Surprising Stat on Kawhi

[Kawhitstorm]

You can't really compare numbers from the past because of defensive rules changes. You were allowed to be much more physical in the past.

Alvin Robertson is the best perimeter defender of the hand-check era.

[Kawhitstorm]

Most steals in first 5 seasons:
1128 Alvin Robertson
992 Michael Ray Richardson
962 Michael Jordan
948 John Stockton
948 Maurice Cheeks

Post hand-check era: Chris Paul had a total 948 steals during his top 5 seasons for total steals & holds the record for most consecutive games w/ a steal.

Bonus:
-Mookie Blaylock had a total of 1042 steals during a span of 5 consecutive seasons.
-Nate McMillan averaged 5.8 steal per 100 possessions in 93-94 when he led the league in total steals (Alvin Robertsons never averaged more than 5 per 100)

[rasuo214]

He's on pace to finish with 595.5 steals this year. That puts him on pace for 1,191 after another 5 seasons, good enough for 3rd place. Hopefully he's around for 15 years in which case he would shatter the franchise record, even though those #'s will inevitably dip with age.

None of this really matters, just food for thought.

Well keep in mind Kawhi hasn't played a full season (one of them being the lockout year) and he has also improved his steal rate. So say 2 spg for 70 games a year = 140 over 5 years that's 700 steals. That puts him at around 1300 in 10 seasons. So it's entirely possible that he passes Drob before he reaches 30 yrs old, if he just stays healthy.

[Mel_13]

Being that efficient on offense plus being the best defensive player in the league is even more insane.

If the season ended today, where would Kawhi rank in MVP voting? To me he and LeBron are 2-3 behind Curry.

Add the two guys from OKC and you have the top 5. I can't see any reasonable case for Kawhi to be any lower.

[timtonymanu]

Lmao. The outta here got. Keep this up and I'm gonna expose your dumbass.

Needs new material, tbh. But KBL was never a clever poster anyway

[will_spurs]

https://twitter.com/MikeSGallagher/s...50852209934336

I'll just post this here

[Proxy]

Iceman is 3rd in steals... he was obviously a better defender than Bruce

[james evans]

Bowen was undefeated in the finals and SHUT DOWN Lebron in the 07 finals.

Kawhi is 1-1 and got outplayed by Lebron having 37 points drop on his head in the 2013 NBA finals.

only stats that should matter.

when the was this?

[Old School 44]

Bowen was undefeated in the finals and SHUT DOWN Lebron in the 07 finals.

Kawhi is 1-1 and got outplayed by Lebron having 37 points drop on his head in the 2013 NBA finals.

only stats that should matter.

It's ok to like Kawhi again, Apo's gone for now.

[ceperez]

^

Ridiculous!

[Kool Bob Love]

It's ok to like Kawhi again, Apo's gone for now.

Wait...he's gone?