>It's also pretty damn possible that Kawhi bailed on his team
>just about all of last year, used any sort of fodder the
>organization gave as an excuse for doing so, and then forced a
>move into a big market as all NBA superstars eventually do.
>
>My gut tells me that SAS - a team that objectively has an
>unparalleled reputation in all professional sports for
>extending careers and respecting the severity of injuries -
>could've coddled him steadfastly throughout the last year to
>his *exact* desires, whatever they were... and this still
>would've been the end result.
>
>It is what it is. This is the sort of league that the NBA is
>now.
>