Kawhi Leonard Just Decided To Give Up On His Team? Wow.

[mjsuax13]

“Members of Congress have a pretty strong work ethic. They spend about 70 hours a week when in Washington working, and when they are back home, about 59 hours a week,” says Brad Fitch, president and chief executive officer of the Congressional Management Foundation.

What’s he supposed to say? They don’t do shit pal.

[budwiser]

What’s he supposed to say? They don’t do shit pal.

well
1. he brought it up
2. they do plenty. whether good or bad, they certainly do enough.

if i'm wrong about that, let me know.

[budwiser]

i'll never forget someone said if they did nothing the deficit would take care of itself.

stimulus this, stimulus that, spending bill here, there, stupid meetings here, dumb meetings over there, vaccine requirement, 24/7 arguing with each other, they do plenty.

if you bring up something and it's false, it is what it is. false. not my issue, but if you compare them to kawhi leonard, that's ridiculous. imo.

[budwiser]

take it from an older guy. all this bickering that people do is a waste of time. i don't have time to waste. i'm done picking games cause i ended up even. i'll go series so i can have more time. cause i got way too much s to do.

re: kawhi, the subject of this thread.

i learned a long time ago, people speak 2 languages. what they say, and what they do. i used to be gullible, but i can always spot a liar.

let's look at what kawhi his medical staff coaches teammates the owner, what they all say. and let's then compare that to kawhi's actions (speaking to the press, negotiating salary and team, playing basketball).

imo there's a disconnect. and it's been going on for years and years. and i can smell that from a long ways away. and if anyone else can't, it doesn't surprise me. experience makes you wise.

[budwiser]

and if someone is here to defend kawhi leonard...enough said. am i right.

[Headsterx]

i'll never forget someone said if they did nothing the deficit would take care of itself.

stimulus this, stimulus that, spending bill here, there, stupid meetings here, dumb meetings over there, vaccine requirement, 24/7 arguing with each other, they do plenty.

if you bring up something and it's false, it is what it is. false. not my issue, but if you compare them to kawhi leonard, that's ridiculous. imo.

That's incorrect. I didn't compare them nor anyone to Leonard. You posed a question or comment that there's no job where you can work only 50% of the time like the NBA and not get fired. I responded with congress which is actually correct. I didn't say the average congressman doesn't work a full day of work. But one can, and I'm sure someone has, not worked half the time and didn't get fire. Seriously, if George Santos just hanged out at a drag cabaret all day and night long, he can't get fired.

[stevenash]

Congressmen have a team of interns that do a lot of the 'grunt work' for them.
Like filing for instance.

I remember learning in one of my poli-sci courses there are close to 2000 interns in Congress alone.

[JIBBBY]

Leonard can take the off season to rehab his bum knee now. Paul George the same. Soft!!

[budwiser]

That's incorrect. I didn't compare them nor anyone to Leonard. You posed a question or comment that there's no job where you can work only 50% of the time like the NBA and not get fired. I responded with congress which is actually correct. I didn't say the average congressman doesn't work a full day of work. But one can, and I'm sure someone has, not worked half the time and didn't get fire. Seriously, if George Santos just hanged out at a drag cabaret all day and night long, he can't get fired.

i hear you i'm no fan of congress either. all they do is bicker. 100% voting one way, 100% voting the other way. that's joke material. but if kawhi leonard can think much at all, he's made progress. a lot of these players are idiots.

[budwiser]

Congressmen have a team of interns that do a lot of the 'grunt work' for them.
Like filing for instance.

I remember learning in one of my poli-sci courses there are close to 2000 interns in Congress alone.

yeah you see guys getting elected, how much time do they spend on that. and greasing those who supported them.

and of course hot interns. gotta have that.

besides the hot subordinates, not my thing. just don't be president. if you're president, you actually have to get along with people. they just need to get along with 51% of the people, and they can throw the other 49% under the bus and be applauded for it.

[budwiser]

Leonard can take the off season to rehab his bum knee now. Paul George the same. Soft!!

def. soft.

i tore my acl, meniscus, i played. i've played hurt. 50%. until it got to 100%.

kawhi needs 2 weeks to make a decision on his meniscus tear. who needs a month to figure out what to do with an injury.

actions tell you everything you need to know.

[budwiser]

sometimes it's not just what you do, it's what you don't do.

kawhi leonard's sister just got life for murdering an 84 year old. she was broke (kawhi makes $42 million a year). figured it was easy to take cash from an old woman. kawhi didn't mention it, never went to court to see his sister, nothing.

put the pieces together.

[lakerboy]

sometimes it's not just what you do, it's what you don't do.

kawhi leonard's sister just got life for murdering an 84 year old. she was broke (kawhi makes $42 million a year). figured it was easy to take cash from an old woman. kawhi didn't mention it, never went to court to see his sister, nothing.

put the pieces together.

He MIGHT not know he has a sister.

[IBetYou]

Of course he knows he's got a sister. It was all over the front pages. He just doesn't want to be associated with a junkie, now nor before the homicide.

[budwiser]

He MIGHT not know he has a sister.

Good point. Maybe I'm too hard on him. Why kick the poor and homeless
..sorry, challenged

[budwiser]

Of course he knows he's got a sister. It was all over the front pages. He just doesn't want to be associated with a junkie, now nor before the homicide.

His sister??????

[IBetYou]

His sister??????

I would guess she's addicted to something if she's going to club an 84yo over the head.

[budwiser]

I would guess she's addicted to something if she's going to club an 84yo over the head.

runs in the family. kawhi has $42 million and doesn't say a word about his sister going to prison for the rest of her life without parole, because she didn't have enough money and support.

tired of this guy. what he's adding to society, maybe you know. doesn't speak to the media. doesn't play. doesn't even talk to his teammates or his coaches. but you can be sure he'll be fine and healthy when it's time to collect his paycheck.

part of it is definitely the clippers fault. gm came out today in full support of kawhi leonard. you couldn't kiss his a any more than he did. and for what. maybe the only business where you pay a guy $42 million and he doesn't work for you, and you kiss his a.

[KVB]

def. soft.

i tore my acl, meniscus, i played. i've played hurt. 50%. until it got to 100%....

Oh wow.

Which NBA team did you play for?

[budwiser]

Oh wow.

Which NBA team did you play for?

torn left acl meniscus, torn right acl meniscus, both legs hamstring pulls...in my 50s...still playing

and which injury my son did you have. and let me know if this guy kawhi is any less human than i am.

sick of people making excuses for this guy when he doesn't deserve any. that includes professional know-it-all athletes. condescending jj redick to stephen a "i'm a basketball pro player so i know and you don't" garbage. don't put yourself better than the rest of us that have real jobs.

meanwhile we got embiid out there on a brace for a legit knee injury, even playing vs nets while hurt. we got fox playing with a broken finger. and on and on.

been there personally, know all about it. do the research, do the work, get the f ing thing fixed. enough game bs

and let me know if you'd let your family member rot in prison. cause i wanna kno

[budwiser]

this gm is clearly doing a sales job, not telling us what he thinks. can smell this from a long ways away. at least do a better job lying, i'd appreciate the effort.

[budwiser]

12:50 jj redick with "i'm a former pro basketball player and you guys don't know s"..."and i mean this in the nicest possible way"

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[budwiser]

stephen a 20 seconds into it responds to "you don't know cause i'm an nba player and you aren't".

[budwiser]

let's get down to the dirty business of what stephen a said....

plenty of nba players, gms, coaches, teammates think kawhi leonard is a joke. the only difference is, stephen a can say it.

and i can tell by jj's reaction, he missed that.

jmo.

[TheMoneyShot]

this gm is clearly doing a sales job, not telling us what he thinks. can smell this from a long ways away. at least do a better job lying, i'd appreciate the effort.

Great vid. And this is why you must think as a GM.... do I want to put up with someone like Leonard? Is it worth the headache? I'd be trying to trade him... right now... or just let him walk. I wouldn't deal with this sh## if I was a GM.

No matter how great someone is... statistically WHILE PLAYING.... when he is INACTIVE... it's like having someone mediocre. Period. What do we do with an ACTIVE mediocre player? Well... you get rid of him. Boom. Let him go.

[budwiser]

you want another lie detector? i'll give you guys another way of telling if this guy is conning you or not.

put what kawhi leonard is doing against every other player who got an acl injury. have you ever seen a response like kawhi leonard, taking 2 years to come back?

put what kawhi does, doesn't speak to media, or if he does it's i don't listen to this that and every one of you are wrong. have you seen anyone else do that in the nba?

alright enough. i'll have my gs-kings pick later on. then i'm off to a series pick.

thanks for the conversation fellas. and good luck.

[budwiser]

Great vid. And this is why you must think as a GM.... do I want to put up with someone like Leonard? Is it worth the headache? I'd be trying to trade him... right now... or just let him walk. I wouldn't deal with this sh## if I was a GM.

No matter how great someone is... statistically WHILE PLAYING.... when he is INACTIVE... it's like having someone mediocre. Period. What do we do with an ACTIVE mediocre player? Well... you get rid of him. Boom. Let him go.

100%.

3 issues:
1. (most important) the Clippers are bleeding fans. losing $. new arena. they gotta make it like this guy kawhi is a legitimate player....UNTIL THEY GET RID OF HIM. which, they cannot because nobody wants him. they may be able to trade him for ben simmons, but i doubt the nets would do that.
2. if they want to get rid of him in the future....man, i've never SEEN a guy work so hard in my life!!
3. this guy OWNS the trades for kawhi and paul. enough said.
i'm fairly sure at 2am this guy is sick to his stomach, sweating and wondering how the h he picked this guy to be on his team.

if an airplane crashed, i'd put this dude as head of the company. he could rebrand anything.

[jtoler]

def. soft.

i tore my acl, meniscus, i played. i've played hurt. 50%. until it got to 100%.

kawhi needs 2 weeks to make a decision on his meniscus tear. who needs a month to figure out what to do with an injury.

actions tell you everything you need to know.

u wont believe this but I promise you playing in the nba is not the same as sitting on your sofa all day eating ice cream sandwiches waiting for your boys to get off work so you guys can head to the Y and get a couple pick up games in. I promise you the nba is levels above that type of engagement however rigorous. I promise you Im not pulling your leg.

[budwiser]

u wont believe this but I promise you playing in the nba is not the same as sitting on your sofa all day eating ice cream sandwiches waiting for your boys to get off work so you guys can head to the Y and get a couple pick up games in. I promise you the nba is levels above that type of engagement however rigorous. I promise you Im not pulling your leg.

ok let's agree to that. i'm just little ol' me not even close to these super athletes. got it.

answer me this. name me another pro player, in any sport (tennis included), that takes 2 years to come back from an acl injury, and plays on and off.

[budwiser]

"Just rehabbing, getting ready," Leonard said. "I'm not going to explain it because I'm not a doctor, and nobody in here is one. So just getting back, ready to get on the floor. ... Like I said before, at the start of the season, it's going to be a long journey. ACL recovery isn't just one year. Everybody thinks that, but it's a two-year process, so I know that and I'm going to keep going and going through the process."

who said rehabbing from an acl is a 2-year process???

and he says he's not a doctor...but he knows better than everyone else who thinks it's a 1-year process??

come on man!!

[budwiser]

and if stephen a says the guy is washed...and he might be...then retire.

but he won't. because he makes $42 million a year doing what he's doing. being honest that you're washed, is not an option. just pretend you're about to come back.

i've been around too long for this. i want to go back to young and stupid again. naive.

what the clippers can do...and ballmer has the $ to do this..is pay the guy get him to agree to get off the payroll. it's that, or hope he comes back and plays again and pay him $42 million, which i would not do, but it ain't my team.

[budwiser]

Like Stephen A said. Don't take it from me. I'm a loser.

Tony Parker back in 2018. 9 years older than Kawhi.

Tony Parker on his return from the career-threatening quad injury he suffered last May: I’ve been through it. It was a rehab for me for eight months. Same kind of injury (as Kawhi), but mine was a hundred times worse. But the same kind of injury. You just stay positive."

Sick of this dude and his attitude.

[The Kraken]

"Who said rehabbing an acl is a 2-year process. Seems long to me but Im no doc so maybe it is normal. Stephen A says he's washed up, dude should prolly retire imo. Im a loser."

There bru, fixed it all for ya. 3 posts into three lines. Brevity, succinct, concise. Important characteristics of effective writing.

[jtoler]

I just don’t understand how someone can tell another about how their body is feeling I know such isn’t possible outside of that person. Besides seems the guys that are bashed are always some of the hardest working players in the league d rose was another criticized. To think kawhi is sitting out the playoffs for nothing is rich. Like why would he do that.

[budwiser]

"Who said rehabbing an acl is a 2-year process. Seems long to me but Im no doc so maybe it is normal. Stephen A says he's washed up, dude should prolly retire imo. Im a loser."

There bru, fixed it all for ya. 3 posts into three lines. Brevity, succinct, concise. Important characteristics of effective writing.

thanks. if anybody could understand what you just said, let me know. glad you're learning effective writing.