(06-27-2021, 12:30 AM)SleepingHero Wrote: That might just be the reason and there's nothing else to it...I believe Russell Westbrook sat in a team suite during the OKC playoffs when he had a broken leg.
But I will say I found it incredible. I don't think I've ever seen the superstar of a team choose to sit in a suite away from his guys while he's injured during a critical playoff game. Sure there are times when guys have to stay home due to injury but Kawhi obviously could make it to the game.
And yet he decides to not be down in the trenches with his teammates and foregoes trying to motivate them/offer advice during the game. Eerily reminiscent of the stuff he pulled on the Spurs before he was traded.
Kawhi was roasted on Twitter for the choice, but I guess it's okay with the team, since he's doing it. He went down to join the team in the locker room and offer his advice at halftime, at least during Game 3. Some people think his choice of seating bodes ill for his playing with the Clippers again, but who can decipher Leonard's inscrutable countenance?
I really don't know how uncomfortable it is for him to sit on the bench with his particular injury.