Clippers: Is Kawhi already the best basketball player in Los Angeles history?

[Rosewood]

When did you become just a troll poster OP?

[ElNono]

When did you become just a troll poster OP?

1999??

[ambchang]

1980 and 1982 championship were not loaded teams. The second best player was a rookie point guard with a broken jumper.

You don't know Jamaal Wilkes and Norm Nixon?

So Mavs Kidd > Nets Kidd
99/03 Admiral > MVP Admiral
03-07 Tony > 08 to 12 Tony
Bucks Oscar > Royals Oscar

[namlook]

This also begs the question: Is Kawhi better now than any player who has ever played for the Spurs? And how the do you lose the best player in your franchise's history?

[baseline bum]

Kobe is more in the Michael Cooper, D Fish, Horry tier tbh

Nonsense, Cooper and Horry were quality defensive players.

[baseline bum]

1980 and 1982 championship were not loaded teams. The second best player was a rookie point guard with a broken jumper.

And AIDS too

[lefty]

Nonsense, Cooper and Horry were quality defensive players.

True true

[ElNono]

This also begs the question: Is Kawhi better now than any player who has ever played for the Spurs? And how the do you lose the best player in your franchise's history?

Yes and yes

[ndbutch]

He’s miles better than LeBron, and basically basketball before 2005 or so was simply two notches below the current level of basketball, tbh... slow ass games with big dinosaurs roaming the paint.. Harden would drop 300 points on them right now...

Might be a bit premature until he threepeats with the Clippers and he might also get hurt at some point, but it sounds like a fairly safe bet right now tbh

You're confusing the fact todays big men that aren't very good (with apologies to Anthony Davis and Joel Embild) with some seismic shift in how basketball is played. The 1982 Lakers or 1986 Celtics might seriously win 80 games watching small ball teams struggling with an aging Dwight Howard as well as making Ivica Zubac look like 1977 Bill Walton. Duncan and Robinson would dominate the league now. The Warriors started this myth that the NBA had "changed". Even they made Timothy Mozgov look good enough one championship series to make Jim Buss stupid. It's been done before by a better team. The 1970's era Celtics with Dave Cowens at C played "small ball".

Its a ludicrous suggestion with regard to Kareem or Kobe. 33/34 year old LeBron? Okay. LeBron in Miami? No.


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[lebomb]

Kawhi isnt even the greatest Los Angeles Clipper in History.

Blake Griffin and Chris Paul are in the conversation, and then!

Bob McAdoo had a sensational career in the NBA and is the greatest player in the franchise’s history. McAdoo won three straight scoring les as a Buffalo Brave, from 1973-74 through 1975-76. He also won the NBA Most Valuable Player Award, made First- and Second-Team All-NBA and was named Rookie of the Year.

McAdoo could do it all. He could run the floor, hit open jumpers and play harder than most centers in the league. He recorded the three most impressive seasons in team history, although none better than when he scored 34.5 points and grabbed 14.1 rebounds in 1974-75.

[ElNono]

they could all win 80 games but nobody did... this is at a time when players would score 100 points while being guarded by slow ass midget white men that at best were traffic cones. Please.

And don’t get me started on the 90s. Can you imagine John Starks or Charles Oakley playing now? They wouldn’t get out of the DLeague.

[whitemamba]

OP.... sugar rush again..

[UZER]

This also begs the question: Is Kawhi better now than any player who has ever played for the Spurs? And how the do you lose the best player in your franchise's history?

I’d like to say o.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Too easy, ElNono.

[KimmyGib]

Not the best basketball player in LA history, however, he is the third best basketball player currently in LA and that is very darn impressive! Kudos to Number 2!

[Play Boban]

MVPau was better tbh

[lefty]

they could all win 80 games but nobody did... this is at a time when players would score 100 points while being guarded by slow ass midget white men that at best were traffic cones. Please.

And don’t get me started on the 90s. Can you imagine John Starks or Charles Oakley playing now? They wouldn’t get out of the DLeague.

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[ElNono]

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[DMC]

This also begs the question: Is Kawhi better now than any player who has ever played for the Spurs? And how the do you lose the best player in your franchise's history?

Only if you don't know what "begging the question" means.

[DMC]

OP.... sugar rush again..

Churros

[ElNono]

Churros

yeah.

[whitemamba]

Churros

dipped in vanilla ice cream

[Laker_1995]

Disneyland churros are a top 10 food of all time. Them es go down quick no . Whatever you do avoid those strawberry ones their terrible .

[Rosewood]

He's not better than Shaq, Kobe, Magic or Kareem tbh.

Millennials love to overrate current-day players. That's why 3 years ago you had people thinking Steph Curry was as good as even some roleplayers in the 90s.

He is a great player though, and is better than Scottie Pippen already I'd say.

[daslicer]

He's not better than Shaq, Kobe, Magic or Kareem tbh.

Millennials love to overrate current-day players. That's why 3 years ago you had people thinking Steph Curry was as good as even some roleplayers in the 90s.

He is a great player though, and is better than Scottie Pippen already I'd say.

He is better than Kobe and I say this as someone who despises #2. What sets #2 apart from Kobe is that he's much more efficient when it comes to FG percentages. Kobe during his best year's never shot above 46 percent while #2 has on multiple occasions.