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I never thought id hate hearing those words...
Barkley has a great eye for talent but he hardly watches games ourisde of of the nationally televised games...and we all know he has the tiest of takes.
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Lol Barkley jumping on the bandwagon.
Ugh, now Kawhi is going to go downhill, tbh
I knew when i read the article abou kawhi watching barkley..barkely was going to go on a mission to elevate kawhi among mainstream media fans...
Pop with the strong PR move
Kawhi is a top 6-8 player though..for sure.
Ya, although Barkley's takes are usually historically bad and inaccurate, the media coverage should help Kawhi for accolades..it's too bad Curry is looking like the best perimeter player since Jordan, so far, that MVP is out of reach, already
Nothing to see here. This we know.
Curry has won me over as a fan though. I was getting annoyed with all the davis over curry rankings this summer..pretty funny that a guy who just made his team one of the best teams ever can still be underrated the way curry is...while davis who has done nothing on the defensive end and is an inferior offensive player gets hyped..Ya, although Barkley's takes are usually historically bad and inaccurate, the media coverage should help Kawhi for accolades..it's too bad Curry is looking like the best perimeter player since Jordan, so far, that MVP is out of reach, already
Barkley is just a narcisist, probably just said that because he now watches Barkley tapes and a top5 player studying him is more flattering
To be fair though, Barkley called him a top 10 player before anyone did in mainstream media...and now he is...Lets hope the same thing happens with his top 5 pick
Definitely top 10
Lebron
Curry
Durant
Westbrook
Harden
Davis
Uphill battle to prove he's better than any of those tbh until he breaks one of those players in a 7 game series.
Well, he did already beat four of those guys in a playoff series while having more rings than the other two he hasn't faced in the playoffs. That's not the rationale to use. Many would take him over Harden since beard can't play any D...so to say he's a top 5 player isn't far-fetched.
He's the second best defensive player of that group (Lebron is still Lebron, but I still think Kawhi has done more than Davis). The top four are obvious but there's a chance Kawhi surpasses Harden and Davis at some point, especially if Harden's sub league average D is accounted for. Only other guys I'd consider there are Paul and Blake. Blake's D is vastly improved.
If you acknowledge Harden' s lack of D, then why don't you think Kawhi has already surpassed him?
I think he has, and Harden's been pretty inefficient when not getting to the line. Kawhi has oozed efficiency this year - almost automatic at the line to boot too.
Yeah, I even think Paul George has surpassed Harden. The Kawhi vs. George debate is much more interesting.
Charles: "he watched my tapes??!!!=Kawhi is GOAT"
George missed whole year and in the lasr 9 games his defense has slipped significantly...he is starting to fall into the save energy on D category...no way...just no way he is better than Harden..You could make an argument for kawhi over harden, sure..maybe...but no one should take issue in seeing harden name in a top 5 list. George is barely a top 15 player right now...their not even in the same stratosphere
Either way...
Win-win for Whi, and we!
Parker and Diaw agree, so that's a oui oui too,
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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This season is suddenly starting to sizzle!
Out of those six you listied, which one would you pick to score 20 plus points and shut down another teams top scorer??
Insert Kahwi leonard.
Sucks that half of those guys don't even know how to play defense...
- Outplayed Lebron in the 2015 Finals in the last 3 games.
- Outplays Curry nearly every time they match up.
- Held Durant below his regular season numbers in 2014 WCF. But has yet to outplay him. So agree there.
- Typically gives Westbrook trouble.
I think he's better than Harden and Davis straight up at the moment. Davis is in a slump, overrated defensively, and Harden is too streaky on both ends.
I think we can justify putting Leonard in the top 5 of regular season players. But he needs to get that "outplayed by Matt Barnes" stain off his resume before we can "crown" him as a legitimate centerpiece of a playoff contender, a guy who can put a team on his back like Curry, Lebron, Prime Duncan, etc. Dirk went through a similar trial in '07 when Stephen Jackson outplayed him, so I think it will be a good learning experience for Claw.
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