Why Kawhi can't score 30

[SnakeBoy]

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[FlAVaK]

:lol :pop::bobo

[K...]

Dang, all this time I thought it was him being frozen out by other players. Never guessed it was because we're blowing out so many teams and can afford to rest players.

[r0drig0lac]

Pop is the GOAT

[SupremeGuy]

Made it a whole two posts before some playerfan had to come in and shit all over it, tbh. :lol

[Mikeanaro]

Because he cant, Kiwi could die probably reaching the 29 point mark so dont force him.

[Dex]

Pop is probably one of the few coaches in all of sports that can give answers like that and still keep his job. "Just Pop being Pop".

[RD2191]

Made it a whole two posts before some playerfan had to come in and shit all over it, tbh. :lol

[Drom John]

"Dean Smith [was] the only man who could hold Michael Jordan to 20 points.”

[MateoNeygro]

Lol Pop's answer is amazing.

[Malik Hairston]

:lol it's funny that somebody asked him that, tbh, must be a Spurstalk poster..

[jdelar03]

I cant believe how more players would not want to play for an organization that keeps tabs on players minutes. I mean do you think Manu or Duncan would have such long careers if they were playing for say a team like okc. Where theyn could have averaged 35mpg easy for years and had their careers cut short through overuse and injury. If Kawai is smart and he seems to be he should be grateful that due to pop watching minutes ultimately extends careers. I wonder how kevin durant feels about this right about now.

[Malik Hairston]

I cant believe how more players would not want to play for an organization that keeps tabs on players minutes. I mean do you think Manu or Duncan would have such long careers if they were playing for say a team like okc. Where theyn could have averaged 35mpg easy for years and had their careers cut short through overuse and injury. If Kawai is smart and he seems to be he should be grateful that due to pop watching minutes ultimately extends careers. I wonder how kevin durant feels about this right about now.

Players care more about numbers, tbh..

People blame coaches too much for minutes IMO..most star players can control their playing time..while Pop deserves credit, the players deserve just as much credit for sacrificing their numbers, etc..

[jdelar03]

Players care more about numbers, tbh..

People blame coaches too much for minutes IMO..most star players can control their playing time..while Pop deserves credit, the players deserve just as much credit for sacrificing their numbers, etc..
no doubt players deserve credit for sacraficing career numbers but through longevity their numbers could be better like kd for instance his hay day may be over all to sacrafice getting big numbers early in his career.

[cjw]

Players care more about numbers, tbh..

People blame coaches too much for minutes IMO..most star players can control their playing time..while Pop deserves credit, the players deserve just as much credit for sacrificing their numbers, etc..

Some always will care about counting stats, but as contracts begin to be rewarded based on advanced metrics / efficiency, they might appreciate being in a system that lets them thrive.

If the goal is to make the HOF, you are just as likely to get there by being a key contributor on title teams as being a big PPG scorer.

[Clipper Nation]

Pop's just deflecting away from the real truth that Enrique is a cancer who freezes out Kawhi out of jealousy. Unlike lesser coaches, he keeps shit like that in-house.

[dbreiden83080]

Same reason Duncan's career scoring AVG has plummeted the last 5 years..

[Fireball]

You can tell that Pop was in a good mood because otherwise he would have given the journalist the evil stare (i.e. next question) ...

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Pop underlying message, "Because I am an antagonist, just like I am about to antagonize your ass."

[Seventyniner]

Some always will care about counting stats, but as contracts begin to be rewarded based on advanced metrics / efficiency, they might appreciate being in a system that lets them thrive.

If the goal is to make the HOF, you are just as likely to get there by being a key contributor on title teams as being a big PPG scorer.

In the past, the single biggest correlation to salary has been scoring average, just pure points per game. Rebounds per game is important for big men. But no advanced stat, or even a basic one like FG% had nearly as big of an effect.

This is finally starting to change, which is actually bad for a smart FO like the Spurs. It has been nice to have many dumb GMs giving out big contracts to guys like Joe Johnson, meaning more luxury tax payments to the Spurs and weaker teams to beat up on.

[urunobili]

CROFL media

[cjw]

In the past, the single biggest correlation to salary has been scoring average, just pure points per game. Rebounds per game is important for big men. But no advanced stat, or even a basic one like FG% had nearly as big of an effect.

This is finally starting to change, which is actually bad for a smart FO like the Spurs. It has been nice to have many dumb GMs giving out big contracts to guys like Joe Johnson, meaning more luxury tax payments to the Spurs and weaker teams to beat up on.

Teams are getting much smarter, and the dumb ones will be bailed out by the rising cap (or get into even more cap hell, depending on how you look at it). That's why I'm glad Green is a free agent this summer. He's going to get paid a lot more than he would have in the past relative to other guys, but there not as much cash to go around yet.

[DMC]

Truth: "What, let him pad stats so his agent can lay that on the desk during contract negotiations? No."

[Seventyniner]

Teams are getting much smarter, and the dumb ones will be bailed out by the rising cap (or get into even more cap hell, depending on how you look at it). That's why I'm glad Green is a free agent this summer. He's going to get paid a lot more than he would have in the past relative to other guys, but there not as much cash to go around yet.

Yes, locking up Green (and hopefully Kawhi) long-term this summer would be great. Depending on what Tim and Manu do, getting another good-to-decent FA (Millsap?) locked up for 3-4 years would be nice too.

The cap rise will only benefit bad GMs for a year or two, though. They'll spend all that new cap money on bad contracts and be back to where they started.

[TheGreatYacht]

"Top 10 player" is going to need a 5th season to finally reach that 30+ :lmao

[dabom]

"Top 10 player" is going to need a 5th season to finally reach that 30+ :lmao

You tried. How does it feel to be a joke nowadays? :lmao

[RD2191]

You tried. How does it feel to be a joke nowadays? :lmao

[wildchild]

"Top 10 player" is going to need a 5th season to finally reach that 30+ :lmao

You are the same guy who said Swaggy P scored 29 points on Kawhi when Leonard didn't even play that game?...Damn, Kawhi deserves better haters.

[TheGreatYacht]

You tried. How does it feel to be a joke nowadays? :lmao
How does it feel replying to the same 5 dudes every thread? Harlem don't even claim you :lol

[wildchild]

You tried. How does it feel to be a joke nowadays? :lmao

:D

[TheGreatYacht]

You are the same guy who said Swaggy P scored 29 points on Kawhi when Leonard didn't even play that game?...Damn, Kawhi deserves better haters.
17pts in 20 minutes :lmao

[wildchild]

17pts in 20 minutes :lmao

"Lebron never guarded Leonard".

"Swaggy P scored 29 point on Kawhi".

Keep doing your shit...

[TheGreatYacht]

"Lebron never guarded Leonard".

"Swaggy P scored 29 point on Kawhi".

Keep doing your shit...
"Start Joseph"

"Lebron guarded Kawhi, not Parker"

You even watch the games, tbh?

[wildchild]

"Start Joseph"

"Lebron guarded Kawhi, not Parker"

You even watch the games, tbh?

When I said start Joseph???

And Lebron was guarding Leonard most of games like the video I posted about.

[TheGreatYacht]

When I said start Joseph???

And Lebron was guarding Leonard most of games like the video I posted about.
Don't act dumb.

I remember Lebron guarding him games 1 & 2, then got on Parker the rest of the way

[wildchild]

Don't act dumb.

I remember Lebron guarding him games 1 & 2, then got on Parker the rest of the way

Really, you shouldn't call dumb nobody...So you said Lebron didn't guard Leonard in game 3, 4 and 5??


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdg7dHYVvMc

[TheGreatYacht]

Really, you shouldn't call dumb nobody...So you said Lebron didn't guard Leonard in game 3, 4 and 5??


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdg7dHYVvMc
A 2:50 video of Lebron guarding him for 5 games?

lmao backfire

[wildchild]

A 2:50 video of Lebron guarding him for 5 games?

lmao backfire

A 3' video shows you're wrong, as usual.

I remember Lebron guarding him games 1 & 2, then got on Parker the rest of the way

[TheGreatYacht]

A 3' video shows you're wrong, as usual.
The intro is just as long as the clip.. Lol

3/4ths of the video is in SA, it says games 1 & 2 on the bottom.

[wildchild]

The intro is just as long as the clip.. Lol

3/4ths of the video is in SA, it says games 1 & 2 on the bottom.

Wow you can't even realize if the video shows 1-2 it was game 3? when mark 3-1 was game 4 and then...:lol

[TheGreatYacht]

Wow you can't even realize if the video shows 1-2 it was game 3? when mark 3-1 was game 4 and then...:lol
You look so fucking stupid right now.. Listen to yourself. Lebron guarded Kawhi for a whole minute Games 3-5 :lol

[TheGreatYacht]

Diaw's pass compilation was 16 minutes long... Trying to prove something on a 2:50 video :lol

[RD2191]

Kawhi shitted all over Lebron and the entire world saw it.

[dabom]

Kawhi shitted all over Lebron and the entire world saw it.

[wildchild]

You look so fucking stupid right now.. Listen to yourself. Lebron guarded Kawhi for a whole minute Games 3-5 :lol

If you watched the game you'd know -like many people know- this video is a fair reflection of those games and the way Lebron on Kawhi thing went.

Since you didn't watch...you're talking shit about something you don't even know. As usual.

[TheGreatYacht]

If you watched the game you'd know -like many people know- this video is a fair reflection of those games and the way Lebron on Kawhi thing went.

Since you didn't watch...you're talking shit about something you don't even know. As usual.
You went from relying on a video, got shot down, and now you're relying on the game itself :lol

Rashard Lewis had a good run...

[wildchild]

Suddenly I remember why you and Chump are endless reply-posters. :sleep

[TheGreatYacht]

That's more like it. Tuck that tail in between your legs and turn around. Oh and hold the L

[dabom]

Are we gonna act like Lebron scored 30ppg on kawhi? :lmao

[dabom]

Joe is such a faggot. Dude got exposed long time ago and tries to act like a spurs fan. :lmao

[wildchild]

Poor guy. He has a little problem to know:

-who's guarding Kawhi in a game.

-who wins a discussion in a sport thread.

-when an argument ends.


1-Lebron
2-Most times nobody, then me, never you.
3-Three posts before.

[TheGreatYacht]

30pt games:
Reggie Williams - 1
Matrix 2.0.1 - 0

[still.focused]

For what its worth I rather him score 20 and stop 10+ on defensive end
We need him on defense unfathomably more than we need him on offense

[hater]

Matrix is a system player. The current system allows him to be somewhat usable on the offensive end. On a lottery team I believe he possibly could score 30 pts someday

[hater]

For what its worth I rather him score 20 and stop 10+ on defensive end
We need him on defense unfathomably more than we need him on offense

Agree. The moment we depend on matrix to be our offensive leade is the moment we become a has been team

He had zero steals last night. That is why we lost

[loveforthegame]

Maybe I'm thinking of someone else. He just scored 26 points in 24 minutes on b2b games which earned him a seat on the bench the rest of the game. Pop elects to bench guys while other guys like Kerr will feed and let a guy go for a career high.

There's been plenty of other chances for Leonard too. But Pop don't care about those things. Whether Leonard does or not I don't know.

I'll take a guy who averages what Leonard did this season over a guy who can just hit the 30 mark.

To each his own.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Bump

[K...]

I guess when TGY reappears it's my duty to tear him a proper sized ass hole. You had a good run TGY, once kawhi gets the big contract the game is back on but for now, TGY is done. RIP brother. it was he good fight till the end.