KL was very efficient but they need him to take over the game if they expect to win. Kyle Lowry has proven to be a fugazi when the playoffs come around.
whats funni is he didnt take many shots, while siakram the scrub was taking shots away from him when both are on the court same time
danny green had a good 13pts game, he kept them in the game when they needed a basket... other then that with the blowout lead and crawling it back, they played like , especially with lowry who plays no defense, slow to rotate on defense or leaving the rotated player free for a jumpshot
So doing what's right for him justifies him ing over and betraying the team?
You gotta be a pretty ty person to agree with that.
The raptors never have trouble making the playoffs. What nephew gave them is the ability to take over offensively in the playoffs and make them a team that can play that style.
Spurfan still mad about Kawhi for doing what he think it's right for him personally.
We have a legitimate beef with him bolting but let's not act like Leonard didn't improved the Raptors chances by a thousand. They went from fringe playoff team to legit threat for a Finals appearance.
Him choking today doesn't change their situation, playoffs wise. It's still a win because instead of watching from home, they're playing today and tomorrow or whenever.
I'd love to see the Raps lose in the 1st round. That would be hilarious.
Lowry is trash in the playoffs, not regular season. I think they would’ve been a top 5 seed
Yeah I agree, the only thing I can say negatively about Kawhi is that he should have started taking the game over earlier, ISO ball or not he is so much better then everyone else out there, just kick it up a gear and the magic can't do against him...But it's like he didn't realize they were in trouble till the last minute. He's playing like the guy who knows he's the best but is leaving anyways so it whatever happens happens. An efficient 25 is fine and all but reeks of "good enough," against this team he should be pushing past 30 easily.
Lowry was trash early on in the regular season this year as well. Without Kawhi there to give them a much greater margin of error, this season would be a whole different story for Toronto.
If Kawhi goes to the Clippers, teammates might not get too fond of him, tbh. Aside from his already known non-existing social skills, he will definitely kill the flow of a team that loves playing together and sharing the ball. Kawhi will get there to get all the atention and most of the shots and folks could get jealous.
Of course if the Clippers can get Kawhi, they definitely have to do it, but it might not be as smooth of a ride as expected, tbh.
The Raptors aren't going anywhere with or without Kawhi
You can't really conclude that they were worse with him, given the unequal sample sizes, but just the fact that he didn't make them better is damning enough.
It's a good sized sample size for the NBA, tbh.
It's not that the sample is tiny, but the problem is how different the Ns are for those two samples. For games with him, N=60, but for games without him, N=22. If those numbers were more similar, we might see some regression to the mean.
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