why do Marc Gasol and Kawhi get no hate from the media for performing badly?

[Rose'sACL]

Gasol and kawhi are the only players in top 10 who get no hate for disappearing in big games and moments and yet they are ranked so highly by most "experts"
why is this?

[Fallen Angel]

Because neither are primarily scorers

[JT123]

Because they are boring and don't have any fans. Players without fanbases never get hated on

[SugarHill]

Because they are boring and don't have any fans. Players without fanbases never get hated on
Curry has fans and is very popular and he doesn't get criticised. Durant rarely gets criticised too. It's because they're likable

[mehyaM24]

Curry has fans and is very popular and he doesn't get criticised. Durant rarely gets criticised too. It's because they're likable

wtf

curry always gets criticized. people..especially posters on here..think he is soft and clown him for not winning fmvp.....all the time.

[SugarHill]

wtf

curry always gets criticized. people..especially posters on here..think he is soft and clown him for not winning fmvp.....all the time.
message board posters don't count to the wider audience. People criticize everything on the internet. I mean, we could also say how Kawhi always gets disrespected by being called a glorified roleplayer and system player too. Or how Marc Gasol is just flat out overrated.

[Rose'sACL]

Curry has fans and is very popular and he doesn't get criticised. Durant rarely gets criticised too. It's because they're likable
curry got criticized for a couple of bad games in the finals and durant too has had people criticize him for not playing well in playoff series before.
the truth is that you only get hate depending on how much people expect from you. these so called experts don't expect much from marc and kawhi but they rank them highly anyways.
ability to create offense on your own has become very underrated among the media and even fans.
I would take melo over kawhi just for 1 season on about 25 teams out of the 30 that play in the nba.
i can even get love for marc because good big man defenders are very hard to replace.

[JT123]

Curry has fans and is very popular and he doesn't get criticised. Durant rarely gets criticised too. It's because they're likable
But those guys don't get a lot of media attention in the first place. Curry's daughter and mom get more media attention than he does. :lol

[JimmyMcAdocious]

Because Spurs and white.

Kiwi totally laid an egg in game 7 and Gasol was shit the entire Warriors series tho.

[Naero]

Neither of them are held to higher yet underachieved standards by the media, and much of that is attributable to the fact that they aren't even as popular of topicality for them to begin with; without garnering much of the focality to media discussions, they are less susceptible to media sensationalization than others, which is mainly the genesis for how they end up criticized to begin with.

Firstly, neither of them play on superstar-centric teams; because of that, fans tend to focus far more on the collective level of play for the team when it pertains to their success (or lack thereof), rather than focusing on how any singular player contributed to the win or loss.

It may change for Kawhi Leonard as he continuantly emerges as the clear-cut cornerstone of the Spurs' franchise moving into the future; but in his time, the Spurs system has integrated most contributions of all its players

[Legends66NBA7]

Because they aren't that popular in the media to talk about. They don't have much of a personality to discuss about to begin with, let alone be heavily critical about.

[kells333]

Theyre white

[Coach Eddie]

Curry has fans and is very popular and he doesn't get criticised. Durant rarely gets criticised too. It's because they're likable

Curry got tons of crap starting the 2nd half of the season, and culminating with his 1.5 games where he struggled against Delly. I saw idiots posting about how Harden was "the real MVP."

[bizil]

Because neither are primarily scorers

I agree! The guys who are alpha dog scorers tend to catch the most heat. Because after all, alpha dog scoring is the MOST PREMIUM ASSET in the basketball. The only stat that guarantees a win is points. And defensively, coaches design gameplans to stop the other team's best scorer.

The guys who can dominate scoring NO MATTER the circumstances or game plan are the guys who move the needle the most. It can be a score first guy like Durant and Melo. It can be a pass first guy like Bron. All three are alpha dog scorers in their own way. Leonard and Gasol don't have that kind of pressure on them.

[GIF REACTION]

Because neither are really top 10

Replace with DMC and Carmelo

Both these guys are primary scorers and do get hate for losing

[AnaheimLakers24]

Marc scores under 10 points on a regular basis but i would still take him over booger cousins

[GIF REACTION]

rent free

[I<3NBA]

you get hate relative to people's expectations.

[Kobe_6/8]

Because nobody gives a **** about Memphis or San Antonio in the mainstream media.

[keep-itreal]

Marc Gasol = overrated

Kawhi Leonard is just a role player

[StephHamann]

Gasol and kawhi are the only players in top 10 who get no hate for disappearing in big games and moments and yet they are ranked so highly by most "experts"
why is this?

Both are not clear cut top 10 players.

You could debate whether Kwahi is even the best player on his team now with Aldridge.

[Naero]

Kawhi Leonard is just a role player

I agree that Kawhi Leonard isn't unequivocally a top-10 player in the league yet; however, it's also safe to proclaim that he's evolved past the role-player epithet, being the Spurs' leading scorer, Finals MVP of their most recent championship and best individual defender (DPoY award).

Most of his potential has gone untapped as well, as he plays in a system of integrated ball movement and touches, but he still has a case as the most impactful contributor on a championship-contention team; it's just that he's emasculated from maximizing his individual impact due to systemic reasons.

[DoctorP]

Gasol and kawhi are the only players in top 10 who get no hate for disappearing in big games and moments and yet they are ranked so highly by most "experts"
why is this?

They will.... oh they will...

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[Phenith]

The simple answer is that usually, when they put up a bad box score, they still played elite level defense and kept their team in it on that end.

[Jameerthefear]

no one on the spurs gets much criticism tbh, and marc gasol is very overrated

[FreezingTsmoove]

Marc Gasol is not even a top 10 player. Deandre jordan and Tim Duncan are easily better