The biggest bummer of us not trying to trade for Kawhi is that his total lack of personality is perfect for Boston fans. Celtic fans want their star players to shut up and dribble and that's exactly what Kawhi does.
That's why we loved guys like KG, Ortiz, and Gronk. Got it. Great point.
I'm just sayin... fans hate Kyrie, because he is transparent and answers questions. In 2019, Kawhi is the right kind of famous for Celtic fans... a basketball player who doesn't talk, shows little emotion, and doesn't make movies.
Kyrie isn't the only Boston/New England superstar. He's just the one you've been obsessing about for months. You turned a Kawhi post into another Irving discussion.
everyone has been obsessing over kyrie for months... and for good reason. He’s the only upper tier player on a 49 win also-ran. Makes sense for him to be the focus given how mediocre the rest of the squad is.
I’m just saying, a lot of fans seem to despise kyrie because he’s too big of a personality. I imagine a robot-like kawhi would have upset them less.
Of course, kawhi is a top 5 superstar while kyrie is a top 25 allstar so it would have been a lot easier to embrace the superior talent. All the discussions about Boston being racist just made me realize that basically any modern nba star would upset twitter generation Celtic fans, because they don’t like guys who have bigger personalities than the team itself. Kyrie is probably the most famous player the Celtics have had since Larry Bird. NBA stars usually have big personalities. Kawhi is a rare exception. Fans here would find reasons to hate most other stars if they were the face of a non-contender.