Kawhi with a crazy shot against Jaden McDaniels
The way he palmed the ball at the end tho
A basket ball for him is like a tennis ball for you
He could play dodgeball with it
Dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge
That’s a foul for anyone else. Jumping into the back of Kawhi on the jumper. Sheesh.
Luka and Shai live on that move
Kawhi is going through that Lebron phase which you could see the obvious contact but refs dont call it. It has been like this all season for him
It’s also just an average Jaden McDaniels defensive possession if Lu Dort is the starting linebacker of the NBA McDaniel is the backup linebacker lmao
The Wolves literally started the whole “foul everyone constantly because they can’t call all of them” defense which is why it’s hilarious when their fans talk about ethical hoops
Current OKC are just the 2023⁄24 Wolves on steroids
This just feels patently false.
He can be grabby, especially around screens, (and he’s definitely prone to frustration fouls), but he’s MUCH more reliant on using his length than physicality. Dort is literally linebacker sized (like 6’3” 230) while McDaniels is essentially KD. That’s why Dort plays uber aggressive — he literally cannot affect players any other way. Their games are entirely different. And despite all of that, McDaniels has historically struggled with foul trouble throughout his career. Most Wolves fans would contend he gets a bad whistle throughout his career.
Even the “Wolves play super aggressive against Denver” was largely just about the Wolves being far fresher than the Nuggets, who didn’t have the energy to match them.
If anyone benefits from a good whistle despite being hyper aggressive, it’s Ant. Dude gets a shockingly good defensive whistle despite being handsy as hell when he’s locked in.
Yeah i noticed wolves “physicality” yesterday, it felt like we were playing against Thunder. They got away with couple obvious fouls but it is not on same level like Thunder though
I assume a good chunk of that was just frustration with the fact that y’all were destroying us, Kawhi can plant as many trees as he wants if he keeps ballin’ like that
Congrats, this is the 100 tree joke i have heard today.
My b. I s’pose Wolves fans are pretty bored of the baby mama jokes, shouldn’t be throwing stones haha
We do play similar levels of physicality on defense as okc I’ll agree. I would say the discrepancy comes on the other end when our superstar has the worst whistle of any in the league, outside maybe Steph, while okc has SGA
He spammed X while going for the lay
Modern day MJ
Bro is playing basketball like we would with a volleyball
There was a play during Raps v Sixers before the shot that was textbook MJ…exactly the 16 min mark
https://youtu.be/IHOConM6RQE?si=pFwjRoFcVYBCGA5P
KawhiGPT simulating MJ
Can’t really tell from these angles but does McDaniels make contact with his back?
Makes sense then why he’s angry at the ref
If it wasn’t for his injuries (and recent Aspiration stuff), we’d be talking more about him. But it’s almost impossible to have conversation about Kawhi properly with those two things in play
It always looks so insane to me how one handed nba players shoot. Feels impossible for me to take a good shot with the guide hand that far away when I’m shooting, just feels so unnatural.
Because you don’t have big ass hands and long arms
Lost it a little bit
What is that woman talking about? He saw Jaden’s hand coming in for the block and intentionally moved the ball away mid-air, then re-centered and shot after the threat was gone. So much more impressive than “losing the ball.” My mind is honestly blown at that skill level.
Defensive foul
I know it’s well documented but his hands are so unusually large it’s fucking crazy
Wet ball
Man’s hitting his third prime now. Insane how he’s having a career year so far after all the injuries.
Damn that was Jordanesque
I really miss the era of hangtime and vertical finishes in the NBA. Everything is just euro step and push off drives.
Would have been interesting to have seen his trajectory if he had chosen legacy over money/load management
This mfer is so god damn good man its gonna be a shame when the Aspiration shit takes him out of the sport forever
Can’t say he won’t deserve that though lol
he is not getting punished