07-06-2021, 08:50 AM
(07-06-2021, 08:40 AM)Kammrath Wrote: Well since you are speaking frankly, so will I.
Based on what I have read and heard (so these are FAN assumptions and dot connecting from me), it sounds to me like RC is a narcissist and had created an ambient abusive environment within the lockerroom and even front office. I have lived in those kind of environments and they are horrible. You are constantly on edge, ready for the next round of gaslighting, blame-shifting, etc. I'll leave it at that for now.
IF this is true (and again I am piecing things together from afar), then that environment could be completely debilitating to someone who is an empath and inclined to much more sensitivity to the people around them. If KP is that kind of person (as I suspect), then RC would be horrible to work with and for. ALSO, I suspect that KP has a fragile ego that needs someone to truly be more gentle in navigating him (hence my use of "coddling")....not in the sense of not holding him accountable, but holding him accountable in a firm, yet gentle and empathic way. Not like an asshole. In retrospect I regret using "coddle" because I think that ended up being unhelpful. I think KP needs kinder and more empathic souls around him, who can hold him accountable. He needs to be treated like a man, but it needs to be in an environment that is frankly more loving and less abusive.
Thing is that he had the same or even worse problems in NY. Even asked to be traded. I don´t think the environment you are asking for exists in a success driven league like the NBA. And the NBA is already more player friendly/centric than most leagues outside of the US.