Every active player in the NBA with a higher career-high in points than Kawhi Leonard

[Spur|n|Austin]

Saw this on Reddit, kind of interesting. Not against Kawhi, but more so interesting to see some of the names, and try to imagine how they actually scored that many points. Manu never broke that 50 pt. barrier... 6th man life.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/4cbzsk/every_active_player_in_the_nba_with_a_higher/


Atlanta Hawks:


Jeff Teague (34), Al Horford (34), Kirk Hinrich (38), Paul Millsap (46)

Boston Celtics:


Evan Turner (34), Isaiah Thomas (38)

Brooklyn Nets:


Jarrett Jack (35), Brook Lopez (39), Bojan Bogdanovic (44)

Charlotte Hornets:


Marvin Williams (33), Nicolas Batum (35), Jeremy Lin (38), Al Jefferson (40), Kemba Walker (52)

Chicago Bulls:


Nikola Mirotic (35), Mike Dunleavy Jr. (36), Derrick Rose (42), Aaron Brooks (43), Pau Gasol (46), Jimmy Butler (53)

Cleveland Cavaliers:


Channing Frye (33), Richard Jefferson (42), J.R. Smith (45), Kevin Love (51), Mo Williams (52), Kyrie Irving (57), LeBron James (61)

Dallas Mavericks:


Chandler Parsons (34), Raymond Felton (35), Wesley Matthews (36), David Lee (37), Devin Harris (47), Charlie Villanueva (48), Dirk Nowitzki (53), Deron Williams (57)

Denver Nuggets:


Kenneth Faried (34), D.J. Augustin (35), Wilson Chandler (35), Mike Miller (45), Danilo Gallinari (47)

Detroit Pistons:


Andre Drummond (33), Marcus Morris (34), Tobias Harris (34), Anthony Tolliver (34), Reggie Jackson (40), Jodie Meeks (42)

Golden State Warriors:


Andre Iguodala (34), Anderson Varejao (35), Leandro Barbosa (41), Klay Thompson (52), Stephen Curry (54)

Houston Rockets:


Terrence Jones (36), Josh Smith (38), Trevor Ariza (40), Michael Beasley (42), Dwight Howard (45), Jason Terry (46), Corey Brewer (51), James Harden (51)

Indiana Pacers:


George Hill (37), Ty Lawson (37), C.J. Miles (40), Rodney Stuckey (40), Monta Ellis (48), Paul George (48)

Los Angeles Clippers:


JJ Redick (40), Jeff Green (43), Chris Paul (43), Blake Griffin (47), Paul Pierce (50), Jamal Crawford (52)

Los Angeles Lakers:


Metta World Peace (39), D'Angelo Russell (39), Nick Young (43), Lou Williams (44), Kobe Bryant (81)

Memphis Grizzlies:


Lance Stephenson (33), Mike Conley (36), Matt Barnes (36), Marc Gasol (38), Zach Randolph (43), Vince Carter (51)

Miami Heat:


Luol Deng (40), Goran Dragic (40), Gerald Green (41), Joe Johnson (42), Chris Bosh (44), Amar'e Stoudemire (50), Dwyane Wade (55)

Milwaukee Bucks:


Giannis Antetokounmpo (33), Michael Carter-Williams (33), Greg Monroe (35), Khris Middleton (36), Jabari Parker (36), O.J. Mayo (40)

Minnesota Timberwolves:


Nikola Pekovic (34), Tayshaun Prince (34), Karl-Anthony Towns (35), Andrew Wiggins (35), Zach LaVine (37), Kevin Garnett (47)

New Orleans Pelicans:


Ryan Anderson (36), Jrue Holiday (38), Tyreke Evans (41), Eric Gordon (41), Anthony Davis (59)

New York Knicks:


Arron Afflalo (43), Carmelo Anthony (62)

Oklahoma City Thunder:


Dion Waiters (33), Randy Foye (36), Anthony Morrow (42), Russell Westbrook (54), Kevin Durant (54)

Orlando Magic:


Ersan Ilyasova (34), Nikola Vucevic (37), C.J. Watson (40), Victor Oladipo (45), Brandon Jennings (55)

Philadelphia 76ers:


Elton Brand (44)

Phoenix Suns:


Eric Bledsoe (34), Mirza Teletovic (34), Devin Booker (35), Chase Budinger (35), Brandon Knight (38)

Portland Trailblazers:


Gerald Henderson (35), C.J. McCollum (37), Damian Lillard (51)

Sacramento Kings:


Darren Collison (35), Rajon Rondo (35), Omri Casspi (36), Caron Butler (40), Rudy Gay (41), DeMarcus Cousins (56)

San Antonio Spurs:


Danny Green (33), Patty Mills (34), LaMarcus Aldridge (44), David West (44), Manu Ginobili (48), Kevin Martin (50), Andre Miller (52), Tim Duncan (53), Tony Parker (55)

Toronto Raptors:


DeMar DeRozan (42), Kyle Lowry (43), Luis Scola (44), Terrence Ross (51)

Utah Jazz:


Alec Burks (34), Derrick Favors (35), Trevor Booker (36), Gordon Hayward (37)

Washington Wizards:


Drew Gooden (33), Markieff Morris (35), Alan Anderson (35), Jared Dudley (36), Bradley Beal (37), Marcus Thornton (42), Ramon Sessions (44), John Wall (47)

[SquawkinHawkBigCock]

:pop:

[daslicer]

I think Kawhi will crack the 40 point mark atleast once in his career. I think it will be hard for him to hit 50 but you never know. Keep in mind Scottie Pippen's career high is only 47 points and that's the guy people compare Kawhi to.

[PopTheGOAT]

Kawhi would have several 40+ games this season if this wasn't the Spurs. I like the way he plays within the system, it just sucks when he gets shit on for not having the individual accolades. Hell, he would've scored 40+ easily on the Heat the other night if he didn't get banged up. Too bad. Idc really what his career high is but I wish he'd have a big game so people would stfu about it already.

[cjw]

How many times did he have high point totals before being shut down with low to mid 20 minutes played? Just like Aldridge getting to 20 points very quickly in recent games but not being needed down stretch.

Would be interesting to see how many of those high point games above were in blowouts where guys continued playing, or where other players were out.

[Proxy]

Manu never broke that 50 pt. barrier... 6th man life.





Yeah but that was a very, very loud 48 points.... I still go back and watch the highlights of Manu shitting on the Suns

[peacemaker885]

Its the ring that counts.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

This season has been an anomaly - too many blowouts, even in losses, thus Pop throwing the 3rd unit there for long periods of time.

Next season I think Kawhi will have at least 5 40+ point games.

[Spurtacular]

OP f'd something up on the title, tbh.

[100%duncan]

Non-issue

[Obstructed_View]

Consistency.

[TheGreatYacht]

:wow

[Mal]

When Kiwi scores around 30 pts the game is probably over, so no need to run personal stats just for it.

[z0sa]

System player.

[will_spurs]

List of every active player in the NBA with a higher career-high in points than Kawhi Leonard that I would actually trade Kawhi Leonard for:

[bic50]

List of every active player in the NBA with a higher career-high in points than Kawhi Leonard that I would actually trade Kawhi Leonard for:

[Ice009]

List of every active player in the NBA with a higher career-high in points than Kawhi Leonard that I would actually trade Kawhi Leonard for:

[mookie2001]

He's no Dana Barros

[Spur|n|Austin]

List of every active player in the NBA with a higher career-high in points than Kawhi Leonard that I would actually trade Kawhi Leonard for:

/thread

[Spur|n|Austin]

OP f'd something up on the title, tbh.

I didn't include Jimmer's name?

[RD2191]

Too bad they're all losers.

[SpursFan86]

List of every active player in the NBA with a higher career-high in points than Kawhi Leonard that I would actually trade Kawhi Leonard for:

You wouldn't trade Kawhi for Curry?

[Dro210]

You wouldn't trade Kawhi for Curry?

Fuck no.

[TheDoctor]

Difficult when you spend lots of 4th quarters sitting because blowouts.

[Dingle Barry]

I had no idea Metta World Peace was back in the league.

[SPURt]

Corey Brewer had a 50 pt game? That list is neat but Kawhi is still the only player I'd have unprotected sex with

[Canyonero]

Corey Brewer had a 50 pt game? That list is neat but Kawhi is still the only player I'd have unprotected sex with

:lol

[tmtcsc]

Yeah but that was a very, very loud 48 points.... I still go back and watch the highlights of Manu shitting on the Suns

Easily one of my favorite Manu games. That dunk down the middle of the lane on 3 or 4 dudes was awesome.


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

[tmtcsc]

You wouldn't trade Kawhi for Curry?

https://media.giphy.com/media/l0IpYsodRJlq5xSP6/giphy.gif

[Kawhitstorm]

Kevin Garnett never scored 50 pts in his NBA career.:wakeup

[SupremeGuy]

Non-issueDude the pics in your sig are hypnotizing.

[GSH]

Now filter that list for the ones who are half the defensive stopper that Kawhi is.

What's the rule for dealing with a volume scorer? Anyone? Beuller? Force him to play both ends of the court!!!

Kawhi never hides on defense. He's busting his ass every play, shutting down the other team's best. Most of those guys would be half the scorers they are, if they even attempted to put out that kind of effort on the other end. Kawhi gives the team what it needs, and his defense is worth points just as surely as a made bucket. That's not being a homer, it's just basketball fact.

Shame they don't have a good stat for that.

[dabom]

GSH you weren't a faggot for once. So proud of you. :lmao

[The Reckoning]

lol the rest of the Spurs

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Kevin Garnett never scored 50 pts in his NBA career.:wakeup

This is because he only shot in the first 3 quarters.

[Spurtacular]

N/M.

[SPURt]

At least have the most players on one team with more points than Kawhi (9).

[Rob123]

Two most interesting take aways for me from the list.

1. Igoudala's high is only 34? That guy used to be the man in Philly, people were comparing him to Lebron.

2. How the hell did Nick Young score 43? That makes no sense.

[Chinook]

Never seen people more butt-hurt from a damned list.

[SpursFan86]

Never seen people more butt-hurt from a damned list.

It's amazing how defensive some people get :lol No one is implying those guys are better players than Kawhi. It's just an interesting list that's mostly cool because it highlights some random players who you'd never expect to score 35+.

Hell, there's even a disclaimer in the reddit post (along with OP's disclaimer): *Note: This isn't meant to be a dig at Kawhi. I'm a big Kawhi fan, but I just thought some of the players' career-highs here were interesting.

[GSH]

Hell, there's even a disclaimer in the reddit post (along with OP's disclaimer): *Note: This isn't meant to be a dig at Kawhi. I'm a big Kawhi fan, but I just thought some of the players' career-highs here were interesting.


I confess. I saw the list and went blind. Sort of like those page-long posts with no punctuation or paragraph breaks. I go into immediate mental-summary mode. I didn't see the disclaimer, and assumed it was some comment on the fact that Kawhi's best is "only" 32 points.

I stand by the fact that not many people have scored more than that while playing high-level defense on the other end. Kobe was capable of being a pretty damned good defender, but it took a toll on him on the offensive end. Mostly, when guys have huge nights, it's in a game that doesn't feature much defense. And Kawhi never takes a night off from defense, no matter who they Spurs are playing.

[tholdren]

id trade for several of these people in their prime over KL now.


some funny names... drew gooden and evan turner..... and... MATT BARNES

[TrainOfThought5]

List of every active player in the NBA with a higher career-high in points than Kawhi Leonard that I would actually trade Kawhi Leonard for:

[SASdynasty!]

Hard to believe that Curry, Durant, Westbrook, Duncan, Dirk, Harden, CP3, Garnett, or Pierce...

...never scored as much as Tony Parker.

[SpurPadre]

Kawhi would have several 40+ games this season if this wasn't the Spurs. I like the way he plays within the system, it just sucks when he gets shit on for not having the individual accolades. Hell, he would've scored 40+ easily on the Heat the other night if he didn't get banged up. Too bad. Idc really what his career high is but I wish he'd have a big game so people would stfu about it already.

https://blackprinceintoil.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/kevin_durant.jpg "System player doing system things."

[SpurPadre]

Hard to believe that Curry, Durant, Westbrook, Duncan, Dirk, Harden, CP3, Garnett, or Pierce...

...never scored as much as Tony Parker.

Yeah, they pass the fucking ball on occasion.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Hard to believe that Curry, Durant, Westbrook, Duncan, Dirk, Harden, CP3, Garnett, or Pierce...

...never scored as much as Tony Parker.

Seriously!

Only Lebron, Deron Williams, Kobe, Carmelo, Anthony Davis, and Cousins actively with more.

[james evans]

Do you silly mfs not watch spurs games and understand that when we are up 20+ popovich sits the starters? We don't leave our starters out there to pad their stats in the 4th quarter of meaningless games.

[dabom]

Can we stop posting shit stats that don't mean shit? :lol

No one really gives a fuck. :lmao

Patty mills towels 32timespergame.

See no sense. :lol

[Neurosis]

Kawhi isn't even as good as Richard Jefferson. Time to trade I think.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Do you silly mfs not watch spurs games and understand that when we are up 20+ popovich sits the starters? We don't leave our starters out there to pad their stats in the 4th quarter of meaningless games.

Did anyone in this thread disagree with this or state anything different? Reading comprehension...


Can we stop posting shit stats that don't mean shit? :lol

No one really gives a fuck. :lmao

Patty mills towels 32timespergame.

See no sense. :lol

http://i.imgur.com/ykcAUT7.png

[Phenomanul]

Kawhi Leonard has the highest winning percentage of all active players with more than 200 games played. /Thread.

[SASdynasty!]

Kawhi Leonard has the highest winning percentage of all active players with more than 200 games played. /Thread.
Tony Parker with the highest for 1,000 games. /Thread

[SASdynasty!]

Yeah, they pass the fucking ball on occasion.
Tony still got 10 assists in that game, lol.

[bic50]

Tony Parker with the highest for 1,000 games. /Thread

Ok. But This thread isn't even about tony parker. Or tony vs kawhi

[paperboy77]

Yeah but that was a very, very loud 48 points.... I still go back and watch the highlights of Manu shitting on the Suns

+1

[dabom]

Ok. But This thread isn't even about tony parker. Or tony vs kawhi

:lol

[YGWHI]

Ok. But This thread isn't even about tony parker. Or tony vs kawhi

Don't expect him to understand this thing. He simply can't...

[cjw]

Austin Rivers got to 32 the other night. Kawhi shook his head in disgust and moved his high up to 33 last night.

Meanwhile Kobe's corpse put up 34 tonight.

[TheGreatYacht]

http://youtu.be/2v_ao7YHuo4

[tholdren]

http://youtu.be/2v_ao7YHuo4
Spurs kept the wrong player

[Clipper Nation]

Spurs kept the wrong player

Yep, Spurs should have dumped Porker and kept McRae.

[313]

http://youtu.be/2v_ao7YHuo4
Better ball handler than Kawhi

[TheGreatYacht]

Better ball handler than Kawhi
:tu