Charles Barkley Was TOTALLY Right About Kawhi Leonard

[@xbot2k189]

San Antonio told y’all but nobody listened

[@milesdiontre]

Exactly

[@MistaP13]

Blame the front office for giving him massive contracts for barely playing. They keep enabling him. Why would he turn down free money? It sucks for the fans but unless the teams stop giving injury prone players contracts like that why would anything change?

[@rodprops]

Blame the Clippers front office for Leonard, Blame the Sixers front office Embiid.

[@real_Hamilton]

​@@rodpropsAt least Embiid actually played in the playoffs last year and at least he tries to be emotionally available for his team. Kawhi just sits there on the bench like a ghost

[@jason9405]

Just don't pay full salary after a certain number of games are missed. And we will all see who is really hurt and who is not.

[@YoLo-mf3yv]

Kawhi, Zion, Embiid makes me not to want to watch the NBA

[@hoopersln]

I know. It’s annoying right?

[@jackswing-ep7cf]

The NBA Has A Bunch Of Weak Ass Bums That Need To Go

[@user-ho8vu9yb4e]

Zion would play if he wasnt so heavy at least. He needs to get on ozempic for 6 months and his injuries will likely go away. These other dudes dont actually want to play

[@iamtheonlywilly]

Zion picked the wrong sport. That dude should be on someone s offensive line.

[@mw-sl9vo]

you left out my guy ben simmons from the mount rushmore

[@NirvanaLuxury]

This man made HALF A BILIION dollars sitting on the side line and selling New Balance - why would he give a damn about playing a sport? Kawhi is a Hustler...a damn good one. Good for him.

[@FranciscoVazquez-ox2yn]

You mean the San Antonio Spurs were right about Kawhi Leonard but no one listened.

[@wojomojo]

1) Stop being a Clipper fan; 2) Let Ballmer waste his money however he pleases. He's VERY GOOD at it.

[@carlosstephengarcia6716]

been a clipper fan since Benoit Benjamin, wont stop being a fan.

[@dreamtimej]

@wojomojo I'm not a Clippers fan. I do appreciate Steve Balmer's commitment and enthusiasm for his team. I hope it pays off for him... Once Steph retires from the Warriors.😅

[@michaelmcgilvary8908]

We have seen the last great Kawaii when he was winning at all with the Spurs since then he’s been trash….. dude doesn’t wanna play. He probably reeks of bunk.😮

[@mattm9619]

Why the hell would he retire when he can ride the pine and cash out. He isn't the first to ride out the last few years of a contract sitting on the bench.

[@vicetea86]

"inherited superstar status when he just wanted to be a basketball player" very profound.

[@Goode2ya]

As a Spurs fan I can't help but think my squad got lucky by being told he didn't want to be there anymore. We got the most and the best out of him. His Uncle & Agents are geniuses and great businessmen but the gig is up. I feel sorry for his future with his body being in the shape it is.

[@johngomez7314]

Why do you give a raise to a broken down player?

[@dreamtimej]

This is the craziest contract/arrangement I've ever seen. It's been 5 wasted years!

[@joseyeastwood]

Dude gets a five million dollar raise for doing absolutely nothing.

[@iamtheonlywilly]

Dude is a silent con artist

[@Wopstar-777]

That's called "racism"

[@joseyeastwood]

​@@Wopstar-777 Stop waking in baking Cheech.

[@Therealjames-b5o]

Don't let Barkley off of the hook!!! He's been giving Kawhi and Embiid a pass forever, while nicknaming Anthony Davis street clothes!!! Oh the hypocrisy ☹️👎🏿

[@johnnyguitarwatson5288]

I'm not letting that BAN OFF THE HOOK! HE BEEN HATING ON THE LAKERS FOR YEARS NOW!

[@BOBBYP1857]

Paul George and Kawhi are 2 of the worst investments, Philly finding that out again.

[@maxb4074]

Kawhi is like the young quarterback who took himself out of the game "I was tired"

[@jonathanstrand2474]

Not everyone can be as durable as MJ or Lebron. Or freaks of nature like Wemby. Talent, heart, longevity, & durability are not always part of the same package. The elephant in the room is not every player can be an 80-104 game per season athlete. I think THAT is what has to be considered. You want him in the playoffs? He may not be available the 1st 20 games.

[@kendallfountain3729]

You know, James Hardin, is like ok,man it's my team now. You better get back and be ready.

[@Bluebirdfalling]

Harden's got history with landing on dysfunctional teams

[@JigsawBell]

Kawhi and Embiid have become irrelevant.

[@MarkLaw13]

But not Ben Simmons. Lol

[@JigsawBell]

@@MarkLaw13 I cannot argue that.

[@real_Hamilton]

Kawhi is the King of introverts. He keeps everything inside. I remember when he won his first championship in San Antonio and he still had that same blank look on his face. That's just who he is

[@wisdomstreasury]

Just be thankful your team didn’t gut the team to bring him on board.

[@christenandersen65]

You know, if I was the Clippers, I would be suspicious of Kawhi not playing in the playoffs, and then wanting to play in the Olympics. When does a line get drawn and these athletes, making scores of millions, treat their teams and league with some sort of respect. When I think that Toronto was on its knees begging him to stay. Bet they're happy they dodged that bullet.

[@alankoslowski9473]

It seems like many forget he's also getting older. 33 isn't old but isn't young either and most players decline significantly beginning in their mid-30s.

[@stevesomodi]

Biggest waste of money in the NBA! And I've been a fan since San Diego St

[@MrHayes-vh6wl]

Imma say Ben Simmons is 😂

[@vetusperry5847]

Draymond laughing at Big Perk pt avg & his career Point avg is 8.7😂😂😂

[@brushylake4606]

In Perk's last few years, he wasn't making $50 million and hamstringing his team.

[@mymy8258]

Clippers didn't.move on from Paul George. Paul George moved on from the Clippers.

[@stump4522]

Sixers already moved on from Paul George. 😂

[@uyuruciaq3815]

Kawhi gets paid to watch NBA basketball lol. Front row seat

[@AbnerDelgado-l6z]

As an LA resident the best thing the clippers could do is to move the entire franchise to Seattle. You will never mean anything to LA. Please move!!

[@Samuelfish2k]

Shut up

[@cnallybee]

if injuries are plaguing badly, maybe it's time to listen to your body

[@alankoslowski9473]

Yeah most aren't as durable Lebron and Steph. They're more the exceptions than what's typical.

[@donavinrideout7841]

Pro sports contracts have always been about potential. It's a business. If one team doesn't pay, there will be another one that will. All based on the possibility of winning.

[@krislipumano7806]

Imagine ben Simmons and Embiid still on the Sixers? Then Kawhi got traded there instead of PG? 😂😂😂😂😂. The process.

[@draymondgreen7606]

Kawahi is getting paid and getting free front row seats to the games milkn they as

[@v312ym34n_is_very_mean]

Greg Popovich, someone I consider the most complete, greatest basketball coach of all time, was the first one to really push load management. He made it work with timmy but let's be real. It's a poison pill that the rest of the nba imitated. There's a point at which less hours in practice and game time starts to increase chances of injury because players are playing while out of shape, once in a while, going from low activity to full intensity games. I feel like way fewer stars lost so many games to injuries back in the 90s and early 2000s and defense was way more hard contact, and there were no stars saying they'd never play back to backs and what not. It's gone too far with the rest.

[@rdub3795]

You can't compare what Pop did to what is happeneing with today's NBA talent. No one in a Spurs uniform has missed as many games as Kawhi, Embiid, or Davis due to non injuries. Coaches were resting NBA players long before Popovich did it anyway.

[@ed8018]

True. Spurs load management kept an aging Duncan out of back to back games and the occasional game off for rest. Players now are taking huge chunks of the season off!

[@Randomgamingprd]

No team was depending on Kendrick Perkins to bring them a championship😅 Draymond Green crazy

[@iamtheonlywilly]

Exactly 😂😂😂

[@emersonrosales2492]

They've learn that from Ben Simmons😂

[@hoopersln]

Haha for sure

[@Necron990]

I don't know, Leonard started this when he accused the Spurs, the team that started time management, of treating him like Tibbs!

[@bobbituka123]

Leonard is washed. He was a singularly great player in his prime with SA and Toronto but the trauma his body sustained was just too much. He looks like he is playing in pain. He’s his own load manager.

[@alankoslowski9473]

It seems like some don't consider he's not young anymore. 33 isn't old but it's about when most players start to significantly decline. Only a handful of players like Lebron and Steph and stay healthy and highly competitive after their mid-30s.

[@canadianmisfit]

Vontracts shpuld be based on games played. If you make 82m but you miss 3 or benched for playoffs etc ok...when you start missing 10 plus games then you should be pentalized. Up to 50 percent...i think should be fine..nba should have devent checks but hold 50 till last regular game...pay out pased on what the salary left -pentalites... Tbh that be fair. You play 60 games you make 80 percent or of salary seems fair. That gives some wiggle room on injuries verus sitting out snd small injuries. Obviously this wouldnt affect contracts that would be under min payment rules or status..

[@Paul-b5n7x]

He wants the cash without putting in the work. So many players like that

[@sungyong34]

Thanks to KL's uncle.

[@blackdiamond306]

Hindsight is 20/20 I'm so glad he did not want to team up with LeBron, it would have been worse as the Russell Westbrook trade. 🌄🦍☮️

[@SeanMcmillan-jc6te]

In 1984 when Donald Sterling became the Clippers owner he got rid of Bill Walton and Bob McAdo to see them win titles with the Celtics and Lakers respectively. Twenty years later they surrounded Chris Paul with superstars and they still couldn't win. Now Paul George and Russell Westbrook are gone. James Harden is probably going to be traded to Philadelphia in exchange for Tobias Harris. Kawhi barely plays and Steve Ballmer spent two billion dollars on an arena for a team that's never won anything. After forty years of being in Cali the Clippers are a lost cause at this point.

[@nemoarkanian7856]

Did he seriously said he just wanted to play? So the legends were right about this era being less competitive. If you can't compete for titles, you don't belong to the NBA.

[@drokg4931]

Raptors dodged a bullet

[@kev-Kenyan]

They would not have a championship if it wasn't for him. Check out his 2019 playoffs run. True Bball fans know his worth when he is right or at least 85% healthy.

[@pfpchad2747]

Raptors have been trash since Kawhi left. Had Kawhi stayed, they would have likely won a 2nd ring in 2020.

[@stump4522]

Kawhi exorcise LeBronto.

[@JoshuaMartian-go3tm]

Thank God Kawhi didn't come to the Lakers and just used them as leverage & chose the Clippers. 🤞😜

[@pedrobisono747]

HONESLTY NEXT CONTRACT HAS TO BE ONE YEAR CONTRACT

[@Joshwaheazo]

Should have been clear years ago. The front office is dumb.

[@carboy101]

If Derrick Rose was allowed to do this BS he’d still be getting max contracts to this day

[@sakiiwata5586]

Is kawhi‘a career over?? I really don’t think so. Hope to see him in the game very soon

[@Warmaker01]

It's not over for him. Far from it. We can expect several more years of, "Here I am!" and "You can't see me!" from him. All while counting the money going into the bank. And there will always be people going, "Just give him more time. And money."

[@slowmojo9355]

Hes a fraud now a days

[@MarkLaw13]

​@@slowmojo9355but not Embiid

[@iamtheonlywilly]

I think it’s safe to say it is. 5yrs? Nah it’s over

[@JoshuaMartian-go3tm]

He can still have a great Olympic career.

[@MarkLaw13]

You are just talking nonesense in this video.

[@eastgate6134]

Remember when they kept saying Kahwi was the new king of LA

[@markdurgin760]

If teams want to throw all this money at players , who wouldnt take it

[@motownzfinezt]

They let PG walk 😂😂 that's why the Clippers are who they are

[@williamwaltley412]

I don't agree that today's NBA is soft, but load management is wack. The load managers are soft

[@miguelmaldonado4433]

Shaq! Spell it!😂😂😂😂😊😊

[@laz0rama]

it's really too bad about kawhi's injuries, because when he's healthy, he is by far my favorite player in the league. and everything stephen a dislikes about what makes him "the worst superstar", i actually like.

[@leobutlerjr543]

Perk is right But Leonard is the face of the team but get that 💰

[@darkmasage]

I get what you’re saying about embid but atleast he plays more than kawhi atleast he played enough to get an mvp

[@reaper10142]

Making these videos after the lawsuit the medical staff sue the clippers for over how they handle kawhi injuries is pretty sad

[@mitomidou]

You gotta play to get paid. Old saying but I think it's cool. Too bad it doesn't apply to certain players on who get hyped so much they basically are on tenure, performance be damned. Something is off and it better change or NBA finna lose more viewership than it already has. "Spell it!" Lol, Shaq. 🤣

[@AllanR]

Let your investment sit until it is fully healthy

[@justkpop_official1]

his biggest mistake was leaving the raptors

[@philipclock]

Bye-bye NBA, 80's Larry Bird tapes for me.

[@skyMcWeeds]

time to stop these stupid guaranteed contracts, if you don't play a game you don't get paid time to bring in some toughness back to the league no more coddling these baby athletes

[@markusgarcia4136]

These generation players, only care about money and the gram...

[@iamtheonlywilly]

Kawhi is an enigma. I think his fans would support him if he would say something, do something mentor the new guys in the court. Nope, he says nothing and stays silent.

[@brushylake4606]

That was his problem in San Antonio. He concealed and lied to the front office, his teammates, and fans.

[@Avofan]

Just like Doc Rivers, Kawhi is average at best. He’s not even a Top 50 or even a 100 player. I hope his agent ask for at least 40%.

[@nickvan9exel954]

That Clippers curse been real since the 80s🤷💯...

[@stevesomodi]

Nope, started in San Diego with Bill Walton, course they been crap since Buffalo!

[@tonykartracer8032]

I wouldn't want Kawhi Leonard on my team..... dude lacks heart.

[@TreeSavior-z6c]

Thanks to uncle Roger the dude now is DIVA.

[@williamwaltley412]

At least perk played it sucks to get all that money and just not have the heart to play

[@wbrown910]

Ben Simmons!

[@DoggNite]

He could of had a dynasty if he stayed in Toronto! As soon as he went back over the boarder he went downhill quick.

[@jjonwards]

Why should he retire when he can keep collecting the big checks?

[@SheliaYates-u4i]

Someone please tell Barkley since he is not a winner of a championship,it's no room for his conversation speaking on another player,can someone please get that message to him shaq diesel

[@enricosands4352]

We all kno its a Buisness also and I agree with the narrator he is the best agent!!! This hw I look at the Kawhi"s plan the owners make a Whole lot of money off of players and the players is the attraction but dont get just do in payment so kawhi set out to show he's that guy, now that he is established as a GREAT player he has his own team so if he gets hurt and to me some injuries heal at a quicker pace theey say he ne3ds time to fully heal so he doesn't play and still gets payed for years now he's been using teams. So to me he's not hurt like that just geeting him!!! 😎✌🇧🇸

[@yeesenchai]

kwahi vs ben Simmons

[@Warmaker01]

Yes. One of the things Simmons gets pointed out on is his lack of availability. The Kawhi situation is far worse because he's supposed to be a super star player that a team is built around. He's been paid big money for this. But he's hardly ever there.

[@MarkLaw13]

He took a paycut btw ​@@Warmaker01

[@warrenkarmun138]

🤔Kahwhi just retire already,Iwas a fan of him but now he is just coasting. 🤔R.I.P/N.B.A.🙏

[@mackmoulin]

He is more delicate than a porcelain plate. He missed nearly 200 out of 400 plus games with the Clippers. No thanks, he is NOT dependable. He should retire.

[@pfpchad2747]

Bro, I'd still take Kawhi over Embiid. How many more games does Embiid play than Kahwi? When Kawhi plays in the playoffs, he actually shows up.

[@carlosrodgers3161]

Did you forget he blew a 3-1 lead against the nuggets 🤣🤣

[@DariusShannon-c2s]

The NBA need to rethink their salary's.Player making 10s of Millions and sit out game for jamed finger.The NBA Need to loeer the Ticket Price.so the average fane can go to a game.

[@RjsCKiwi]

Kawhi soft 😅 baller tho

[@paulgamboa1]

put him in Pistons

[@MarkLaw13]

This dude made a video with taking the lawsuit likely. Stephen A Smith gives Embiid a pass but not Kawhi. Also, You act like Kawhi didn't play in the postseason at all. Didnt he try? This is a terrible video.

[@MaryMontgomery-r9i]

Why are y'all so hard on kawhi getting hurt Every basketball player and football players get hurt all the time

[@iamtheonlywilly]

It’s because he gets paid a lot of money to essentially not play. Fans wanna see him but he’s hardly on the court

[@leonardmaher8155]

The basketball gods are getting back at Kawhi for bolting Toronto the first chance he got after winning the championship when he left Toronto he was 27 at the time when he came to his hometown LA at least run it back again and resign Toronto could have easily repeated in 2020 Toronto lost in game 7 to Boston but if Toronto has Kawhi they win that series in my opinion after the 2019 championship he won with Toronto he stopped caring about winning all that mattered to him was going back home and what did he accomplish since he joined LA nothing he wasn’t a championship yet and he never will see I always thought that winning is the number 1 priority in professional sports that’s why pro athletes play is to win when he went left Toronto I lost all respect for him and he made Masai Ujiri look like a fool in free agency is Masai was smart he should have given Kawhi a deadline to sign this way this gives him time to look at other options and then Toronto could have offered Jimmy Butler a contract and it’s not a guarantee that he would have signed with Toronto but after winning the championship there’s a good chance he would have signed with the Raptors instead of signing with Miami the whole thing was handled wrong by Toronto

[@TexasReppin210]

lets get real kawhi is robbing the clippers for every penny.

[@PGwannabe13]

f clips trade Kawhi to (detroit, mia, gsw - potential candidates) ..hes gona make those team a champion

[@MrAllister9]

PERKINS WASNT TAKING 49 MILLION EITHER I HATE THAT GUY ... HE THINKS GS WON BECAUSE OF HIM

[@thevo9289]

1 of the best career get pay and not playing Pay per an hours he is king lol

[@joereyna1116]

Weird dude plain ,simple

[@hoopersln]

Robbing the clips right now

[@chochomaguad4578]

just trade kawhi and harden and start to rebuild again. harden cant carry this clippers team to the finals its not enough.

[@eksit101]

I call it karma. Kwhy is like our local kid and the bs he did to lakeshow, perfect ending to his career. Clips. LMFAO. I feel bad for the kid about his dad, but SoCal & IE is nation. Simple.

[@paulliwanag6528]

Zion,leaonard,embid easy money!!hahaha

[@guzmancharles7]

Yes Kawhi needs to retire.

[@LiveLongAndProsperHonestly]

Wait what the hell Charles put Joel Embiid at top 4 on a list of his? Why? Dude's trash like Ben Simmons, massively dirty player who actively goes out to hurt others and give them injuries. Oh maybe that's why he likes Joel.

[@blackdiamond306]

If I was having my damn sure would Air Max at least 50% of the salary. Is literally stealing I'm leaving getting paid for what you do. If you can't hold up the end of your contract obligation your conscious should tell you that you did not earn this salary.🌄🦍☮️

[@ernmignogna8881]

Knee pads

[@MrYgfamily21]

kawhi Ben simmons are two of the biggest scammer in nba

[@KingSigmaVibes]

It’s up to Kawhi to get healthy. He is a multi millionaire and have access to great healthcare. He got a payday and won’t get healthy. That’s on him.

[@krislipumano7806]

Exactly.. What you don't change is your choice. He won't spend money on his body. Dude used to be up there defending LeBron one on one. Sad to see this.

[@daveamoroso]

Kawhi Leonard should retire.. It's disgusting that he is even in the NBA.. I put him at the bottom of the NBA list.. I don't even want to hear 🙉 his name 😤