Kawhi Leaves Toronto

Peter_Spaeth · #1 07-06-2019, 10:29 PM

It's been a hell of an offseason so far. Never seen anything like it. Dramatic shifts in the power structure of the league. I think the Clippers may be better than you think now, superstars of course tend to make those role players look a lot better.

Sorry about your Grandma.

chaddurbin · #2 07-06-2019, 10:46 PM

Kawhi wanted to play in California, and he's in a way better situation with the clips than staying with Toronto. He pretty much won them the championship by himself, and all the key guys will be free agents next year or getting old. There will be no what ifs whatsoever.

samosa4u · #3 07-07-2019, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by chaddurbin

He pretty much won them the championship by himself

What a dumb comment. Did you even watch any Raptors games? First of all, we had an amazing backcourt; Lowry and VanVleet were making 3-pointers nonstop. I was also surprised how well these guys played defense. VanVleet gave Curry lots of trouble during the Finals and Lowry was just diving all over the place. Siakam stunned everybody with how well he played this year. He was scoring from all over the court. And finally, we have two amazing centers: Marc Gasol and Serge Ibaka. How many centers in the NBA can make 3-pointers? It's funny, because so many guys underestimated Gasol. He would be standing behind the arc with the ball, and nobody was guarding him because they all thought he couldn't score from back there, and he would do it! Ibaka was just dominating the paint game after game.

And I also want to say this: last summer Paul George signed a four year deal with OKC for $137 million. After playing just one season, he requested a trade. So when guys in the NBA do this, then Kawhi signing for four years with the Clippers doesn't mean anything, right? It's not as if he's going to play four years there. Who knows what's going to happen over there.

frankbmd · #4 07-07-2019, 11:27 AM

Did Kawhi win the championship for Toronto?

Or

Did Achilles lose the championship for Golden State?

frankbmd · #5 07-07-2019, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by frankbmd

Did Kawhi win the championship for Toronto?

Or

Did Achilles lose the championship for Golden State?

So Durant’s injury had nothing to do with Toronto’s win. Is that the prevailing opinion?

samosa4u · #6 07-07-2019, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by frankbmd

So Durant�s injury had nothing to do with Toronto�s win. Is that the prevailing opinion?

Frank, I believe that if Durant and Thompson had been healthy, then Golden State would have probably beaten us. However, there are many people here who would disagree with me. Raptors did play Golden State a few times during the regular season and won them all.

chaddurbin · #7 07-07-2019, 04:18 PM

It's a no brainer if Durant played....heck if Klay was healthy gs mayve won also.

And yes I'm from socal and I root for any local teams, and I've probably watched more of kawhi/nba than you.

chaddurbin · #8 07-07-2019, 11:32 AM

it's obvious you only see things thru your team's lense, and can't be objective. that's the problem with alot of these sports threads on here. people can't see past the scope of their homerism. van vleet was horrible the first couple rounds, siakam was up and down (he's young can't blame him), lowry has always been inconsistent, gasol can be tentative, ibaka had the one great 7th game against philly. they all had their games but mostly it was kawhi day in and day out carrying the team and was the calming influence. he absolutely bailed them out in the earlier rounds when late in the games everyone else was shitting their pants in tight games. with gs it was already a foregone conclusion, but if curry had made that 3 who knows what would've happened in game 7.

in the season it was basically the toronto offense, and kawhi iso's. there was no flow. he's absolutely in a better situation now with a better supporting cast and being close to home. just be grateful he got you a chip and be happy for him that he's coming home.

samosa4u · #9 07-07-2019, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by chaddurbin

it's obvious you only see things thru your team's lense, and can't be objective. that's the problem with alot of these sports threads on here. people can't see past the scope of their homerism. van vleet was horrible the first couple rounds, siakam was up and down (he's young can't blame him), lowry has always been inconsistent, gasol can be tentative, ibaka had the one great 7th game against philly. they all had their games but mostly it was kawhi day in and day out carrying the team and was the calming influence. he absolutely bailed them out in the earlier rounds when late in the games everyone else was shitting their pants in tight games. with gs it was already a foregone conclusion, but if curry had made that 3 who knows what would've happened in game 7.

in the season it was basically the toronto offense, and kawhi iso's. there was no flow. he's absolutely in a better situation now with a better supporting cast and being close to home. just be grateful he got you a chip and be happy for him that he's coming home.

Are you in California? Clippers fan?

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