The Great Yet Confusing Legacy of Kawhi Leonard
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- The Great Yet Confusing Legacy of Kawhi Leonard
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“I didn’t want to make this video 😤😔”
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@@JBsleeze31bros go to saying 😹
You forgot the sigh before it 😂😂.
His 1 year with the Raptors is more memorable than his 5 years with the Clippers
His 1 year at the raptors is more memorable than 80% of the active nba players careers gonna be
his 1 year with the raptors is the most memorable in raptors history
@@originaltrill 80% ? you smoking crack man, at least 97%
Well yeah because he's been fucking injured those 5 years. Ain't no one remember seeing him on the court
@narrow3601 what about the 3-1 lead blow vs Denver in 2020
Kawhi is known for ending dynasties, he ended LeBron’s Heat, Durant’s Warriors, and the Spurs dynasty. All in a single decade👍
I agree
The spurs 😂
@@zer0diamonds315I never thought about Kawhi ending the Spurs dynasty, but he high key got a point 😂😂
Injuries ruined Durant Warriors lol no chance healthy Warriors lose to Raptors
What he (and his management team) did to Spurs was brutal. Spurs invested all for him after the trio retired and he was just getting money and not playing, Spurs couldn't rebuild properly
All these missed games and injuries and his accolades still stacks up better than majority of HOF'ers..bro really the anomaly of basketball
The HoF standards has really dipped when they acquired Reggie Miller, an only 3 time third All-NBA team player and Vlade Divac
@@1vaultdwellerit's the Pro Basketball Hall of Fame, not the NBA Hall of Fame.
@@1vaultdwellerMiller got in on college accolades as well as NBA. Vlade got in with Olympic and eruo ball accolades as well. There is not an NBA hall of fame there’s the basketball hall of fame.
@@cyrillesu It's not even pro basketball. It's known as the Basketball Hall of Fame. So college accolades count as well.
@@cyrillesu Which is total BS. NBA has like %99 of the best talent of the basketball world. US has like 18 gold out of 21 olympic tournaments
As a huge Kawhi fan, it hurt big time when you said “you just had to be there” when witnessing his prime 😢😂 bro he needs to win at least one more ring before retiring
He’s not going to. He’s happy living in Cali with his fam bro. He’s coasting so he could chill and get paid
@@J-jizzy_nah he works really hard Im know the drive is there, but the injuries are ruining his chances. He didn’t even get injured for Team USA; he was healthy, so they kicked him off for no real reason.
@@benjamin-qn7nf they were probably scared he would get hurt
Arguably the best player to never win mvp. The greatest underachiever of all time
I mean he kinda overachieved his draft projections
Hell nah! DWade way better
@@MarcoRoberto1 respectfully, Kawhi is better in every single category
@@akko3848 The best ability is availability
@@MarcoRoberto1 dwades not playing though..?
Just got off the phone with Kawhi, he said “well done Vincent.”
Zaza Pa-cheapshot really started all of his injury problems
Facts it’s still Fuck Zaza to this Day
Womp womp.
Like they'd win against GS in 2017. 1 game wouldn't change everything.
@jdapaul1351 Nobody said anything about that idk why you trippin
@@jdapaul1351 you arent delusional at all
@@jdapaul1351who cares he fucked his career, get a brain
So... he's in the same category as Bill Walton: they got to show their excellence, got hindered in their career and fell short even if they won several championships.
On another note, I think people don't take into account how much the death of his father affected him. It's the kind of thing that shatters your attitude towards life and the sport. The decisions he and his entourage made are directly linked to it.
nah, they're not the same. iirc walton had a couple good years in 77 and 78 with an MVP, fmvp and a ring, but after he got injured he never returned to his MVP form and ended up as a role player. kawhi's still one of the best players, and still a superstar when healthy but keeps getting injured. kawhi's in his own league
@@11DowningStreet Don't forget that Walton had an legendary college career, which isn't the nba, and it can't be ignored. Of course, you're right with Kawhi, but ultimately they are great player with impressive awards and rings and yet they somehow feel like they fell short
@@cheeseomega3930 yeah, walton would've been top 15 all time with a full career imo, portland was gonna be a dynasty
kawhi is jimmy butler on steroids
Perfect comparison
This is so insulting to Kawhi’s legacy but I get what you mean
@@ahmedalihazaa1593I didn’t know Kawhi could pass ?
Growing up in San Antonio Kawhi will always be my favorite player
Thank you for saying he’s “one of the biggest what ifs ever”. I was arguing this plain fact with people in youtube comments and they for some reason could not comprehend that lol.
Back with another swishout video🔥🔥🔥
For me the video should be a "what if" because, like Bill Walton, we will never know how great Kawhi could have been if it weren't for their terrible injuries, probably both would be in a top 10 all time and with multiple championships.
Kawhi is the best player that never plays
I still vividly remember when Kawhi was legitimately put in like top 20 top 15 all time back in 2020
Now in 2024 most people would put him in top 30 and it is on the lower side of the top 30
His legacy is split. 2 x Finals MVP and shared MVP of load management with Paul George.
Unpopular opinion/hot take of is that if Kawhi stayed healthy he would probably be a top10 player and maybe even goat conversation depending on his accolades. He's in my top 20 top 15 as of now
Agree
No doubt. He would've been the next elite 2-way wing since Kobe.
He would've won more championships, FMVPs, contended for multiple MVPs, probably win more DPOYs, climbed higher in all time points, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals, etc.
Kawhi said it best: he guards the opposing team's best player and is guarded by their best defender. Adding that to his injury list, I really wish he was the second or third option because the load management is not working given how much he has to do on the court.
He literally switched onto guarding Giannis and proceeded to win the next 4 games of the playoffs lmaooo
@@J-jizzy_ I'm sure he gets a pass for that, he played through a small injury and the Raptors were killing it. I believe this quote was October last year before the season started
@@bonk668nah bro I’m agreeing with you. Raps lost first two games because nobody could stop giannis, so he switched onto guarding giannis for the next 4 games while averaging 30. Absolutely ridiculous how good he was in that playoffs
I feel so many people wanted Kawhi to win that chip before lebron in LA, me included. Im not gonna lie, bro was my fav player in 2020 and he let me DOWN. i was hurt fr lmao
coz you're a bandwagon, you deserve that
I respect the hell out of you for keeping that One Train instrumental in the background of your vids still to this day... the day 1s of this channel remember. Seriously one of the hardest beats ever, I'm talking top 10 all time.
Another banger 🔥
He gets a chip and disappears to charge his battery again 😂,
You’re spot on being able to witness his greatness in person. Watching the raptors win and driving back home through the GTA - everyone honking and cheering felt very surreal and knowing he took the team there was wild
Bill Walton the one that remind me of Kawhi. Legend. 2 chips. Has more injury days than days he played.
Just had to be there 💯💯
Man, I’ve been waiting for a video. Thank you for putting one out.
So sad he was plagued with injuries. Really could've been a top 10 player oat.
He's a great player as well in my top 10 favorites, Klaw is a beast when healthy.
I'll take kawhi's 2019 run over any KD's momemnts
Msyterious aura
your vids are always so well informed and you never have uneducated takes. One of the best NBA channels on TH-cam!! I can’t wait for your content this upcoming season
Kawhi leonard is Bill Walton. Injured for a lot of his career but had one good year and led his team to a chip
Kawhi had more than one good year lol
@@randymoss789like bro…they just say anything 😂
Well you did clearly explained why when Kawhi was on the Raptors your reasoning and made sense cuz everyone didn't expect Raptors to win but he definitely was the star on that team and he definitely was putting up numbers
top 5 all time is crazy 😭😭
In all honesty When Zaza Pachulia injured Kawhi since that time he hasn’t been the same 😢 yes I know he won the championship with the Raps but he made a mistake leaving
Hot take: behind lebron and steph, kawhi is the 3rd best player of the 2010s, over KD. Because unlike KD his rings were hard earned and legit and not fraudulent like KD's 🤷
Assinine lmao lets forget the mvp he won or the fact he only missed the playoffs once or the fact that kawhi didnt even average 20 until halfway through the decade come on man you can not like kd but dont elevate kawhi to slight kd
Yeah no nice try I give you an A for effort.
@MertoTrusts_Me no effort was needed. One guy won the right way (kawhi), the other guy joined his opps cause he couldn't beat them (KD) 🤷
No. Kawhi was never better than KD and he never will be. KD is way more skilled
@darrenaning930 mvps are irrelevant. And what did all that scoring ability get kd? He had to join a 73-9 team to actually win lol kawhi won a ring before him which is funny. Much more impressive than kds warriors rings
My favorite player fam 😢
Kawhi is a top 20 player oat imo and he could’ve been higher if he stayed healthy. the stats truly don’t tell the full story
Not even top 100 oat
@@MarcoRoberto1woah
@@subwooferthugg yeah ignore tht nga he buggin😭😭😭😹
Listening to 1train got me ready to hear one of the greatest basketball takes ever
Excellent video. Love your content man!
uploads being this close together is goated
Great video man.
weird as fuck seeing kawhi laugh like that 3:22
He's a fun guy.
We gotta get rid of this “the Spurs were punishing Kawhi” narrative. Sure it wasn’t on his list, but he also wanted out at a time when the Spurs were about to lose of their OGs. The Lakers and Clippers at the time didn’t have enough and weren’t willing to give up their useful pieces for someone they viewed as a risk.
AND Toronto wasn’t a bottom of the barrel team and his deal still allowed him to leave after a year. At the end of the NBA is a business, and saying that that trade was a punishment is like saying giving someone a Dodge Charger when they wanted a Mustang is a punishment.
The Spurs just didn’t want to deal him to a Western conference team
SZA instrumental is on point
getting to live in LA is not worth having to play for the clippers
His legacy is both great and confusing as you mentioned. Sucks that he hasn’t been available more often to enhance it more often.
If Kawhi would’ve stayed in Toronto, he would’ve been on trajectory towards Michael Jordan
Not if the injuries still happened, like they have on the clippers
@@colewrld901 that clippers curse is brutal
His ego and his uncle wouldn’t allow this to happen in any parallel universes.
finnaly someone brings it up San Antonio had the highest chance of knocking off the kd warriors but Zaza did the dirtiest play in history
Confusing...it started well and then it fell down not that hard
Would you say his career was an overall success on a level of an all time great? Or does recent years muddle his image and bring down his legacy? I think that’s the confusing part. Also, his metrics doesn’t really show how great of a player he is due to inability to stay on the court.
@@thaik.8774 of course it does,why it wouldn't? We only look at those 3 good years and forget the other 8? LMAO btw the best ability is availability so if you're not on the court...
@@mattylatvala433 good years ? He’s had 4 good years in SA, 1 in Toronto and he was good for most of the year this year. 2 fmvp and dpoy is enough to put him top 20 all time
The one thing you know consistently when kawhi Leonard healthy his teams won games overall especially when it matters the most.🏀💯
Kawhi has always been my fav player
So kawhi is this generations bill Walton
I love u swish but the real possibility for Kawhi and Clippers to win the title is that 2021 season not 2020
Man, I was really excited for this video, but it's filled with backhanded compliments. Like fr fr, the media is treating Kawhi like Isaiah Thomas (Pistons) of this generation. He's not your typical superstar, fine, but don't overlook his accomplishments and accolades....
I just don’t see KL being up there with Bron, KD, Steph. I’ve just never seen it. Knew it was a bust when they all went to the clippers.
Kawhi is on another level of "What If?" I cannot put him alongside the likes of Grant Hill, Penny Hardaway, Brandon Roy, and Derrick Rose.
It actually made sense for the clippers to extend Leonard, if he’s healthy they’re championship contenders… Paul George isn’t that guy he gives them a chance to compete but he’s gonna go out there and win you a championship as a first option. Paul George is basically a better version of Demar Derozan
kawhi is a beast but his legacy is built on hitting an unbelievable shot against the sixers who probably would have won the championship without the bounce. dude is/was an unbelievable player..
Real talk, without injuries and the Clippers decision he could’ve been top 10 of all time
Toronto fans should thank the basketball gods daily that the stars aligned for them the year they got Kawhi
He peaked in 2019 and hasn't accomplished shit since
Kawhi is a what if and he STILL going to the hall of fame off his hardware and playoff efficiency alone.
That intro funny 😂😂
He’s the biggest what-if definitely. He could be even higher all the time, but he’s still a top 35 player ever to lace up
Kawhi legacy and accomplishment is great and amazing!. He defeated the superstars like lebron, Curry and KD all of them in their prime!!! The worst is just how he is trying to end is career.
It's more on cobtracts now than winning for him. It's understandable. You cannot feed rings to your family.
Liking before I even start the video
One of a kind player top 15 all time
Still not exactly sure what greener grass he was seeing in LA
Vs just staying in Toronto and retooling the roster
They ain't the avengers lol
its crazy to think that a healthy kawhi he could've legitimately won 2 more and would be in top 10 conversations like his contemporaries kd and curry
I’m a fun guy
Bro loves that sza beat
Kawhi probably would get much more slander if he was a more vocal player. But at this point, him sitting out due to injury or load management is just to be expected.
Kawhi to me is slightly better then KD. He’s just hurt too often.
He doesn’t care about individual accolades, he only cares about his team winning. I’ve seen so many games where Kawhi either has 30+ or close to a triple double in the 3rd quarter where if the game isn’t close he doesn’t play the 4th chasing stats.
Also I believe he messed up going to the Clippers… all he needed was to sign a 1 year deal with the Raptors and we would’ve gotten Lakers vs Raptors in 2020. Since Raptors has a better team and Kawhi wouldn’t have to deal with Pandemic PG
2021 Kawhi was phenomenal but was playing extra hard since for some reason the Clippers were stupid I’m never getting him and PG a point guard until Westbrook in 2023
Still kawhi over KD any day of the week and I’m glad it’s people in the comments who agree
Kawhi still has 2x DPOY’s . And 2x FMVP’s . And his Chips being against Steph and James will probably maintain his legacy. It will be kinda like Zeke being left off the dream team.
I know kawhi Leonard has the most confusing but also successful career in nba history it's hard to get a good read on him overall as whole.
Mahomes is having the legacy that most people thought kawhi was going to have
man he woulda won that 2021 chip if he ain’t tear his ACL really ain’t fair
If Kawhi wasn't tryna be the king of LA, he would've been the GOAT
His legacy perfect for his personality lmfao
Kawhi my goat nonetheless
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Gotta make this for Kyrie too now
I mean, he did beat Curry in the finals, but the Raptors would have easily lost that series if KD played, or even if Klay didn't get hurt. And it definitely didn't help Steph that their bench was horrendous.
People act like injuries to NBA players are impossible to understand. PG13’s leg injury is GRUESOME to watch and the fact he’s recovered as well as he has is amazing, not a reason for ridicule. His performance as Playoff P is though because gawdamn.
But Kawhi’s got an inflammatory knee injury that gets worse with use. It’s going to bother him forever, just like it would for any normal person. He isn’t super human. But he gets degraded for failing to BE super human. That’s fuckin nuts.
13K total career points 🤯
I assumed that he could atleast have 20K
Nothing tops 2014
Calling another man a "god" is crazy
Kawhi needed coach Pop tbh.
He is hella overrated. Absolutely CHOKED a 3-1 lead to the Nuggets. And has been robbing the Clippers for years
An idiot savant, he is for sure!
2014-2019 HOF career
2 rings, 2 FMVP, 2 DPOY, 2 time All NBA 1st team..only player to win 2 rings not named lebron or curry from 2011-2020
He should’ve never left Toronto.
For me personaly Kawhi is the biggest what if. Not D Rose not T Mac not Grant Hill. Kawhi could have easily been top 10 all time if not for the injuries like he would absolutely contend for a title in 17,18,21,22,23,24 if heathy and realistically could have had 1-3 more chips...
Went from Jordan to street clothes
Kawhi started his career as a blue collar, worked his way from projected role player to top 75 nd he was just riddled with injuries. Not to tear them down but Harden and Westbrook will most likely have played longer than Kawhi and combined don't math Kawhi's 2 rings just to gage his greatness. Yes, u met the first Kawhi Leonard fan.
YesSir
If PG didn’t want to play with Kawhi because of injury concerns… why tf would he willingly go play with Embiid then?
calling kawhii top 5 all time is criminal