Guys, We Can Beat Jerry West’s Sales Pitch To Kawhi Leonard

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    When Jerry West talks to Kawhi Leonard during the Clippers Meeting:


    Jerry West: Kawhi, I, we, want you to come to the Clippers. We’ll build our whole team around you.

    Kawhi: :::blank stare:::

    JW: Son, do you know who I am?

    Kawhi: :::blank stare:::

    Steve Ballmer: Jerry tell him about your nickname.

    Kawhi: :::blank stare:::

    JW: I’m the Logo, I played for the Lakers and. After my playing days, I put Showtime together, and then I put Kobe and Shaq together. I’m responsible for the Lakers dynasties.

    Kawhi: :::blank stare:::

    JW: I convinced the Warriors they had to sign Kevin Durant. Btw, I’m also responsible for their current dynasty.

    Kawhi: :::blank stare:::

    JW: Aren’t you going to say anything?

    Kawhi: All I heard was Lakers and Warriors.

    JW: No son, what I’m saying is, I’m the one who built these dynasties.

    Kawhi: :::blank stare:::

    JW: I’m a genius for spotting talent when I see it and then acquiring it.

    Kawhi: Then how come you didn’t convince the Warriors to draft me in 2011?

    JW: :::tongue tied:::

    Steve Ballmer: :::smdh:::

    Kawhi: :::blank stare:::
     
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    To me the biggest hurdle for the Clippers in their pitch to Kawhi is loyalty. That of course is discounting the whole Clippers are LA’s JV team. If I’m Kawhi, I’m asking why the promised Blake the moon and sent him away the same year. I’m sure West and Ballmer have some kind of answer already cooked up but not sure what it could be.
     
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    A new thread for that?
     
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    I can already tell, this is gonna be one of those super long threads.



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    When I was new to ClubLakers, I made a new thread proclaiming that we should trade 2005 Vlade for Yao Ming, and why the Rockets should do that to get a “wiley vet”.
     
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    You weren’t entertained?
     
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    That’s a great point, the loyalty angle. That’s also the underlying theme of the joke, assuming you know Kawhi’s background. Part of the reason he chose San Diego State, is because SDSU recruited him hard even when he was not on UCLA’s (his preferred school’s) radar, and never gave up. It seems to me this union with the Lakers has been brewing for several years, and the Clippers have only recently (last 9 months) have been speaking a Kawhi Clippers union into existence, only after he demanded a trade to the Lakers.
     
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    Fantastic!

    But.....

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    so you're a mod now?
     
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    We already have an active Kawhi thread. @MambaMentality, feel free to repost your OP in that thread.
     
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