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ALonelyDad

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If LeBron told the Lakers he's only playing 65 games, ya'll would kill him, be honest now.

I know Kawhi has an issue in his tendon but we gotta stop with Jordan and MVP talk with this guy.
nah, at this age I would not. In fact I wanted him to rest vs bulls. If it’s prime Lebron, sure. I would kill Kawhi too if he didn’t have a on-going knee problem. Clippers, Raptors and the NBA itself have all seen his medical report and agree on him resting.

Kawhi should not be MVP if he missing games, I agree. But he is willing to ignore that to be healthy in playoffs.
 

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True but the KD mention was in response to bringing up contracts of players who may sit out. That’s on the team, not the player. Kawhi has a disease that will only progress, yes his contract isn’t diseased, but that’s more so on the clippers not Kawhi. The NBa just came out and said Kawhi is not healthy. If this becomes a common theme with players, then I guess you play the numbers game. Who needs rests and who don’t? Kawhi needs it, maybe not aganist the Bucks but I understand the program the clippers have him on and let’s be real. Kawhi has played for very few teams he had to carry threw the woods and fire. Sure there was Toronto, but they was a deep squad that was #1 in their conference without him. Spurs were a stacked squad. Clippers themselves are stacked. Kawhi can afford the rest

I never disagreed that it’s bad for the fans but really it’s on the clippers and team who decide to rest these players as well.

It's a player's league and you have to remember that so I disagree that it's more so on the Clippers. I'd even argue it's Kawhi's program and not the Clippers since he was operating like this in San Antonio. The difference is the Spurs established he and Dennis weren't going to control operations while the Raptors and Clippers are willing to put up with anything to be relevant.

It might sound like I'm upset that he's missing games but that's not the case, we agree he probably can't play a full season. He was well rested heading into the playoffs and still broke down towards the end of the conference finals, wasn't the same but held it together for the finals.

I think the difference between our points is you're talking about it from a league/playoffs standpoint and me from the fans. I'm in November, I don't give a shyt about April, May or June right now and I'm your revenue so I matter more than some designated sick days. And if I bought a ticket I bought it to see dude, I wasn't told at the time of purchase he wasn't going to play. So it's a sticky situation the league has to figure out and the solution isn't to allow it to keep happening.
 

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What can the NBA do if the clippers are showing the NBA Kawhi medical information???
 

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1st Round Playoff Exits
They got to win a title to confirm it....if they do not win in the next 2 years and the team breaks up OKC wins the trade....
Foreals they gave up a future perennial all star point guard for this 2 year run,better get at least 1....
I can't take your opinion on seriously, when you're biasedly on Shai's stick so hard, it's not even funny breh.

I don't even think you rode this hard for the Raptors....



No disrespect to Shai though, the kid is nice
 

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What can the NBA do if the clippers are showing the NBA Kawhi medical information???

They cant do anything...its a degenerative quad he has to sit out 15-20 games each year...Raptors sports and science doctor wrote the playbook,Clips are just following it....If he plays 82 games he wont be healthy in the playoffs....Only thing that was dumb was Doc announcing in pre season there was no load management,there was no reason to do that.
 
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