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He'd foul out faster with bull offensive foul calls, tbh.
I know it is still early but do guys think Pop will ask Kawhi to post up Durant?If Kawhi is capable, that will be a game changer..
He'd foul out faster with bull offensive foul calls, tbh.
Danny Green should guard him primarily only because Kawhi is going to get into early foul trouble guarding him.
exactly. i just don't understand why the nba thinks all fans of basketball are fukin stupid. we all see the same , but most choose to ignore the favoritism some players get.
How about in the other side of the floor when Durant will guard Kawhi? Should Pop allow Kawhi to post him up? Because if he is capable that will free up Parker against sapalosha...
One thing I have noticed is the refs give smaller players more leeway to guard Durant without touch fouls being called. Spurs should switch it up a lot with Green,Ginobilli, and even Parker at times against Durant.
paul is doing a decent job on durant
Durant with 18 free throws today
Put Green on CP3 and Kawhi on Crawford tbh
Durant is guarding Griffin and Blake can't exploit it. I think if OKC goes small it's a better idea to put Boris at 4 and post him up against KD.
Kawhi's post game is only good enough to exploit mismatches at this point.
good assessment, imo.
Kawhi was the #1 rated post wing player in the league this season, IIRC..
He has been fine posting up against wings his size, tbh..I can't believe there are still Spurs fans that doubt his offensive ability..
Leonard is extremely overrated as a defender, but underrated as an offensive player..
I'm as big a Kawhi fan as anyone, tho I've yet to see him effectively post up someone his size or bigger on a consistent basis, most of his post ups come against mismatches.Kawhi was the #1 rated post wing player in the league this season, IIRC..
He has been fine posting up against wings his size, tbh..I can't believe there are still Spurs fans that doubt his offensive ability
Leonard is extremely overrated as a defender, but underrated as an offensive player..
Leonards defense ain't overrated, dude practically held LeBron in check for 7 games, the best player in the world was limited by Kawhi...enough with this ridiculous notion of him being an "overrated defender".
Sample size.
I would have liked to see what happened if Pop actually allowed him to play defense instead of backing off so much.
Also it is hard for Durant to shake off smaller defenders since they are quick enough to stay infront of him.. I remember g hill gave him hard time when ghill was in san anton...
Let Patty Mills guard him.
Durant gets so many bs calls it puts the Kobe-era lakers to shame
Leonard can guard him, but he has to set the physical D tone early like Allen. Even if he gets in foul trouble he has to keep being aggressive on D with Durant. As the series goes on, the refs will be more likely to let it go.
Tony Allen's aggressiveness is how you need to play Durant at all times. Allen got away with a lot of contact because he set that tone early in the series.
CP3 was guarding him today and the Clipps won.
There is a perception that Leonard's defense is overrated because his iso-play D stats and some bad matchups against smalls and fast pg/sg.
But people often forget that a good defense it's not only about one-on-one D, involves a lot of things.
How to set the defensive tempo of the game, how disrupted rivals flow, throwing off a player's timing, how players change their shots to adapt to Leonard's defense, he's the head man on top of the press of the team?, lead defensive rebounders?, blocks, steals, etc
Kawhi defensive impact is invaluable.
Like guys said in other threads after last game, remember when Spurs lead collapses with Leonard on the bench, then he comes back and the team step up defense...
Leonard's Defense is not overrated, is overall defense.
About Leonard playing Durant on the post...I really want to believe in Post Operation Playoffs -aceg3- but that's never gonna happen, it doesn't seem Pop offensive plan against the Thunder.
Last edited by wildchild; 05-11-2014 at 10:00 PM.
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Missed the game, but what's the idea behind CP3 guarding Durant?
They were running with Paul, Collison, and Crawford at the same time. Someone had to guard Durant.
He did a good job they let the little guys get away with a lot more then bigs against Durant.
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