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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 3645977, member: 1969"]
You cannot compare Lebron and Kawhi. (and you may not be).  Lebron is a diva, but he is not a rollercoaster.   Kawhi is a roller coaster.

Lebron puts in the work and leads the team in practice and dedication.  Kawhi is about load management / practicing when he wants / skipping the odd practice / being a loner.

Kawhi already bailed on one team (San Antonio) and had teammates to a large extent  bail on him (LAC last year).   He is a risky proposition.   When everything goes right it certainly can and has paid off, but it can go very poorly as well.

Kawhi worked in San Antonio and Toronto -- but they already had established and respected internal leadership structures that kept the team in check.   They let him either just play, or lead on the court.

The Clippers did not have the proper established leadership structure to handle Kawhi last year and all the favours rubbed the supporting core the wrong way.   I am not sure if it has changed enough this year.   It helps that Paul George (I cheated on my coaches' daugther with a stripper and got the stripper pregnant) dynamic is no longer there.  Serge Ibaka a respected veteran should also help in that regard.

Could the talent on the floor overcome the drama -- certainly it can, but it can also blow up.    I give the Clippers a 20% chance of missing the playoffs this year.   (Similar odds of winning it all to missing the playoffs)

I saw one poster above that said Kawhi is almost a guarantee to stay with the Clippers.   Based on his history, I just see that as a really poor assertion to make.    There are so many reasonable plausable scenarios with Kawhi -- win it all and stay, legit injury, non-legit injury, leave because he is not happy with others, ask to be traded.

And largely irrelevant to this -- I am amused by the fact that Kawhi thought it was fine to balance a 1 litre water gallon off his junk in front of teammates as part of an exercise routine
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