[Highlight] Kawhi backs down PG and looks genuinely offended by the resistance (2019).
His game was so beautiful, man. What a weird career for such a great player.
Whats funny is this comment kind of applies to both of them…..certainly more-so KL…..But PG’s game has always been silky smooth, and he’s also had a weird career…….That horrific knee injury, that top 3 MVP level season in OKC, and then all the ups and downs of Clippers, 76ers, and now part of this crazy JB-Celtics trade. Weird careers for both.
That wasn’t a knee injury. His entire leg snapped in half š³
Basically the same thing. You know the saying
Knee bone is connected to the leg bone, the leg bone is connected to…not itself
Clean leg snap is very preferable to shredding your knee
The leg bone is connected to the stanchion bone
They also both “broke out” by guarding LeBron in the playoffs
Kawhi is actually the closest player to Jordan since Jordan.
A bigger, stronger but less athletic and explosive Jordan.
the crazy thing is that calling him a mix of jordan on offense and pippen on defense wouldn’t be that much of an insane overstatement of his capabilities, at least when he was at 100%
Jordan with 70% of his vert and 10% of his killer mentality.
I would argue kawhi at least on the raps team has 100% killer mentality. He willed that team to wins specially in the sixers series
2021 playoffs kawhi definitely was the baddest man on the planet. That game against the mavs Iām pretty sure he just won by himself and his entire team were straight killing himĀ
I still maintain that 5 prime Kawhi beats whatever top 5 lineup you wanna throw at him/them
Itās a bummer that his clippers tenure will be written off as a failure because he did add being a distributor to his game which was his one weakness.Ā
I can think of a couple more weaknesses š¦µš¾
Not to mention š²Ā
I do love when fans other than Clips and Mavs fans recognize what Kawhi was doing in 2021 before that knee. We were winning it all that year if he stayed healthy man…
Oh I watched waiting to laugh like the year before. It was real āwhat can we even do hereā energy from the mavs that gameĀ
As an old man Sixers fan, Kawhi definitely has more than 10% of MJs killer instinct. He fucking Hideki Matsui’d us the rat bastard.
.5% of the sponsorship grind.
Kawhi in the clutch has that killer mentality. Toronto was down 0-2 against the Bucks then said “I’m going to take Giannis” and he held Giannis to go on to win the series.
I’m pretty sure 100% of the league will tell you he is a killer 100% of the time.
I agree. I’d say Shai is also that level, although less physical. I think OKC will be very dangerous next year barring injuries or weird implosion.
I think Shai is a good defender but heās never going to be the best in the league/top 5 Ā level defender even if his stats are great. I appreciate he actually tries on both ends though.Ā
Yes, very hard to be great at both ends
Especially in such a heliocentric offense
Why does this sound like died or retired lmao
Because his career just died.
Something we can all aspire to!
True.
Kawhi is one of those āstay silent so no1 knows your movesā type of guys.
I will not be surprised if it comes out that heās some type of gang leader at some point.
Edit - the more I think about it, the more this shit makes sense to me š. Which other NBA superstar is as quiet and smart as Kawhi Leonard? And heās already been exposed.
Kawhi gives me BIG Gus Fring vibes.
What a weird thing to sayā¦
I was being somewhat hyperbolic but if you understand the nature of real mob bosses then I donāt think itās that weird to sayā¦ maybe youāre interpreting it from a different angle
you’re fried
lol ok
on some Chauncey Billups shit
Marvin Harrison Sr. hours
Iām glad someone understood what I was trying to say.
Itās the quiet ones making real moves like that. And Kawhi has already been exposed for being willing to circumvent the rules to get paid.
It makes sense to me.
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Maybe I shouldnāt have used the word gang.. maybe I shouldāve said mafia so dense ass Redditors didnāt get weird about it..
But I agree, at minimum itās kinda funny.
My face when the Clippers Aspiration scandal investigation winds up being a slap on the wrist
Raptors fans should be the most offended base due to this Aspiration shenanigans. Clips essentially stole Kawhi away from you guys.
I feel like even without Aspiration, he’s not gonna stay.
From what we know now, guy was clear from day1 he doesn’t want to be in Toronto, whether it was out of professionalism or a need to prove himself for a mega contract, at least he played his heart out despite of it.
Ya its been frustrating reading our subreddit because so many people want them to brush it under the rug so we get kawhi. But I’d rather them drop the hammer on everyone involved so we dont have blatant cap circumventing normalized.
Mfw the sponsor asks me to show up
They later went on to change NBA history together šÆšÆšÆ
yep. say thank you OKC
We do constantly
Can we get the results of the investigation alreadyĀ
We already did š
I doubt the NBA releases that scathing statement 45 minutes later if the details in that ESPN article are exactly how itās going to go
Are we in the āletās not forget how great of a basketball player Kawhi is despite not planting treesā era of r/nba?
One of Uncle Dennis’s demands was no physical defense be played on him.
Kawhi used to get talked about as the most unexpected “strong” guy in the league and you’d hear about how guarding him hurt. He’s not used to people actually being able to stand their ground against him.
I remember this game lol, I think he was annoyed PG was being over physical and getting away with pushing him off his spot.
Great matchup to be honest, Kawhi was just too strong though so I donāt blame PG for pushing him and not letting him get too comfortable posting up.
Side note. Kawhi must have really respected PGs game at this point since he demanded the Clips trade for him, I wonder if they were friends at this point or talked much.
This was the year before he specifically asked to play with PG. maybe this is the moment he made that decision.
Pushover P
DN P
He was met with light resistance
Nah thatās just his knees popping and creaking here.
My PG story..
I was walking in uptown charlotte before a pacers game or after cant remember, walking up to PGjust on the street im heading to work, hes by himself. i say no way can i get an auto, hes like do you know who i am..fucking paul george..
Got the pic :)
Thatās a bad shot
Looked like he provided some solid resitance - forced Kawaii into a tough turn-around fadeaway. He’s just kinda legendary at those.
Difference between kawhi and PG, is that that Kawhi had a post game.
A little off topic but whenever you see the greats in the post and the defender reaches through, they spin off and shoot the fadeaway. Like, its an automatic counter. Pretty cool
Good defense better offense
Too bad he’s shown himself to be a piece of garbage
It’s wild how all the guys who worked with/looked up to Kobe has his game in their game. Basketball is so beautiful man
This is 100% Jordan not Kobe. This highlight is straight out of the 2nd three-peat highlight reel
Right… But they worked directly with Kobe and got the moves from him. Kobe did get it from Jordan though.
Kawhi grew up idolizing both Melo & AI, part of why heās rocked the braids since high school
But Tatum, Kyrie, Shai, Harden, Paul George, say youāre still right, thatās a crazy tree
I’ll take Kawhi ’s words over yours.
Ok sassyman
Weird post. PG has been one of the best defenders in the league for a decade easily.
When did I criticise PGās defense?
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Boo