he needs to rest his knees. that's the #1 priority
Leonard ballhandling and footwork hold him back
especially his footwork
he doesnt understand how to take steps properly to get a shot in good rhythm while driving
a lot of times he ends up using that pivot after driving but not because its a great move to pull off but because of his bad footwork
Tony/Manu are great at it and get layups all the time because of it
not this again.
A little bit of everything.. get well rounded, outside shooting needs to be more consistent but this might have been problematic because of his knee and not getting lift. His ball handling but he also needs a go to move, maybe a pull up jumper.
I can't recall Pop ever trying to teach a player to create his own shot, but if it's possible, please do it for Leonard. I can't stand the idea of Manu and Neal being our secondary shot creators again...
Kawhi Leonard has made some tremendous improvements thus far in his short career. If he can improve his ball handling and free shooting as well, hes probably in contention for the all star game.
a step back fade away would be nice.
Brilliant minds think alike.
Post up moves. I hope Pop trusts him to be a primary offensive option and start calling plays for him very often.
Of course the team needs Green to have more responsibility on offense. He needs to be able to get his own shot, or at least able to counter getting run off the three-point line. It would be nice to see him more-successfully run a pick-and-roll (he actually wasn't terrible at it, but only because Duncan would always pop out). The more responsibility Green can handle on offense, the better for everyone, provided he doesn't become a ball-stopper.
green will never be ray allen but he should study him tbh... ray has a great in between game in case they close too hard on him, he can either pull up for the midrange jumper or drive for some floater or layup... no reason danny can't be a poor mans ray in that aspect.
Agreed about Green, tbh..
Just adding a counter floater during the off-season could make a huge difference IMO..last year, he added the pull-up 3, which allowed him to occasionally shoot 3s off the dribble in transition and on the pick&roll..next year, he needs to add a floater of some kind..
This. With more touches and play calls leonard will find where he's comfortable getting his shots off at, and improving his ball handling will allow him to get to the rim as well as pass when the defense collapses. Hopefully he practices running the pick n roll too. I agree that he well developed postgame and has a lot of different moves, the problem is that no one gets him the ball when he posts.
I honestly feel like Kawhi should be the 2nd option. If he develops like he did offseason there's a good chance he could be the best player on our team.
give his knee rest, let the tendonitis totally heal and change whatever he needs to change to prevent it.
Passing and court vision are probably the two biggest. His shooting will keep improving and he's shown the ability to play in the post. Putting the ball on the floor and his first step will also need to improve.
not choking.. missed ft in Gm 6 and a go ahead 3 in gm 7
Sometimes people are just not fair man. This kid was playing the best player in the world at 21 with no fear whatsoever and you dare calling him a choker? He just couldnt get them to drop, it happens.
He was the only one besides duncan with the hearts and balls to go out and fight game 7.
Trust me, theres no finals without Kawhi, GS would have send us home in 6
If Kawhi is half the man that we all thought he was going into games 6 and 7, he will come out next season ready to grab the bull by the horns.
No lie, I broke a glass I was drinking on after a play when I saw chalmers covering Leonard and Parker tried to go one on one against LeBron. Mark Jackson literally cooked Parker with mismatches during the GS series. I have no idea why Pop doesn't like to do that
One thing I don't think anybody has mentioned yet is an above-the-break 3 point shot. Kawhi simply isn't a threat from range unless he's in the corner. Forcing teams to cover him at any spot on the arc adds more versatility to the motion plays we can run. I definitely agree with the passing and ball handling comments as well. And it's probably not as high a priority as the other things, but if he learned a floater sometime in the next few seasons, that would be a nice tool to have in the toolbox.
And yeah, if Danny could get to even average off the dribble, it would open up some more options.
He needs a go to move that can split the double team. The double team split and kick to the open man was lethal when Ginobili used to do it.
I think the Finals opened his eyes to how much he is needed here. He made the comments about how he wants to make an appearance at the All Star game every year..
Kawhi doesn't exactly wear his compe iveness on his sleeve, but I hope he and Green really push the out of each other next year to be the lockdown defender of the team. I expect a huge jump from Kawhi next year on both sides of the ball.
I'm hoping we can get a top SG prospect with size to pair with him for the future.
Last edited by DJR210; 06-24-2013 at 02:12 AM.
The Spurs actually went to Leonard at a decent rate on post mismatches against both the Lakers and Warriors in the playoffs, tbh..
I'm not sure what happened against Miami..it could have been Parker being in disarray from Lebron's pressure, maybe Pop didn't trust Leonard in the Finals, who knows, tbh..
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