Kawhi's numbers with Barnes On/Off court

[hater]

ignoring the defensive adjustments teams do as series go along

ignoring a 25% point difference

[NASpurs]

MVPRivers

[hater]

Kawhi confirmed Matt Barnes' son

[HarlemHeat37]

ignoring the defensive adjustments teams do as series go along

ignoring a 25% point difference

Matt Barnes made an adjustment to make himself a better defender, overnight?

[hater]

Matt Barnes made an adjustment to make himself a better defender, overnight?

"and you call yourself a spursfan"

[NASpurs]

Those are regular season numbers, here are the playoff numbers

[HarlemHeat37]

"and you call yourself a spursfan"

Matt Barnes became one of the best perimeter defenders of his generation after watching film of what Kawhi did during the first 3 games?

[hater]

Matt Barnes became one of the best perimeter defenders Kawhi has faced

FIFY

It took 3 games for Barnes to neutralize Van Horn

[Silver&Black]

I've picked the Spurs to win every series they've played in since 1999....call me a homer I guess.

[HarlemHeat37]

Anyways, Kawhi was pretty bad in the latter part of the series, could have played better, had virtually nothing to do with Barnes..overall, he wasn't one of the top 5 reasons the Spurs lose the series, and part of his struggles late in the series were due to cir stance and alteration of role, but hopefully he continues to improve his footwork and go-to moves..

Realistically, though, even if he improves and you put him in the same position again, the team would probably still fail due to the 5-man personnel on the floor and it's limitations..too easy for teams to defend with Parker on the floor + Duncan's inability to make jump shots + Kawhi's inconsistent J..fortunately, Aldridge will help change that..

Teams with a SF(that isn't a point-forward like Lebron and Bird, extremely rare) as a #1 option generally fail to win, anyways..

[tholdren]

Anyways, Kawhi was pretty bad in the latter part of the series, could have played better, had virtually nothing to do with Barnes..overall, he wasn't one of the top 5 reasons the Spurs lose the series, and part of his struggles late in the series were due to cir stance and alteration of role, but hopefully he continues to improve his footwork and go-to moves..

Realistically, though, even if he improves and you put him in the same position again, the team would probably still fail due to the 5-man personnel on the floor and it's limitations..too easy for teams to defend with Parker on the floor + Duncan's inability to make jump shots + Kawhi's inconsistent J..fortunately, Aldridge will help change that..

Teams with a SF(that isn't a point-forward like Lebron and Bird, extremely rare) as a #1 option generally fail to win, anyways..

I guess I don't understand then, why SA had _____ team stats with KL off the court for 90 minutes?

[dabom]

Hater said tp was looking fit and possibly due for a comeback and porker the bed in the euros. Lmao.

[SuperCam]

Wow, OP exposing Kiwi on whole new levels


Thank you for the objective number based take, hater

[tholdren]

I like KL, but he got a free pass because he is an up-and-coming player. He choked his first finals, he couldn't take over last year even after being FMVP, I would expect a resurgence this year with some offensive and defensive pressure taken off of him in the Playoffs.

[SuperCam]

More concerning is why Kiwi put up scrub numbers when MVParker wasn't on the floor, tbh

[Hoops Czar]

unadjusted on/off numbers for individual players..virtually useless, tbh, even ignoring the sample size..

Only to the untrained eye. Adjusted +/- has its flaws too.... doesn't take into account coaching schemes, teammates on the court or matchups. There is no such thing as a perfect nba stat. A stat geek such as yourself should know this. It doesn't really matter though because no matter what stat I throw in front of you, it will show Kawhi being a very poor defender and a pretty bad offensive player in games 5-7. As a matter of fact, his defensive impact in games 1-5 actually negated some of his offensive prowess. He was downright awful.

Matt Barnes became one of the best perimeter defenders of his generation after watching film of what Kawhi did during the first 3 games?

In order for this to be true, wouldn't Leonard have to be one of the best offensive players of his generation?

[dabom]

Kawhi all over lebron both finals. Lmao.

[dabom]

Can someone show me lebron's finals record? Lmao.

[SuperCam]

Only to the untrained eye. Adjusted +/- has its flaws too.... doesn't take into account coaching schemes, teammates on the court or matchups. There is no such thing as a perfect nba stat. A stat geek such as yourself should know this. It doesn't really matter though because no matter what stat I throw in front of you, it will show Kawhi being a very poor defender and a pretty bad offensive player in games 5-7. As a matter of fact, his defensive impact in games 1-5 actually negated some of his offensive prowess. He was downright awful.



In order for this to be true, wouldn't Leonard have to be one of the best offensive players of his generation?

Ethering

[313]

Kawhi all over lebron both finals. Lmao.

[313]

Lebron averaged 25(10 more than Kawhi) ppg in 2013 then played even better in 2014 averaging 28(9 more than Kawhi) ppg on 57% shooting and 51% from 3

[313]

Kawhi spg in 2014; 1.6
LeBron; spg 2.0

[DarrinS]

Anyways, Kawhi was pretty bad in the latter part of the series, could have played better, had virtually nothing to do with Barnes

And if anyone wants proof, just watch those games again.

[SupremeGuy]

MVPRivers

Damn. Keep avoiding this short bus.

[DarrinS]

Matt Barnes was so awesome against Kawhi that no one was talking about it and the clippers released him.

@ Parker s