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Honestly, I feel that Pop is grooming him to be a Bowen type of player and save his energies for the defensive side of things.
Am I the only one who sees this. Don't get me wrong I love that Kawhi can be a spot up 3 point shooter when Tony or Manu drive and kicks, yet I believe he should drive the ball in more often. We all know homeboy can dunk. I think it would help us out against bigs (thunder, lakers, clippers). We could get their bigs into foul trouble early. Also when he gets in the paint, he rarley misses. Thoughts?
Honestly, I feel that Pop is grooming him to be a Bowen type of player and save his energies for the defensive side of things.
Except on most fast breaks
That said, I agree . When KL is aggressive on O, it adds one more wrinkle. I'd like to see him develop a more diverse game.
Last edited by Cry Havoc; 01-06-2013 at 01:51 PM.
yeah I Agree...It is annoying just watching him parked in the corner all game, but unfortunately that's what the small forward does in pop's offense...I hope pop put's the ball in his hands more though i.e post up's, pick and roll's and coming off screen's more often
I would like to see him have the ball more. He is still recently back from a long injury so I think he will eventually get more looks.
What a waste of potential that would be..
Yeah man for sure. I'd love to see his post up game not to mention some pick and roll action!
Last night the Big 3 were clicking on all cylinders, so everyone was pretty much a spectator. He does a very good job of creating offense from opportunistic defense, and that's his role at this point. That doesn't mean his role won't expand in the future, which is what his summer league stint was all about.
For sure!
I dont think Kawai feels comfortable with the ball in his hand. He doesnt seem to have the subtle ball handling skills and footwork to work in heavy traffic. When he sees some daylight then he will throw the hammer down but when the defense is there he seems lost and makes offensive fouls. I agree that it would be great if they ran some plays for him but start with some easy ones with easy teams. Right now I think he should keep on practicing the three.
I guess Kawhi's natural offense is more suited for a different playing style. Although now would be a great time for him to try to get suited for how Pop is using him. He needs to sink more of his shots. Just him shooting better would improve how his overall game looks(of course).
With this said, I feel as if he will get to see more of his potential when some of the other players leave. When Manu leaves, that's when I think we'll see Kawhi really being a help in the offensive department. That will only grow when Duncan leaves.
I just hope he starts making more of his shots. I'd like it if Kawhi at least got up to averaging like 12-14 pts.
I think it's funny though, they picked up Kawhi for defense, then last year lots of articles were saying Kawhi wasn't that big of a help on defense but his offense was what was a surprise...now we are seeing people praising his defense but questioning his offense.
Also, maybe Kawhi is one of those players who needs a "partner", that helps him play better and covers his weaknesses. Maybe that is what he needs.
I feel the same way. Spurs seriously need involve him more on offense. No doubt his a great defender but the spurs are wasting potential on offense. Hopefully we see more kawhi on offense and not only as a spot on shooter.
I don't think the Spurs NEED to involve him any more on offense, but I sure as would love to see them do it.
go to guy in college, now force to be a scrub on the spurs...fkn popa
I'm so angry that I'm not more engaged!
I'm so happy to be playing for the Spurs!
4th option
Ya, I think it's just that. Pop was starting to run a few plays for Kawhi each game until his injury. That was getting him a little more involved, and if he hadn't have gotten injured, I'm sure Pop would have slowly increased Kawhi's role in the offense, experimenting to see how much responsibility Kawhi could handle at this point in his career. But his injury forced a reset on that, and since he's come back I've assumed Pop's first priority has been to allow him to get his legs back and get used to game speed again. Now that it's been a couple games, and Kawhi's looking like he's back up to speed, I'm pretty sure we'll start seeing Kawhi get his number called a little more.
Fans sometimes forget that where they have the luxury of wanting instant gratification, coaches have to figure out how to actually make happen. Sometimes a little perspective is required on our parts.
I'm a big fan of Kawhi, but he's overrated on ST, tbh..
While I agree that his role should grow, he is not comfortable as a go-to guy at the moment, his dribble game is erratic, especially in transition..I'd like to see Leonard in the mid-post area working the post game and improved mid-range shot, but we haven't yet reached a point where Kawhi is efficient enough to take away touches from the big 3, tbh..
IIRC, SA had Kawhi playing an increased offensive role over the summer. With those intentions in mind, I'd go ahead and assume his injury is proving to be a major setback to those plans.
They were also anticipating TD and Manu taking more of a backseat in the offense. With Duncan and Ginobili playing well as of late there's no point to rush him into a pseudo 2nd option role.
I think he is developing him to be good defensively like Bowen, but not like Bowen in all aspects.
Green is more like Bowen. Pesky defender and three point specialist. Except now he is showing signs of improvement in PnR and finishing at the basket. I agree with whoever said Kawhi is overrated on ST. He is a good player and could be a great player, but he is not ready to take touches away from the big three. I think he will continue to work on outside shooting, defense, and transition game because that is what the team needs of him. Hopefully long term he can develop a backdown game. I would love to see him develop a post up and then fadeaway move. But all that will come in time. Right now the spurs are not hurting for him to provide substantial offense. He just needs to play his role consistently. In the coming years that role may grow to being a 1st or 2nd option, but not right now
I think it's valuable for the Spurs that they can initiate offense out of someone not named the big 3. It makes it much harder to gameplan against in the playoffs.
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