Kawhi, Worst Basketball of Career

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Post ups and PNR? LMAO

happens only when they need it ( against good teams) and rarely called...The spurs still rely on their system to beat bad to mediocre teams where kawhi is ignored all the time..

I want you to go read his post again. Then read my post and try again. I will give you a hint: the operative word is 'only.'

[TE]

Pop has a 2 and a 3 in his system they do not play the same exact roles. It should be obvious from how they handle rebounding, rotations, transition and the like. The 4 and the 5 both can go into the high and low post but they don't do the exact same things.

There is a reason why Kawhi finds himself down by the baseline and green out at the arc. There is a reason why Splitter camps at the baseline just outside of the paint.

Good post. I find it weird how some Spurs fan don't know the system and how players interchange yet. Knowing this and the role of players would help to avoid posts like the one you quoted. The majority of these posters would rival Charles Barkley in basketball analysis.

[mookie2001]

Maybe kawhi needs to add a dubstep to his game

count it

[look_at_g_shred]

Chip needs to put in some OT with Kawhi. His form just looks god awful....worse than his rookie campaign.

[ata]

Really bad thread. He will be fine, he is a 3rd year player going through a slump. Spurs fans are the most what have you done for me lately fans around. Look at the teams record and shut the up about it.

He's been playing so good for us, that we are forgeting how young he actually is.

[exstatic]

Pop has a 2 and a 3 in his system they do not play the same exact roles. It should be obvious from how they handle rebounding, rotations, transition and the like. The 4 and the 5 both can go into the high and low post but they don't do the exact same things.

There is a reason why Kawhi finds himself down by the baseline and green out at the arc. There is a reason why Splitter camps at the baseline just outside of the paint.

Right, because Kawhi is NEVER out on the arc, and Danny is NEVER in the corner...oh, wait, yes they ARE. The plays are interchangeable, depending on time on the clock, defender coverage, etc., and can be altered on the fly.

[Brazil]

I don't buy the "he is not getting touches, he is just used at spot up shooters..." this is why he is struggling. It all starts with him, he must now take his responsabilities and ask for the ball. When he is active offensively he gets the touches he needs, we already saw him taking 15 shots with TP, Manu and Tim on the floor. It is just a matter of being aggressive and move without the ball.

He can also make his voice hear in the locker room, after the tons of compliements he received from Pop he has no excuse to not be more vocal with TP or Pop.

[Brazil]

Tp has a lot of difficulties to trust his team mates and at some extent I understand when you had to play with bonner, cornerstone or RMJ tbh... he spent most of his carreer with two simple objectives drive, score at the rim or kick out the ball to whomever is open and feed Duncan in the post. Recently he was doing a lot more than that, problem dude is gassed, when you gassed you don't make anymore the efforts and start to go back on what you think is your comfort zone. This is not helping the team and it won't change unless Pop shut him down for a long period of rest.

[tholdren]

Pop accepted Manu a LONG time ago for exactly what he is: a wildcard. For every bonehead play he makes, he'll nutmeg someone on a pick and roll and throw several perfect half court bounce passes in transition. The way Pop sees it is that if he doesn't know what Manu is doing, the other team can't have a clue, either.

+1

There are literally 100's of things manu does that doesnt get noticed that leads directly to wins and no stats to prove. There is no other player like him in the NBA.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Right, because Kawhi is NEVER out on the arc, and Danny is NEVER in the corner...oh, wait, yes they ARE. The plays are interchangeable, depending on time on the clock, defender coverage, etc., and can be altered on the fly.

Kevin Love must be a 2.

Cir stances overlap but I have seen zero evidence anywhere except for your mouth that the Spurs 'system' doesn't have a 1 through 5 but instead 2 wings and 2 posts to go along with Tony.

[exstatic]

Kevin Love must be a 2.

Cir stances overlap but I have seen zero evidence anywhere except for your mouth that the Spurs 'system' doesn't have a 1 through 5 but instead 2 wings and 2 posts to go along with Tony.

Love doesn't play for the Spurs, but nice attempt at a goal post move/distraction.

Watch more than the games. Pop's talked about it. Tim's talked about it. Manu's talked about it.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Love doesn't play for the Spurs, but nice attempt at a goal post move/distraction.

Watch more than the games. Pop's talked about it. Tim's talked about it. Manu's talked about it.

I can recall Pop talking about having different players play the 2, 3, 4, etc. He does it quite often. What I do not recall is your assertion that they have 3 different positions.

You made the claim; back it up.

[Buddy Mignon]

No flame just a least favorite player rant. the dude has been pathetic lately. Horrible defense tonight. A whopping 7 pts and 4 rebounds total in the last two games.

Dude gets outplayed by nearly everyone he goes against. He will always be an average defensive specialist at this point. He cannot play on the baseline whatsoever. Still can't dribble. Still can't dance on anyone. Still can't drive. Still no midrange game. He's a 6-6 PF pretending to play the wing

does anyone know if he has seasonal depression or what because his development seems to be re ed


nahh. Don't like em. Give me that old fashioned baldspot

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http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=226996

[The Reckoning]

kawhi so serious mookie?

[look_at_g_shred]

[hater]

Sure Kawhi has sucked Nov and Dec. plain sucked. Sure he's overrated over here.

Still I don't trade him. He's still got the potential to play near-allstar this season which is all that's needed from him.

the only big concern IMO is his 3pt shot. you can't help the Spurs at the wing if youre shooting high 20s low 30s. you just can't.

[HarlemHeat37]

Dude gets outplayed by nearly everyone he goes against. He will always be an average defensive specialist at this point. He cannot play on the baseline whatsoever. Still can't dribble. Still can't dance on anyone. Still can't drive. Still no midrange game. He's a 6-6 PF pretending to play the wing

Great take from this fat piece of , tbh..

[Darius McCrary]

He did have a very underwhelming season prior to injury.

[SpursFan86]

Id trade him for Harrison Barnes in a heartbeat. Not all on kawhi but Barnes averaged 20 and 10 against us in the playoffs last year

[thispego]

Great take from this fat piece of , tbh..

lol it was true at the time ya equally fat piece of , tbh

[SpursFan86]

lol it was true at the time ya equally fat piece of , tbh

Not really. It was mainly just his 3-point shot that was slumping. Judging by this topic you'd think Kawhi was completely worthless and not doing a single thing. Also, lmao at saying Kawhi will never be anything more than an average defensive specialist.

[thispego]

Not really. It was mainly just his 3-point shot that was slumping. Judging by this topic you'd think Kawhi was completely worthless and not doing a single thing. Also, lmao at saying Kawhi will never be anything more than an average defensive specialist.

Pffffft, yah ok . He was completely passive in every part of his game. Be blind though, whatever

Has has been nails lately, fwiw. I don't agree with everything op said, just that he was pre injury.

[Baam]

Great take from this fat piece of , tbh..

Lol rabid kiwi bumping every thread like he just won the mvp...

[SpurSwag]

the take on wanting Harrison Barnes over Kawhi is actually one of the funniest things i've ever heard if you look at how both are playing now. Sure that poster had no idea Kawhi would return this well or Barnes would fall off this hard (i mean jesus...) but still lol

[Baam]

Barnes benefited from being guarded by TP last year in the POs but the again Kawhi also faces low defensive pressure in general and especially in the Finals last year...