When's Kawhi gonna start showing why he was FMVP?

[shadow]

whenever another 5 game fluke happens.

[rmt]

whenever another 5 game fluke happens.

He performed at a very high level in 3 of the most pressure filled games of the basketball season (and in the previous Finals too) - don't think that's a fluke.

[tragicbronson]

Whenever he faces LeBron on the big stage I guess.

I mean, you didn't expect JJ Barea and Jason Terry to miraculously become all star players just because they clowned on LeCramp on the biggest stage, did you?

[Quickening]

He got hot in the finals and still only averaged 18, 6 and 2... Spurs have lots of good players, no top ten players so thats why he won FMVP. Winning FMVP does't automatically mean you're a superstar, or have top ten production.

People act like he was a defensive god in the finals... Lebron averaged 28, 8 and 4 on 57% from the field and 52% from 3, he hardly shut him down.

[Rose'sACL]

He got hot in the finals and still only averaged 18, 6 and 2... Spurs have lots of good players, no top ten players so thats why he won FMVP. Winning FMVP does't automatically mean you're a superstar, or have top ten production.

People act like he was a defensive god in the finals... Lebron averaged 28, 8 and 4 on 57% from the field and 52% from 3, he hardly shut him down.

butler is the best lebron defender, not kawhi.

[BuffaloBill]

[atljonesbro]

Leonard is most definitely very overrated. He's a good player but he isn't even close to a superstar. Idk how people even came up with that absurd notion anyways.

[rmt]

No one (not even Leonard) knows what his ceiling is because he's never been allowed to be a #1 scoring option. He's had to score within the Spurs' system - taking 3 pters or cleaning up on the boards - rarely did he iso or take his own shot. Seems like Pop's experimenting with that now - but he has a long way to go before he gets used to shouldering more of the scoring load. In the meantime, his elite defense and rebounding are still there.

[Mr Exlax]

He's not the first role player to win a FMVP. You just have to be in the right position for only a week or two to get it. Credit goes to him, but more should go to the Spurs system and how bad the Miami Heat gameplan was.

[AnaheimLakers24]

How does it feel knowing this average role player outplayed bran
actually yall should be used to it. I meam he did get outplayed by terry and jj

[riseagainst]

He showed why he was FMVP in the Finals he earned FMVP.

/thread

[aj1987]

Whenever he faces LeBron on the big stage I guess.

I mean, you didn't expect JJ Barea and Jason Terry to miraculously become all star players just because they clowned on LeCramp on the biggest stage, did you?

The **** are you blathering about, idiot? Barea went from 10/2/4 in the RS to 9/2/3 (on 38/33/71) in the Finals. Dropped 11/3/3 on 48/46/88 against the Servant though. Terry averaged 2 points more than what his did in the RS though. Got ridiculously hot in the final 2 games though.

[Artillery]

Leonard's the 2nd most impactful player in the NBA after Lebron according to this year's RAPM:

http://stats-for-the-nba.appspot.com...RAPM_2015.html

Lebron has the highest offensive impact in the league.
Leonard has the highest defensive impact.

Lebron:
5.1 - Off
0.9 - Def
6.0 - Total

Leonard:
1.9 - Off
4.0 - Def
5.9 - Total

[jzek]

He's like LeBron - he coasts in the regular season and turns it up in the playoffs.

[russwest0]

The **** are you blathering about, idiot? Barea went from 10/2/4 in the RS to 9/2/3 (on 38/33/71) in the Finals. Dropped 11/3/3 on 48/46/88 against the Servant though. Terry averaged 2 points more than what his did in the RS though. Got ridiculously hot in the final 2 games though.

A LeBron stan trying to formulate an argument using nothing but raw stats from the box score.

Never change, ISH