted qualities are more glorified than introverted qualities. It's slowly changing now, as saying you're an introvert isn't considered a bad thing anymore. But as we can see, people still feel like there's something "wrong" with you if you're exceptionally quiet. Go to a place like Japan, where the culture is introverted, and it would be the loud obnoxious person who people would think is "wrong".

Just like everyone else is saying here, Kawhi is who he is... That's all there is to it.

Johnny Bball · Post #50 » by **Johnny Bball** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:02 pm

Caboclo wrote:Everyone's is different and I don't know him personally but being a 27-year-old grown man who NEEDS their uncle to passively-aggressively speak on their behalf is pretty darn pathetic.

... but the thought of him continuing to be a 2-faced passive-aggressive little punk to us fans, really irks me.

I don't think you know what passive-aggressive means or how it manifests in people.

And being reserved or quiet all the time has nothing to do with being passive-aggressive really.

SaveTheHens · Post #51 » by **SaveTheHens** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:16 pm

Dude can play and that's the most accurate info we have on him. So obviously he is organized and smart enough to set himself up to be an amazing player, it demands respect not this needy analyzing. For all we know he's an extremely deep person who sees the shortsightedness of the media and chooses not to join their circus.

HeartDonor · Post #52 » by **HeartDonor** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:22 pm

sule wrote:
Scott Hall wrote:

I can never quite tell if that's a mole or a pimple or a crumb on Doug Smith's chin

It's a clitoris

refshateRaps · Post #53 » by **refshateRaps** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:25 pm

Done worry #Kawhigotus

Spoiler:

rapsdontlie · Post #54 » by **rapsdontlie** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:59 pm

SaveTheHens wrote:Dude can play and that's the most accurate info we have on him. So obviously he is organized and smart enough to set himself up to be an amazing player, it demands respect not this needy analyzing. For all we know he's an extremely deep person who sees the shortsightedness of the media and chooses not to join their circus.

Yup. He probably senses the fakeness of the whole media circus and doesn't want to participate in it... If there's anything to analyze, it's why players have to be forced to partake in that frenzy. Let them just focus on basketball if that's just what they want to do.

Post #55 » by **The Duke** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 2:01 pm

It's a job.
That's it
That's ok

kai_bouche · Post #56 » by **kai_bouche** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:05 pm

rapsdontlie wrote:
SaveTheHens wrote:Dude can play and that's the most accurate info we have on him. So obviously he is organized and smart enough to set himself up to be an amazing player, it demands respect not this needy analyzing. For all we know he's an extremely deep person who sees the shortsightedness of the media and chooses not to join their circus.

Yup. He probably senses the fakeness of the whole media circus and doesn't want to participate in it... If there's anything to analyze, it's why players have to be forced to partake in that frenzy. Let them just focus on basketball if that's just what they want to do.

This.
Toronto should embrace this mentality and just leave him alone.

He apparently liked to do
Commercials and self branding just not the circus .

5playersnot1 · Post #57 » by **5playersnot1** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:03 pm

rapsdontlie wrote:
SaveTheHens wrote:Dude can play and that's the most accurate info we have on him. So obviously he is organized and smart enough to set himself up to be an amazing player, it demands respect not this needy analyzing. For all we know he's an extremely deep person who sees the shortsightedness of the media and chooses not to join their circus.

Yup. He probably senses the fakeness of the whole media circus and doesn't want to participate in it... If there's anything to analyze, it's why players have to be forced to partake in that frenzy. Let them just focus on basketball if that's just what they want to do.

You take a quiet dude who also sees the circus for what it is, and you get Kawhi.

You take a non-quiet dude who sees the circus for what it is, and you get....

Watch on YouTube

Some guys just don't want to engage is something so fake and manipulative. Add in a tendency to be on the quiet side, and there you go. Also, to those projecting medical disorders on the guy, please stop. That's f'n embarrassing.

MEDIC · Post #58 » by **MEDIC** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:16 pm

To be honest, he seems less awkward/ shy than OG. The interviews of Kawhi that I have seen, he gives honest answers & seems well spoken. He gives elaborate, meaningful answers for the most part.

OG on the other hand......media can't get this guy to say more than a 4-5 word sentence.

So.....why is OG so quiet? Does he have a psychiatric disorder?

Hell, lets throw Delon in there too.

I think Kawhi is just a no BS kind of guy.

SHFT · Post #59 » by **SHFT** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:18 pm

How is this OT lol its literally the subject of multiple threads

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soloxylo · Post #60 » by **soloxylo** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 5:20 pm

SFour wrote:Why is Embiid so loud and a big troll....everyone is different. Apparently Embiid is also a introvert, he just stay in and plays video games....but Kawhi is on the extremely reserved side, and that's fine, he's here to play ball.

The irony is, if Kawhi was the self-indulging/egotistical type that cared more about his social life; the fans and media here would be tearing him apart as well. Personalities vary from person to person, as long as Kawhi produces on the court at the level that we're accustomed to him doing so; I could care less about how reclusive, introverted he is off the court.