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Why was Kawhi booed in his return to San Antonio while DeRozan was cheered in his return to Toronto? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by DonT012@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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They were traded for one another in the offseason. Essentially a near 1:1 trade the Raptors and Spurs agreed on. How come Kawhi was booed while DeRozan was cheered? I mean Kawhi brought home a title while DeRozan kept choking in the playoffs. Why does he get cheered for this but Kawhi got all the hate?

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[–] Foster48-DaGOAT@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's not always about the chip.

Derozan wanted to stick with Toronto, wanted to play well enough for people to want to join them instead of looking for a way out, and had, relative to the franchise's history at the time, experienced success.

And those endeared themselves heavily to the Toronto crowd. Especially since this was the team that had a few major issues with other players not wanting to play for them. (Alonzo Mourning refusing to play after the VC trade, and John Salmons "divine intervention" being the final straw in Bosh deciding his time in Toronto is over).

You compare that with Kawhii's relationship with the Spurs towards the end of his time there and it's night and day.

[–] Proper_Owlboi@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Straight facts, deebo was ride or die for the team and city. and i think a lot of people related to him and his story coming to toronto from LA, no passport and family couldnt visit until they got theirs, he put his nose down and got to work. So mad he couldnt win the chip with toronto, its why he got 2 welcome back videos lmao