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Leonard>Irving.
The NBA’s best rookie will be in San Antonio tonight.
So will the second best.
That’s how far Kawhi Leonard has risen. He might not have the stats of others in his draft class, but he’s a starter on a contender, and seemingly every night he’s efficient and consequential.
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Leonard>Irving.
Great article btw.
Buck with the goods.
Kawhi is a monster. My opinion went from good kid/dreaded college tweener forward who could take years to develop to My God, he could develop into an All Star some day in the span of about 15-20 games.
Seems like he thought his development was complete, maybe got a bit full of himself. He's also not a PG, He's better playing off the ball. I think there are also a lot of petty jealousies on the Kings, almost like a Mavs 3Js thing from back in the day.
He's playing SF in Sacramento for some reason
Well, he's not a PG. As much as he dominated the ball as a rookie, to average only 5 dimes is very telling. This isn't a Parker situation where he averages 5 when he's young because the Spurs run a motion offense. Tyreke HAD the ball ALL THE TIME. Ball dominant PGs should average upwards of 8 dimes.
Great article by Buck.
Now I wanna know who the Elite 8 were, tbh.
Evan's ultimate position will likely be SG. He's got tunnel vision and can only see maybe the roll or pop man on the P'n"r play, certainly no one beyond that. He's not suited for the PG role.
Seconded.
Irving
Williams
Kanter
Valanciunas
Veseley
Klay Thompson
Leonard
Shumpert
My favorite sportswriter.
He seems to be one of those players who puts up great stats as the ball-dominant guy on a team, but isn't particularly efficient or good at making his teammates better. Nocioni made the same observation: the Kings are actually a better team when Evans ISN'T putting up huge stats and dominating the ball. Thomas is a better PG, even if he's not anywhere near as talented.
I think his ultimate ideal role is as a ball-dominant 6th man, where he can completely destroy another team's second unit and control the ball. I think he could be a 20 ppg 6th man. Question is whether his ego would ever let him do that.
Great article.
Btw El Mago, is this list 100% sure, or are you just guessing?
Hopefully not Vesely or Shumpert, tbh.
If the information is accurate, that is excellent insight...the type of insight we used to get several years ago from Mr. Ludden.
Damn...it's crazy to think about the fact that we have the second best rookie in the league on our team.....
Sorry not, Veseley, but Mirotic.
Apologies.
Sold on all of those except Veseley, I would go Burks.
Give the CotY to pop and Executive to Bufford... clean uuuuuuuuup
And even crazier to know that we often have those "draft-steals" when we get players that are better that picks before him. Just take a look at Manu for example. I still can't believe player like him could almost be undrafted. Spurs are damn good.And so is Leonard.
KL provides a perfect fit of what the Spurs need at the SF but it would be a stretch to say he's the second best rookie. While his defense is very good his offensive skills are still pretty raw.
Why are people forgetting Rubio?
Another article on Spurs Nation, this one by Old McDonald, has some good Kawhi quotes of its own. They concern Kawhi's defense on one Kobe Bryant:
Or amused.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...st-stay-sharp/
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