is kawhi.....

[jrodriguez.Nb.Tx]

the best spurs rookie since Tim Duncan?
dont remember a spur who is putting up the stats and has this kind of potential and promise in their first year. much less a condensed year due to the lockout.. no training camp no summer league
this dude is the future.
:downspin:

[Redshadows]

Manu and Tony.

[jaffies]

Emanuel David Ginobili

[Mel_13]

http://www.bballone.com/tonyp/spurs/images/spurs36_resize.jpg

[Paranoid Pop]

w3Sp3AHowks

Feels so weird to rewatch that.

[hater]

DRob, Gervin??

[Spursfanfromafar]

w3Sp3AHowks

Feels so weird to rewatch that.

Yeah :). And his accent has surely changed over the years. Seems so French as a rookie :)

[100%duncan]

Rookie TP>Rookie Leonard>Rookie Manu imo

[Hooks]

Can't remember rookie Manu or TP since it was so long ago but Kawhi has been extremely impressive, his defense is 10x better than both guys even now and that counts for A LOT, better at rebounding as well, seems pretty equal offensively.

[Paranoid Pop]

f7mBwUrD_A8

[jrodriguez.Nb.Tx]

imagine if kawhi went to training camp last summer and played in the summer league,
his game would be even smoother. if not better.

[The ADMIRAL 50]

w3Sp3AHowks

Feels so weird to rewatch that.

:tu
Thanks for posting man :toast
That highlight against The Glove at the very end really capped it off.

[hater]

DRob, Gervin??


since Tim Duncan?




oops

I might have to say maybe. I'd say Parker > Kawhi > Manu > Jax

Manu was injured his rookie year I believe. i remember he sprained his ankle at Indianapolis World's and didn't even play the final where Argentina lost.

that was the summer before his rookie season

[ducks]

oops

I might have to say maybe. I'd say Parker > Kawhi > Manu > Jax

Manu was injured his rookie year I believe. i remember he sprained his ankle at Indianapolis World's and didn't even play the final where Argentina lost

manu was hurt NO WAY WHO WOULD HAVE EVERY GUESSed

[100%duncan]

imagine if kawhi went to training camp last summer and played in the summer league,
his game would be even smoother. if not better.

Don't worry son. The future of the Spurs will develop his talents without training camps and summer leagues with a bunch of scrubs.

[jrodriguez.Nb.Tx]

Don't worry son. The future of the Spurs will develop his talents without training camps and summer leagues with a bunch of scrubs.



lol i mean yea its a bunch of scrubs, but thats how all the GOOD rookies get their confidence and mojo going into their first season.
they dont just get thrown into the fire like kawhi, how many coaches put a rookie on the other teams best player.. theyd get shitted on.
but hes handling it like a boss

[100%duncan]

lol i mean yea its a bunch of scrubs, but thats how all the GOOD rookies get their confidence and mojo going into their first season.
they dont just get thrown into the fire like kawhi, how many coaches put a rookie on the other teams best player.. theyd get shitted on.
but hes handling it like a boss

He ain't good. He's Excellento.

[jrodriguez.Nb.Tx]

He ain't good. He's Excellento.

hes a G. :hat

[SA210]

f7mBwUrD_A8

[Sense]

oops

I might have to say maybe. I'd say Parker > Kawhi > Manu > Jax

Manu was injured his rookie year I believe. i remember he sprained his ankle at Indianapolis World's and didn't even play the final where Argentina lost.

that was the summer before his rookie season

Jax?

[SpursIndonesia]

Jax rookie season was with the Nets. :lol

But Tony's rookie season was just fantastic, too bad we were destroyed in the PO by the Lakers. So glad Jason Kidd didn't come here to replace him.

[will_spurs]

the best spurs rookie since Tim Duncan?

I love KL but... the youngest starting PG ever says hello.

[Obstructed_View]

Manu hit some clutch shots in the playoffs as a rookie. That season ended rather well.

[timvp]

I don't think I'd put Kawhi ahead of TP or Manu. TP started 70+ games as a 19-year-old on a team that won 58 games. By late in that season, he had already emerged as the team's third best player outside of those two tall guys in the middle.

Manu was hobbled for some of his rookie season but she showed a lot of potential, eventually became a reliable closer and then did great work in the playoffs.

As good as Kawhi is so far, the Spurs don't rely on him nearly as much as they relied on TP or Manu.




If you are going by straight regular season stats, a player who has a case to be better than any of 'em is our good buddy DeJuan Blair. His stats as a rookie were beastly and he played quite a bit. Not only were his stats good, his plus/minus numbers were surprisingly strong for an undersized rookie bigman.


To round out the top five, I'd probably go with Beno Udrih, tbh. Or maybe Gary Neal.

[ffadicted]

Easily TP

[sa_butta]

f7mBwUrD_A8
Funny that the only non-Spurs player they spoke to was Richard Jefferson...

[Bambililos]

I think it was TP too, but I'm so Church of Parker I don't know if that counts. His rookie year is when I became a fan of him and the Spurs, they were amazing, and I sticked to them since then.

[DrSteffo]

Nooooo, Parker and Manu of course. Then if you look at stats it's Blair and if you look at their actual level of play Splitter is up there with Leonard too.

[roycrikside]

Manu was hobbled for some of his rookie season but she showed a lot of potential, eventually became a reliable closer and then did great work in the playoffs.



She? LJ CIA CoP for sure :lol


Anyway, I think it's apples and oranges to compare Kawhi's rookie season with Manu or Tony's. Kawhi has the benefit of Tony and Manu on the team already to create shots and make the game really easy for him. All Leonard has to do is run the floor in transition, hit open threes and hustle for offensive rebounds.

[TMTTRIO]

TP. Manu was a 25 year old rookie who had trouble with injuries and only showed little glimses of what he could really do. Pop still had a hard time trusting him for a long time. It wasn't until after the Olympics where Manu led his team to a gold medal that Pop started letting go of the reigns on him and this is where we really start seeing the best of him.

[Yorae]

Well it's not fair to leonard since he can't be the team's third best player considering the team has already duncan, manu and tony. He may not be the best rookie, not even close but defensively? I think he is the best since timmy. But he could be one of our best rookies ever if the steady improvement game by game doesn't stop and he came up big in the playoffs. :flag: