craftyclavin | Clippers

467 | 21 hours ago

OG anunoby is the kawhi leonard of kawhi leonards

dedbeats | Knicks

103 | 20 hours ago

You might say he’s your favorite Kawhi’s favorite Kawhi

Lcs1230

8 | 18 hours ago

Jada!

kendrickplace | Knicks

3 | 10 hours ago

I disagree. Kawhi is the OG

CousinSleep

-43 | 21 hours ago

without the defensive ceiling i guess

wembys | Spurs

36 | 20 hours ago

Idk I mean og just had a clutch af block, that gap isn’t as big as it used to be

CousinSleep

-45 | 19 hours ago

it was a foul but go off king

lawroter | Knicks

31 | 19 hours ago

no flair crashing out 🤣

craftyclavin | Clippers

5 | 18 hours ago

for the love of the game

LandruCasey | Knicks

7 | 19 hours ago

Not even close. Watch the game, not screenshots meant to rile you up on reddit

CousinSleep

-13 | 18 hours ago

in game time you can see him push him laterally. i don’t really care but the argument that this play makes in comparable to peak kawhi as a defender is weak

Late_Rutabaga_2644

3 | 17 hours ago

All of that is a moot point anyways since KAT tipped the inbound. Castle should have never had 1.2 seconds and if he had made it or he got fouled, the play would be reviewed and overturned. The rulebook is very clear on tipped possessions.

CousinSleep

1 | 17 hours ago

that’s a different play

DragoxDrago | Thunder

-4 | 19 hours ago

It was technically a foul and they were lucky it didnt go out bounds for a challenge lol, but thats never called at the end of games so it is what it is and pretty standard

thatscringee | Knicks

6 | 17 hours ago

l2m report confirmed it wasn’t a foul…

DragoxDrago | Thunder

1 | 15 hours ago

Yeah na I saw bad angle, can confirm from a better one 100% a clean block lol my bad

xenodreh

8 | 19 hours ago

Stop

CousinSleep

-1 | 18 hours ago

always prisoners of the moment

xenodreh

4 | 18 hours ago

The moment of course being the nba finals, not unlike the same moment kawhi made for himself SMH

NozokiAlec | Knicks

3 | 18 hours ago

Best defender on a team that has gone 15-3 in playoffs

Thats a pretty high ceiling

KNlCKS | Knicks

198 | 21 hours ago

78TS% is insane

idiotssayyoloswag

64 | 21 hours ago

Kenny Atkinson’s analytics in shambles

Knook7

34 | 20 hours ago

Analytically the Cavs are up 3-1 on the spurs

Lucaa4229 | Knicks

31 | 20 hours ago

If he missed a 3 last night, I don’t remember it. Dude was a flame-thrower all night.

vecter

15 | 17 hours ago

⁷⁄₉ from downtown which is ABSURD

justmefishes | NBA

7 | 11 hours ago

⁵⁄₅ in the second half

FroyoSolid8414

3 | 14 hours ago

He’s the best corner 3pt shooting wing in the league. And the Knicks offense generates a ton of those shots. Bridges is probably not far behind, although he’s not quite as good a shooter percentage and efficiency wise.

im_not_a_girl | Lakers

1 | 13 hours ago

There’s no way Spurs are letting him get that shot so easily again…I would think anyway

justmefishes | NBA

2 | 11 hours ago

Would be insane if he was purely a specialist on offense. But add to that his dominant impact on the defensive end… phew.

Flat-Neat-3584

129 | 21 hours ago

FMVP

RedtheGamer100 | Hornets

19 | 21 hours ago

U realize the other two didn win it right 😂

Flat-Neat-3584

79 | 21 hours ago

Klay didn’t even win the finals. Besides that just because Ray Allen didn’t win it doesn’t mean OG also will not win it.

Unlike Allen OG is also providing great defense.

rubbishindividual

23 | 21 hours ago

The other big factor in his favour is that the default FMVP (Brunson) has had a disappointing showing, at least outside of clutch stretches at the end of games.

skydream416 | Knicks

8 | 14 hours ago

nah brunson is doing exactly what we need him to, creating offense from nothing while drawing doubles and spacing the floor for our wings

orgasmicchemist

5 | 12 hours ago

About to see an Iguodala FMVP again

Brunson is obviously the heart of the team and taking the brunt of one of he best defenses in the league

Ok-Side-1758 | Knicks

7 | 15 hours ago

Just dropped 36/5/7 in the biggest game of the series

rubbishindividual

17 | 15 hours ago

36 on 25 attempts vs OGs 33 on 15, and it’s been a similar story throughout the series. Even accounting for Brunson’s creation role, I’m stilling giving it to OG.

Ok-Side-1758 | Knicks

8 | 14 hours ago

So 61 TS% for Brunson?

And yeah of course OG’s shots are going to be accurate, most of his shots are assisted while Brunson’s is all self created

rubbishindividual

9 | 14 hours ago

That’s one game. Brunson is under 40% from the field this series, which is not an FMVP performance no matter what your role is.

Ok-Side-1758 | Knicks

3 | 14 hours ago

Kobe won an MVP shooting 40%

It is what it is when you go against elite teams.

rubbishindividual

3 | 14 hours ago

And if Kobe was a one-way player and had an elite defensive wing teammate putting up 80% as many points on 68% FG% he would’ve lost it then too. You don’t get FMVP for chucking a high volume just because you had a few good 4th quarters.

skydream416 | Knicks

3 | 14 hours ago

Brunson is under 40% from the field this series,

This is the issue with getting too caught up in box scores and analytics; brunson is doing exactly what we need him to do, creating offense, drawing doubles, spacing the floor. In game 2 the knicks were clueless, but he singlehandedly kept us in it until the team could rally for the comeback

Electric_jungle | Washington Bullets

1 | 3 hours ago

There’s no way you seriously don’t think Brunson has a case. His 4th quarter scoring/efficiency alone is the stuff that wins you this award. His creation is massively important to the Knicks offense. His lack of quit when it looks impossible isn’t something you can capture on a stat somewhere.

OG might win, but not because Brunsons efficiency is disqualifying.

rubbishindividual

1 | 2 hours ago

I just don’t give that much credit to someone who orchestrates a fourth quarter comeback, when you’re behind in the first place because of that player’s own inability to consistently put the ball in the hoop for the prior three quarters. That’s without mentioning that OG himself has been just as clutch if not moreso at the end of games in this series.

__get__name | Pistons

2 | 13 hours ago

I agree with you that OG should get it, but it’s absolutely going to be Brunson or KAT, that’s just the way it goes. Unless Wemby and co somehow manage to pull off the greatest turnaround in history. Then it’ll be Wemby

valgatiag [OP] | Knicks

96 | 21 hours ago

For TS%, the gap between OG and Ray Allen at #2 is as big as the gap between Allen and Shawn Kemp at #24.

larrylegend1990 | Toronto Huskies

84 | 21 hours ago

No one believed Raptors fans when we told them Siakam and OG were amazing

KNlCKS | Knicks

37 | 21 hours ago

Staying healthy was important. Shout out mavs’ medical staff!

FitCap581 | Mavericks

17 | 20 hours ago

Shout out Nico

ksn0vaN7

6 | 14 hours ago

That’s the LeBron effect for you. He ran through so many great players/teams in the east it made people think they were all chumps.

b00st3d | Nets

0 | 15 hours ago

It certainly didn’t help getting sonned by the same guy every year

AllOutRaptors | Raptors

6 | 13 hours ago

They were really only on the team in 2018 vs the Cavs and they literally won a chip the next year. They didn’t really get sonned by anyone

b00st3d | Nets

-5 | 13 hours ago

Thank you for the objective analysis AllOutRaptors

Real talk though it was only one year, but they absolutely got sonned until big bro went out West

fatkamp | Warriors

3 | 10 hours ago

Dude Siakam was in his second year and OG was a rookie in 2018, they averaged a combine 12 PPG.

Your comment doesn’t make any sense, they only lost to LeBron once before they were even contributing

inefekt | Australia

-9 | 15 hours ago

Siakam? Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time…a long time. Seriously though, it’s like the dude retired, kinda disappeared from general NBA discourse.

hamdogthecat | Raptors

16 | 14 hours ago

He was in the finals last year?

ReyOrdonez4HOF | Knicks

3 | 14 hours ago

This guy haunted my dreams as a Knicks fan literally just last season

CloneWarsMaul | Celtics

3 | 14 hours ago

Siakam literally just had a great postseason run to the finals just last year

xXEliteEater500Xx

1 | 13 hours ago

Apparently one year is a long time now!

XuteTwo | Raptors

-26 | 21 hours ago

can people stop saying this in every thread, its been years, its fucking embarassing. no one cares lol

larrylegend1990 | Toronto Huskies

30 | 21 hours ago

Your lifes fucking embarrassing. We are on a basketball Reddit sub, we can talk about basketball

numberonebuddy | TOR

2 | 15 hours ago

I’m gonna love those guys forever, no matter where they go. Don’t care that you’re tired of hearing it. They’re studs.

XuteTwo | Raptors

3 | 15 hours ago

Man, me too, but thats not the issue. Its that every thread about siakam and OG being praised is a million raps fans spouting the same weird inferiority complex shit “no one cared when they were raptors!!!”. that’s not praising the players, thats whining lol

igotinfirstlol | Knicks

42 | 21 hours ago

OG been playing out of his mind the entire playoffs

aarondobson403 | Lakers

39 | 21 hours ago

Poor Klay, he was genuinely ascending into the next tier in 2019 & then was just never the same after the injuries

alldaynapper | Warriors

4 | 12 hours ago

You’re right about him ascending to another level. I don’t think I had ever seen Klay play any better til Game 6 2019 finals. The legend of game 6 Klay really was in the midst of happening in the finals. Fuck those injuries.

pitifullittleman | Warriors

29 | 21 hours ago

I feel like I never see him miss. Like he is just playing his normal game but has decided to just never miss.

tortellinichicken

9 | 17 hours ago

Sounds familiar https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/im6v40/murphy_i_dont_shoot_trying_to_miss_anunoby_on_not/

justmefishes | NBA

4 | 11 hours ago

Not too far from the truth. In the 2nd half of Game 4 he was 7-9 from the field including 5-5 from 3.

Konfliction | Raptors

24 | 20 hours ago

Man, I miss 2019.

Can’t believe Kawhi left this to go help a reporter win a Pulitzer

No_Tangerine2720 | San Francisco Warriors

8 | 16 hours ago

He left to follow his real passion, planting trees

FitCap581 | Mavericks

1 | 20 hours ago

It really is crazy he still left after winning the chip for y’all, I guess winning championships was no longer a priority for him

brnccnt7

15 | 20 hours ago

True but you gotta look at it from his view

He secured 2 rings and 2 finals mvp, solidified himself as one of the greats because he did it as the unquestioned main guy (people had doubts before because he was a role player in 2014)

Why not focus on going home to LA to be around family and establish your brand there

Plus he never chose Toronto but it worked out

No guarantee they would have won more, easy to criticize in hindsight but can’t blame a guy for wanting to play in his hometown

AllOutRaptors | Raptors

3 | 13 hours ago

No guarantee they would have won more,

I know there’s no guarantees but they would have cruised through the east, and I really do think they match up well against the Lakers that year

brnccnt7

1 | 12 hours ago

I agree with you there, I can’t remember exactly how the east was that next year but I agree they’d likely be in the Finals again if everyone was healthy

It would be a good matchup between them and the Lakers, could go 7 for sure but purely my opinion that the Lakers would win

I just think the bubble would have been a huge factor, LeBron had his guys ready and Kawhi clearly wasn’t locked in during the bubble, partly why the Clippers collapsed. That difference between the teams two best players might be a factor. Also the way AD was playing on both sides of the ball was insane, he may very well have been the best player in that potential series.

lostgeometry

23 | 21 hours ago

Damn I forgot what a killer Klay was before his knees got slaughtered

Sherane12 | Raptors

17 | 21 hours ago

I always say they didn’t even KD to win 2019. A healthy Klay would have been enough.

aarondobson403 | Lakers

11 | 21 hours ago

It would’ve been insanely competitive with Klay, but KD would’ve all but guaranteed it

Abject_Map7688 | Spurs

19 | 20 hours ago

OG is history. I have never feared a player like him before.

cesarjulius | Knicks

7 | 16 hours ago

lowkey how i feel about harper right now

Captain_Saftey | Knicks

7 | 15 hours ago

I keep waiting for the pressure to get to Harper and it simply has not

zeezee2k | Knicks

3 | 14 hours ago

Raptors and Knicks fans know how amazing he is, I’m glad he’s finally getting the recognition he deserves

99GSRex

19 | 21 hours ago

When a player is this efficient in the Finals, it just starts feeling inevitable every time he touches the ball.

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

12 | 20 hours ago

analytically, he’s a cavs player

stock-prince-WK | East

8 | 20 hours ago

OG pulling an Igoudala this finals - MVP

Sea-Till-3382 | Bulls

6 | 20 hours ago

anne hathaway must be so proud

Commercial_Floor_578

7 | 20 hours ago

78.5 ts on 24 points is absurd haha. And KAT is above 70 percent ts as well. Bonkers team.

CravingKoreanFood | 23

7 | 20 hours ago

Didn’t know ray allen was cooking like that in the finals

ThatDudeUKnow92 | Pacers

7 | 20 hours ago

Suni Lee has to be impressed by now.

Punjabiveer30 | Raptors

3 | 18 hours ago

Has OG finished his transition from the prince to the king?

sheldoneousk

3 | 17 hours ago

If /when Knicks win he should be FMVP. He won’t due to “narrative “ but he should.

exodus_820

3 | 17 hours ago

My guy evolved beyond the Klaw archetype.

AllOutRaptors | Raptors

2 | 13 hours ago

Beyond??

BlueGrovyle | Hawks

1 | 11 hours ago

Well, they said the “archetype”, so I think it’s fair. “The Klaw” caught on for his otherworldly defensive impact, before he was a real two-way star, so to say OG is better than Kawhi was then is a statement I’d agree with. OG’s offensive bag has beem far better than that of a basic 3 and D player for a long time, though.

HatefulDan

2 | 13 hours ago

If he doesn’t get the finals mvp award…they should clean house and get new voters

Muntberg

1 | 20 hours ago

After the first half of game 1 I was wondering where he was but ever since then he’s been unconscious.

cesarjulius | Knicks

1 | 16 hours ago

and this is from a man with rodman-level defense and versatility.

inefekt | Australia

2 | 14 hours ago

rodman-level defense

ok, settle down big fella….let’s not get carried away

TheMias24 | Suns

0 | 20 hours ago

Damn, the warriors should’ve won in 2019.

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1 | 16 hours ago

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xXEliteEater500Xx

3 | 13 hours ago

OG was out with an injury.

OG Anunoby is crushing the current Finals efficiency records