Yes he was! Apparently he became disillusioned with the direction of the team and asked to be traded. His quality of play had also gone down( probably due to a lack of effort on Carter's part) and they got nothing for him including Alonzo Mourning who refused to report.
Demanded a trade and in a preview of the modern NBA held the team hostage.
Yeah, there were a number of things happening behind the scene. No more special treatment, Vince is a momma's boy and they were giving his mother a hard time (or maybe it was the other way around lol), Vince wanted DR. J to be the GM, Drafting Araujo. The Past is the Past. Outside of the weather, Toronto is a great Organization to play for.
The current NBA is all about ring chasing and the market doesn't dictate were the ring will go.
These guys are not the future, so now you target the younger guys.
No, it is true. Kawhi signed an extension in 2015. If he wanted to go home, he could have at that point.
That is how I remember it too. Kawhi was being pressured to play and he didn't feel healthy enough to play and the medical advice he was getting, which differed from that of the Spur's staff, was advising him not to play. The coaching staff and some of the players, Tony Parker for one, were openly critical of Kawhi.
South Beach and Silicon Valley are hot properties. Kawhi always wanted to play in LA and wasn't spoken of in the same circles as LeBron and KD until recently. They all have rings, now they want to play with the lifestyle they want.
