[Highlight] Kawhi effortlessly playing 1v1 in China.
I know how this feels.
Just last weekend, I played my seven year old nephew and he stripped me twice just like that.
In all seriousness my friend and I are around 40 and we got beat 11-6 by two 11 year olds. These kids aren’t the same as they used to be.
Next time we going to get their parents to sign a waiver.
That’s because kids today start playing at 3-4 years old and do nothing but play and train year around.
No lie. I was at a youth community center and a 14 year old was trying to bully me in the paint. Like why are you so strong already Jesus christ!
I think they might not be. My nephew is like a adult now and I’m a decade older , fatter and much smaller with a lifetime of abusing my lungs & liver and it suprised me how weak he was. It might be because they have eating shitty processed foods their whole life while we grew up with a less crappy food while we grew up in the third world.
Yeah those two guys just suck. I beat up two eleven years old not one hour ago.
When I played in the Staff vs 8th Graders game, the 8th graders had this one kid who I could not shake in the paint with my 6’4, 210 frame. He was maybe 5’10 but he weighed around 200lbs according to his coach. I didn’t cross 200 until I was like 18. What are they feeding these kids?
They also have endless clips that they can slow down, pause, and study. Not to mention being able to record themselves to see what they actually look like.
That’s a nice sentiment but also, it is shockingly easy to get deconditioned as you enter middle age.
And carry like crazy
Or you just aren’t in good shape. It’s understandable though. I can’t do what I could do in my 20s and when I try my body hurts for days
I mean we were playing 50% cause ya can’t use your strengths against 11 year olds you don’t really know right?
Says who?
This guy probably let’s kids beat him on n64 smash bros as well….
Crazy. They gotta earn those wins. Getting lapped in Mario Kart will build character
Yeah we’re losing recipes lmao back when I was a kid the old guys just took you straight to the post and went to work lmao
I had a cousin who was about 15 years older than me. He played D1 high school ball in our state, and was still running pick up with most a lot of the guys he played with back then. I was in high school trying to get better, playing against him and his 30+ yo friends. I assure you they weren’t going 50% against me 😂
Straight bows to the chest too lmao
This. Years ago some 11 yr old came to the park and wanted to play with us. We must’ve been like 19-22. We do the obligatory don’t play too physical thing. Kid starts feeling himself doing a couple reverse lay ins cause I wasn’t aggressively cutting off the baseline. So the next play I do and he makes no alterations. Just thinks that the baseline is guaranteed his. My knee caught him right where his MCL was. Was the end of his park day
Teach em early
That’s not very Mamba of you.
They used to be 10?
The future is now old man
bruuuuh
Pause
Dribbling is hard asab if you dont start early
I think prime Kawhi would prob be one of the best 1v1 players in the league’s history
Shooting, handles, rebounding, and that nasty, nasty defense
Overall agree but his offensive peak and his defensive peak weren’t exactly aligned - but overall agree he’d be really good.
2017 ended in tragedy but Kawhi was third in MVP voting. He anchored the defense and offense all year. LaMarcus helped on offense but Kawhi was the man.
Yeah but wasn’t his best defense 2012-15 ish? Wasn’t that when teams were putting him in the corner so he couldn’t help?
I’m not saying he still wasn’t a fantastic 1st team defensive player when his offense was great - I’m just saying I feel like his defense peaked at a diffenrt time.
Yeah if for no other reason than shouldering more offensive load tires a player out, and it made more sense when Kawhi was getting as efficient as he was to put more juice into offense than defense
I don’t think that was because his defensive ability declined. It was mostly that you can’t be the best defensive perimeter defender in the NBA and be the primary offensive initiator.
In a 1v1 scenario, I don’t think that would be an issue.
I don’t think his defence dipped at San Antonio until he was hurt and beefing the last season. It was just less aggressive than young Kawhi as a natural byproduct of the dude carrying the main offensive burden, so he had the take it easier on the other end. Turnt it up, when he wanted and needed it. Certainly the option for a 1 on 1 game
2017 Kawhi is one helluva peak. Fuck you Zaza!
2017, 25 year old Kawhi was peak Kawhi. Ask Spurs fans.
I personally think defensively he was better 2012-15⁄16
That’s when he was a defensive specialist, but his peak athletically and on both sides of the court was that 2017 year. I mean, he was legendary in the Grizzlies series.
His perimeter man to man defense is the greatest ever IMO, thanks to his insane arms and core.
Along with his huge hands and instinct.
Don’t forget that bigggggggg di wait nm i lost track of what we were talking about
I still say Kawhi was LeBron’s biggest threat when healthy.
Curry is also a good argument - it’s just kinda hard to gauge it due to the KD years.
Around 2016⁄2017 I thought Kawhi was set to dethrone LeBron as the clear best player in the NBA for the next 5-10 years, then Kawhi had all the injuries and drama, LBJ stayed better for far longer than everyone expected, Curry hit his peak, and then Giannis and Jokic came into their own.
Pre-injury peak Kawhi looked like he was a top-10 all time NBA talent, but the past decade makes it really hard to place him.
Same. The league should be grateful that Kawhi became detracted a bit.
Also, Jokic is a good callout. Jokic, and LAL FO, really prevented Bron from getting another shot at a championship in LA.
Kawhi - curry - Jokic. Bron’s 3 biggest hurdles, IMO.
Prime Kawhi, imo, is the closest any player has gotten to Peak Jordan in terms of being a two-way player. They even kind of played the same, albeit with Kawhi taking more 3s and MJ doing more down on the block
Peak Kawhi was better defensively than peak Jordan
prime kawhi was early 90s pippen combined with mid 90s jordan
I’ll have what you’re having
Which Peak Jordan?
Idk, giannis has more defensive versatility for larger players and his length in 1v1 is a problem
Who considers rebounding in a 1v1?
Depends on how what the rules are?
I aspire to one day be as good.
even Tree Rollins wasn’t considered as much of a defensive threat as Prime Kawhi
You motherfuckers will be playing basketball in Pelican Bay when I get finished with you! SHU program… 23-hour lockdown!
TIL it wasn’t “Shoe Program” 🤦🏾♂️.
Thnx lol
I thought it was shoe i just looked it up what the fuck 😂😂. I’m thinking like he will have them making shoes all day
Same!! Lmao
I was like “oh shit!! They’ll be making shoes in prison for 23 hours a day like a sweat shop!!! Wow!” 🤣😂🤣😂
Not Special Housing Unit. Holy shit
There are dozens of us!
I think the quote above is also missing a pejorative but that’s ok
Special housing unit
Kawhi got to keep the Afro for next season 🔥
Afro + full track suit is a nice combo
he reminds me of ben wallace now
It’s growing like the leaves of an aspiring tree
Maybe an illustration of him as groot would do the trick
Dope jacket
No way they played to 100. That would be the longest 1 v 1 in history with 1’s and 2’s.
Also, unless this is the best player in China, 35 is pretty respectable.
Kawhi stopped giving a fuck around 98-2.
Kawhi was prob going like 25%
Kawhi was probably paid to take it easy
1v1 to 100 is pretty common format in China. Look up Rob Colon
Paul George did the same
Man, that’s really low. He really went that low. Or his hands is just too long
It’s both. He did something similar to Chris Paul several years back. Kawhi can get into a pretty low stance and it’s not just his wingspan a player has to account for but his hands are longer than you’d think too.
His hands are enormous, even for an NBA player. This mfer was designed to be an NBA player, outside of the knees
The fact that a player with his physical dimensions was as fundamentally good at mirroring on defense as he was feels insane.
I mean that second crossover attempt was idiotic, kawhi was on his right hand shading him to go left, and the dude decides to try a L-R-L cross right in front of him… instead of just driving left immediately or trying to attack kawhi’s left foot to drive right
I swear this the first year I’ve seen so many clips of Kawhi doing stuff during the off season. Except palming that booty at a strip club.
Adam silver told him to plant some trees or else the trade wouldn’t go through
Holy shit. Just imagine how much he got paid for this if he actually showed up and did anything.
this mfer really couldn’t have just smiled in front of a tree lol
🤣 Man got a second life! and he making up for it
Official scorekeeping on this 1v1 brought to you by Daktronics
Here come a bunch of tree planting and scoreboard jokes!
He deserves it
I’m assuming he isn’t losing sleep over it.
Damn he’s so cool when he’s circumventing the cap
He played to 100 and didnt even pull off his tear aways. Cold.
That sidestep was so effortless. Kawhi wasn’t even trying. Yet it was completely overwhelming.
holy shit unc’s knees actually lasted to 100?
First to 100 sounds tedious
1v1 to 100 is crazy stuff man
You’re telling me that those two points were a hundred points??
Kawhi is going to come out of this whole thing without any repercussions, and win MVP. It’s going to suck
won an fmvp for his defense against prime lebron at 22yo. i’d take him 1v1 against almost anybody
Why don’t they do stuff like this in the US?
Player egos wouldn’t let it be filmed
True but I mean there’s zero chance an nba player of this caliber loses to some random lol
Playing with your food in front of a great defender….
Well duh
I mean he did say he would lock every Chinese player up lol
And joked about how they scored more on his friend PG
PG is BBQ chicken to him
didn’t like how he landed on one knee after that dunk
My arms aren’t long enough to steal the ball by putting my hand out backwards in regular defensive stance.
Did that shit in warmup. Didnt look loke he broke a sweat.
Clinton had vision and broke up yugoslavia to ensure another generation of team usa global dominance. Unfortunately Obama did not have vision and China will top us late 2030s. Thanks Obama!
They got Kawhi working OT this off-season as his punishment 🤣
Kawhi giving China the reality check
face turns red holding an aspirational joke back
China playing against Michael Jordan remix 2.0. shit ain’t sweet
monstrous fucking player, shame he had to do the money bullshit
I’m 95% sure most of the comments are bots made to forget us kawhi aspiration balmer scandal.
Should stay there