Do you guys think Pop will continue playing Kawhi 29mpg a game?

[Hemotivo]

reg season mvp if 38mpg

[hitmantb]

Duncan was playing 38 a game at the same age, it didn't ruin his longevity. 32 mpg is fine for a player of his age.

Duncan played too many minutes when he had to solo Shaq/Kobe. 42.5 minutes in the entire 2003 post season, he was never the same again and never put up the same stats. Plantar fasciitis soon cut down his window of dominance.

Unfortunately at the time, Pop wasn't that much better than Erik Spoelstra of the world, got one working system and just ride his players into the ground. I don't think he will make the same mistake with Leonard. 30 minutes a game max!

[apalisoc_9]

Pop had even joked about that (Don't wanna read between the lines...hope he's just kidding)

Pop also says that they never run plays for kawhi which is clearly a lie since he had 4 Iso plays last night

Don't take anything he says to the media seriously

[wildchild]

Don't take anything he says to the media seriously

[letmk]

If the Spurs can get top 2 record in the West, no need to have to play anybody over 30 minutes.

[therealtruth]

Pop also says that they never run plays for kawhi which is clearly a lie since he had 4 Iso plays last night

Don't take anything he says to the media seriously

Same for the alley-oop. The Spurs out of timeouts were excellent.

[MI21]

Yeah, Kawhi has had plays run for him. Those couple of clear-outs on the left side of the floor against Battier/LeBron weren't by accident, you could see the play develop. The alley-oop as well, of course.

I hope Kawhi plays around 32MPG. He will never play 36MPG because the Spurs will blow teams out to much. But against good teams he should play 38MPG.

[Mel_13]

Yeah, Kawhi has had plays run for him. Those couple of clear-outs on the left side of the floor against Battier/LeBron weren't by accident, you could see the play develop. The alley-oop as well, of course.

I hope Kawhi plays around 32MPG. He will never play 36MPG because the Spurs will blow teams out to much. But against good teams he should play 38MPG.

In 2013-14, for example, Kawhi played in 66 games. The Spurs won 26 of those 66 games by at least 16 points.

[MI21]

In 2013-14, for example, Kawhi played in 66 games. The Spurs won 26 of those 66 games by at least 16 points.

Exactly. There will also be a handful of games where he gets saddled with early fouls and loses about 8 minutes and then other games where the foul trouble extends and he loses minutes towards the end of game.

I do think, barring any issues, he should lead the team in minutes along with Danny. Whatever amount of minutes that is, I don't really care.