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Topic subjectKawhi Leonard: "I'm a board man. Board man gets paid."
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2697853, Kawhi Leonard: "I'm a board man. Board man gets paid."
Posted by Frank Longo, Tue Jun-04-19 11:52 AM
The Athletic did a piece on Kawhi's college days, which included this A+ bit about Kawhi's trash talk:

"Tyrone Shelley, guard: Most people say it like, “Oh, I’m about to get buckets on you.” He was just like, “Buckets. Layup.” Just one word.

Shelton: He’d be like, “You’re not scoring. You’re not doing anything.” Or he’d be like, “No, no, no.” He’d just move his feet and say, “No.”

Gay: You couldn’t score on him, so that’s what he would say: “Nope, nope, nope.” And when he would score on you: “Bucket. Bucket.”

LaBradford Franklin, guard: If he was grabbing a rebound, he’d say, “Give me that” or “Board man” or “Board man gets paid.”

Coach Hutson: If I heard it once, I heard it 50 times. “Board man. I’m a board man.” That’s what he said. Absolutely. “I’m a board man. Yeah, I’m a board man. Board man gets paid.” He spoke in phrases like that."

I'M A BOARD MAN. YEAH, I'M A BOARD MAN.

LAYUP. NOPE. BOARD MAN GETS PAID.

Kawhi is the goddamn greatest.

https://uproxx.com/dimemag/kawhi-leonard-trash-talk-board-man-gets-paid/2/

(there's a link to the Athletic piece within the above link, but it's behind a paywall)