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He's still not the best offensive player on the team. LMA is, and the smart thing for the team to do is to pass him the ball.
And Pop will keep on pounding that rock. It's always been his philosophy.
He's still not the best offensive player on the team. LMA is, and the smart thing for the team to do is to pass him the ball.
If he was playing in NY, that would be considered a fluff piece.
was hardly any passin, weaves, slashes or motion!
Was alota ISO & dump downs!
No it is not good to blame Kawhi for the loss. 18 for 47 38% from the rest of the team beside Aldridge, Leonard, and MANUUUUUUU..
NOT NO BUT NO it wasn't Kawhi's fault. Buck Harvey was looking for someone big to blame and choose Kawhi when he should have looked at Duncan, Parker, Green and the bench.
I really think that lineup cost us the game. We were down 1 with all the momentum and that lineup took it to 11 I think. (Maybe 9?) One of Kawhi or LMA must be on the court at all times. I'm worried Kawhi's relatively low minutes for a 24 year old means Pop's protecting him from aggravating some injury. Either that, or the price of his great defense, is more rest.
Not just his low minutes - his low energy. I said it in the game thread, it looked like one of those games where you find out later he had flu or something. But they don't want to make excuses, so they don't say anything till the season is over.
I don't doubt Kawhi's heart, or his motivation. So I have to think it was something else. There's no doubt that if the Spurs have Kawhi as his normal self, that game looks a lot different. People can be defensive or butthurt al they want, but that didn't look like the Kawhi we are used to seeing. And not just because shots didn't fall.
Well, if it was a flu or anything relatively temporary like that, the long delay between Games 2 and 3 might be a blessing in disguise. (Though I don't want LMA to cool off...)
Maybe Kawhi went to the dentist again?
No they don't. They just know the history of criticizing Pop, how it affects access privileges and even jobs.
Kawhi is basically '07-'08 KG status who was the best two-way player in the league (finished 3rd in MVP behind CP3/Kirby) but not necessarily even the best offensive player on his own team. The OKC matchup is similar to what KG faced in the 2008 Finals when he had to deal w/ Pau/Odom w/ help from Perkins just as Kawhi has to deal w/ KD/WB w/ help from Danny.
In the '08 Finals, KG's offense suffered but Ray Allen went nuclear just like LMA is going nuclear against OKC. The difference was that the Celtics had a point-forward in Pierce meanwhile the Spurs have 38 year old Manu as their best playmaker.Otherwise, Tim/Tony/Danny/West/Patty/Diaw are basically Perk/Rondo/Posey/PJ/House/Powe.
That's called being indecisive, when Kahwi is locked-in he usually starts the game with a strong move to the basket instead of settling for jumpers. There have been couple of occasions where Kawhi got a dunk on his opening possession & dominated the game thereafter.
Kawhi is the Klay Thompson of the Spurs. He's fine as long as he's the second fiddle but struggles when he's the main guy. He had the Big Three early in his career and now Aldridge. He's still young and hopefully he can overcome his shortcomings. But I don't think he can main a franchise player. One that opposing teams set their defense against. It looks like Aldridge may have to fulfill that role for next several years
Others have mentioned it, and it's something I worried about from game 1, is if Kawhi aggravated something with that early dunk and fall. He seemed like he didn't want to go full blast in game 2. Hopefully Kawhi will be fine and heal up with the time off, whatever it may be.
Kawhi has one bad game and people are jumping on him as if he's Derozan or Lowry. Bad games happen, if it becomes more than a 1 or 2 game thing then it's an issue.
When you lose by a couple points, it's not the coaching. It's who wanted it more from the players. Always has been.
Actually, when you lose by a couple of points then it's most likely the coaches fault. On the other hand, if the team gets blownout then the players are to blame.
Durant had a 7-33 game against the Mavs so it does happen, the only issue was that he kept settling for jumpers instead of putting his head down & driving to the rack.
Bold this man.
Lol. Stfu sucker. There are 2 sides of the ball. What do the current great offensive players have to show for it? KD and Harden been stacking them rings huh? I oughta find you kick your ass for being so ing stupid.
What shortcomings? Please name a more complete player in the NBA.
Bold a man that wants to blame a 40 year old for the loss? Bold pink, maybe.
he never has
crumbles in big games
is it possible that Kawhi is not that good?
dont take me wrong, Kawhi is the best defender on Earth, one-on-one,
yet there are many intangibles to being a superstar:
One, leadership and presence in crucial moments (Duncan and Manu have this, like the all-time greats)
Two, the ability to make his teammates better (i do not know if Kawhi has this in great amounts)
Three, Offensive execution in clutch moments (well, Kawhi has done it once or twice; MJ and Bird do it regularly)
Four, the ability to diagnose the tempo of a game and influence it accordingly (again, I do not know if Kawhi has this)
Fifth, consistency and the ability to maintain his greatness over long periods (which our boy sadly lack)
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having said that.....hmmmm.....we still believe!
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im one of those who keep repeating.....
LAMARCUS IS OUR ALPHA, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT....
no debate here......
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