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Watch out fellas, we don't want his girlfriend coming in here to defend him.
You missed the part about me not caring what idiots think of my posts.
Fortunately it's easy to fix that.
Watch out fellas, we don't want his girlfriend coming in here to defend him.
They need to run pnr or screens with kawhi. The double teams are coming hard and every time he passes back out the play basically resets; so, it's a waste. I don't understand why the coaching staff isn't trying to integrate him more into the offense and/or get him easier looks/better position.
Or Minnesota for that matter. Speaking of the Clippers, they have two of the best offensive players in the game. Why would they need Kawhi taking shots away from Blake and CP3?
In Kawhi's hands? Kidding, right? Kawhi was guarding by Harden during almost 8 minutes in the 3rd quarter, he was asking for the ball in the post and got it just...once. 1. ONE.
Obviously, he took the last shot, a desperation 3's...but if the team would have exploited his favorable matchup, the Spurs would not have needed a desperation shot to win the game in Houston.
greatcuck and trolldren are a couple of dumbphucks
Yep...because the Clippers can't adapt his offense to a guy who takes 15 FGA per game and scores 20 ppg, even Crawford two years ago was taking the same shots than Kawhi.Or Minnesota for that matter
Of course...you would rather give the ball to Crawford than Kawhi. Don't be stupid Hoops.
Last edited by YGWHI; 12-29-2015 at 12:00 AM.
The good news is, he is so well-rounded that he has an impact on all facets of the game. So even when he should be getting the ball more, it's not like he is not making a big impact.
Ok tough guy
In five years the only play they consistently call for him is an iso-post...Sadly, that won't change, Pop will give him the ball to take the last shot like the game in Chicago or Houston, without screens, without any help... Just to figure out how to score a desperation shot.
Nobody doubts his big impact on the game, but it's hard to continue developing him on offense if he doesn't get the ball more often...that's all.
Yes, ideally we'd like Kawhi to have more than 9 FGA in a game. We still won and the offense still performed at a fairly high level.
There's really no need to freak out. Cavs just won a game where LeBron took 10 shots - should they be melting down? It's one regular season game for s sake. I'd like to see his volume increase a bit as the season goes on but some of you here are just making it out to be a way bigger deal than it really is. Judging by some of the posts here you'd think he's averaging 12 FGA and we're about to be headed into the playoffs.
Lebron can shoot 5 fga and still win the East. This was a close game against a bottom 5 team in the league.
I was actually referring to the play before the bricked three where he had two opportunities on the same possession to drive by Capella and he simply couldn't do it. He finally had to settle for a low % Fade away from the left baseline.
I thought the Clippers were one of the worst coached teams in professional sports? That's not what I'm saying at all. The Clippers could use his defense because good defense creates more offensive opportunities. However, in crunchtime, why would you make Leonard your go to guy when you have two players that are better on that side of the ball?
"Spurs got robbed"
"Ghill for a scrub"
It's a regular season game against a non-contender...if this happened in a playoff game, fine, melt down all you want. A regular season game against Minnesota isn't indicative of what will happen in a playoff series.
I just got back from the game and am too lazy to look it up myself, but does someone want to provide Kawhi's average FGA against good teams this year? Seems like the majority of games we've played against actually good teams, he's shot a decent amount.
It's not a fair comparision really. Kawhi has scored only 6 and 7 points in the first quarters of the last two games and didn't even shoot in the second quarter of those games.
Not sure how many consecutive games the Cavs have played where James didn't even shoot in a whole 2nd quarter.
Quite frankly there are a lot of players on this team that need the ball. I think he for the most part is getting it the right amount. The Spurs are not going anywhere if we basically freeze Tony Parker out of the offense. He has a lot of haters on here that are morons. Tony is still a very good point guard and we need his offense.
It's definitely not the same thing comparing Lebron's and Kawhi's shot attempts. Don't know bout this season, but in the past the offense is basically run through Lebron every play. He always gets a touch and then he can make a play for someone if he doesn't shoot. Kawhi doesn't even touch the ball sometimes and when he does it's setup so poorly that the other team can just double team him out of it. The Spurs are not using Kawhi to their offense's advantage!
Last edited by dafonearth; 12-29-2015 at 12:17 AM.
he's pretty edgyOk tough guy
Well LeBron only took 13 shots against Portland the other night (granted he didn't play in the 4th because it was a blowout).
My point is that melting down because your best player didn't take a ton of shots in a regular season game against a mediocre opponent is stupid...especially when your team still won and the offense still played fairly well.
Again, make these topics if we lose a playoff game because Kawhi takes 9 shots. Not because we won against a non-playoff team in the regular season and Kawhi didn't get as good of a statline as you wanted. Of course we need Kawhi taking more shots in the long run, but over the course of the season his volume has been fine (although I'd still like to see him get another ~2 extra shots a game given how efficient he's been).
And again...If they would have gave the ball to Kawhi in the 3rd and exploited his matchup, he would not have been cold in the last quarter.
If a guy doesn't touch the ball in a whole quarter it's likely he gets cold.
They could use just his defense...The Clippers could use his defense because good defense creates more offensive opportunities.
The guy has a favorable matchup against almost all wings in the NBA, shooting overall 50FG%, one of the best post-up/mid-range combo in the league...but they could use his defense...
IMO, more surprising was that they went to LMA in crunch time and the dude panicked with the double team and ended up turning it over...
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