Doc Rivers warned Kawhi to not trade away Shai Gilgeous Alexander

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KaGM

 

[who_better_than_me]

After coming from San Antonio I don’t think Kawhi was a real threat to go the Lakers either. I think he wanted his own franchise where he was undisputedly the man. He wouldn’t have been that under Lebron

 

[SchoolboyC]

Has nothing to do with not winning shyt
SGA is a top 5 player in the NBA and he's 25 years old
You are always in the mix when you have a top 5 player
Clippers window has closed. Even if they sign back PG, their top players are past it

Did you believe SGA would become a top 5 player five years ago?

 

[CHICAGO]

every version of those clippers teams depends on kawhi's healthy anyways

HOW CAN YOU POST THIS
AFTER SEEING WHAT SGA HAS BECOME?

CLIPPERS WOULD BE IN GREAT SHAPE
RIGHT NOW WITH SGA REGARDLESS
OF KAWHI'S HEALTH.

NOW THEYRE STUCK
WITH AN INJURED KAWHI
AND WILL PROBABLY LOSE
PG PLUS HARDEN.



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[keond]

Doc is a dummy, but this was a dumb trade from the start. I hate when older players demand to trade up and coming dudes for their old ass friends.

 

[duckbutta]

HOW CAN YOU POST THIS
AFTER SEEING WHAT SGA HAS BECOME?

CLIPPERS WOULD BE IN GREAT SHAPE
RIGHT NOW WITH SGA REGARDLESS
OF KAWHI'S HEALTH.

NOW THEYRE STUCK
WITH AN INJURED KAWHI
AND WILL PROBABLY LOSE
PG PLUS HARDEN.



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SGA never becomes the player he is playing with PG, Kawhi, and Doc. They would have had him posted up in the corner shooting 3's.

 

[Art Barr]

and this is the real part that folks gloss over

doc has arguably wasted more primes than any coach in the last 20+ years

shyt, lebron didn't even entertain the idea of seeing wiggins in training camp

Stoopidest trade in nba history.

Trade away a second four peat breh.


Art Barr

 

[CHICAGO]

SGA never becomes the player he is playing with PG, Kawhi, and Doc. They would have had him posted up in the corner shooting 3's.

nikka PG WASNT GOING
TO BE ON THE TEAM IF SGA DIDNT
GET TRADED....

SO YEA HE WOULD STILL BE
THAT GUY WITH KAWHI CATCHING
SEASON ENDING INJURIES EVERY YR





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[Professor Emeritus]

Doc wasted Blake's prime career years

Maybe in 2014, and they weren't beating the Spurs during the Sterling year anyway. Otherwise, Blake wasted Blake's prime.

2013: horrible against the Grizzlies
2015: choked against the Rockets
2016: hurt
2017: hurt
2018: hurt half the year then traded

 

[HTXBreh]

SGA never becomes the player he is playing with PG, Kawhi, and Doc. They would have had him posted up in the corner shooting 3's.

PG wouldn't be there until later and Doc ain't running corner 3s

 

[duckbutta]

nikka PG WASNT GOING
TO BE ON THE TEAM IF SGA DIDNT
GET TRADED....

SO YEA HE WOULD STILL BE
THAT GUY WITH KAWHI CATCHING
SEASON ENDING INJURIES EVERY YR





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I don't think OKC was that hard up for SGA. I don't remember anyone reporting that they were demanding SGA in the trade. His salary + Gallo salary matched so all the clippers had to give up was two players. OKC cared more about the picks.

SGA would be doing exactly what PG been doing with Kawhi, playing second banana until he get hurt and then crumbling under the pressure of trying to be a number one on a team designed for him to be the number 2.

This SGA revisionist history is ridiculous

Go find 3 people when that trade happen who said "oh know the clippers should not try and get PG they should keep this rookie averaging 13 3 and 3 this is a terrible trade for the clippers

Doc making it sound like Kawhi Leonard was the GM, Coach, and POBO talking about he tried to convince him not to trade SGA

 

[Sccit]

ITS THE CLIPPERS.. THE MESSIAH COMIN BEFORE THEY WIN 1

 

[At30wecashout]

One of the biggest what’s if misses. Hill TMac and Duncan would’ve been better than Ginonli
Parker and Duncan

This is the kinda lineup worth hopping in a time machine to see if it happened. That would have been likely the nastiest trio ever.

 

[Black Mamba]

HOW CAN YOU POST THIS
AFTER SEEING WHAT SGA HAS BECOME?

CLIPPERS WOULD BE IN GREAT SHAPE
RIGHT NOW WITH SGA REGARDLESS
OF KAWHI'S HEALTH.

NOW THEYRE STUCK
WITH AN INJURED KAWHI
AND WILL PROBABLY LOSE
PG PLUS HARDEN.



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[gho3st]

Glock rivers

Basically doc is saying :" i could have led the clippers to a championship if Kawhi didnt force them to trade SGA"