Is kawhis single year for the raptors the greatest mercenary year in the history of the nba? Possibly even north American sports. I can’t think of another example of one player doing more for a team in one single season.
I’m not gonna lie, I originally read this as “Kawhi ruptures tendon”. Anyone else?
Yep 100%
By law, you and u/slow_maintenance747 now have to kiss
I feel like after Kawhi won that championship he more or less decided to both retire while also taking a bunch of Steve Ballmer’s money.
He could have gotten like 5 titles if his knees weren’t terminally ill. I think it was a mistake to sign with such a loser organization like the clippers though
He could have gotten like 5 titles if his knees weren’t terminally ill. I think it was a mistake to sign with such a loser organization like the clippers though
Insane man what a fall from grace. Dude was locked in to take the reins of the league with giannis. Then curry won again somehow and lebron is aging backwards? Wild shit.
“Luck is when preparation meets opportunity”
-He was healthy.
-Hit his prime (imo)
-Lebron left to the Lakers.
-Teammates were in form.
-KD got injured.
-Klay got injured.
Not taking anything away from him. Everything lined up perfectly.
Well I would say it was definitely 80 percent luck. He could have been traded anywhere by pop too. Wouldn’t have gotten that 2nd ring unless the injuries didn’t happen and if he wasn’t traded to a very strong team already.
Don’t forget the missed traveling call on the game winning shot against Philly.
Kawhi traveled when the ball got unbounded but hit the game winner. https://youtu.be/_NKzykMuLQ4?si=qdaSQEKJ5ZHiQeac
I disagree about the prime part I’d say 2017 was his prime that knee really slowed down his defense and his offense a bit as well
I disagree about the prime part I’d say 2017 was his prime that knee really slowed down his defense and his offense a bit as well
Lebron wouldn’t have made a difference at all. Those Sixers and Bucks teams were stacked. If the Raps don’t win that year it would have been the Sixers.
its the oppoisite way around
that team was only needing a top scorer like Kawhi everything else was in place
Nah.
We don’t win the chip without Kawhi. Kawhi could have joined 4 other teams and gotten the chip.
Ibaka and Gasol were in their last useful years though
that same squad without Kawhi was 1 basketball away from finals a year later
Maybe not 3, but 2 was a definite possibility
My biggest “what if” for the NBA is: what if Kawhi stayed with Toronto? I think they beat the Celtics & Heat I’m the bubble. Advance to the finals but fall short to the lakers in the championship
Had me first 3 lines — if he stayed Danny green and Marc Gasol wouldn’t have left to the lakers almost 100%. They went for their next ring.
Gasol was with the Raptors in the bubble. He went to the Lakers the year after.
And once again, they fall to LeBron?! Yeah, maybe. Two finals appearances in a row would have been sweeeeet!
I think he won out of spite because the spurs wouldn’t trade him to LA
Brady in Tampa. Wasn’t a year but it was definitely a mercenary deal
If the Oilers won the Stanley Cup in 2006, I would’ve said Pronger.
Dead Internet theory. I’ve seen this exact thread with the exact same wording before.
I read this as ruptures tendon
Deion winning the superbowl with the cowboys or Brady winning with the Bucs.
I read this as ruptures tendon
CC Sabathia in 08 on the brewers comes to mind. They didn’t win the WS but CC was a beast for them. In 17 games 11-2, a 1.65 era 7 complete games, era+ of 255, a whip of 1
He also hit .229 with a HR
Just dominate across the board
I feel like a lot of people undermine how talented those Raptors teams were… we almost won 60 games with the exact same roster minus Kawhi and Green… yes he was that missing link to put us over the hump but we weren’t sum scrub ass team per-say