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Thats why he is not a max player, this was supposed to be his breakout season after the FMVP, the Jordan deal, the whole POP WANTS ME TO PLAY LIKE THAT EVERY NIGHT.
Huge disappointment.
He got the ball plenty, and passed it off
Thats why he is not a max player, this was supposed to be his breakout season after the FMVP, the Jordan deal, the whole POP WANTS ME TO PLAY LIKE THAT EVERY NIGHT.
Huge disappointment.
your schtick is annoying guy. Parker sucked and that definitely hurt the team everyone here gets it.
Parkers suck ude was not the reason for kawhis struggles though.
I think the problem we are facing as Spurs fans is that we have to adjust to the fact that there's no more ginobili's parkers or duncans. They dont make them like they used to.
American basketball players for the most part are highly talented but mentally weak. Kawhi fits this mold. He's got all the tools you could ask for but I'm not quite sure he's got the mental capacity to claw his way to victory. Foreign guys like Patty and Marco are perfect examples of guys that dont quite have the tools but they fight tooth and nail with what they've got. If Kawhi just had some more of that ginobili heart and fight he would be a beast.
Aldridge 33 FG% 21.8 ppg 22 FGA 41 mpg
Kawhi 47 FG% 20.3 ppg 15.6 FGA 35.7 mpg
Nobody doubts LA as scorer but people here are saying Kawhi isn't that type of guy when he was more efficient offensively with less attempts and less minutes on the floor...
If a franchise player like Aldridge can play a bad series not sure why people have doubts about Kawhi as all-around player just for 2 bad games in a row.
Leonard had better leave if he wants to have a succesful career, because parker will continue to ignore him and us up in the playoffs as long as popovich allows him to.
Kwahi was 3-13 and 1-4 on 3s through most of the 4th. Finally wound up with 5-13, around 39% and that won't get it if he is the first option. When he isn't shooting well, he tends to disappear like Diaw and I think the lack of confidence hurts his defense as well.
I'd like to see the same fire in his belly as Chris Paul. Paul wouldn't quit or stop fighting even with a hamstring injury. A gutty performance that deserved the win. If Kwahi had shown the same fire, and will to win we could've won against a very good team. At this point in his career he isn't showing signs of being the leader of the team.
tell us more about what tony parker brings to this team. he can't score, cant't defend, terrible court vision, terrible decision maker.
lead us kawhi! worst shooter on the team takes 21 shots.
Well porker can break up ex-teammates marriages by ing their wife and he can open failed night clubs so he has that going for him.
No one is doubting Kawhi's skills. That's the reason he disappointed. He is the heir apparent yet we still have to rely on the Big 3 to win playoff games. This was suppose to be his year and establish himself as the alpha dog on the team and he didn't do it. He was passive a lot of the time when he could have easily taken over on the offensive side of the ball when the Spurs were struggling to score. It's his fourth year in the league/Spurs. He doesn't need to be led by the hand anymore. Do you think guys like Kobe, Harden, and CP3 would allow their team to struggle without taking the offensive load? One thing is for sure: if Kawhi wants to get paid like the man, he needs to step up and be the man when it counts.
We gotta use Kawhi to get Gobert.
PATFO needs to at least ask Utah about it.
The irony in your post. You bring as much to the table on this board as Parker brings to the basketball court. I guess that makes you the tony porker of spurstalk.
Really? You can read in this thread...
"No, he will never be one, if you cant win with this team or at least be decent you are trash."
"The guy is a choker. The honey-moon is over for this kid, I expect to hear hate for him on this forum for years to come."
"I don't think he'll be ever be an elite scorer"
He carried this team the last 25 games of the season and was an elite scorer in those games and 4 games of the series, but sure, "he'll never be one".
I've never seen Kobe or Paul begging for the ball, waving their arms like we saw Leonard.Do you think guys like Kobe, Harden, and CP3 would allow their team to struggle without taking the offensive load?
Kawhi was demanding the ball in his comfortable spots -which aren't the 3 point line- combined with clear body language, and still the team preferred to play a pick and roll or whatever.
If you didn't watch those situations I can't help.
Kawhi missed a lot of shots and was not aggressive but the design of the offense is not going to help him when the paint is a million times cluttered with bodies. There were several instances when the ball was dumped off to kawhi on the block but Tim or Splitter were right there on the other side of the block allowing that defender to clog the paint. There were times when he was waiting on the wing to catch and slash but someone would take the ball like Diaw pump fake with his defender 10 feet away from him and then drive again clogging the paint.
He does need to improve his game but the Spurs need to do a better job of evolving their offense to go with his skill set. The guy is not going to be a spot up 3 point shooter if he's your "elite star" he needs to be have the freedom and room to drive and attack.
For the record, Paul missed many games in playoffs, just at 30 years old he finally won a round with the Clips...Kawhi's 23
very well put
the clips had legacies on the line tbh. it was do or die time for cp3. he loses against the spurs and he would never shake the choker label, tbh. that's why he was so emotional at the end of the game.
What good is waving for the ball in the post if you're going to take turn around J's from 15 ft out against guys like barnes/crawford, or worst yet kicking the ball back out? When guys like kobe or harden get the ball they do something with it because they know its on them to score or draw fouls not defer to guys like Parker, Green, Diaw, etc.
That's the problem right there. The offense doesn't evolve because Kawhi remains too passive. Just look back a few weeks ago when Kawhi was beasting and the Spurs were winning. Kawhi was going balls out and leading the team. I remember reading quotes from guys like Tim, Manu, and Tony saying that it was his team and Kawhi being aggressive makes them the better team.
Pop doesn't care so much during the regular season but if you miss a beat to his "system" he benches you except for TP well because the system is still designed around him getting shots at the top of the key or going into that 2 man game.. The Spurs offense is predicated on ball movement if the first 2 things don't happen... 1) Parker can get a screen and drive or dump it to Tim 2) Parker gets a screen and pulls up for a jump shot..
The offense needs to be revamped with Parker recognizing that there are more options with Kawhi on the floor... Perhaps a 1-3 screen should have been implemented with kawhi rolling to the basket or at least popping out 15 feet to hit a shot but at the same time Tim would have had to been off the court or somewhere out of the way tucked away on the opposite end baseline. Most SF dominated teams don't have a PG that is looking to shoot everytime down the court, they have guys that are perimeter threats that space the floor and can pop a 3 or drive to the basket and dish.
So his teammates didn't pass him the ball for that? How great they're...they can predict the future and know what Leonard will do.
Only from 15 ft? You say we didn't see in all series successful Kawhi's post turnaround/fadeaway shots...
There is no excuse for not give him the ball when he has a favorable matchup.
Maybe he wouldn't of regressed if he got the ball when Jamal ing Crawford was on him in the second half. Instead we got porker dribble dribble dribble dribble 20ft jumper clank..
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