Why are we celebrating Kawhi

[QUOTE=Gus Hemmingway]But WHY? You cant answer that

[B]35 ppg on 54% shooting while getting 10 assists got LeBron swept[/b]


28 ppg on 43% and 4 assists gets Kawhi a win in 6 games?[/QUOTE]
Again, people are already explaining this to you but maybe you're just slow like the rest of the Bran fam... LeBron needs to score a lot more because he's a turnstile on defense, he needs to score more because he's giving up a lot of points...why don't you post KD's stats? You'll find your answer there :lol

Maybe if he would put up a bit more resistance, he wouldn't need to score so much but hey everybody, look at Bran's stats!!!

[QUOTE=Phoenix]Jesus Christ, and I just bought some salt yesterday when I got my groceries. All I needed to do was open this thread.[/QUOTE]
:oldlol:

lebron needed more points cus he played with 2 other allstars and could have gotten curry'd out of a mvp trophy

[QUOTE=TheMan]Again, people are already explaining this to you but maybe you're just slow like the rest of the Bran fam... LeBron needs to score a lot more because he's a turnstile on defense, he needs to score more because he's giving up a lot of points...why don't you post KD's stats? You'll find your answer there :lol

Maybe if he would put up a bit more resistance, he wouldn't need to score so much but hey everybody, look at Bran's stats!!![/QUOTE]
LeBron had better defensive stats this season than Kawhi :confusedshrug:

[QUOTE=Manny98]LeBron had better defensive stats this season than Kawhi :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]


but but but but but STATS :cry: :cry:

you should start watching bball instead of statsheets

1 day released and already a 5 page masterpiece



GUS DID AGAIN!:banana:

As everyone has said, Kawhi was incredible. Beating the Curry-Klay-green warriors without needing a 27ppg sidekick:lol

[QUOTE=Manny98]LeBron had better defensive stats this season than Kawhi :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]


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[QUOTE=Mr Feeny]As everyone has said, Kawhi was incredible. Beating the Curry-Klay-green warriors without needing a 27ppg sidekick:lol[/QUOTE]

He just needed to join a #1 seed in the offseason :lol



While LeBron joined a 33 win team and beat a 73 win Warriors :lol

[QUOTE=Gus Hemmingway]He just needed to join a #1 seed in the offseason :lol



While LeBron joined a 33 win team and beat a 73 win Warriors :lol[/QUOTE]

He joined a team with no superstars and won them their 1st ever title against the warriors, without a single superstar. Lebron had 2 superstars and needed 7 games.

[QUOTE=Mr Feeny]As everyone has said, Kawhi was incredible. Beating the Curry-Klay-green warriors without needing a 27ppg sidekick:lol[/QUOTE]
Kawits 2nd and 3rd options combined to avg. 36ppg, compared to the Cavs 35.6ppg for their 2nd and 3rd option

Another day, another L for you.

[QUOTE=Hey Yo]Kawits 2nd and 3rd options combined to avg. 36ppg, compared to the Cavs 35.6ppg for their 2nd and 3rd option

Another day, another L for you.[/QUOTE]

Ah here is my 2nd lapdog. So Kawhi elevates his teammates in ways Lebron can't?
Great. That is another reason that hes better than Lebron.

[QUOTE=Mr Feeny]Ah here is my 2nd lapdog. [B]So Kawhi elevates his teammates in ways Lebron can't?[/B]
Great. That is another reason that hes better than Lebron.[/QUOTE]
But you just boasted about Kyrie avg. 27ppg.

If that's not elevating, then what do you call it?

[QUOTE=Hey Yo]But you just boasted about Kyrie avg. 27ppg.

If that's not elevating, then what do you call it?[/QUOTE]

Kyrie Irving is a superstar though. There is nothing to boost.
The question is why Kawhi was able to take a much less talented team and ravage Golden state while your hero needed a 7th game and needed Kyrie to isolate the MVP to save him.

[QUOTE=Mr Feeny][B]Kyrie Irving is a superstar though[/B]. There is nothing to boost.
The question is why Kawhi was able to take a much less talented team and ravage Golden state while your hero needed a 7th game and needed Kyrie to isolate the MVP to save him.[/QUOTE]
:oldlol:

Your trolling is horrible, Chico. You got caught and now triggered into talking dumb shit.

My work is done. Like I said, another day another L for you. Wayyyyyy tooooo easy.

[QUOTE=Hey Yo]:oldlol:

Your trolling is horrible, Chico. You got caught and now triggered into talking dumb shit.

My work is done. Like I said, another day another L for you. Wayyyyyy tooooo easy.[/QUOTE]

Ah. Done and dusted I guess. Adios.

[QUOTE=TheCorporation]Hi 3ball

Too bad ALL of LeBron's 3 rings are better than any of Jordan's 6

Literally

None of Jordan's rings are more impressive than ANY of LeBron's 3

Your move

#slayed[/QUOTE]

Shook?

[QUOTE=Mr Feeny][B]Kyrie Irving is a superstar though[/B]. There is nothing to boost.
The question is why Kawhi was able to take a much less talented team and ravage Golden state while your hero needed a 7th game and needed Kyrie to isolate the MVP to save him.[/QUOTE]

Trolling went too far here...Mods

Lock this chico up

Lebron stans conveniently ignore that Kawhi had a TS over 60% in the Finals and averaged 10 rebounds. Predictable as sunrise.

Kawhi is celebrated for his entire playoff run, not just the Finals.

[QUOTE=tontoz]Lebron stans conveniently ignore that Kawhi had a TS over 60% in the Finals and averaged 10 rebounds. Predictable as sunrise.

Kawhi is celebrated for his entire playoff run, not just the Finals.[/QUOTE]


It's still worse than all of LeBrons playoff runs

[QUOTE=tontoz]Lebron stans conveniently ignore that Kawhi had a TS over 60% in the Finals and averaged 10 rebounds. Predictable as sunrise.

Kawhi is celebrated for his entire playoff run, not just the Finals.[/QUOTE]

TS% :lol

He shoots good free throws, nice!

Pros: Good free throw shooter
Cons: Stopped playing defense for the last 2 years

:lol

[QUOTE=TheCorporation]TS% :lol

He shoots good free throws, nice!

Pros: Good free throw shooter
Cons: Stopped playing defense for the last 2 years

:lol[/QUOTE]


I can certainly understand why a Lebron stan downplays foul shooting. :lol

Kawhi also attempted 7 threes per game in the Finals, 6 attempts overall in the playoffs.

I think Giannis would probably disagree that Kawhi stopped playing defense.

Using FG% shows your obvious Lebron bias, or a lack of math understanding.

[QUOTE=TheCorporation]
Cons: Stopped playing defense for the last 2 years

:lol[/QUOTE]

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No Lebron stan should ever say anything about defense in the last 2 years.

op got every vile disgusting poster on this forum to post in one thread. accomplishment in and of itself :applause:

[QUOTE=Mr Feeny]Kyrie Irving is a superstar though. There is nothing to boost.
The question is why Kawhi was able to take a much less talented team and ravage Golden state while your hero needed a 7th game and needed Kyrie to isolate the MVP to save him.[/QUOTE]

Got his ass 3 times in a row the same chain of responses. :roll:

[QUOTE=Vino24]op got every vile disgusting poster on this forum to post in one thread. accomplishment in and of itself :applause:[/QUOTE]


+1

[QUOTE=tontoz]I can certainly understand why a Lebron stan downplays foul shooting. :lol
[/QUOTE]

Lakers would've been in contention for playoffs if Bron didn't choke 4-5 games at the free throw line early-mid season. :lol

4 assists is fine and in line with the 4-7 assist range of nearly every championship #1 option in history..

Infact, players that averaged more than 8 assists have almost never won outside of Magic

Instead, nearly all the championship #1 options were timely scorers that averaged a lot of points.. high assists were neither here nor there..
.

[QUOTE=3ball]4 assists is fine and in line with the 4-7 assist range of nearly every championship #1 option in history..

Infact, players that averaged more than 8 assists have almost never won outside of Magic

Instead, nearly all the championship #1 options were timely scorers that averaged a lot of points.. high assists were neither here nor there..
.[/QUOTE]


But 10 assists is more than double 4 assists


So if you only get 4 assists, you should at least average 44-50ppg to compensate


LeBron averaged 35 ppg and 10 assists, so Jordan and Kawhi can only be as good if they average 44-50ppg along with their 4 assists :confusedshrug:

[QUOTE=tontoz]I can certainly understand why a Lebron stan downplays foul shooting. :lol

Kawhi also attempted 7 threes per game in the Finals, 6 attempts overall in the playoffs.

I think Giannis would probably disagree that Kawhi stopped playing defense.

Using FG% shows your obvious Lebron bias, or a lack of math understanding.[/QUOTE]

What

[QUOTE=tontoz]I can certainly understand why a Lebron stan downplays foul shooting. :lol

.[/QUOTE]
But why downplay winning?

kawhi has the highest winning percentage of any player in league history who actually played real minutes. look it up.




son is already an absolute legend.

Lebron stan: "gonna start another thread because this one got backfired"

a day in a life of a Bron stan in ISH. Pathetic :lol

[QUOTE=Phoenix][IMG]https://media.giphy.com/media/1BGPLg0KIG7zpIwLQc/giphy.gif[/IMG]

No Lebron stan should ever say anything about defense in the last 2 years.[/QUOTE]
[url]https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/03/lebron-james-kyle-kuzma-push-defense[/url]

[QUOTE=Manny98][url]https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/03/lebron-james-kyle-kuzma-push-defense[/url][/QUOTE]

Yes, its Kuzmas fault that Lebron cant rotate properly and also got in his way so he couldn't go with his man.

Like, how dumb are you actually?

Quit basketball already, you pathetic cvnt

[QUOTE=Manny98][url]https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/03/lebron-james-kyle-kuzma-push-defense[/url][/QUOTE]
We win again.

[QUOTE=Manny98][url]https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/03/lebron-james-kyle-kuzma-push-defense[/url][/QUOTE]

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[QUOTE=Gus Hemmingway]But 10 assists is more than double 4 assists


So if you only get 4 assists, you should at least average 44-50ppg to compensate


LeBron averaged 35 ppg and 10 assists, so Jordan and Kawhi can only be as good if they average 44-50ppg along with their 4 assists :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]
Other than Magic, 8 assist guys almost never win because getting an assist turns teammates into play-finishers, or reduces their role

This is necessary to an extent but too many assists from 1 guy makes teammates too much of play-finishers and reduces their role too much

That's why 4-7 apg is optimal - nearly every #1 option that won averaged in this range, while almost no one won by averaging over 8 apg.. a player needs to be capable of 4-7 apg, but it's overkill after that
.

[QUOTE=Gus Hemmingway]But 10 assists is more than double 4 assists


So if you only get 4 assists, you should at least average 44-50ppg to compensate


LeBron averaged 35 ppg and 10 assists, so Jordan and Kawhi can only be as good if they average 44-50ppg along with their 4 assists :confusedshrug:[/QUOTE]

If you look at the Raptors in the finals, the role players weren't merely assist targets, they were actively making plays for themselves. Vanvleet was out there creating shots, Siakim, Lowry, the bigs Serge and Gasol weren't merely 'get the rebound' cleanup guys so that keeps them engaged defensively. Kawhi was playing off his teammates, not the other way around. When the players are empowered to do more than wait for the pass everyone is uplifted. Try watching the game and not the boxscore, you might learn something.