Kawhi Leonards Emotion.....

[coachmac87]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzI9BYuWb1o

If you watch his college highlights you see quite a bit of emotion compared to what he shows in the NBA...

Makes you think if that will show once Tim and Manu are gone and it becomes his team...

Oh and that first play on the highlight is crazy:hat

[TheGreatYacht]

Fuck Kawhi. He'll choke in two years against a 35yr old Matt Barnes

[coachmac87]

That video showed me confidence....imagine how good he could be once he really starts to believe in his game..kid is scary good

[Gkm]

he is very shy in the nba, i think cause the spurs is a really serious organization, he become even more shy.

[rmt]

gotta "sell" himself at draft time. Wonder how many times he had to practise that speech to get it like that.

[siraulo23]

lol, first time i've seen this clip, he's pumping his chest, screaming, bump with his teammates haha, good stuff

i think we'll see him show more emotions after a couple of years

there's also this interview where he talks non stop for 3 mins! :lol


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA1GYjD1yHo

[therealtruth]

I think Leonard deserves to be a leader on the team. He and Tim were the best players in games 6-7.

[siraulo23]

I think Leonard deserves to be a leader on the team. He and Tim were the best players in games 6-7.

i dont think he has it in him to be a true leader/ number one option, just basing that from his couple of years in the nba and his personality but he's def gonna be more vocal as he gets more and more comfortable in the nba

[Chinook]

It's for the same reason that Green no longer dances before games, why Mills no longer does his three-goggles and why Splitter doesn't look like the same player he was in Europe. He's "gotten over himself". I don't necessarily mean that in a bad way, but I think he and the others are going through a period where they started out as big guys on their teams and are now in the presence of all-time greats. It changes the way you see yourself, and the way you celebrate. Pop also has something to do with it, because even though he doesn't seem to discourage emotion, I think he creates an expectation to act professionally until the job is done.

It's a part of the Spurs culture I hope relaxes in the next era. Not only do I think that these guys should go back to the way they were when they were at their best (relatively speaking), but I also think that we as fans will probably appreciate fist-pumping and chest-bumping a lot more when we don't have 50-win seasons and deep playoff runs to look forward to anymore.

[apalisoc_9]

I think Leonard deserves to be a leader on the team. He and Tim were the best players in games 6-7.

This team doesn't need more leaders. Manu, TD, TP are doing the job just fine.

A few years from now, Yes. In the next couple of years, Probably not. Game wise, he's role needs to increase.

[jermaine]

Nobody is saying anything about thats Chuncy Billups working out with him in the pre draft video.

[Marrow]

Nobody is saying anything about thats Chuncy Billups working out with him in the pre draft video.

thought so...good pick up

[wildchild]

i think we'll see him show more emotions after a couple of years



Agree. Kawhi's trash talk with Jimmer Fredette and verbal skirmish with UConn's Alex Oriakhi are the best moments of NCAA 2011 :chestbump

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/5521803298_679546ec8e.jpg

http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2011/03/27/sports/photos_stories/uconn--300x450.jpg

[Juggity]

I saw this clip during the playoffs. I was surprised to see Kawhi acting like a human being. I love Kawhi. He's the future of the Spurs, hopefully. He will need another superstar to be Batman though with him being Robin three years from now when the Big 3 are gone. He can play a Scottie Pippen roll as a sidekick to another superstar like a young Kobe in his prime or Lebron James.

:lmao :lmao

[wildchild]

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXZ0iyQjTAc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXZ0iyQjTAc")

Version SDSU Game Time Ready after Kawhi trade
"Black and red till I'm dead
Done and said, swaggg
Big ups, to DJ Gay
Shouts. Kawhi. Spurs all day" :tu

[elmanutres]

he is very shy in the nba, i think cause the spurs is a really serious organization, he become even more shy.
id be serious too if i played with a walking legend in timmy and 2 hall of famers and one of the greatest coaches of all time

[elmanutres]

Agree. Kawhi's trash talk with Jimmer Fredette and verbal skirmish with UConn's Alex Oriakhi are the best moments of NCAA 2011 :chestbump

https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/5521803298_679546ec8e.jpg

http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2011/03/27/sports/photos_stories/uconn--300x450.jpg
please tell me there is a vid of this somewhere. kawhi trash talking? nonsense.

[Darkwaters]

I saw this clip during the playoffs. I was surprised to see Kawhi acting like a human being. I love Kawhi. He's the future of the Spurs, hopefully. He will need another superstar to be Batman though with him being Robin three years from now when the Big 3 are gone. He can play a Scottie Pippen roll as a sidekick to another superstar like a young Kobe in his prime or Lebron James.

You realize that Kobe was the sidekick, right?

[Slutter McGee]

hahahaha.....a new thread to prove kawhi has feelings.

Slutter McGee

[hooperflash]

please tell me there is a vid of this somewhere. kawhi trash talking? nonsense.

http://i.imgur.com/k6Nb0.gif

Yeah, he showed some emotion that day haha

1:21 half court, Leonard laughing and clapping at Jimmer


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyI6YWOB_tQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[kobyz]

From college to nba he made a big change in his mindset, thanks to pop and Tim probably, before coming to the spurs he wasn't totally committed to winning basketball, he took things a little through the motion, now he has the ultimate focus and will to succeed, and lack of emotion is part of the change in attitude...

[jermaine]

Next season he needs yo get plays called for him more often. His overall gm looks to be waaay better than the Spurs allowing it to be.

[wildchild]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyI6YWOB_tQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4VdRzBp6aQ

Starts at 3:23


“Stop talking trash! Stop talking trash!” Fredette yelled..."What are you going to do about it? Huh? Huh? Do something; I dare you." “I’m not going to repeat anything that (Leonard) said,” Fredette told the media. “But he was excited that they won. He decided to say some things. I’m not going to back down. I said a couple things as well.” :lol

http://www.thedailyaztec.com/2011/03/leonard-white-proved-jimmer-is-human/

[hooperflash]

Starts at 3:23 “Stop talking trash! Stop talking trash!” Fredette yelled..."What are you going to do about it? Huh? Huh? Do something; I dare you." “I’m not going to repeat anything that (Leonard) said,” Fredette told the media. “But he was excited that they won. He decided to say some things. I’m not going to back down. I said a couple things as well.” :lol

http://www.thedailyaztec.com/2011/03/leonard-white-proved-jimmer-is-human/

Thanks, that was a video I originally was looking for !

[TheGreatYacht]

You realize that Kobe was the sidekick, right?No shi* smartas*. You should also realize that Kobe was on his prime after the Shaq years. Nobody will ever deny that Kobe's first three championships were under Shaq's coattail.

[therealtruth]

This team doesn't need more leaders. Manu, TD, TP are doing the job just fine.

A few years from now, Yes. In the next couple of years, Probably not. Game wise, he's role needs to increase.

Can't say Manu is doing a good job as a leader with his Finals performance. Way too inconsistent. He looked like a rookie at times. You don't expect that from a seasoned vet.

[Skull-1]

Love how he has matured. I am not big on guys who strut and preen when they score. Act like you've been there before...

[gameFACE]

id be serious too if i played with a walking legend in timmy and 2 hall of famers and one of the greatest coaches of all time

Agreed. A winner with winners. When (and if) the Spurs become Kawhi's team it's going to be a group of pretty cool and fierce ballers.

I don't ever think I've seen him talk as much as he did in the Draft Express YouTube! :lol

[FkLA]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5298/5521803222_14c8a8db8b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/5521803298_679546ec8e.jpg


http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5097/5521803358_aec067f7ea.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5015/5521803412_e300b89820.jpg

Jimmer started it apparently.

[apalisoc_9]

LMAOL Jimmer fredette.

Kawhi is a future star and a third option in a contending team. He's stuck being a no-name in the NBA, and a backup in one of the shittiest ball club in the NBA.

:lol

[Sean Cagney]

LMAOL Jimmer fredette.

Kawhi is a future star and a third option in a contending team. He's stuck being a no-name in the NBA, and a backup in one of the shittiest ball club in the NBA.

:lol
Reminds me of the hype around Morrison! YES that bum everyone forgets.

[KaiRMD1]

Kawhi is a dick, who knew? lmao