We Finally Know What’s Wrong With Kawhi Leonard

Kawhi Leonard has yet to play this season and now his personal trainer is suing the Clippers. The lawsuit actually reveals things about Kawhi we didn’t already know and explains a lot about the league’s most mysterious superstar.

[alexgrissom]

I simply don’t believe that 2 separate NBA franchises mishandled the same star player’s injuries

[tientri]

dude has a max contract and didnt want to play for 720+ days. Ya... fuck that shit.
he wasnt like Klay. Klay got them 3 rings THEN went down with injury and the dubs gave him the benefit of the doubt.

Kawhi came into clippers with a history of injuries. Got a max and then looks like he tried to finesse them by playing as little as possible.

[StefunnyStrange]

They push their players who make 50 MILLION dollars per year to actually play some basketball?! Who woulda thought! Why are people acting like this was a normal job? Their salaries aren’t normal, are they?! He could’ve retired but chose not to. I don’t feel sorry for this man.

[sargesmash]

It's pretty obvious by now that Kawhi and his team were in the wrong, and the Spurs (and other teams) have been right.

[WoolfJ]

Remember how he was somehow ready to play for the Olympics? Or how he had no real issue playing for the Raptors? Yeah he picks and chooses when to play

[ChidOki]

What's wrong with Kawhi Leonard is that he's majorly injury prone and that he doesn't do anything to assure his teammates or organization that he really cares about coming back as quickly and fully as possible.

[baldeagle]

Uncle Dennis has been doing this crap since 2016, burning bridges everywhere Kawhi goes

[MediumShotMarshall]

The Spurs took great care of their players, health wise. When the whole debacle with Kawhi went down, it never made sense, because Spurs docs are really good at getting guys healthy. Now it’s clear his team (and Kawhi himself) were just being divas. Good riddance.

[Unpopularopinion]

So he refuses to see team doctors and then blames them..make it make sense..dude doesn’t wanna play but expects to get paid.

[geefryherrera]

I mean I do remember when Kawhi got hurt during the 2021 playoffs. The clippers called it a knee sprain just to later say it was a ACL tear. Then comes back 2023 and tears his meniscus…

[douglasmurdoch]

It doesn’t sound Isiah Thomas like at all. 730 days? That’s like 2 years. That’s ridiculous

[someguy]

Dude is gonna be the reason teams stop taking chances on injury prone players, especially with the new salary cap rules. Clippers are so screwed because of his contract lol

[jaco]

As a Spurs fan, i'm so glad the truth is starting to show. I knew every update of the Spurs-Kawhi saga so i know and probably every Spurs fan knows there wasn't any mistreatment from the team and the problem is all on Kawhi's team especially that damn uncle

[valis]

Finally, a YouTuber who gets it. It's like you ACTUALLY read the lawsuit, as opposed to the Dan LeBatards of the world who jumped straight to Kawhi's defense, clickbait. Shadiness and poor communication has been around Kawhi for a long time. His M.O. With the Spurs, his Uncle created headaches galore. In FA from Toronto, Kawhi and his Uncle making those exorbitant, under-the-table demands from the Lakers. The lawsuit from Kawhi's ex-agent, Brian Elfus suing for fees. The Johnny Wilkes lawsuit suing the Clippers and Jerry West for acting as Kawhi's "go-between" before he was even a FA, another obvious case of tampering, which Shelton's lawsuit also alleges. And now this Shelton lawsuit. Kawhi's uniform changes and yet the narrative remains the same. It's bad enough the guy's body is brittle and broke and Kawhi and his camp think it's everybody else's fault and then all this diva-ish behavior behind the scenes that fans don't see because Kawhi doesn't talk in the media about the hornets nests he stirs up. You better believe his Uncle does plenty of talking...

You wanna hear something else? This shadiness extends to even matters outside basketball. I happen to know through an old classmate and family friend that Kawhi even got shady about the bill for criminal defense attorney, Virginia Blumenthal they hired to defend his sister, Kimesha Williams, who beat that old lady to death in that Pechanga Casino bathroom in Temecula, CA, for like 80 bucks or whatever. Late retainers, balking at court fees. Kawhi and his people were told his sister'd likely get a stiff sentence and when she got life, they wanted to stiff her, if you can believe it. She (Blumenthal) thought she might have to sue just to recoup her fees! This is just how they operate and they don't necessarily deserve all the sympathy they're given.

[homerthompson]

Pop saw it; he used to talk about Kawhi as the future of the franchise long before he started putting up allstar numbers. I remember thinking Pop was nuts at the time but a couple years later Kawhi's a top 5 player in the league. Also how are you leaving out the part in the lawsuit where it was alleged the Clippers were tampering when Kawhi was on the Spurs? I wouldn't buy Uncle Dennis' explanation either. The Spurs told Kawhi he had a degenerative condition in his knee and would have to be load managed the rest of his career. And when they tried to officially shut him down for the season right before a big ESPN game against either Golden State or OKC his camp went to ESPN and told them Kawhi was about to return and would be playing that game, which ESPN reported.

[fraseyhorse]

The “ex player” media owe the spurs an apology

[That-One-Dude]

It just teleported to my hand when I saw A.M. Hoops post😩

[chulhoe]

Sounds like Kawhi’s personal trainer is so incompetent he couldn’t get him back into shape in a reasonable time and make him strong enough to prevent injury. The trainer is trying to avoid any blame.

[Danny-bdch]

If it was anyone other then Kawhi, I might pay attention. He has been out for eight years.

[chief]

Kawhi shouldn’t sign any contract until he’s healthy to play