TDS_Reaper

844 | 11 hours ago

+41 and 75% from the field is crazy

Ikuwayo

251 | 9 hours ago

Now you all understand why Ballmer bribed him

HumptyDrumpy | Tampa Bay Raptors

76 | 7 hours ago

Treated him well, but didnt do the same with Harden? Harden on the Clips this year was playing at an all-star level and they were one of the hottest teams in the league going into the break. Business is business I guess

1manadeal2btw | Nuggets

43 | 7 hours ago

Harden wanted an extension and the Clippers are trying to get younger + they had no chance of winning a championship anyways. So Harden asked out.

They should have gotten more for him tho. One second round pick + Harden for Darius Garland was a steal for the Cavs.

jaywrong | San Diego Clippers

12 | 5 hours ago

No, it was a pretty even trade, why is this trash take being upvoted?

adahl36 | Pistons

19 | 4 hours ago

Yeah did garland fall off a cliff or something recently? I thought he was pretty good

1manadeal2btw | Nuggets

11 | 4 hours ago

He is a good player - when he plays. He is just very unavailable whereas Harden is an ironman. His turf toe seems to be giving him long-term issues.

Garland has played 30 games this season. Last season he played 75 but that’s the only time he’s ever cracked 70+ games played. Don’t think it was an even trade whatsoever.

Comfortable-Ad-5681

2 | 4 hours ago

Constantly injured but it’s not like harden was healthy all the time either

26_skinny_Cartman | LAC

9 | 2 hours ago

He’s had 2 seasons in his career below 60 games between the Brooklyn and Philadelphia years. He played 72 and 79 games with the Clippers. He’s never been one to do any load management so he’s either injured or playing.

1manadeal2btw | Nuggets

6 | 2 hours ago

Yep, people really underrate Harden nowadays.

Behind all the fat suit antics and playoff issues, there’s still an elite ironman PG. Him and Garland aren’t in the same stratosphere in terms of availability.

26_skinny_Cartman | LAC

1 | an hour ago

They always have. A handful of bad playoffs games and one injury that sidelined him for a while and he’s a choker and injury prone. In reality he’s had like 2 playoff series losing as the higher seed and one was where they pulled off the one seed and lost to the Warriors in 7. Like most of his playoff losses were to the eventual champions or Finals teams. He had the misfortune of playing in a stacked west including a great Warriors dynasty that he lost to several times in the playoffs.

qotsabama | DAL

1 | 2 hours ago

Young, talented, on long term deal. These people are insane.

jaywrong | San Diego Clippers

-1 | 3 hours ago

I dunno, did he? Some foot injuries, but he’s cleared now and playing. Let’s see how far the Clippers go compared to the Cavs, not sure it’s a comfortable bet, so any trash talk on this trade is basically Cleveland sports insecurity.

It’s not that hard, Harden is awesome, but older and wasn’t coming back. Netting Garland plus a pick was great and I think a fair deal. But naw, it’s a steal?

Has dude ever watched playoffs Harden?

1manadeal2btw | Nuggets

4 | 3 hours ago

Garland has 29 games played this season and his turf toe is clearly giving him long-term issues that he may never recover from.

Yeah, clearly an even trade. You’re a Clippers fan so of course you want it to be an even trade, but it wasn’t and isn’t.

jaywrong | San Diego Clippers

-1 | 3 hours ago

You realize he’s back and playing now and building up minutes and is like 10 years younger… and we got a pick for a player not with us next year?

Not my fault Nuggets crashing lately bro with Jokic dry-humping any moving flesh, just drop the bias and watch some games.

1manadeal2btw | Nuggets

3 | 3 hours ago

Me being a Nuggets fan has nothing to do with this. I’m much more scared of Harden, despite his playoff issues, than Garland.

I just think you guys could have and should have gotten more for Harden. I would say the same about us trading MPJ for Cam Johnson, I’m not sensitive like that.

And yeah I get Garland is 10 years younger but do you really think he has 10 more years in the league? He’s probably got 5 more years, same as Harden. But we’ll see next year. I’m confident Garland won’t play more than 50-60 games. His playstyle seems to lend itself to injury.

veganxombie

1 | 4 hours ago

steve ballmer is a liar

Whoareyoutho9

1 | 3 hours ago

I know you kid but we should probably look into that as well lol. He’s probably the opposite of a liar and thats what happened. Harden was gonna get some under the table money and now that the investigations are at full blast, thats not possible so he had to let harden know and ship him out to someone that will be able to pay him. Harden may not give a fuck about the playoffs but he cares and plans very deeply for that next contract.

qotsabama | DAL

1 | 2 hours ago

They got a second and Garland for Harden. For an older declining player and the fact the clippers are a team strapped for assets that’s a very good return. Throw in the Zubac trade as well and the Clippers actually have somewhat of a future to look forward to barring the potential penalty coming their way.

Absol61 | Nuggets

116 | 11 hours ago

The best player in the NBA this season.

Ok-Street-2473

72 | 11 hours ago

Shai and Jokic exist lol. Wemby too maybe

YpsitheFlintsider

172 | 10 hours ago

They said what they said

Akipella | Warriors

14 | 8 hours ago

And it’s not even close.

ShapeOfAUnicorn | Raptors

0 | 43 minutes ago

Lol I won’t even argue that Kawhi has had the best season so far. But not even close is the dumbest thing I’ve seen on this sub in a minute, which says a lot.

SwizzGod | Lakers

9 | 9 hours ago

Cmon now he’s been great but it’s Shai

helloinot | Wizards

30 | 7 hours ago

They said player not actor

Neemzeh | Timberwolves

1 | 30 minutes ago

I don’t really understand why defense given as much weight as offense. Shai is better offensively but not nearly as much as Kawhi is better than him on defense.

Kawhi is the mvp on OKC. Shai isn’t sniffing that on the clippers

ZdenekTheMan

6 | 7 hours ago

Imagine if this dude wasn’t hurt so often man… One of the greatest players I have ever seen truly

LeagueofLemures | 76ers

3 | an hour ago

It’s kinda beating a dead horse at this point but nevertheless, it’s insane that a player can be a two time FMVP and still be one of the biggest “what ifs” in nba history. Peak Kawhi is the most efficient shooter and all time best defender at his position.

we_hella_believe

1 | 4 hours ago

I have to agree. His run since he’s been back has been incredible.

doubtthat11

1 | an hour ago

And against a team that you would think he would have a hard time against. McDaneils and Ant harassing him, Rudy shutting down the lane…nope, scorched them.

I always find those performances to be the most impressive - Wemby going off against the Rockets, Luka when he would torch Kawhi and George in the playoffs….

young_frogger | NBA

637 | 11 hours ago

He’s simply incredible. One of the best pure hoopers in the history of this sport.

ImThatVigga | Clippers

264 | 11 hours ago

Imagine if his offensive peak aligned with his 2x DPOYs. Scary thought

InTheMorning_Nightss | San Diego Clippers

197 | 11 hours ago

His defense was immense on the Raptors, but it’s just impossible to expect someone to carry the load on both sides.

superrealaccount2 | Spurs

117 | 10 hours ago

He did that in his last full season with us, and he was doing it to the Warriors, too. Until Zaza happened (obligatory Fuck Zaza) he was dominating the Warriors on both ends.

dwbthrow

48 | 9 hours ago

Fuck Zaza forever, may his socks always be damp

markmyredd | Minneapolis Lakers

6 | 6 hours ago

I really wanted Kawhi going super saiyan against the Avengers. We saw how entertaining Lebron going God mode against them. Imagine a pure scorer version of that with Kawhi just scoring at will

blubblu

1 | 2 hours ago

Yall always silent when it comes to Bowen though

S21500003 | Bucks

17 | 10 hours ago

Yeah, the only person to do that anytime recently is prime Heatles Lebron. And that is arguably the highest peak ever.

nahs | Clippers

12 | 10 hours ago

Can’t believe 2012-2013 LeBron was 13 years ago

JayQuips | Lakers

13 | 10 hours ago

Miami Bron will always feel like it was only 4 years ago lol

slowbacontron | SAS

43 | 10 hours ago

In the 2015-16 season he won DPOY and was 2nd in MVP voting. Maybe not his offensive peak, but he was the #1 option on a team that won 67 games. In the next season he was 3rd in MVP voting but it was actually a closer race (I was stumping for him to win it that year over Westbrook and Harden, but the general public disagreed) and 3rd in DPOY voting.

ggproductivity | Warriors

13 | 10 hours ago

I also thought he deserved to win it over Westbrook and Harden. I’m pretty sure what he was doing was more difficult than what they did. Like, he was a defensive force and still had similar usage and efficiency to Harden. He was up there with both in advanced metrics (usually ahead of 1 of them too).

superrealaccount2 | Spurs

10 | 10 hours ago

Yeah, Harden and Westbrook had the counting stats, but they were purely offensive players. Kawhi was scoring like a machine, being much more efficient, and being one of the best defenders in the league at the same time.

Quality_Cucumber | GSW

2 | 5 hours ago

I thought I was the only one in the world with this take. I also thought Kawhi should have won it.

SUPERSAMMICH6996 | Cavaliers

28 | 11 hours ago

Modern day MJ.

amodelsino | Slovenia

9 | 10 hours ago

Brother that’s just straight up MJ.

soudlasantos

-3 | 10 hours ago

Imagine if his offensive peak aligned with his 2x DPOYs.

Too bad his tendinitis didnt share the same Aspirations as his accolades and bank account

Ok_Feed_4235 | Bucks

71 | 11 hours ago

Peak Kawhi>Peak Kobe

ggproductivity | Warriors

12 | 10 hours ago

I’ve been trolling with that take since 2017. I kinda believe it at this point. Like, every generation is better than the previous. In terms of raw ability, it’s not crazy to think that Kawhi is better even if Kobe is probably better relative to era (kinda like how LeBron > MJ, but MJ is much better relative to era).

justmefishes | NBA

6 | 8 hours ago

It’s wild to be on the fence about whether Kawhi is better than Kobe, and then casually say LeBron > MJ as if it’s inarguable fact.

markmyredd | Minneapolis Lakers

3 | 6 hours ago

Not too crazy take even from me a Kobe fan. Primarily because of Kawhis’ physical advantages over Kobe. Those crazy arms and length and even his height is a big advantage every single time. He is also way stronger like a bigman level strong.

Kobe is 6’5” with normal proportions and not too muscular just an extremely skilled player. Needs several moves to get to his shot while Kawhi just shoots over defenders at times.

brainspl0ad | Clippers

1 | 3 hours ago

Kobe and Kawhi both 6’6”, Kawhi has about 10-15 lbs on Kob though.

nightchurn | Trail Blazers

1 | 5 hours ago

It’s a fun point to troll with, obviously. But it’s not debatable IMO. Peak Kawhi is definitely better than Peak Kobe.

ZenMon88

1 | an hour ago

You mean the same Kobe that was avging 34 ppg?

eyyoadrian | Clippers

4 | 11 hours ago

Current Kawhi > Peak Giannis

igby1

17 | 10 hours ago

Say what now?

eyyoadrian | Clippers

1 | 42 minutes ago

At his current age, Kawhi Leonard is a better basketball player than Giannis Antecan’tshootko ever was.

ImNotAnEnigmaa

3 | 5 hours ago

Peak Kobe was outscoring the entire 60-win Dirk Mavericks team (62 Kobe - 61 Mavs) through 3 quarters while also being All Defensive First Team that season as well. I swear you kids get horny just off of intentionally disrespecting Kobe.

lmao6969696969696969

-2 | 11 hours ago

Said no one lol

Agitated_Werewolf518

0 | 7 hours ago

a much better opinion is kawhi > kd. because even though healthy there isn’t 15 players i’d take over whi, he’s not above kobe. why is everyone always comparing people to kobe? must be because he’s the standard.

ZenMon88

1 | an hour ago

Exactly. Kawhi ain’t better than Kobe. He better than KD tho.

Absol61 | Nuggets

17 | 11 hours ago

Top 10 all time talent wise.

igby1

10 | 10 hours ago

If only he’d lived up to his potential! /s

It is wild that he’s had a ton of success, but if he had Harden-esque durability (played in 90% of games throughout career) he might have ended up in GOAT discussions.

Cheatercheaterbitch | Rockets

-2 | 10 hours ago

Such a reactionary take lol

PSi_Terran | Slovenia

3 | 6 hours ago

I truly believe there’s an alternate world where Kawhi is like 20% more healthy and he’s in GOAT conversations.

ZdenekTheMan

2 | 7 hours ago

I marvel every time I see him play. What a baller

MmotosumoO | San Diego Clippers

376 | 11 hours ago

Efficiency while having good defense is crazy. Amazing box score, but even more amazing play in the game

whatssenguntoagoblin | Alperen Sengun

139 | 11 hours ago

All NBA 1st team

2PacAn | Mavericks

50 | 9 hours ago

He’s playing well enough. The only thing holding him back is team record. I think he ends up 2nd team, but he’s absolutely deserving of 1st. If Jaylen Brown gets it over him I’ll be kinda pissed

ODEtoSZA | Clippers

40 | 8 hours ago

²²⁄₂₃ Shai made All NBA 1st team on a 10th seed that finished under .500. As long as Kawhi hits the 65 game requirement his spot is locked in

2PacAn | Mavericks

15 | 8 hours ago

There’s six guys this year I see as deserving of first team: Shai, Jokic, Luka, Wemby, Kawhi, and Cade. One of those guys is gonna be left off. Personally, I think Cade should be left off but he’s leading the best team in the East. Kawhi could very easily be left off purely because his team’s record is considerably worse. He’s absolutely deserving though.

justmefishes | NBA

39 | 8 hours ago

Cade is very clearly a notch below all of those guys.

GeneralNonsence | Pistons

1 | 5 hours ago

Cades just a less efficient shooter than them. He’s a great playmaker, and a good defender at the worst.

qotsabama | DAL

2 | 2 hours ago

Correct, but that is what would keep him off first team assuming the others play enough.

GeneralNonsence | Pistons

1 | 2 hours ago

I don’t think it’s totally fair to disregard him being the best player (by some margin) on the number 1 seed in the east. The other comment brought it up.

Mind you I can totally see him being second team, but I would put him first over kawhi still.

qotsabama | DAL

1 | an hour ago

I think we gotta see where the season ends up. I’d normally agree with you, but Kawhi really has been unreal in pretty much every individual stat, his efficiency is unbelievable. And he’s still playing pretty stellar defense. I do think their final record will play a major role in if he makes first team. They’re a game over .500 but have been climbing.

Cade has been great, and if he does get first team it’ll be deserved. He’s been way better than Brown, Brown has been stellar with Tatum out but the glazing is absurd.

qotsabama | DAL

6 | 2 hours ago

SGA, Jokic, Luka, Kawhi, and Wemby. Assuming everyone makes their game requirements.

mrhashbrown | Clippers

2 | 41 minutes ago

If you ignore the first 27 games, the team has a 27-11 or 0.710 win record. That’s just under OKC, Spurs, and Pistons.

The way Kawhi is playing on a “contender” level team he would be widely considered a MVP candidate. If only the team weren’t so slow to start the year, but that’s been the beauty of this season so far I guess

Cuboou

208 | 11 hours ago

Having healthy Kawhi makes me so happy, one of my favorite players of all time.

Guygenius138 | Mavericks

145 | 11 hours ago

Can’t even score 83. /s

mnsportsfan | Timberwolves

45 | 11 hours ago

Plus this game needs an asterisk for being played against the timberwolves.

Wolves fans know within 5 minutes if we’re getting Dr. Jackal or Mr. Hyde wolves… and 6 turnovers in the first three minutes had me going: oh shit, buckle up… they might get 200

Worse defense than a Swiss cheese Trojan. At least the condom tried

missingsince1995 | Clippers

6 | 10 hours ago

What happened to McDaniels? Man fell off a cliff.

frozen2665 | Heat

1 | 8 hours ago

Jeckyll Wolves vs Tanking Wizards, who you got?

asamulya | Spurs

1 | 3 hours ago

You guys have started slow against my Spurs and still ended the game close. I don’t believe this Jekyll and Hyde analogy

bbbbombbbb

2 | an hour ago

they always start slow, betting on wolves after half time is usually free money

but, the start to last night’s game was beyond ugly. those like 5 turnovers in the first 6 possessions was a neon red flag about the night. the starters were done before the game started.

soudlasantos

-2 | 10 hours ago

Why score 83 when you can aspire to the ultimate efficiency of 45 points on 15-20,+41, all while securing a four-year, $28 million planting trees

-weird-fishes- | Magic

129 | 11 hours ago

Good game from Kawhi. Has anyone had a bigger game recently?

Makaveli84 | Lakers

67 | 11 hours ago

Nobody in florida, that’s for sure

frozen2665 | Heat

25 | 8 hours ago

Smh y’all really really haven’t been seeing how good Paolo’s been since the all star break?

Edit: This is r/nba, I should know the /s was needed

FeelingDown8484 | Wizards

1 | an hour ago

Can’t think of any, no

zerosuitpasta

116 | 11 hours ago

I love how he wastes no dribbles or movement at all, just straight to the point and scores at will.

Clips are looking so much better with Kawhi/Garland/Mathurin. Love that Ty Lue just lets dudes hoop so Garland and Mathurin get to shine too.

They’ll be even more well rounded once John Collins gets back. They’re poised to be a problem come playoff time if they keep this up.

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

47 | 10 hours ago

Bag work is the most overrated thing by fans imo. Yeah it looks cool, and there’s a few players like Kyrie that are masters of it, but for most players all the hesi tween tween shit makes your shot harder, is easy to exploit by pesky defenders, and it’s really hard to maintain energy while doing it for a whole game. Like yeah, you did a sick spin move, but did you make the shot?

Most greats have a few signature moves that they know work and can spam in their sleep. They can pull out some fancy stuff a few times a game, but for the most part it’s all about control, efficient movement, and pace. Guys like Kawhi, Jokic, Luka, they keep a steady pace and do what works. SGA is shifty and can cross the fuck out of someone, but for the most part even he is mostly taking the same middy jumpshot or layup.

Radiant-Letterhead71

15 | 10 hours ago

All true and really well put.

You get worn out doing that too much, and even if you’re in such a good condition that you are not tired by normal standards, it will definitely affect your shot for the worse.

Necessary-One1782 | Lakers

8 | 9 hours ago

idk, “bag work” is overrated, in that you can make a great looking tape for a guy like dlo who actually isnt that great, but every player named has an INCREDIBLY deep bag. kawhi might not do 6 crossovers but he has 300 moves ready to pull out to get to his spot

asamulya | Spurs

1 | 3 hours ago

Yes, great players have extremely high efficiency moves to get to their spot. I always love a KD vs Kawhi comparison because KD is such a pure scorer. Even though KD doesn’t waste any moves he looks prettier getting to the same spot as Kawhi but he’s doing it in 2-3 dribbles just like Kawhi

North-Past-3355

10 | 9 hours ago

Kawhi has an amazing bag. What do you mean? He just needs less moves to do what he does. It’s more like Micheal Jordan in his 30s. He didn’t dribble a lot but still had great moves nailed down using his footwork.

flaming_burrito_ | Wizards

3 | 8 hours ago

Well yeah, all players of his caliber have a bag, but usually once they become more experienced vets they trim the fat and lean more towards efficiency than flash

Minimum_Inevitable58

1 | 7 hours ago

I get your point but crazy handles are a great asset if you can see the value of occasional non-mismatch iso plays. It’s not like these shorter guys can create space as easy as these taller guys using their moves. These players aren’t looking for ankle breakers with these moves, they’re just trying to make the defender make one bad step that most viewers wouldn’t even notice, so they can drive, shoot, stepback w/e.

Going between the legs is ‘mainly’ to protect the ball and hesitations are very effective at making defenders slip up enough in isos and picks. They’re also great when running the floor, you can replace Jamal Crawford’s shake and bake with a simple hesi and confuse defenders enough a decent chunk of the time, it’s always worth trying at least. Same with that in and out move.

Every perimeter ball handler should have a good hesi. The extra shit and combinations though is mostly only used in iso plays which aren’t always bad. It just becomes bad when the player doesn’t know when to give up on it or forces a bad look cause they couldn’t shake the defender enough.

asamulya | Spurs

1 | 3 hours ago

I sometimes think, what would’ve happened if Kawhi didn’t demand PG trade? SGA and him would be ruling the league at this point.

But, would SGA have developed to be this dominant with Kawhi? Maybe or maybe not

qotsabama | DAL

1 | 2 hours ago

I’d like to see a OKC vs Clippers round 1. Yeah OKC probably smashes them but it at least gives us a more entertaining first round.

salmon10 | Pistons

86 | 11 hours ago

Good thing he didn’t score 80, ppl woukd rip his ass

jefe_hook

29 | 11 hours ago

I’m afraid it’s the opposite with Kawhi has that big ass claw

GatherLemon | Spurs

16 | 11 hours ago

If he scores 80 I say Pablo should drop all allegations and kiss his uncle’s ass

justmefishes | NBA

8 | 8 hours ago

If he scored 80 on this kind of efficiency, and without his coach and teammates completely janking the game to inflate his numbers, no one would rip it.

ImNotAnEnigmaa

1 | 5 hours ago

No, because you absolutely know Kawhi wouldn’t be willing to do that 4th quarter shenanigans that the Heat pulled.

asamulya | Spurs

1 | 3 hours ago

In all honesty, if Kawhi ever got 80 it would be super efficient or like his 40 in the 2019 playoffs run vs Sixers where he’s carrying the team coz everyone else is just ass

heat_fan_ | Raptors

71 | 11 hours ago

Monster game from the Klaw

igby1

22 | 10 hours ago

Well, he’s no Bam Adebayo

Glittering-Craft-161 | Spurs

67 | 11 hours ago

He’s in that sga/wemby/jokic tier idgaf

Ancient_Design_1332 | Clippers

29 | 10 hours ago

Healthy he absolutely is. I don’t know how someone could argue he’s not a top 5 player this year

BreezyAndrew

63 | 11 hours ago

Top 5 when healthy not even being hyperbolic.

Absol61 | Nuggets

16 | 11 hours ago

Top 2.

Radiant-Letterhead71

17 | 10 hours ago

That’s mad respect from a Nuggets fan. Cool to see that.

orutrasamreb | NBA

56 | 11 hours ago

Kawhi, one of my fav player, no chest thumping, no taunting, just play. I hope his knees hold up until the play-in/playoffs

lebaneez | Clippers

25 | 10 hours ago

Most importantly no bitching at the refs although he will yell while being fouled

pieman2005 | HOU

0 | 9 hours ago

Just sneaky dealing with his uncle and the spurs and under the table deals

orutrasamreb | NBA

4 | 9 hours ago

yep, he have family to feed

Loferix

41 | 11 hours ago

Dragged the Clips from an absolutely hellish start to a season, to a positive record. Demon.

lolBaldy | Lakers

31 | 11 hours ago

he doesnt get enough praise

kawhi28 | Clippers

28 | 11 hours ago

Top 3 player this season

DragoniteGang | Timberwolves

23 | 11 hours ago

Kawhi is a top 3 player in the NBA.

Accurate-Menu-8851

23 | 11 hours ago

Would the Clippers be the most dangerous Play-In team come playoff time? I dont know if they’d fully upset OKC or SAS but they could definitely force a 6 game round 1 playoff series

Aggressive-Affect427

8 | 10 hours ago

There’s a sleeping giant out east, Detroit is praying they get knocked in the play-in or make it to the 7th seed.

djan242

1 | 3 hours ago

Charlotte I’m guessing?

ThaEternalLearner

22 | 11 hours ago

Kawhi is the 4th best player in the league right now behind Wemby, Shai, & Jokic.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

7 | 11 hours ago

Hear hear

myxallion

19 | 11 hours ago

I love warriors to death but I really wished Kawhi didn’t get injured. I really wonder how many title can he get even on the warriors era if Kawhi didn’t get injured from that series.

North-Past-3355

-4 | 9 hours ago

His issue was a degenerative condition. It didn’t have anything to do with the injury in that series.

flex194

6 | 4 hours ago

No he was directly injured from Zaza stepping into his landing space on the 3 and any other player in the league would have been injured on that dirty play.

pokerawz | Lakers

16 | 11 hours ago

Should be all-nba first this season

qotsabama | DAL

1 | an hour ago

Assuming everyone makes the game requirement, there’s really no debate that first team all nba should be SGA, Jokic, Luka, Kawhi, and Wemby. Brown and Cade have both had great seasons, they’re not at the level of these 5.

Acrobatic_Ad_5224

11 | 10 hours ago

Kawhi > KD all time.

tberriman

12 | 11 hours ago

If bro was as good at pretending to care about planting trees as he is at hoops he’d be invincible

Traditional_Emu3598

8 | 11 hours ago

Fuck injuries! That Clippers team shoulda gotten further!

Sometimes I wonder how these 2010’s stars careers would be if they had loyalty and didn’t force hands

Kawhi leaves a great Raptors team, forces a PG trade when Shai was unproven and gave up all teams assets. Some more examples… Lebron, PG, AD, KD, Kyrie, Harden, etc! Son more egregious than others but I feel like the new era and era prior are a bit more loyal

Suplewich | Raptors

7 | 11 hours ago

He is my GOAT.

vasectomy-bro | Thunder

5 | 11 hours ago

0.54 Bams from the Klaw

Shantytown_Shogun

3 | 11 hours ago

Aspirational

ActivelySleeping

3 | 8 hours ago

Worth more than his conrract. They should find a way to give him a bit extra.

Ninja_knows

3 | 8 hours ago

Genuine curiosity, what happened with that whole contract scandal from the start of the season?

dizzymidget44 | Pistons

2 | 11 hours ago

That’s like half a Bam

AnxiousPriority1241 | Lakers

2 | 10 hours ago

Ethical buckets.

Wolfeman0101 | Clippers

2 | 10 hours ago

He deserves to be in the MVP conversation. He is a monster and without him no way they get back to .500.

2PacAn | Mavericks

2 | 9 hours ago

If the Clippers were good he’d be a legitimate MVP candidate. He’s single handedly keep that team afloat

Yoshinobu_YamaGOATo

4 | 9 hours ago

I respect this A LOT more than Bam’s 83 on 40% or whatever he had.

frozen2665 | Heat

-1 | 8 hours ago

“A LOT more” Unbelievable game, but this is a braindead take. No explanation needed

Fun-Passenger-6915

0 | 8 hours ago

It was definitely a more impressive performance, cmon. Bam’s game was against the wizards and he shot 40 something percent with 43 free throws.

frozen2665 | Heat

4 | 8 hours ago

definitely a more impressive

This sub absolutely deserves all the shit it gives itself.

True_Scallion_7011

-1 | 5 hours ago

Literally any top 1-15 player in the league could do what Bam did last night if they forced the whole offense through them with the intent of getting them 80+ points. (Against the wizards of course)

ApostleOfDyingFaith

2 | 9 hours ago

Kawhi hitting his 3rd peak at 35, it’s amazing to see

AMGBoz | Lakers

2 | 7 hours ago

Top 5 in the league when healthy

wenchanger

1 | an hour ago

not when healthy - but when he’s exposed for a cap circumvention scandal, then he’ll try to make it up to fans by playing instead of taking load management/rest days

cheeseandrum | Timberwolves

2 | 5 hours ago

Kawhi is a legend.

CycloneofSparta | Thunder

2 | 5 hours ago

He is the Lorax, he speaks for the trees. He went 6 of 9 from three.

wizsoxx | Spurs

2 | 3 hours ago

I hate kawhi

Basic_Commercial_806

1 | 11 hours ago

He solved basketball

Green-Investment1675

1 | 11 hours ago

Better game than bam

devkonnnn

1 | 10 hours ago

i miss you and i will tell my grandkids about you when that day comes.

ZenRedditation

1 | 8 hours ago

“With great efficient” lol me love basketball long time!

Interesting that we’re getting our NBA news from a month-old Vietnamese karma farm whose bio translates to “Love your country, not the damn Communist Party!”

Threshyyyyy

1 | 8 hours ago

More impressive than whatever Adebayo did.

Minato997 | Suns

1 | 8 hours ago

Jaden mcdaniel was untouchable in giannis trade?

EchoBay | Raptors

1 | 8 hours ago

Clippers are like Hornets east, where the last thing any top seed wants to see when the playoffs come around is them in the first around. With how Kawhis been playing, he’s honestly been better than the Raptors run.

itsahmemario | Knicks

1 | 7 hours ago

This mfer only missed six times. One of them was a free throw and three from 3pt range.

Six misses. 32 minutes.

Fucking hell.

DJMagicHandz | Celtics

1 | 7 hours ago

Mr. Efficient

MilkDudHead1

1 | 6 hours ago

This man plays ethical basketball.

Adenusi_David | Clippers

1 | 6 hours ago

All-NBA 1st Team typa season

CherTheBabysitter | Celtics

1 | 5 hours ago

Some say he had the Aspiration to play well

RBJ_09 | Knicks

1 | 5 hours ago

Kawhi on a heater is art

Ghostman-J | SAS

1 | 4 hours ago

Always makes me happy to see Kawhi healthy and hooping. He deserves it. Injuries really tucked him over.

And im glad ppl realize how amazing he is (Top 20 worthy) since ive been watching since 2012, he always had that potential

we_hella_believe

1 | 4 hours ago

MVP.

Psyche3019 | West

1 | 4 hours ago

Whoever is facing Clippers in the play off in first round, is not winning the title.

-Jfree- | 24

1 | 4 hours ago

I swear 20 years from now I am not sure how I will be able to explain Kashi Leonard to the nephews. What a weird career

Electrical-Law-5731 | Hornets

1 | 4 hours ago

More impressive than Bams 83. Fight me.

-Ganishka-

1 | 3 hours ago

BAM ~shot as many free-throws as Kawhi had field goal and free throw attempts

Front-Permission-443

1 | 3 hours ago

Bam

MartyMcMartell

1 | 3 hours ago

Dude’s legit playing perhaps the best ball of his career. Shame about everything else about him (uncle Dennis especially), though.

MercilessFir

1 | 3 hours ago

Anyone care to answer a stupid question:

Based on standard basketball scoring rules:

Field Goals (FG): Each successful field goal is worth 2 points, unless it’s a three-point field goal. So, 15 made field goals would typically be 30 points.
Three-Pointers (3P): Each successful three-point field goal is worth 3 points. So, 6 made three-pointers would be 18 points.
Free Throws (FT): Each successful free throw is worth 1 point. So, 9 made free throws would be 9 points.

Standard scoring rules would be 56 points. How was 45 points derived? Admittedly, I’m missing something.

TIA

Qcumber1860

1 | 2 hours ago

About time to get “ injured” again

wenchanger

1 | an hour ago

Kawhi actually trying really hard this year instead of taking rest days- trying to make people forgot about the Aspiration scandal

cherialaw

1 | an hour ago

I know it was just an all-star game but watching him score like 70% of his team’s points without missing was amazing. When available he’s basically been the MVP

sad_seal | SAS

1 | 42 minutes ago

Damn, think he could have gone for 83 if they started feeding him the ball at every opportunity and fouling to get it back?

RonSwanSong87 | Hornets

1 | 16 minutes ago

Apple time

lmao6969696969696969

0 | 11 hours ago

The klipz lol

breadsawks | San Diego Clippers

0 | 10 hours ago

it goes SGA and then kawhi leonard and I’m not hearing any other names

bazzawazzza

0 | 9 hours ago

Anti bam scoreline

slamajamabro

0 | 8 hours ago

This might be recency bias speaking but fuck it, a healthy Kawhi would be a top 5 player of all time

cloudypp123 | Kings

0 | 8 hours ago

Bro could’ve gotten 90 tonight

NahIdontbelieveu

0 | 6 hours ago

Damn!

Putrid-Sherbert5501 | Lakers

-2 | 11 hours ago

What’s going on with the score I thought the wolves had good defense?

Whittaker | Australia

-2 | 9 hours ago

I really hope that Clippers make playoffs for then Silver to be forced to finally grow a pair and void Kawhi and kick him outta the league just to really fuck up the season. Skeezy asshole should’ve been suspended until he was cleared the allegations and initial proof provided were serious enough to warrant it.

Kawhi Leonard is done for the night with great efficient : 45 PTS, 15-20 FG, 6-9 3P, 5 AST, 2 STL, +41