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Lol blaming kawhi for 2015 is idiotic when parker and mills were getting raped by cp3 and mills.
Durant is playing with a chip on his shoulder as he will most likely be second team all NBA, he clearly feels he is a tier above Kawhi and will go out of his way to prove it. Sort of like 95 Hakeem vs DRob.
In 2014 Spurs was headed toward Utah Jazz 98 sad ending, until Kawhi canceled out LeBron next three games.
In 15, Kawhi's poor play last three games of the series caused the first round exit.
GDP trio are just role players now. Aldridge more than delivered. Kawhi needs to cancel out Durant rest of the series, otherwise we are in deep trouble because no way Aldridge can keep this up.
As the marquee player, if Kawhi cancels out the production of Durant/Curry/LeBron, Spurs can beat all of these teams. He doesn't have to outperform them, just cancel out is enough.
If not, we just don't have enough firepower. GDP can still have good games. But they are at last, too old to carry the team.
Last edited by hitmantb; 05-03-2016 at 01:32 PM.
Lol blaming kawhi for 2015 is idiotic when parker and mills were getting raped by cp3 and mills.
Mills was getting raped by Mills?
Yup Kawhi didnt show up in this game. You cant have you best player take off playoff games. Too many times, they got physical with him and he settled for a jumper when he needs to push back and bully his way inside.
Mills was last night as well. Not just the last shot, but pretty much the entire time he was on the court. Sad that we don't really have a thrid pg we can use. I mean we have Andre Miller, but pretty sure he isn't the solution.
Kawhi was billed as the marquee player, not Parker.
Can't make excuses for Kawhi's bad performances by putting the blame on others. A superstar will always play great regardless of the talent that's around him. Duncan always played at a high level even when he had crap around him circa '01-'02.
Blame can be put on more than one person you know. Just because Parker was a steaming pile of doesn't mean Kawhi gets a free pass for being non-existent in the last 3 games.
Besides, Parker and Mills are role players. Kawhi is the best player on this team. Role players underperforming isn't as big of a deal as the #1 guy on the team underperforming.
OP is right. With the way this team is offensively, we can't afford for Kawhi to have many more nights like the one he had last night. Pretty much everyone on the team besides LMA is wildly inconsistent, so Kawhi is the only other consistent source of offense. If we have a repeat of last year's series vs. the Clippers, we won't beat OKC.
Kawhi-et playoff games, tbh...
It's sad. We haven't won a championship since the Spurs became a Kawhi-led team. Let's hope the Aldridge transition happens sooner than later
Needs more minutes
It's embarrassing for Leonard. The only superstar/wannabe superstar to have a bad game. Especially since he never bounces back from them.
Not sure why you're getting defensiveOP is saying that Kawhi needs to show up for the rest of the series. We can't afford for him to do what he did in the last 3 games of last year's first round.
Game 5: 18 points on 5/16 shooting
Game 6: 12 points on 3/15 shooting
Game 7: 13 points on 5/13 shooting
Having one bad game is fine. But we need him to show up for the rest of the series if we want to advance.
So you want the 14 year veteran whos on his last legs to get the blame, over the franchise small forward defensive player of the year max contract guy.
Absolutely brilliant.
HIs offense was , but when he was in in that second quarter his defense on Payne was quite good.
Hope he can bounce back, when his shot is hitting, it opens up more things for Kawhi, West, and Aldridge even more.
Dont get stupid reach in fouls on Andre Roberson and he'll get em.
Not sure why you're getting defensive
Game 5: 18 points on 5/16 shooting
Game 6: 12 points on 3/15 shooting
Game 7: 13 points on 5/13 shooting
Having one bad game is fine. But we need him to show up for the rest of the series if we want to advance.
God that game 6 was just brutal. Just. Brutal.
I'm not defensive. It's embarrassing for him. 5 years in and we're still seeing these bad games. No other superstars go through this. It's what separates him from the rest.Not sure why you're getting defensive
Game 5: 18 points on 5/16 shooting
Game 6: 12 points on 3/15 shooting
Game 7: 13 points on 5/13 shooting
Having one bad game is fine. But we need him to show up for the rest of the series if we want to advance.
I think you have a good point OP.
I hope Kawhi bounces back from this past game. You are right that him playing like a star in 2014 finals last 3 games is what won us the championship and I hope he's hungry to come up big for another one. He has a bigger burden now bc as Pop said he now has to repeat performances like that night after night.
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He signed didn't he? He's still liable for what he does on the court especially as a starter.
Who are the rest and what do they have to show for it?
Who else showed up against the clips?Not sure why you're getting defensive
Game 5: 18 points on 5/16 shooting
Game 6: 12 points on 3/15 shooting
Game 7: 13 points on 5/13 shooting
Having one bad game is fine. But we need him to show up for the rest of the series if we want to advance.
Kawhi was a let down last night..... We will need him to play at a higher level to win one in OKC. Spurs offense needs to run him off more screens and stop isolating him because he is having a hard time getting past defenders.
It's scary that we lost a home game in which LMA was so dominate.... We can't expect him to play that well every game. Patty looks like he may be useless this series and If he is playing poorly at home I don't anticipate him being a spark on the road.
Again you need to stop making excuses. A superstar shows up always regardless of the players that are around him. You didn't see Duncan laying eggs against the Lakers in '02 despite having crap around him.
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