charles Barkely: "Kawhi leonard is a top 5 player in the league"

[Cry Havoc]

Has anyone won Defensive Player of the Year and MVP in the same year? Kawhi is making a case for both awards so far.

No one is getting MVP this year aside from Curry unless he gets injured.

[Vito Corleone]

Kawhi is the resurrection of Scottie Pippen. Never seen another guy that can do what Scottie could, his overall numbers are just like Scottie's. He will give you 20+ pts about 6 rebs about 5 assists and absolute lockdown defense.

[Mugen]

That first video made me think of the time Kobe did that pull his shorts up crap against Manu in 2003, and Ginobili ran right by him for a layup.

Here we go: 2:55 mark

[GSH]

2010-2013 Lebron was probably the best 2-way player in league history IMO, but ya, his defense fell off a cliff in 2014, and furthermore in 2015, tbh..understandable with the load he carries, the wear&tear and his current age, but still, I wouldn't necessarily classify him as a 2-way player "today", despite his strong defensive start for these first 2 weeks of 2015-2016..

Any time you make a Top 10 list, or say someone was the best ever, people are going to pick it apart. I hate to let you down.

You may be right about James. But people forget that Kobe made the All Defensive Team 12 times. I know it's not popular with Spurs fans, but he was pretty damned good on both ends of the court. James is more physically intimidating, so that may give him an edge. But I'm pretty sure it's not fair to judge Kobe based on a few video clips.

BTW - Pippen was no slouch on the offensive end. When Jordan went off to play baseball, Pippen just almost took the Bulls back to the Championship series. I hope nobody doubts how good he was on the defensive end.

[ElNono]

That first video made me think of the time Kobe did that pull his shorts up crap against Manu in 2003, and Ginobili ran right by him for a layup.

Here we go: 2:55 mark

lmao @ Phil calling a timeout and calling his ass out right afterwards... but when he did that to Pau Pau was a pussy

[siraulo23]

when did barkley say this? which episode of inside the nba

[bic50]

when did barkley say this? which episode of inside the nba

I only remember him calling him top 10 against the cavs last season

[baseline bum]

lmao @ Phil calling a timeout and calling his ass out right afterwards... but when he did that to Pau Pau was a pussy

Kobe just walks by and sits down, having quit the season

[siraulo23]

I only remember him calling him top 10 against the cavs last season

barkley definitely mentioned kawhi as top 5 this season, i just cant find which episode Reddit was also talking about this topic but no link of the video

[Seventyniner]

Why is there so much focus on offense when deciding on MVP? It seems like the best offensive player gets the award, and if two are tied then defense is a tiebreaker.

What if the primary focus was on defense for the MVP, with offense being the tiebreaker? The way things stand an A+ offensive player will always be at least an MVP candidate regardless of defense ( Nash), while an A+ defensive player has to score 22+ to even be in the conversation. Kawhi really is that destructive on defense.

Too bad the box score is always skewed to offensive numbers.

[Robz4000]

Just called Kawhi a Top 2/3 player.

[Nathan89]

Pacers

[spurraider21]

his 3pt% is up to 50 now

[Dre_7]

Just called Kawhi a Top 2/3 player.

He is right.

[100%duncan]

Just called Kawhi a Top 2/3 player.

[apalisoc_9]

Just called Kawhi a Top 2/3 player.

Video or it did not happen

[houston spurs fan]

Video or it did not happen

Watch the games .

[BatManu20]

That first video made me think of the time Kobe did that pull his shorts up crap against Manu in 2003, and Ginobili ran right by him for a layup.

Here we go: 2:55 mark

nice find. I always remember that Manu euro-step on Shaq, but never realized it was only possible because of Kobe's pathetic defense.

[BatManu20]

his 3pt% is up to 50 now

It probably won't hold up, but the fact that Kawhi is even in this position in the first place is pretty unbelievable and a tremendous credit to his work ethic, as well as Chip Engelland and the Spurs staff for working with him on his shot. The major weakness on Kawhi's scouting report coming into the league was his jump shot and it was the reason a lot of teams passed on him in the draft. They thought he'd never be anything more than your typical NBA athletic wing defender. The fact that he's one of the best 3-point shooters/overall offensive threats in the NBA right now speaks volumes about him, his work ethic, and the ability of the Spurs' coaching staff to work with him to improve over the years.

[apalisoc_9]

Watch the games .

I dont watch nba on tnt halftime and postgame.shows..I go on my phone.

Id rather do something than watch kenny vanilla asa talk bball

[houston spurs fan]

I dont watch nba on tnt halftime and postgame.shows..I go on my phone.

Id rather do something than watch kenny vanilla asa talk bball

Then why make a post saying "video or it didn't happen?" Do your own research.

[spursistan]

Video or it did not happen

He did say, tbh...Kawhi need these mainstream celebrity votes on national TV

[Robz4000]

Video or it did not happen

Don't record any of this. Do they post vids of Inside the NBA on YouTube? Happened right towards the beginning. Chuck also said Parker should be an All-Star this year.

[houston spurs fan]

Don't record any of this. Do they post vids of Inside the NBA on YouTube? Happened right towards the beginning. Chuck also said Parker should be an All-Star this year.

Parker should be an all star

[spursistan]

Post-game show..He said it..

Anyway, i think after 20 games; Kawhi is surely a Top 5 player in the league..Will he keep it up after 82 games? I'm not sure..I mean somebody like Anthony Davis doesn't crack my top 5 in first 20 games after getting all kind of ridiculous hype for MVP/DPOY..plenty can change in that ranking safe for (healthy) Curry towering over the league..