I don’t think I could take dealing with the real “street clothes” for so many years. If it were any other fan base than the Flippers,’ I would almost feel sorry for them.
Gotta LOL at Magic after all these years watching how un-effing-available and what a wasted huge cap hit Snake would have been .... now again beating his chest for attention ..... how HE would have had him here. As if all the results for the Clippers haven't indicated in hindsight it was a bullet fortunately dodged. BTW .... love how that "disgruntled insider" story about the alleged dirty dealings under the table with West, Ballz and Snake's uncle ..... to sign him in the first place ..... the NBA supposedly was going to investigate, we are in all likelihood NEVER going to here a peep about what they found. It'll all be swept under the proverbial whatever.
LeBron/Kawhi/AD probably would have been too much talent to fail in the short term, especially since we still would have had a decent supporting cast. It wasn't really until Kawhi's ACL tear in the 2021 playoffs that his health became completely unreliable. In 2020 and 2021 he took games off, but could still ramp up to a full playoff workload. I also can't imagine LeBron being cool with Kawhi's complete lack of transparency around injuries and playing status. Wade being in and out of the lineup that last year on Miami allegedly frustrated him, imagine it being 10x worse with a guy that not only isn't your best friend but doesn't talk to anybody.
kawhi was never going to take a back seat to lebron. if the clips hadn't landed PG, he would've just stayed in toronto (which he would've been smart to do in the first place) or signed with another team that could have traded for a star. magic is just talking out of his a** as usual kawhi and his camp used the lakers for leverage
The Hyena himself said, that it was either the Lakers or Clippers, and that he had no intention, on returning to Toronto period.
1. no he wouldn't have. 2. if he would have, we could be ringless. at best, we're in the same position (1 ring, a bunch of disappointment). as weezy mentioned, magic did so much wrong that i need him very far away from the decision making, whether he still believes in himself or not. hell, i invite another team, perhaps a rival, perhaps the clippers, to elevate him to that level in their organization. please do it.
