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I think he did exceptional. Kawhi has no open shots except from the break away dunk. Any time White was on him (which was most of the game) Kawhitter was forced into a contested shot.
The trust they have in this kid. Wow. They had a PG being Kawhi's defender. A point guard! Even though Kawhi played efficient, White was always in the right spots. I think he did an exceptional job not being a pushover on defense. Kawhi is a top 5 scorer and Derrick was right there with him.
I think he did exceptional. Kawhi has no open shots except from the break away dunk. Any time White was on him (which was most of the game) Kawhitter was forced into a contested shot.
Really good idea tbh. Thought he played well defensively. Didn't get bullied despite Kawhi being much bigger.
Hadn't watched the Spurs play in a couple of weeks, night and day how much better he looks on offense. Confident shot selection, deceptive moves allowing him to finish in the paint and fantastic court vision.
He nagged him all night. Good job by White. Dude is a good, smart defender.
Kawhi is hard to guard and White did about as best as he could. Average game for Leonard by his standards.
Really exciting watching White play. He’s been more impressive than Murray his second season by comparison.
So happy for Derrick. Gets injured right before his great opportunity to start. Has a super shaky start his first few games only to be the main reason Spurs are clicking imo.
When they said Gay would be out I said put White on Leonard and just double if Toronto wants to go to the quitter on the block. It ended up being the strategy even with Gay available.
Passing of torch. A reluctant Kawhi once encouraged to guard LeBron, now White on the same boat. Plus he managed to score for himself, distribute, a coming out party for Spurs new 2way playah!
He's just fronting since Kawhi will be doubled-team eventually once he go to the paint but he did a great job holding him outside the paint.
So maybe RC Drunkford still has plenty of good player selection skills in him?
yup
I liked the help D on Kawhi all night long. Kawhi isn't as quick as he used to be and Derrick just kept up with Kyrie, so I'm sure staying in front on nephew wasn't too hard for him. Smart play really by Pop and great execution by White. The dude might be All NBA Defense this year like Murray was last year
Don't say that to TheGreat , he won't believe you
The Great probably crying while he sniffs kawhitters underwear as we speak!
If Spurs become a top 10 defense this year he should get it more than Dejounte deserved imo. I like defensive rebounding but when I think of defense I think of one on one, help defense, smart defensive plays and Derrick White is better at this than Dejounte was last year. Dejounte is a beast rebounder though, no doubt. I dont analyze stats but just basing off of what I've seen so far.
Just unfortunate we have to wait a season for a Murray white backcourt
kawhi isnt quick, but his foot skills seperating himself and defender is probably at its best atm, still he has no lift in his jumpshot, relying on length to beat the defender...
white needs to improve in that area against good dribblers, maybe reach in here and there to keep them honest or disrupt the dribble?
White was a pit bull on defense he doesn’t have to do anything just bring that type of D every game.
refs weren't whistle happy tonight. thank God for that. Let's hope when White is guarding Curry or Harden that way the refs are the same way hahaha. I hope we continue to play this way.. btw, the Warriors are beating the Rockets right now. We are inching closer and closer to that 3rd seed
Phenomenal job by White, but also the latest example of how low IQ an offensive player Leonard is + terrible coaching by the Raptors staff. All he had to do was bully him in the post early and they could have generated good looks out of it. Instead, I'm not sure I saw a single post up, because he was too consumed with playing with the ball out of p-n-r, pretending he's Harden or something.
I was thinking the same thing. White is half the size of Leonard. Leonard should've been posting up like crazy.
Kawhi is just a below average playmaker for a player of his talent. There were several times on this game where he had open teammates and he just didn't get them the ball. I don't know if it's a vision thing, not trusting his passing ability or just simple selfishness.
White did well, but
-pop had him force Kawhi to the right with help waiting
- as said, raptors did not adjust well
- kawhi was pretty passive with the exception of a few minutes here and there
That being said, white is a solid player and did very well tonight. With a little more confidence, he will be deadly
TBH he honestly seemed kinda shook by the whole San Antonio situation all game. He'll probably score 60 on us in Toronto.
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