Danny Green appeared on the All the Smoke podcast with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, and the Kawhi Leonard saga came up (of course, it did). We've heard so many different angles of the same story that it's become annoying. I get why it was such a hot topic at the time, but it's been almost a decade.
Every time an ex-Spur from that time who shows up to chat with Captain Jack and Matty Barnes, they have to answer questions about this topic. The same happened with LaMarcus Aldridge showed up for an episode. If you've somehow evaded the story, the podcast's social media page was nice enough to splice together several episodes, including the latest with DG, to complete the tale.
All the juice has been squeezed from the Spurs/Kawhi story
Uncle Dennis this, Uncle Dennis that, Tony Parker said something he shouldn't have, blah blah blah. If you're telling me that Coach Popovich was too hard on guys, I say good riddens. Too many people swear by Pop, his methods, and who he is as a person for anyone to take this stuff seriously. The only thing that really matters is what Aldridge said. "When somebody's ready to go, they're ready to go."
Leonard is gone, and he hasn't worn a Spurs uniform in over five years. I don't know that there's a single fan in San Antonio who cares anymore. There's no reason to when we have Victor Wembanyama in uniform. There's more gratitude than anything. Unfortunately for the Klaw, he hasn't been able to stay healthy, and it's hindered his teams more than he's helped them.
Those problems would still exist if he had never left the 210, but it's someone else's issue to deal with. The Silver and Black are free and clear of degenerative knee issues to their superstar while they're trying to build a championship roster. Wembanyama wouldn't be uniform had he never left. That means anything could have happened with the Alien, including seeing him land in Houston.
What a disgusting scenario to consider. Thankfully, we don't have to live that alternate reality in Bizarro World. The Clippers were just eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in what's been one of the most open years in the Western Conference in recent memory. Kawhi had a solid series, but he was too passive and basically admitted that he was just happy to be healthy enough to play in the postseason.
That's not the life we want as Spurs fans. So, we're over it and have moved on. Everyone can move on to. There are way more interesting stories to cover, like whether Wembanyama is actually 7'3" or 7'5". That's the stuff we need to get to the bottom of.