Kawhi Leonard Escapes Penalty, Uncle Dennis Takes Fall
Kawhi Leonard has been fined $700K as part of the fallout for this scandal scandal. His Uncle Dennis is taking the majority of the blame as the agent.
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John, another part of this, because there's so many parts of it, is the Kawhi part of this.
Okay?
Because Kawhi, Kawhi basically walks out of this free.
Pretty much.
He has to pay, he has to pay 700,000.
Okay, a game check or two.
Go ahead.
And he gets to probably play for the Toronto Raptors, doesn't get suspended, contract doesn't get voided.
None of that stuff.
What do you think?
I Listen, Kawhi had to have a fall guy.
Okay?
He had to have a, he had to have an interpreter.
He did.
Okay.
Uncle Dennis fell on the grenade.
That's the easiest way to explain all this.
He had Uncle Dennis go in there and say, "Hey, man, listen, you go in there and you tell them it was all you.
You handle my business operations.
All I do is play basketball."
And if you've ever seen his public persona, again, I kinda know him personally, but if you don't know him, you would believe that somebody else handles all this.
I don't talk to nobody.
I play basketball, I take care of my family, and that's what I do.
And Uncle Dennis handles all the business.
He tells me how much.
I tell him yes or no, and that's it.
That's all I know.
I don't negotiate any of this.
Uncle Dennis does.
Whatever it gets asked for extra, he's my representation, he tries to get me what, what he thinks operates best.
I just play basketball.
And that's what Uncle Dennis went in there and said, "Hey, man, this is all on me."
You know?
Kawhi knew none of this.
I was just Felt like I was doing my job.
And he copped the hammer, too.
And I gu- I guarantee you Uncle Dennis is all right.
Kaw- Kawhi This is the best outcome for Kawhi, by a mile.
Oh, absolutely.
By far.
By a mile.
By far.
Because lookit, in his statement, through his new agent, because he let go of Uncle Dennis earlier in the- Mm-hmm in the summer, he said, like, some things that "I accept full responsibility for lapses in judgment," not by himself, "but by people within my inner circle."
Correct.
"And I regret the distraction this situation has caused the fans and my family."
Now, throughout the season, even going back to last media day, he's been like, "I don't know what's going on."
Like, "All my people made the decisions."
Like, that's I'm paraphrasing, but that's kinda what his sentiment was.
And, you know, now we're getting this statement and it's like, yeah, somebody within But if he, if someone's in your inner circle, John- Mm-hmm doesn't that mean that you would probably know, probably know something about it?
Well, again- Right if, if you're gonna, if, if you're gonna tell me eBay goes to prison, you know, Tiny goes on to be World Series champion and MVP, Uncle Dennis can take the fall, buddy.
Sorry.
The, the You gotta have a fall guy, and in, when you're Kawhi Leonard, you have a fall guy.
Yeah, he knew.
Let's not be crazy now.
Okay.
Thank you.
Let's not be crazy.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
Let, let, let's not be naive.
Of course he knew.
He loves money.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, this is He loves money.
This is- Who doesn't?
Who doesn't?
If you don't think he knew, then you are putting your head in the sand, okay?
Yeah.
He did know.
But the whole point of Uncle Dennis is to take the blame for things he doesn't wanna take the blame for.
Uncle Dennis is the business shield when something goes wrong.
That's what he's there for, period, end of story.
This is like having a rapper.
The rapper has somebody with him that's got that thing on him.
So if you get out of line, pew pew.
The rapper doesn't go to jail.
'Cause guess what?
That's why you here.
Okay?
If I'm an athlete, I go out to the club with the homies, I get into a scuffle, I'm not fighting nobody.
That's why y'all here.
Like, the, you gotta do your job, buddy.
Sure.
You gotta do your job.
And Uncle Dennis did his job.
Uncle Dennis ain't out the family.
It ain't like he, he can't come to Thanksgiving, he can't come to Christmas.
Uncle Dennis gonna have a, a, a nice present under the tree from Kawhi, 'cause this ain't- You think so?
This your family.
Hell yeah.
You know how much money Uncle Dennis has gotten Kawhi?
Did you not read how much money they made off of this?
Yeah, a lot.
You think this is the only- More than expected, actually.
You think this is the only thing Uncle Dennis has gotten for him in this fashion?
No.
No.
That's his job.
Uncle Dennis did his job.
And now when it came time to take the fall, because everything ain't above board in, in, in business, somebody gotta be the fall guy.
It was Uncle Dennis.
The, the, the, the, you know, the main thing gotta walk free 'cause the checks gotta keep coming.
This ain't har- this ain't hard.
The rapper gotta stay out of prison 'cause he gotta keep making records.
This, this, this ain't hard.
But it's just cra- Why is it hard for people to follow?
But it's just crazy because he is at the center of this whole thing.
Kawhi Leonard is the one that is being investigated.
Him and his team are the ones that this whole thing is based around, and he just gets to pay 700,000 and walk to the Raptors and go back to playing basketball.
Because at the end of the day, again, you gotta protect the asset.
It business 101.
You gotta protect the company.
So somebody- Sure in the company gotta take the fall.
You're fired.
Go away.
Company has to keep operating.
End of story.
Kawhi's gotta keep hooping 'cause the checks gotta keep coming to the family.
Again, this isn't some third-party agency he was dealing with.
This was his uncle.
