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Seriously he is taking way way way too many 1 dribble long mid ranges.
That's a low percentage shot
They need to get him closer to the basket, tbh..
Post plays, iso plays closer to the basket, cuts, etc..
Leonard shooting mid-range jump shots all game is inefficient and ineffective, and it's a waste of his talent, tbh..
Obviously part of the problem is Leonard himself, he needs to attack more, but it's evident the Spurs' spacing is terrible when Leonard has the ball, and the other players don't know how to react when he has the ball IMO..chemistry will help as the season progresses, but they need to be proactive..
Every time Leonard takes a dribble and shoots a mid-range jump shot, it's a win for the defense..
Seriously he is taking way way way too many 1 dribble long mid ranges.
That's a low percentage shot
lol, didn't you write the same thread last year?
this is a game where posting isn't easy, because you know McGee is coming weakside to swat at anything...
He passes up threes too.
If he's only going to play hard when he gets a steal and a break to the basket then he's not going to do very well. He looks more like rookie year Kawhi than NBA Finals Kawhi so far.
He wasn't on the floor for a large chunk of the half..
Duncan is just shooting jump shots anyways, and Bonner was on the floor..they had plenty of opportunities to run it to Leonard closer to the basket, tbh..
Sure the coaching staff could do more but Leonard could still be showing/doing a lot more as is. He isn't playing very well.
at this point hes overrated tbh
hes a good player but no all star
the finals was an aberration tbh its unfair to expect finals kawhi from now on tbh
I don't believe he is capable of consistently attacking the rim in the half court. He doesn't look comfortable dribbling in traffic either. He did shoot well above average from mid range last season.
I agree. Leonard needs to take advantage of his experience as a college big. He's not a guard. I don't think his role on the offense should prioritize him on the perimeter.
He's already shown he can post-up/attack the rim in short bursts and when he's given the ball closer to the basket..
He doesn't have the ball-handling and creativity to attack from the perimeter at this point, so it doesn't make sense that they're asking him to create from the perimeter, especially when Bonner or Diaw is on the floor..
Leonard isn't Manu or Parker, he's currently in the prime Luol Deng category, you can't just give him the ball on the perimeter and ask him to create from there, you have to put him in positions to succeed..
Exactly, which is why they should be implementing more mid-post range plays, rather than giving him the ball at the perimeter, where his ball-handling skills are mediocre..
If Pop doesn't utilize him more in different types of sets at some point, I'm going to start believing that Pop is unable to utilize a system that doesn't feature Duncan/Parker/Ginobili as the only creators..
There will be growing pains from his increased usage. He's a gym and film rat though, and will learn quickly when mistakes are pointed out. He's actually getting more vocal about post ups when they're trying to hide someone like Foye on him.
Pop saying he's gonna call more plays for leonard = post him up regardless of who's defending him out of a timeout a couple of times a game
If Pop had lebron/durant playing with the tp/td/manu he wouldnt know how to use em
They finally ran a post play for him..it rimmed out, but still, a good look..
They need more of those, play to his strengths, or this team is very ordinary on nights where Manu is struggling, tbh..
Kawhi passed up a long jumper, was patient, found an opening in the defense and hit Diaw for a wide open jumper. There's almost always a better shot if you work for it.
They've run like 3-4 since halftime.
I don't mind Kawhi coming off a screen to get him an open mid range look but I'm not a fan of it off the dribble.
Yep, good adjustment from Pop..Spurs need a lot more of it, especially when Diaw is spacing the floor..
It's like a punt. He doesn't want to shoot the three, and he doesn't want to keep the offense going. It's bad basketball. There's no way the coaching staff wants him taking those shots. There are only three guys on the roster you allow to call their own number like that: Parker, Manu and Mills. Maybe Marco, but definitely not Kawhi.
He should see more time on the court without the Big 3 or at least have the plays run through him if hes playing with the second unit. I'd like to see Pop adjust the rotation to get Kawhi in a lineup where he's the focal point of the O. His development as a reliable 2nd or 3rd option is the biggest key for the Spurs' championship chances this season tbh.
He comes up with some awful looking post-ups at times but the majority of the time he gets a good look. I don't understand why they can't run that a few more times, particularly when is on the floor without 2 of Splitter/Tim/Ayres/Baynes.
They also need to get him on the move a little bit more so he can catch on the run where his length makes up for his lack of hops.
The plays in the 2nd half were ideal, tbh..
They ran 4 post plays for him, including a stretch in the 4th where they kept looking for him down low against Hamilton..he also had a nice cut to the basket off a Duncan post..also had a curl for a mid-range jump shot at the FT line, rather than a mid-range off the dribble from the wing..
He was invisible in the 1st half, so nice to see adjustments from both Pop and Kawhi himself..
Leonard looked very promising out there tonight. Only thing that I'd like to see less of is the out-of-rhythm 20 foot pull-ups that he routinely takes. He needs to look to get a little closer and pull up from 15. Other than that, he looked solid.
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