Time To Give Kawhi His Flowers

[KidJSoul]

@KidJSoul the following are examples of cats doing too much :


Most of the top line players only have one or two flaws, so what is this saying? Kawhi is an extremely limited playmaker, he can't consistently beat doubles with the pass. He more often tries to dribble or shoot his way out of a double, which plays into a defenses hands if his shot ain't going. His court vision is low and his reaction to see the open man is slow, he can be too late rather than proactive...

This is a significant weakness if you have the defense to expose it, he doesn't shoot 80% every night you stunt on him and force him to have to make a decision with the ball and he can get turnover prone. This is Kawhi's kryptonite---->force him to make decisions with the ball, rather than be a scorer in isolation...

Few elite players have more than one or two flaws...

just no. As great a scorer he is, there are guys who could scale it higher, and recently I talked about the contrasts in defensive responsibilities and abilities between he and LeBron. He's up there, but he's not a greater two-way player than Bron...

Kawhi was great in Game 2, but where was all this energy when he wasn’t so great in Game 1?

I don’t know why there needs to be this overreaction after one game when before last night, he technically hadn’t put up a great performance in the playoffs since 2023 (when he only lasted two games).

We can acknowledge it’s good to have him back healthy without being extra with it.

Nah kawhi is great when he's on, but the reaction is little too extra. Like best player in the league or top_ all time is crazy considering the games he misses, shyt we don't know how this run will end (knocks on wood).

Why is the bar set so low for Kawhi ?

We have seen playoff games like these from KD, Curry, Lebron, Harden, Joker, Derozan, Duncan, Kobe and plenty other players and dudes on my TV saying he better than Kobe now

Speak on that shyt. It's what I've been saying

Even without injuries his playmkaing and offensive decision making is suspect as fukk and not that good. Jordan wasn't just a scorer, he was also a good playmaker. Same with Kobe when he wasn't being selfish

Yall forget Kawhi 2016 and 2020 is just as much a part of him as 2019. Yall can't crown him as MJ when the sample of healthy seasons is limited like that

 

[LeVraiPapi]

Bro Cowherd just said he’s better than Kobe and Lebron and more like MJ

 

[LeVraiPapi]

Speak on that shyt. It's what I've been saying

Even without injuries his playmkaing and offensive decision making is suspect as fukk and not that good. Jordan wasn't just a scorer, he was also a good playmaker. Same with Kobe when he wasn't being selfish

Yall forget Kawhi 2016 and 2020 is just as much a part of him as 2019. Yall can't crown him as MJ when the sample of healthy seasons is limited like that

The thing is all athletes play with pain and injuries. Kawhi cannot. Imagine if Luka Lebron Giannis KD could sit out these many games and play only the playoffs ?

 

[Jean toomer]

Life for Kawhi got to be great, be missing in action most of the time and perform great for a few playoff games and People put you in conversations you don't need to be in.

Availability is the best ability

Consistently rehabbing a degenerate knee is not pleasant. I don’t think he’s posting up in Vegas or Miami during off days. His work ethic is something people need to talk more about.

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

The thing is all athletes play with pain and injuries. Kawhi cannot. Imagine if Luka Lebron Giannis KD could sit out these many games and play only the playoffs ?

They’re playing with torn ACLs?

 

[Jean toomer]

Why is the bar set so low for Kawhi ?

We have seen playoff games like these from KD, Curry, Lebron, Harden, Joker, Derozan, Duncan, Kobe and plenty other players and dudes on my TV saying he better than Kobe now

All but 1 of those guys played defense at his level.

 

[Mike18jj]

Bro Cowherd just said he’s better than Kobe and Lebron and more like MJ

See this the type of shyt I'm talking about, a first round game 2 win got people saying this

 

[Squirrel from Meteor Man]

Luka scores 37 while playing no defense and losing by 30. After sitting out 2 months because he is/was fat, he’s the best player in the league according to @Gil Scott-Heroin

Kawhi scores 39 on 15-19 shooting while playing defense in high altitude, “we need to see more”

Imagine if his name was Karl Leonovic

 

[CJ]

When Kawhi goes lights out it is so fun to watch. Drives, 3s, the mid-range, then Ds up on the other side.

 

[Joe Sixpack]

Crazy

 

[Don Homer]

Giving another man flowers

 

[Don Homer]

Speak on that shyt. It's what I've been saying

Even without injuries his playmkaing and offensive decision making is suspect as fukk and not that good. Jordan wasn't just a scorer, he was also a good playmaker. Same with Kobe when he wasn't being selfish

Yall forget Kawhi 2016 and 2020 is just as much a part of him as 2019. Yall can't crown him as MJ when the sample of healthy seasons is limited like that

nah, but his middy is elite, so...

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

The funniest part about all of this is people in here being mad that talking heads on tv say anything just to fill their time slot. News flash..if he played bad then they’d be shytting on him. That’s how tv works

 

[JYoung24]

When his career is over the debate over his place in history will be interesting...because there's an argument that a HEALTHY, prime Kawhi is better than KD, Steph and on equal footing with Bron.

All them dudes you named are better than bron

Coli again saying Kawhi on equal footing as Lebron

The best version of Kawhi is not better than the worst version of Bron. Kawhi is several grades below Lebron and it’s not even close

That's cap

 

[CHICAGO]

KAWHI IS A MONSTER
BUT HE NEVER GETS HELD
TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS OTHERS.

PEAK, FULLY HEALTHY KAWHI
AS THE REIGNING FMVP
BLEW A 3-1 LEAD TO A YOUNG
ASS NUGGETS TEAM.



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