They subconsciously realize how badly they scrutinized his entire career play by play
How often they would display out of context graphs during his heyday in order to try to underraate his level of play
Kawhi is the modern Kobe. A poor mans version. But still. The game in general is a more poor version of late 90s-mid00s ball... And back then you would've thought Kobe killed kindergartners every day they way Tom Tolbert, Tim Legler, Rick Kamla, etc used to try take digs at him every single day on national TV.
Meanwhile Kawhi is playing amazing. Kobe-esque even. And the media is somehow able to look at Kawhi objectively and understand that. They RUN to praise him. Which is good. But just understand the lack of objectivity they had with Kobe.
They are repenting for the media basketball sins they made on a daily basis with Kobe.
How often they would display out of context graphs during his heyday in order to try to underraate his level of play
Kawhi is the modern Kobe. A poor mans version. But still. The game in general is a more poor version of late 90s-mid00s ball... And back then you would've thought Kobe killed kindergartners every day they way Tom Tolbert, Tim Legler, Rick Kamla, etc used to try take digs at him every single day on national TV.
Meanwhile Kawhi is playing amazing. Kobe-esque even. And the media is somehow able to look at Kawhi objectively and understand that. They RUN to praise him. Which is good. But just understand the lack of objectivity they had with Kobe.
They are repenting for the media basketball sins they made on a daily basis with Kobe.