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>The white men in suits got credit when Leonard was >one of the most hard working, coachable, selfless >players in the league, winning Finals MVP and the >whole 9. > >Now?
David Robinson, Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and lots of other players also deserve credit. The Spurs as an organization--that means their ownership, management, head coaches, assistant coaches, players, staff-- have impeccable creds though. Since 1990 they missed the playoffs ONCE, won five rings, went to seven finals, have balanced all sorts of egos, etc. It actually precedes Pop and Duncan, going back to David Robinson. Very strong character and leadership there, from black players, from great coaches (Pop, LB, assistants like Mike Brown, Brett Brown, et al), etc. Literally no one is making this about race except you. We are talking about one aberration in a nearly 30-year string of uninterrupted success and good will, with several of the key figures involved being black.
>Greedy nigger disrupting this perfectly good party >of dignified white men > >Sports discussion so racist now It's cartoonish > > >LOL
Who is calling Leonard greedy? He is leaving a TON of money on the table if his demands are met, it has nothing to do with greed. His motivations are basketball-related and that's fine. The OP is mad extra (although you managed to make it look level-headed). This was a response to a "WHOA TROUBLE IN PARADISE!" type corny observation that suggested the Spurs' org has no culture and everything was centered around Tim, that's it. That's just as ridiculous as your straw man here. They prospered before Tim and have prospered after him as well, only Zaza's foot stopped them from challenging the Dubs last year. So there isn't much factual basis for saying it was "all Tim Duncan." There isn't much for saying it was all Pop or all Buford either. But the bottom line here is that Leonard's dissatisfaction, which he is entitled to like any other player, is not some ruptured fault line in the Spurs' organization.
Now naturally this is funny coming from you, who once discredited Pop and said he'd be nothing without Duncan. That hasn't been true, of course. There's only one person with an agenda here and it's painfully forced. Bottom line is that Kawhi isn't happy and that's about him as an individual within the organization. I hope he can get healthy and rock it somewhere else. But to suggest that the Spurs' nearly 30 years of continuous, high-level success evaporated without Duncan is absurd.
And you will know MY JACKET IS GOLD when I lay my vengeance upon thee.
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