Friday Games Thread (3/31/2017)

[JohnnyMax]

Fri, Mar 31, 2017
Venue
TV


7:00 PM ET
Denver Nuggets
(35-39)
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Charlotte Hornets
(34-41)
Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
AL2


7:00 PM ET
Indiana Pacers
(37-38)
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Toronto Raptors
(45-30)
Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
SNT


7:30 PM ET
Orlando Magic
(27-48)
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Boston Celtics
(48-27)
TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
CSNE


7:30 PM ET
Philadelphia 76ers
(28-47)
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Cleveland Cavaliers
(47-27)
Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
FSOH


8:00 PM ET
Detroit Pistons
(35-41)
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Milwaukee Bucks
(39-36)
BMO Harris Bradley Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
FSDT


8:00 PM ET
San Antonio Spurs
(57-17)
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Oklahoma City Thunder
(43-31)
Chesapeake Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
ESPN


8:00 PM ET
Dallas Mavericks
(31-43)
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Memphis Grizzlies
(41-34)
FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee
FSSW


8:00 PM ET
New York Knicks
(28-47)
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Miami Heat
(37-38)
AmericanAirlines Arena, Miami, Florida
MSG


8:00 PM ET
Sacramento Kings
(29-46)
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New Orleans Pelicans
(32-43)
Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
CSCA


9:00 PM ET
Washington Wizards
(46-29)
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Utah Jazz
(46-29)
Vivint Smart Home Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah
ROOT


10:30 PM ET
Houston Rockets
(51-24)
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Golden State Warriors
(61-14)
ORACLE Arena, Oakland, California
RTSW

[spursistan]

A thread that's more up your alley :tu

[TDMVPDPOY]

seems like the spurs tanking and going into the playoffs with porker as the pos starter he is

cant wait for kawhi to pack his back to head back to LA...wasting his prime years with a pos and patfo who has loss it

[140]

seems like the spurs tanking and going into the playoffs with porker as the pos starter he is

cant wait for kawhi to pack his back to head back to LA...wasting his prime years with a pos and patfo who has loss it
You should post upstairs more often tbh

[MultiTroll]

Love this last stretch by Houston to go up 40-31.
Beverlys attitude, absolutely love it.
Told Curry to shove it up his ass last year. Tonight he's not backing down to Klanus one bit.

If you could get more skilled players to have the same enthusiasm and attitude. Wow.
Lamar Aldridge with Beverlys drive and determination? Lights out.

[D-Wade]

Iggy's fluke jumpshooting continues. Better now than the playoffs I guess

[FkLA]

Is it just me or is this announcer getting way more excited for GS baskets than HOU baskets? He seemed dejected after the Harrell follow up dunk. :lol

[DMC]

Klay

[DMC]

McGee misses a free throw and the announcer immediately talks about autism awareness day. Great timing.

[John Petrucci]

These calls dubs get in regular season :lol

[John Petrucci]

How does Curry have several seconds to line up a wide open 3? Rockets...

[lefty20]

RiP UConn streak

[Kim Jong-il]

RiP UConn streak
Dak Prescott willing them to victory from the stands tbh

[DMC]

Them some Nappy Headed Hoes

[Silver&Black]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkgD3GeNYfM

http://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/chris-fowler-more-cowbell.gif?w=500

[John Petrucci]

Gotta like how honest the Warriors announcers are

but damn are the Warriors given benefit of doubt on EVERY strip attempt.

[DMC]

The shots selections are hilarious. If this gets any worse over the years it's going to pretty much just be inbound and shoot.

[resistanze]

If Frauden doesn't will this team to victory I don't wanna hear about MVP with this crooked teeth fgt

[UZER]

The Houston three point chucking is ridiculous. And that's an understatement.

[MultiTroll]

LOLckets
Frauden comes thru again.

[resistanze]

I'd rather see Westchuck get MVP than this shit-bearded FT relying choker.

[resistanze]

Wardell Curry looking like Javale tbh

[FkLA]

Klay

20 pts
8-20 shooting

Super impressive, tbh.

[DMC]

20 pts
8-20 shooting

Super impressive, tbh.

He kept them in the game. Without his output burst they would have lost.

[FkLA]

He kept them in the game. Without his output burst they would have lost.

Probably. That's what complimentary players do. Get hot during stretches/games, shit the bed during others. They don't win without Javale's little outburst either.

[DMC]

Probably. That's what complimentary players do. Get hot during stretches/games, shit the bed during others. They don't win without Javale's little outburst either.

He saved their asses in the playoffs last year, a feat that our player failed to do. You're too big of a faggot to admit that though. You're a cherry picker and every chance I get I'm going to break it off in your ass again. I'm sure we'll have some discussions come June.

[FkLA]

He saved their asses in the playoffs last year, a feat that our player failed to do. You're too big of a faggot to admit that though. You're a cherry picker and every chance I get I'm going to break it off in your ass again. I'm sure we'll have some discussions come June.

Calling me a cherry picker is rich coming from you, fat boy. If we don't cherry pick and use averages Kawhi wins out. Instead you love to cherry pick muh 37 points or some other rare offensive explosion from him. But keep telling yourself you're winning, your fatness.

[Kim Jong-il]

lol arguing over 2 second tier players

[DMC]

Calling me a cherry picker is rich coming from you, fat boy. If we don't cherry pick and use averages Kawhi wins out. Instead you love to cherry pick muh 37 points or some other rare offensive explosion from him. But keep telling yourself you're winning, your fatness.

So you want to use career averages or did you want to narrow the window down to a more manageable, cherry picked slot?

Klay 19.0 ppg for career average
Kawhi 16.2 ppg career average

Now, faggot, tell me how you want to use averages and dance around what I just broke off in your ass as you try to cherry pick the past few months.

[RGMCSE]

So you want to use career averages or did you want to narrow the window down to a more manageable, cherry picked slot?

Klay 19.0 ppg for career average
Kawhi 16.2 ppg career average

Now, faggot, tell me how you want to use averages and dance around what I just broke off in your ass as you try to cherry pick the past few months.

:wow

[LkrFan]

You should post upstairs more often tbh

:lol

[LkrFan]

So you want to use career averages or did you want to narrow the window down to a more manageable, cherry picked slot?

Klay 19.0 ppg for career average
Kawhi 16.2 ppg career average

Now, faggot, tell me how you want to use averages and dance around what I just broke off in your ass as you try to cherry pick the past few months.

:lmao

[Clipper Nation]

:lol This argument again? Klaynus has spent his whole career as a role player getting spoonfed all his points on stacked teams. Even DeAndre Jordan, who has zero offensive game and is totally reliant on lobs from Choke Paul and Blake, gets assisted on far less of his points than Klaynus does. If he had to be the first option on his team like Kawhi is, he'd get exposed and his scoring would plummet.

[DMC]

:lol This argument again? Klaynus has spent his whole career as a role player getting spoonfed all his points on stacked teams. Even DeAndre Jordan, who has zero offensive game and is totally reliant on lobs from Choke Paul and Blake, gets assisted on far less of his points than Klaynus does. If he had to be the first option on his team like Kawhi is, he'd get exposed and his scoring would plummet.

Blah blah assists, blah blah role player, blah blah eyeball test

:lol "whole career role player" with a higher career average ppg than the person you're comparing him to as a "better scorer".
:lol career role player all star

[Clipper Nation]

It's not the "eye test," it's statistical fact. This year, Klaynus gets assisted on 84% of his made baskets. DeAndre gets assisted on 72% of his makes. And Kawhi gets assisted on less than half of his buckets (48%, to be exact). A while back, I went back and looked, and Klaynus was assisted more often than DeAndre "Zero Offensive Game" Jordan pretty much every season (there might have been one year where DJ was more assisted). You can't be a great scorer if you have to be spoonfed more than DeAndre.

Insisting that Klaynus is a better scorer than Kawhi because 19.0 > 16.2, while ignoring the context of both players' roles on their respective teams and how they get their points, is Skip Bayless-level "analysis." Klaynus is a role player who can't even dribble and who has never had to create for himself. He's an overglorified Danny Green. In contrast, Kawhi has to manufacture his points as the first option on his team. Like it or not, that matters. If Klaynus had Kawhi's responsibilities and the level of attention from defenses that Kawhi gets every night, he wouldn't be averaging 16.2 PPG. He'd be much lower than that.

And who cares about Klaynus making the All-Star Team? Big whoop, the Warriors' bandwagon "fans" vote for him in droves because he's one of the only names they recognize. Jamaal Magloire, Chris Gatling, Wally Szczerbiak, Brad Miller, Kobe Bryant, Roy Hibbert, James Donaldson and Dale Davis have been All-Stars too. Allen Iverson made it as recently as 2010, Yao got in as recently as 2011. It's a meaningless accomplishment. If Klaynus played for a team like the Magic or the Hornets, he would not be making the ASG anyway.

[FkLA]

"I know, I'll use career averages knowing fully well that the argument isnt that Kawhi has been the better scorer throughout his career. That'll show him!"

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/526/891/d0e.jpg

lol fat boy

[DMC]

:yield

[DMC]

It's not the "eye test," it's statistical fact. This year, Klaynus gets assisted on 84% of his made baskets. DeAndre gets assisted on 72% of his makes. And Kawhi gets assisted on less than half of his buckets (48%, to be exact). A while back, I went back and looked, and Klaynus was assisted more often than DeAndre "Zero Offensive Game" Jordan pretty much every season (there might have been one year where DJ was more assisted). You can't be a great scorer if you have to be spoonfed more than DeAndre.

Insisting that Klaynus is a better scorer than Kawhi because 19.0 > 16.2, while ignoring the context of both players' roles on their respective teams and how they get their points, is Skip Bayless-level "analysis." Klaynus is a role player who can't even dribble and who has never had to create for himself. He's an overglorified Danny Green. In contrast, Kawhi has to manufacture his points as the first option on his team. Like it or not, that matters. If Klaynus had Kawhi's responsibilities and the level of attention from defenses that Kawhi gets every night, he wouldn't be averaging 16.2 PPG. He'd be much lower than that.

And who cares about Klaynus making the All-Star Team? Big whoop, the Warriors' bandwagon "fans" vote for him in droves because he's one of the only names they recognize. Jamaal Magloire, Chris Gatling, Wally Szczerbiak, Brad Miller, Kobe Bryant, Roy Hibbert, James Donaldson and Dale Davis have been All-Stars too. Allen Iverson made it as recently as 2010, Yao got in as recently as 2011. It's a meaningless accomplishment. If Klaynus played for a team like the Magic or the Hornets, he would not be making the ASG anyway.

lwdlmTOvoas

Where's Danny's moment last year in the 2nd round? Hell, where's Kawhi's?

Kawhi 2015-2016 Playoffs PPG 22.3

Klay 2015-2016 Playoffs PPG 24.3 (less than 1ppg fewer than the MVP Steph)

:lol Kawhi getting beat by a role player.
:lol Role players averaging 24ppg in the playoffs
:lol "Danny Green" who averaged 9.1ppg

Surely a role player like Klay shouldn't carry his team to the Finals while Kawhi's team was done for the year already because Kawhi didn't make enough non-assisted plays.

These shit takes by folks like you (:lol Danny Green) are why no one takes you serious in the basketball discussions. Your hyperbole is out of control, irrational and whimsical.

[FkLA]

"I'll just claim victory because Kawhi averaged 7 ppg his rookie year and 12 ppg his sophomore year!"

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/526/891/d0e.jpg

lol fat boy

[DMC]

^ and you're just defeated... and probably fat and very brown and smell like rancid saltwater.

[TD 21]

It's not the "eye test," it's statistical fact. This year, Klaynus gets assisted on 84% of his made baskets. DeAndre gets assisted on 72% of his makes. And Kawhi gets assisted on less than half of his buckets (48%, to be exact). A while back, I went back and looked, and Klaynus was assisted more often than DeAndre "Zero Offensive Game" Jordan pretty much every season (there might have been one year where DJ was more assisted). You can't be a great scorer if you have to be spoonfed more than DeAndre.

Insisting that Klaynus is a better scorer than Kawhi because 19.0 > 16.2, while ignoring the context of both players' roles on their respective teams and how they get their points, is Skip Bayless-level "analysis." Klaynus is a role player who can't even dribble and who has never had to create for himself. He's an overglorified Danny Green. In contrast, Kawhi has to manufacture his points as the first option on his team. Like it or not, that matters. If Klaynus had Kawhi's responsibilities and the level of attention from defenses that Kawhi gets every night, he wouldn't be averaging 16.2 PPG. He'd be much lower than that.

And who cares about Klaynus making the All-Star Team? Big whoop, the Warriors' bandwagon "fans" vote for him in droves because he's one of the only names they recognize. Jamaal Magloire, Chris Gatling, Wally Szczerbiak, Brad Miller, Kobe Bryant, Roy Hibbert, James Donaldson and Dale Davis have been All-Stars too. Allen Iverson made it as recently as 2010, Yao got in as recently as 2011. It's a meaningless accomplishment. If Klaynus played for a team like the Magic or the Hornets, he would not be making the ASG anyway.

:tu

[FkLA]

"I'm just going to keep claiming victories!"

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/526/891/d0e.jpg


lol fat boy

[Clipper Nation]

lwdlmTOvoas

Where's Danny's moment last year in the 2nd round? Hell, where's Kawhi's?

Kawhi 2015-2016 Playoffs PPG 22.3

Klay 2015-2016 Playoffs PPG 24.3 (less than 1ppg fewer than the MVP Steph)

:lol Kawhi getting beat by a role player.
:lol Role players averaging 24ppg in the playoffs
:lol "Danny Green" who averaged 9.1ppg

Surely a role player like Klay shouldn't carry his team to the Finals while Kawhi's team was done for the year already because Kawhi didn't make enough non-assisted plays.

These shit takes by folks like you (:lol Danny Green) are why no one takes you serious in the basketball discussions. Your hyperbole is out of control, irrational and whimsical.
Speaking of playoff moments, where's Klaynus' Finals MVP? Kawhi has one. Danny Green would have had one if Porker didn't choke and LeGOAT didn't grab victory from the jaws of defeat. Klaynus has never even come close, despite playing on mega-stacked teams and supposedly being an amazing scorer.

[Kim Jong-il]

lol arguing over 2 second tier players

[DMC]

Speaking of playoff moments, where's Klaynus' Finals MVP? Kawhi has one. Danny Green would have had one if Porker didn't choke and LeGOAT didn't grab victory from the jaws of defeat. Klaynus has never even come close, despite playing on mega-stacked teams and supposedly being an amazing scorer.

Where's Steph's? "Would have" means nothing. Where's Manu's? Hell, where's David Robinsons?

How is GS "mega-stacked"? Because they have Steph, someone who's never won the Finals MVP? Bogut? Someone who never won the Finals MVP? AI? The guy off the bench who won the Finals MVP?

If Klay is shit, why is GS untouchable even with Durant sidelined? Why hasn't Kawhi taken 1st seed? Kawhi has Pau Gasol, Aldridge, David Lee, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili and a Klay Thompson double in Danny Green.

Your problem is that you don't argue thin margins. You pretend one guy is far and away greater and the other is pure shit. You're bifurcating the issue, and that's always wrong. I've said that Kawhi is a great scorer, and Klay isn't near the player Kawhi is, but Klay is a better scorer.

[Clipper Nation]

Where's Steph's? "Would have" means nothing. Where's Manu's? Hell, where's David Robinsons?

How is GS "mega-stacked"? Because they have Steph, someone who's never won the Finals MVP? Bogut? Someone who never won the Finals MVP? AI? The guy off the bench who won the Finals MVP?

If Klay is shit, why is GS untouchable even with Durant sidelined? Why hasn't Kawhi taken 1st seed?

Funny how the playoffs no longer matter since the conversation progressed from "second-round moments" (:lmao) to Finals MVPs.

You're also now putting words in my mouth by acting like I said Klay was "shit." He's not "shit." He's just not capable of shouldering the load as a first option like Kawhi has to do every night. That doesn't mean he isn't a really good role player. But that's all he is. He's not better than Kawhi.

[DMC]

Funny how the playoffs no longer matter since the conversation progressed from "second-round moments" (:lmao) to Finals MVPs.

You're also now putting words in my mouth by acting like I said Klay was "shit." He's not "shit." He's just not capable of shouldering the load as a first option like Kawhi has to do every night. That doesn't mean he isn't a really good role player. But that's all he is. He's not better than Kawhi.

You mean like in the 1st round of the 2016 NBA playoffs when Curry was out 3 games and Klay averaged almost 24 a game to beat the Rockets? That kind of shouldering? Or did you mean the all important regular season? Or perhaps the Finals where a bench player had to save the day? Which route do you want to take in this loss you're about to experience?

[Clipper Nation]

You mean like in the 1st round of the 2016 NBA playoffs when Curry was out 3 games and Klay averaged almost 24 a game to beat the Rockets? That kind of shouldering? Or did you mean the all important regular season? Or perhaps the Finals where a bench player had to save the day? Which route do you want to take in this loss you're about to experience?
No, I mean still being productive even when being assisted on less than half of your shots all season. That kind of shouldering.

Big whoop, Klaynus got spoonfed into a handful of big scoring nights in the first round against a dysfunctional Rockets team that limped into the playoffs and played zero defense. Where was all that "first-option scoring" from Klay in Game 7 against Cleveland? Oh yeah, nowhere to be found. Relying on a role player who can't create for himself or dribble might work against the 8th-seeded .500 Rockets, but it's not going to work against the real teams.

Give it up, Fat Hands. Kawhi > KlayPERIOD

[DMC]

No, I mean still being productive even when being assisted on less than half of your shots all season. That kind of shouldering.

Big whoop, Klaynus got spoonfed into a handful of big scoring nights in the first round against a dysfunctional Rockets team that limped into the playoffs and played zero defense. Where was all that "first-option scoring" from Klay in Game 7 against Cleveland? Oh yeah, nowhere to be found. Relying on a role player who can't create for himself or dribble might work against the 8th-seeded .500 Rockets, but it's not going to work against the real teams.

Give it up, Fat Hands. Kawhi > KlayPERIOD

So Klay carries his team past the 1st round because the opponent was "dysfunctional" (all or nothing). Rockets limped? GS was without it's MVP. :lol Somehow it's not impressive to you that Klay beat them, but Klay is a shit player.

Zero defense (bifurcated again, not bad defense, not questionable defense, not subpar defense... zero defense)

:cry but they lost in the Finals...

Where was Kawhi's output in the 2nd round? Why did Aldridge average more points than him? Why didn't Kawhi pull his team out against the exact same team that Klay rose to the challenge against?

:lol I showed you that Klay carried his team in the playoffs, where it counts and did so in the WCF as well against the Thunder, yet they were all bad teams, or the points were assisted as if isoball heroics indicates a better player. Beautiful basketball just rolled over in its grave.

Kawhi is better than Klay. I've said as much many many times. He's just not a better scorer. Try to stay in that lane.

[FkLA]

:lol The fat boy is straight up lying now. He never called Kawhi a great scorer in the initial thread. He actually called Klaynus a "much better offensive player", which makes the take that much shittier since Kawhi is a better playmaker on top of being a better scorer.

[Clipper Nation]

:lol The fat boy is straight up lying now. He never called Kawhi a great scorer in the initial thread. He actually called Klaynus a "much better offensive player", which makes the take that much shittier since Kawhi is a better playmaker on top of being a better scorer.
This. Why Fat Hands can't just take the L and charge it to the game is beyond me.

[DMC]

:lol The fat boy is straight up lying now. He never called Kawhi a great scorer in the initial thread. He actually called Klaynus a "much better offensive player", which makes the take that much shittier since Kawhi is a better playmaker on top of being a better scorer.


He's a great player, elite. Still not a better scorer than Thompson but a better player without a doubt. 2 for 2 is more efficient than both. We'll give KL the popular vote.

Neither you nor Crippled Nation knows jack shit about basketball. You just root for players, which is why you bump posts when your guy has a good night and ignore it when it doesn't.

Klay:

Record for pts in a quarter
Record for 3's in a playoff game (11)
Higher career average than KL
Multiple 50pt games
60pt game
Multiple 40pt games

KL
41 pts on 30 shots = best offensive night in his career

Suddenly his MVP in the Finals is the trump card for any asinine argument about his greatness. :lol

[FkLA]

Kawhi: 25.9 PPG, 48.3 FG%, 36.2 3PT%, 1.43 PPS, 8.3 OWS, 6.4 OBPM, 5.26 ORPM
Klaynus: 22.2 PPG, 47.1 FG%, 41.8 3PT%, 1.26 PPS, 3.8 OWS, 2.3 OBPM, 2.77 ORPM

In the earlier thread he was crying about it only being half a season. Now he's crying that it's only a few months. Ironically, after whining that I'm "cherry picking a few months" the fat boy turns around and cherry picks Klaynus' 37 point quarter or his big OKC game. Wants to use career PPG for god knows what reason other than being a stubborn fat boy that refuses to admit he's wrong. Ignores that as a #1, Kawhi faces more defensive attention from opponents than a #2 or #3 like Klay. Asks why Kawhi didn't step up against OKC and Klay did, and ignores the fact that when his team rang Kawhi did this:

http://media.thehoopdoctors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/kawhith.jpg


And Klaynus did this:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CH05XK7UsAEGekZ.jpg:medium

[DMC]

Neither you nor Crippled Nation knows jack shit about basketball. You just root for players, which is why you bump posts when your guy has a good night and ignore it when it doesn't.

Klay:

Record for pts in a quarter
Record for 3's in a playoff game (11)
Higher career average than KL
Multiple 50pt games
60pt game
Multiple 40pt games

KL
41 pts on 30 shots = best offensive night in his career

Suddenly his MVP in the Finals is the trump card for any asinine argument about his greatness. :lol


Kawhi: 25.9 PPG, 48.3 FG%, 36.2 3PT%, 1.43 PPS
Klaynus: 22.2 PPG, 47.1 FG%, 41.8 3PT%, 1.26 PPS

In the earlier thread he was crying about it only being half a season. Now he's crying that it's only a few months. Ironically, after whining that I'm "cherry picking a few months" the fat boy turns around and cherry picks Klaynus' 37 point quarter or his big OKC game. Wants to use career PPG for god knows what reason other than being a stubborn fat boy that refuses to admit he's wrong. Ignores that as a #1, Kawhi faces more defensive attention from opponents than a #2 or #3 like Klay. Asks why Kawhi didn't step up against OKC and Klay did, and ignores the fact that when his team rang Kawhi did this:

http://media.thehoopdoctors.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/kawhith.jpg


And Klaynus did this:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CH05XK7UsAEGekZ.jpg:medium

On cue with the Finals MVP caveat :lol

KL averaged 17.5 ppg in the Finals
KL had 2 consecutive 9 point games in the Finals

KL average playoff ppg for career is 14ppg
Klay average playoff ppg for career is 19ppg

2014 playoffs KL averaged 14.3ppg
Tim Duncan averaged 16.3 ppg
Klay Thompson averaged 16.4ppg

Scoring is about points. You can throw all the caveats you like, but they don't add to the point total.

[FkLA]

Scoring is about points. You can throw all the caveats you like, but they don't add to the point total.

Ok so who's scoring more points right now, your fatness?

And the fact he's facing more attention from opposing defenses isn't a caveat, it's a fact. You're just a stubborn fat boy that refuses to accept he's wrong.

[DMC]

Ok so who's scoring more points right now, your fatness?

And the fact he's facing more attention from opposing defenses isn't a caveat, it's a fact. You're just a stubborn fat boy that refuses to accept he's wrong.

Is that why he lost head to head against Klay?

[FkLA]

Is that why he lost head to head against Klay?

Now the stubborn fat boy shamelessly deflects. :lol

[FkLA]

"scoring is about points"

Kawhi: 1760 total points in 68 games
Klaynus: 1620 total points in 73 games

Let's see how the fat boy spins this one, tbh.

[DMC]

Now the stubborn fat boy shamelessly deflects. :lol

You're wrong about everything. You even went to the wrong UT.

[DMC]

"scoring is about points"

Kawhi: 1760 total points in 68 games
Klaynus: 1620 total points in 73 games

Let's see how the fat boy spins this one, tbh.
Why stop at 73 games?

Klay career 8276
Kawhi 6380

Difference of almost 2000 points.

Both entered league in 2011-2012 season

[FkLA]

So in other words:


"I know, I'll use career averages knowing fully well that the argument isnt that Kawhi has been the better scorer throughout his career. That'll show him!"

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/526/891/d0e.jpg


"I'll just claim victory because Kawhi averaged 7 ppg his rookie year and 12 ppg his sophomore year!"

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/526/891/d0e.jpg

[Clipper Nation]

Fat Hands getting bullied ITT like he's Jonathan Martin :wow

[DMC]

Hurr durr I'm looking for a friend

[DMC]

So in other words:

So then go to a micro level. You cherry pick a time range to try to win. How did Kawhi do against Klay? Who scored more in that game?

Klay 23
Kawhi 19

Those are the most recent H2H results.

:cry "but I want to customize the data to suit my argument" FKLA (Stands for Feltching Kawhi Leonard's Asshole)

:cry "Fat Hands pwned again ITT" Clipper Nation (Man without a team)

[DMC]

Klay vs SA career - 15.9ppg (lowest of any team in the NBA)

Kawhi vs GS career - 15.4ppg

:cry "but you didn't use my customized time range"

[FkLA]

Klay vs SA career - 15.9ppg (lowest of any team in the NBA)

Kawhi vs GS career - 15.4ppg

:cry "but you didn't use my customized time range"

So in other words:


"I know, I'll use career averages knowing fully well that the argument isnt that Kawhi has been the better scorer throughout his career. That'll show him!"

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/526/891/d0e.jpg

[FkLA]

So then go to a micro level. You cherry pick a time range to try to win. How did Kawhi do against Klay? Who scored more in that game?

Klay 23
Kawhi 19

Those are the most recent H2H results.

:cry "but I want to customize the data to suit my argument" FKLA (Stands for Feltching Kawhi Leonard's Asshole)

:cry "Fat Hands pwned again ITT" Clipper Nation (Man without a team)

So in other words:


"Kawhi has a higher PPG, FG%, TS% PPS, ORPM, OWS, and OBPM? Meh, Klaynus scored 4 more points in their most RECENT match-up (let's ignore their other match-up). Y'all don't know jack shit about basketball!"

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/526/891/d0e.jpg

[DMC]

40 year old b3aner gets destroyed, resorts to meme posting. :lol

[FkLA]

40 year old b3aner gets destroyed, resorts to meme posting. :lol

So in other words:


"I'm just going to keep claiming victories!"

http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/526/891/d0e.jpg

[Clipper Nation]

40 year old b3aner gets destroyed, resorts to meme posting. :lol

http://i.imgur.com/M5fq4CF.jpg