Kawhi Leonard Reportedly Hidden from Spurs Staffers in NY During Injury Rehab

[Sakkreth]

This whole Kawhi situation is so weird. What if it doesn't actually exist? What if he actually doesn't exist anymore and both Spurs and Uncle Dennis are in on it together?

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For a trade to be complete, players have to pass medical tests on their new teams. I am not a doctor or anything, but I think if Kawhi is dead he won't be able to pass the medical test on his new team.

[ItsMyPotPie]

Biggest heel turn since Hulk Hogan

[JellosJigglin]

This whole Kawhi situation is so weird. What if it doesn't actually exist? What if he actually doesn't exist anymore and both Spurs and Uncle Dennis are in on it together?

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For a trade to be complete, players have to pass medical tests on their new teams. I am not a doctor or anything, but I think if Kawhi is dead he won't be able to pass the medical test on his new team.

Well ****, not with that attitude.

[JellosJigglin]

This thread and this issue are intriguing studies in confirmation bias; notice that nearly every Spurs fans is firmly on the side of the organization because it's the Spurs, whereas Laker fans are on the side of Kawhi because they think he's coming to their team.

That's not a call-out or an attack or criticism or anything, either (and I'm aware that not every fan on either side holds the majority view); it's just an interesting case study in how our minds tend to bend the information according to our perspective, and how from that perspective, we see things completely straight and it's the other people who are looking at it twisted. We all have access to the exact same information, but our own interests totally color how we process it. I've seen the same dynamic at work elsewhere in recent days, with major shifts in the sentiments of many Laker fans toward LeBron.

I would feel exactly the way Spurs fans feel if it were a Laker player doing the same thing. Throughout all of this, I don't think Laker fans blame Spurs fans for whatever they're feeling. We've experienced enough star drama over the years to know what it's like. It's just been an old fashioned negotiation between the two fanbases. I feel like Rick Harrison from Pawn Shop, where it's my job to point out all the flaws in the product so I can attain it at the lowest price . Obviously as the seller, you'll point out everything that's positive about it.

Speaking only for myself, I don't feel any emotional investment in this Kawhi "development". It just feels like house money. I always thought the plan was to sign Paul George, re-sign Julius Randle, then try to dump Deng and sign Kawhi next summer. I always believed Lebron was the least likely of the 3. Funny how things have played out.

[GM Wotsup]

The next job I have that pays 19m a yr, I’m showing up every Monday morning smiling and telling me boss his football team is sh#t, as we talk over the coffee machine etc. and I’m telling you that for free and w/o any permission from any uncles of mine.

[-Spyda-]

Cant see how Kawhi start the season with Spurs uniforms

[ShazamDaShiznt]

im fascinated how the media can create so much stuff out of one man contract negotiation

at this pace by the time we reach august there will be news on how kawhi leonard was possibly sexually assaulted by someone from the staff or something

[Teal25]

I don't care the reason, whether it was accidental or on purpose. Point is they mishandled the medical situation and it has come to where we are.

How can it be the stupidest thing you read when the statement was open-ended? Does that mean you have the poorest reading comprehension on here?

again, the medical situation was out of their hand on august, the 8th, are you saying that they mishandled it so bad, kawhi had to miss all season? and what exactly could they have done in the time between playoffs and august 8th? he was rehabbing/taking time off from the ankle injury anyway and at some point he must have been to vacation too. it's not like they made him play in the summerleague.

And an overlooked aspect of all this is why did Kawhi spend weeks in China hocking his shoes instead of getting ready for the season if he already knew he had a serious injury?
Maybe he should have been getting ready for the season instead??
Seems like he had already checked out on the team and his priorities were elsewhere tbh.

All this clearly has to do with him being lowballed on a sneaker deal. Dude has zero charisma and personality. No casual fan cares about him. That must’ve really hurt his ego that he was only offered 5 million a year while lesser players like Lillard and LaVine were offered more.

[Ballings7]

Such a damn shame what's happened, and I still don't believe any of this garbage that he doesn't want to play or is pouting... his internal spirit is different than that. The guy has had unfortunate health issues over the last year, and hopefully he is rid of them all. Indications are from what people have been told by Kawhi, that he's healthy.

People forget he was playing hurt this game (previous ankle sprain plus his quad).. I marvel at his ability to hold (not travel; grip it) the ball on his drives.. aside from defensively.

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[Soulyss]

It feels like a guy who is getting bad advice from people who he trusts... its kind of sad to me more than everything. Almost feels like one of those child stars who parents take advantage? Thats the closest parallel I can come up with...