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Post by fatmenace on Feb 23, 2018 8:24:58 GMT -6
Kawhi being out for the rest of the season sucks and is obviously deflating, but the notion that he has been cleared to play and is not willing to return is a whole other issue. It's one thing for a MVP level player to miss a single season. It's another when something inexplicable like this ends up derailing the arc of his career. I don't want to go alarmist on this deal, but I can't remember seeing anything like this, especially from an organization like the Spurs that has always taken a long term view and put the player and his career first over the immediate success of the team. This isn't Orlando rushing Grant Hill back. This seems really, really bizarre.
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Post by fatmenace on Feb 28, 2018 14:47:52 GMT -6
The Spurs are only 3.5 games from being out of the playoffs altogether, have been playing like dogshit (Cleveland game excepting) for weeks, and now have to face the toughest schedule in the league over the next month.
Feb. 28 New Orleans 8:30 Mar. 3 Los Angeles 9:00 Mar. 5 Memphis 8:30 Mar. 8 at Golden State 10:30 Mar. 10 at Oklahoma City 8:30 Mar. 12 at Houston 8:00 Mar. 13 Orlando 8:30 Mar. 15 New Orleans 8:30 Mar. 17 Minnesota 8:30 Mar. 19 Golden State 9:30 Mar. 21 Washington 9:30 Mar. 23 Utah 8:30 Mar. 25 at Milwaukee 3:30 Mar. 27 at Washington 7:00 Mar. 29 Oklahoma City 8:00 Apr. 1 Houston 3:30
GS, Hou, OKC and NOLA twice each. Minnesota and Utah, Washington 2x and Milwaukee. Yikes. It's make or break time.
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Post by fatmenace on Mar 6, 2018 8:40:57 GMT -6
And Rudy Gay ruptured his eardrum.
Hell of a season.
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Post by gk on Mar 6, 2018 13:23:22 GMT -6
This is going to be a wild end of the season with the Western Conf playoffs - there are a lot of teams in trouble, not just the spurs! - and what is shaping up to be the ultimate tank season. Right now BKY is 4th, but it could zip all over from first to 9th.
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Post by fatmenace on Mar 11, 2018 12:04:33 GMT -6
If the playoffs started today, we’d play the Warriors! Good times.
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Post by fatmenace on Mar 16, 2018 13:32:31 GMT -6
Who wants to win the East?
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Post by gk on Mar 19, 2018 20:44:31 GMT -6
Who wants to win the East? Give me Kevin Love back and I feel perfectly fine.
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Post by gk on Mar 21, 2018 22:54:27 GMT -6
Kawhi is participating in today’s shootaround. Who do you want to see the Spurs face in Round 1? Currently they're in the Blazers path. They've been great but I don't totally trust them. Especially with Kawhi. Personally, I'm perfectly happy if the Cavs can stay in the 3 spot. I actually think the Raptors would have a tougher go as it stands - Bucks, Sixers, then Cavs.
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Post by fatmenace on Mar 22, 2018 11:41:52 GMT -6
Without Kawhi it doesn't really matter. We played the Warrios the other night and they were missing all four of their stars, and the Spurs needed a monster fourth quarter from LMA to beat them.
But yeah, of the top four the one I fear the least is Portland.
Dream scenario is Kawhi comes back healthy and ready to go, Spurs wind up in the 8th spot and knock Houston out. That would be as good as winning the championship.
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Post by gk on Mar 23, 2018 6:50:28 GMT -6
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Post by fatmenace on Mar 23, 2018 7:13:24 GMT -6
I'm used to this shit when it's the Cowboys. I have no idea how to react when it's the Spurs. There's a bug in the software.
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Post by fatmenace on Mar 24, 2018 7:19:43 GMT -6
Curry might be out now.
Of course, the Warriors might be limping into the playoffs and the Spurs best player is out.
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Post by gk on Mar 25, 2018 15:41:15 GMT -6
Curry might be out now. Of course, the Warriors might be limping into the playoffs and the Spurs best player is out. And now Kyrie is out indefinitely. Kyrie's injury history didn't get mentioned much in the wake of the trade, and certainly not during the Celtics' hot start. But it's always been lurking.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 4, 2018 7:09:09 GMT -6
It's slowly starting to dawn on me that Kawhi may have played his last game as a Spur.
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Post by fatmenace on Apr 5, 2018 11:14:23 GMT -6
Last night may have been the worst loss of the season. Lakers playing nothing but their scrubs, Spurs still can't win. Pathetic.
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