At this point in time, why do people still have so much faith in Kawhi?

[duckbutta]

I don’t and I don’t think many people do in general.

Clips need to just pray for the best at this point since they extended him. 30MPG cap, 50-55 game cap, no back to backs. Hopefully he’s healthy enough to make it to the playoffs and contribute. Probably not though

This is what a 150 million buys you in todays NBA

PTO Leonard with a gawd tier finesse

Him and Monty Williams got to have the same agent

 

[ghostwriterx]

He’s in the upper echelon of all time playoff performers so people will always respect him. I really wish he coulda stayed healthy this year. I think the Clips were legit.

He's had one great playoff run and hasn't been past the second round in 5 years.

 

[FaTaL]

Nobody does, he hustled the clippers

They had his medical report and they still extended him

 

[Bilz]

Kawhi has the same luxury as Kyrie. They are loved by the loud basketball fans who shyt on other players.

 

[FTBS]

I am not sure anyone really cares about Kawhi at this point. I dont think anyone is taking him or the Clippers seriously going forward. Honestly, I gotta give it to dude he has milked a fadeaway, a lucky ass playoff run with the luckiest shot of all time, and being the anti-Bron (while outBronning Bron) into multiple max deals that he physically cant fulfill and the team knows he cant and still busts it open anyway. I aint gone down him, Ima crown him.

 

[desjardins]

NBA is a sunk cost league
Teams would rather shoot for the stars on some 1% probability tip than be realistic and just move on
Morey not offering Harden the max was one of the rare times a team let a star go instead of being delusional about the long term prospects

 

[MJ Truth]

Great player absolutely Not taking that away from him

But you’re not even getting 70 games out of him, and you’re not getting a deep playoff run either.


You’re not you’re just not let’s be for real now. Yet in all the off-season talk I see it’s “how to build around KAWHI” and “should they move on from Paul George”


It’s like people don’t wanna admit the reality of that man.

He played all of those games all year this year (in order to be eligible for the awards) but of course he then got hurt for the playoffs.

As great as he is, he’s the type of employee you would hate to have or coworker you would hate to work with. Clearly unbelievable at his job but incredibly unreliable and inconsistent, non communicative, can’t count on him when it matters, have to pay him top dollar, and isn’t even an easy personality to get along with.

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

I honestly forget he plays basketball.

He's a quiet, low-key guy so he doesn't attract attention or hate like other superstars

 

[b. woods]

Which doesn't make sense, because who on earth is going to a clippers game to see Kawhi Leonard when you never know if he would play or not

Delusional stans and/or Homers living on hope/cope

 

[Standing on business]

One of the luckiest resumes in the NBA, him going to and already NBA finals team and wining a championship with them is so overrated.

 

[duckbutta]

Delusional stans and/or Homers living on hope/cope

The funny thing is that the one time he was healthy...they lost a 3 - 1 lead to the nuggets, so I have no clue where people get this "if kawhi healthy the clippers can win a chip" shyt from. The one time he was healthy they suffered the most embarrassing type of lost you can suffer in the playoffs

Dude has done nothing but finesse the clippers his whole time there

League minimum games played for all nba teams and awards is 65...he played 68 and shut it down

 

[Art Barr]

Say you have no league pass.

To answer the troll starter's headline style question.
in so many words breh.

Kawai when on court this season.

Looked like one of the best players.
to ever hoop in history.



Art Barr

 

[Womb Raider]

The real question is when tf did y’all stop calling him Peg Leg?

 

[who_better_than_me]

Grant Hill ended his career playing full seasons. Bill Walton contributed to another title as he was leaving the league.

Both players were written off due to injury. With modern medicine/technology, people see Kawhi still being able to contribute to another title before he retires.

Grant hillHad freak injuries like collar bone. None of his injuries were the same injury being reaggravated. I can’t speak on Walton. Kawhi has the same injury almost every season that takes him out

 

[DraymondT]

The Andre 3K of hoops. Some nikkas just gas the shyt out him. nikka will be good or mid for weeks and nikkas wont say shyt. Let him drop 40 one night and "he the best player" talks out of nowhere like clockwork. Privilege ass nikka. I know he thought he was MJ after leavin a stacked Raptors team that was probably a top 5 team the season after he left and was winnin 55+ without him even 59 season before. They was callin Clips the new Bulls

Him havin 2 DPOYs lowkey a little wild. Shoulda had 1 for sure but Draymond should had one of em. Spurs it was Pop system and Raptors was one of the most stacked defenses ever. They had All Defense defenders at every position and 2020 Raptors were actually a better defense after he left and they got OG back to replace him even though they obviously missed his scorin. His Clips runs they defense aint been like that and he been livin off rep for years. And you know that nikka only good for 60 games a season.

2020 is one of the biggest chokes I've ever seen in any sport and it rarely brought up when talkin bout this nikka legacy. 3-1 lead, up double digits at halftime every game... Most nikkas was sayin LAC winnin it all that season, top 3 options to win it all AT LEAST, and just choke, choke, choke. One of the WOAT game 7 performances from a superstar to cap it off too.