Is it safe to say that Leonard is a Top 2 player now?

[sammichoffate]

:lol

[sd3035]

Curry and Leonard are a tier above the rest

[Kiddlovesnets]

Yeah of course, hes only below Curry now.

[Dray n Klay]

LOL he's not even a Top 2 SF


Bron

KD









Kawhi

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Been saying it all season.

:pimp:

[Nick Young]

Yep. Curry and Leonard are the two best players in the NBA right now.

[Bigsmoke]

Curry
lBJ
KD
Westbrook
Kawhi

[JebronLames]

:roll: as much as I root against curry, he's the 2nd best right now, so Kawhi is NOT in the top 2

[Spurs5Rings2014]

:roll: as much as I root against curry, he's the 2nd best right now, so Kawhi is NOT in the top 2

Top 1 is part of the top 2, buddy.

:oldlol:

[ScalsFan21]

1. LeBron
2. Curry
3. Kawhi

[francesco totti]

if you will go with team records and success. Curry & Leonard are best two now as their teams are best two.

But in now is Leonard better then Durant or Lebron.

[ScalsFan21]

if you will go with team records and success. Curry & Leonard are best two now as their teams are best two.

But in now is Leonard better then Durant or Lebron.

Factoring in his absolutely HOF-level defensive ability, I think he is better than KD at this point as an individual player. Kawhi is finally legitimately elite offensively and clearly the best in the game defensively.

[3ball]

Curry and Leonard are a tier above the rest


It's funny how Kawhi is a top 3-4 player for SURE in today's game.

Meanwhile, Pippen was better in every way except 3-point shooting, but was only considered a top 5 player for 1 or 2 seasons of his career, and that's looking at his career under the very best light.

That's how much better the players were in previous eras.






a tier above the rest



The wings from MJ's era match today's era man-for-man:


...2000-2014.................1984-1998

Kobe Bryant.............. Michael Jordan
LeBron James............ Magic Johnson
Kevin Durant............. Larry Bird
Dwayne Wade........... Clyde Drexler
Russell Westbrook..... Gary Payton
Tracey McGrady........ Dominique Wilkins
James Harden........... Grant Hill
Kawhi Leonard.......... Scottie Pippen
Paul Pierce............... Adrian Dantley
Carmelo Anthony....... Alex English
Vince Carter............. James Worthy
Allen Iverson............ Penny Hardaway
Jason Kidd................ Jason Kidd


Honorable Mention 1984-1998: Doctor J, Dennis Rodman, Reggie Lewis, Reggie Miller, Sidney Moncrief, Joe Dumars, Eddie Jones, Mitch Richmond, Alvin Robertson, Detlef Schrempf, Dennis Johnson, Latrell Sprewell, Ronaldo Blackman, Fat Lever, Glen Rice, Chris Mullin, Kiki Vandeweghe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ZCbZq8wWg), Jamaal Mashburn, Glenn Robinson

Honorable Mention 2000-2014: Ron Artest, Shawn Marion, Andre Igouodala, Ray Allen, Paul George, Manu Ginobili, Brandon Roy, Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler, Joe Johnson, Rip Hamilton, Gilbert Arenas, Michael Redd, Draymond Green, Peja Stojakovic, Antawn Jamison, Luol Deng, Rashard Lewis



^^^^^ Remember, this is just the wing players - if we add the bigs, previous eras blow today's era to Mars

[RRR3]

It's funny how Kawhi is a top 3-4 player for SURE in today's game.

Meanwhile, Pippen was better in every way except 3-point shooting, but was only considered a top 5 player for 1 or 2 seasons of his career, and that's looking at his career under the very best light.

That's how much better the players were in previous eras.





The wings from MJ's era match today's era man-for-man:


...2000-2014.................1984-1998

Kobe Bryant.............. Michael Jordan
LeBron James............ Magic Johnson
Kevin Durant............. Larry Bird
Dwayne Wade........... Clyde Drexler
Russell Westbrook..... Gary Payton
Tracey McGrady........ Dominique Wilkins
James Harden........... Grant Hill
Kawhi Leonard.......... Scottie Pippen
Paul Pierce............... Adrian Dantley
Carmelo Anthony....... Alex English
Vince Carter............. James Worthy
Allen Iverson............ Penny Hardaway
Jason Kidd................ Jason Kidd


Honorable Mention 1984-1998: Doctor J, Dennis Rodman, Reggie Lewis, Reggie Miller, Sidney Moncrief, Joe Dumars, Eddie Jones, Mitch Richmond, Alvin Robertson, Detlef Schrempf, Dennis Johnson, Latrell Sprewell, Ronaldo Blackman, Fat Lever, Glen Rice, Chris Mullin, Kiki Vandeweghe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ZCbZq8wWg), Jamaal Mashburn, Glenn Robinson

Honorable Mention 2000-2014: Ron Artest, Shawn Marion, Andre Igouodala, Ray Allen, Paul George, Manu Ginobili, Brandon Roy, Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler, Joe Johnson, Rip Hamilton, Gilbert Arenas, Michael Redd, Draymond Green, Peja Stojakovic, Antawn Jamison, Luol Deng, Rashard Lewis



^^^^^ Remember, this is just the wing players - if we add the bigs, previous eras blow today's era to Mars
LMAO at no Steve Nash and Chris Paul. Dat agenda

[Kiddlovesnets]

It's funny how Kawhi is a top 3-4 player for SURE in today's game.

Meanwhile, Pippen was better in every way except 3-point shooting, but was only considered a top 5 player for 1 or 2 seasons of his career, and that's looking at his career under the very best light.

That's how much better the players were in previous eras.





The wings from MJ's era match today's era man-for-man:


...2000-2014.................1984-1998

Kobe Bryant.............. Michael Jordan
LeBron James............ Magic Johnson
Kevin Durant............. Larry Bird
Dwayne Wade........... Clyde Drexler
Russell Westbrook..... Gary Payton
Tracey McGrady........ Dominique Wilkins
James Harden........... Grant Hill
Kawhi Leonard.......... Scottie Pippen
Paul Pierce............... Adrian Dantley
Carmelo Anthony....... Alex English
Vince Carter............. James Worthy
Allen Iverson............ Penny Hardaway
Jason Kidd................ Jason Kidd


Honorable Mention 1984-1998: Doctor J, Dennis Rodman, Reggie Lewis, Reggie Miller, Sidney Moncrief, Joe Dumars, Eddie Jones, Mitch Richmond, Alvin Robertson, Detlef Schrempf, Dennis Johnson, Latrell Sprewell, Ronaldo Blackman, Fat Lever, Glen Rice, Chris Mullin, Kiki Vandeweghe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ZCbZq8wWg), Jamaal Mashburn, Glenn Robinson

Honorable Mention 2000-2014: Ron Artest, Shawn Marion, Andre Igouodala, Ray Allen, Paul George, Manu Ginobili, Brandon Roy, Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler, Joe Johnson, Rip Hamilton, Gilbert Arenas, Michael Redd, Draymond Green, Peja Stojakovic, Antawn Jamison, Luol Deng, Rashard Lewis



^^^^^ Remember, this is just the wing players - if we add the bigs, previous eras blow today's era to Mars

umm but Kobe is nowhere near as good as Jordan, the other players on the list are at least, comparable.

[sd3035]

https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/lebronkawhi.gif

[3ball]

The wings from MJ's era match today's era man-for-man:


...2000-2014.................1984-1998

Kobe Bryant.............. Michael Jordan
LeBron James............ Magic Johnson
Kevin Durant............. Larry Bird
Dwayne Wade........... Clyde Drexler
Russell Westbrook..... Gary Payton
Tracey McGrady........ Dominique Wilkins
James Harden........... Grant Hill
Kawhi Leonard.......... Scottie Pippen
Paul Pierce............... Adrian Dantley
Carmelo Anthony....... Alex English
Vince Carter............. James Worthy
Allen Iverson............ Penny Hardaway
Jason Kidd................ Jason Kidd


Honorable Mention 1984-1998: Doctor J, Dennis Rodman, Reggie Lewis, Reggie Miller, Sidney Moncrief, Joe Dumars, Eddie Jones, Mitch Richmond, Alvin Robertson, Detlef Schrempf, Dennis Johnson, Latrell Sprewell, Ronaldo Blackman, Fat Lever, Glen Rice, Chris Mullin, Kiki Vandeweghe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0ZCbZq8wWg), Jamaal Mashburn, Glenn Robinson

Honorable Mention 2000-2014: Ron Artest, Shawn Marion, Andre Igouodala, Ray Allen, Paul George, Manu Ginobili, Brandon Roy, Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler, Joe Johnson, Rip Hamilton, Gilbert Arenas, Michael Redd, Draymond Green, Peja Stojakovic, Antawn Jamison, Luol Deng, Rashard Lewis



^^^^^ Remember, this is just the wing players - if we add the bigs, previous eras blow today's era to Mars




LMAO at no Steve Nash and Chris Paul. Dat agenda


That list showed WING players.

So point guards weren't included unless they were big PG's like Kidd/Hardaway/Payton/Westbrook.

Or Iverson, since he was considered a "wing" player

[JebronLames]

https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/lebronkawhi.gif
This GIF would be a lot better if LeBron didnt destroy them in game 6 and 7

[3ball]

This GIF would be a lot better if LeBron didnt destroy them in game 6



But he didn't - Lebron needed Ray Allen to save him in Game 6 against Popovich/Duncan


http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/10-05-2015/XxRuyC.gif



Naturally, Jordan MADE his walk-off attempt in his first meeting against Duncan/Popovich (from the exact same spot as Lebron's miss) to send the game into overtime:


http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/10-05-2015/rP-QUs.gif



After hitting the walk-off, MJ dominated overtime, including 2 dunks over Duncan:


https://media.giphy.com/media/26FPq7nUqs2V8LyNO/giphy.gif



In his 2nd meeting against Duncan, MJ dominated Duncan even more thoroughly:


https://media.giphy.com/media/TbKAH5Pl5N91S/giphy.gif

http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/4-11-2015/cyFnUr.gif

https://media.giphy.com/media/VgAj53MW9ee5O/giphy.gif



It's obvious that Jordan only ever DOMINATED Duncan and guys like Duncan - they weren't "rivals" like they are for Kobe and Lebron..

[Spurs5Rings2014]

It's obvious that Jordan only ever DOMINATED Duncan and guys like Duncan - they weren't "rivals" like they are for Kobe and Lebron..

That was a young Duncan and then he won the chip after MJ saw the writing on the wall. At the end of the day, Ray Ray's fluke shot is the only thing keeping GOATcan from 6/6. He will still get #6 soon and be forever enshrined in the top 5 of all time.

:pimp:

[3ball]

That was a young Duncan and then he won the chip after Jordan RETIRED


fixed





Ray Ray's fluke shot saved Lebron from being a laughing stock 1-6, and nowhere NEAR Bird/Hakeem level


fixed

[Spurs5Rings2014]

fixed



fixed

Both of those are also true, but doesn't change the fact that Jordan knew Duncan was coming and that he'd be unanimous top 5 right now if not for the GOAT bailout.

:cheers:

[k0kakw0rld]

LeBron
Kawhi
Curry

[pauk]

Ofcourse, he has been top 2 there for Spurs for a while, just not a clear #1 yet, just when he had his chance as Duncan/Parker decreased this Aldridge dude came along and messed that up, as you saw last night.

[Human Error]

Kawhi needs to be the best player on his team first.

LaMarcus Aldridge :bowdown:

[sportjames23]

Curry/Kawhi Family about to assemble?

[IGOTGAME]

[B][I][COLOR="DarkRed"]It's funny how Kawhi is a top 3-4 player for SURE in today's game.

Meanwhile, Pippen was better in every way except 3-point shooting, but was only considered a top 5 player for 1 or 2 seasons of his career, and that's looking at his career under the very best light.



where do you get that Pippen was a better in every way besides 3 point shooting?

[Optimus Prime]

https://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/lebronkawhi.gif

:lol :oldlol: :roll:

1. Curry
2. Leonard
3. Durant
4. Westbrook
5. Davis

[feyki]

No , best right now .

[dannysc305]

Honestly he's not even top 3. Borderline top5-10 guy.

[Gileraracer]

Top 1 is part of the top 2, buddy.

:oldlol:

Only thing he knows is that the meat is part of the burger and that he also has to put salad and pickles in it or he'll soon be fired.

[Rocketswin2013]

probably not