Why the NBA is Terrified of Kawhi Leonard
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.พ. 2023
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Kawhi Leonard is terrifying the rest of the NBA right now. They know what he can be in the playoffs but the Clippers’ signing of Russell Westbrook changes things. This is a look at what the Clippers’ future holds this season. - กีฬา
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Kawhi is one of my favorite players in the league. Watching him in the playoffs is always a thing of joy when hes healthy.
When healthy
He's going to be healthy less and less as he ages.
Except in 2020!
But honestly that is the only time you see him play. Kinda disappointing for a great player who isn't healthy often. 😕
except he's never healthy
Westbrook after game 5 elimination in first round playoffs: “Win, lose, or draw, you gotta have fun.”
Kawhi: 😐
😂😂😂 ain't that the truth
Russ is a minimum contract, the clips haven't got slasher like him.
Russ Al ready play with PG and PG doing his best season with him, but PG was injured during play off against Portland.
Hé qualifying wizard for play off with a Big run during the end of regular season.
Stop this disrespect, he's not a shooter, but his energy, his speed will be a good thing for clips.
If the clips défend hard and have rebound, Russ will run for lay UP or find a shooter in corner, the clips have lots of shooting not like Lakers.
Ironically kawhi apparently told Russ to just have fun …atleast that what he said he to run in an interview
😂stopp bruh you cracking me up
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Once upon a time I got nice lower bowl tickets to see kawhi (away game for him). It was about the fourth game of the season. Kawhi sat due to load management. I will forever hold the grudge lol
Lmaoo
there should be a rule only see kawhi playoff games
Aw. Poor you
@@just10kills92 😢
Jesus loves you and may God bless you all..
Kawhi's response after reporter broke the news to him about KD traded to the Suns: "Oh." 😂
Kawhi Leonard, every superstar's Kryptonite.
Exactly
He’s been on teams that have eliminated KD Curry Bron Harden Russ Jimmy Embiid Giannis Luka Dame Wade Bosh
Kawhi was single handedly destroying the KD Warriors before that Zaza injury. 1 superstar versus 3 and Kawhi was up 21 on them.
they still would have lost the series
No lead is safe with that warriors starting 5
I recall in one playoff game against the mavs, kawhi going berserk and not missing shots. Just crazy
Oh yea I remember. It was game 5 where he was just killing the mavs no matter who was guarding
yea game 6, he had 45 down 3-2
Kawhi does play like machine lol.
his moves are not flashy at all but every if is clincial so mechanical and so efficient.
He's a literal robot on and off the court 😂
What I’m more terrified of is kawhi’s laugh 💀💀
💯
🤣🤣
@@brandonkhouli4972 so on point hahahaha
You better be terrified of his midrange shooting. Old school Assassin
Jesus loves you and may God bless you all..
As a raptors fan, Kawhi is one of my favourite players. Hope he can get a championship in LA. But obviously, as you mentioned, he had a way better team around him when he was on the raps.
Lowry Green Kawhi Ibaka Gasol. What a Team !!!
@@adil8701 Don’t forget siakam, vanvleet, and powell
@@maximatemewellness8853 of course i dont forget them just mentioning the starters.
Clippers have way better players around him? Says who? Has anyone won a championship on that roster besides Kawhi? Their most efficient 6th man scorer is Powell, who was a Raptors.
@@maximatemewellness8853 siakam was a starter
I think this just proves that 2018-19 Raptors squad deserves more credit than just Kawhi. They had enough depth and consistency to win without Kawhi during the regular season to buy him time for his playoff run. On paper the Clippers look deep but not as deep as that Raptors squad. The west is tougher than ever with KD and Kyrie in it now. I think the Clippers probably have enough breathing room to loose a little and rest up Kawhi but ultimately they don't want to find themselves in the play-in tournament (which they've lost before).
Raptors literally almost made the ECFs the bubble year too. They were extremely deep Kawhi & injuries put them over the top.
No, the credit goes to Danny Green bumping Klay Thompson on the way down from that fastbreak play. Klay going down is the reason the Raptors won. Asterix chip
@@zapmando And Kevin Durant not playing too. 😂 Its rigged. Kevin Durant magically played against LeBron preventing 2 rings and created a fake beef with Draymond so they have an excuse to break up the super super team.
@@zapmando injuries are part of the game. It's your job to avoid injury, or play injured and if you can't do that, your team suffers. It's something everyone contends with.
@Jack Jax no idea why you lunatics feel that way. Nothing would make the NBA more money internationally than LeBron winning a chip every year. And you can be sure the NBA benefits little from a team like the Nuggets leading the west.
That "oh" killed me 🤣🤣🤣
You are right. A fit Leonard is the closest thing to Jordan we've seen. Makes the game look easy.
Going back even further, he has some Oscar Robertson and John Havlicek in him, too.
There are those built for 82 game seasons, and there are those built for 16 game seasons. Kawhi will obviously rest and not give his all during the regular season, but come playoff time, you know the terminator will show up and work on both ends.
you can t play only a few games in a season and be ready for playoffs run.
@KA Your right last time Kawhi was ready for the playoffs he blew a 3-1 lead against the Nuggets
@@thegoat2985do better research that’s getting old clips would of won in 2021 he got hurt suns struggled vs a clips team without kawhi then bucks struggled vs suns clips would of won that year what ifs don’t matter tho what if you’re momma raised you right what of could of but didn’t happen
@@thomaslee2558 Would of could of should of. Lakers would have won if Ad never got injured against the Suns in the first round. Injuries are part of the game quit bitching about what ifs
@@thegoat2985 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
As a Canadian I will forever root for Kawhi as he brought us a championship.
The difference between the 2019 Raps and the current Clippers is that the Raps DID NOT NEED Kawhi to make the playoffs. They were already a consistent 50+ win team. They brought in Kawhi to give them the juice for a deep playoff run... and that's exactly what he gave them. I keep watching teams willing to mortgage their entire future for one or two superstars, surround them with scrubs or short-timers and expect them to CARRY the team for the entire season and then all the way through the playoffs to a title. It's not realistic. I think the Raps did it right. FIRST build a team that will get you there, THEN get the guy who will push you over the finish line.
The NBA is a superstar's league, but basketball is still a team game.... and over a long season and a long post-season, 5 very good players will always beat 1 great player.
This is one of my favourite videos from you. Keep up the good work!
the most important point you failed to articulate -- Leonard is one of the ultimate CLOSERS in the NBA. Raptors did not have that, so their load management was used with that in mind. and it paid off for their title!
5:50 you'll see SC:AM
Good eye
Nice mix of stats/basketball and story/drama...good job!
Kawhi is his own player. He and MJ might have similar skills, but Jordan was outgoing, charismatic, and a master of image, narrative, and legacy management. Kawhi is a master of load management, lol. Assuming they're equally competitive, Kawhi's also soft-spoken and introverted, and that's going to influence his dominance and image differently from MJ. He's his own player.
Running into Luka in the 1st round in 7 game series 2x in a row probably damaged their chances. They were gassed by the time they reached the 2nd round.
luka and kawhi kinda take the all the energy out of each other. basically a kamikaze matchup that fucks over both their chances.
If they meet this year, dallas is winning that series
@@idontexist1681 Idk, Dallas got a shit interior. They better get a decent center.
Any player with a usage rate over 40% does the same thing. Team basketball beats all. Iso will be the death of USA basketball and will result in the rise of the international player.
Ever occur to you that Kawhi out with a torn ACL in round 2, may have had something to do with it?
Kawhi is lethal.
Top 3 favorite player in the league
🤣
@@matthieusaade3616 whats so funny random?
@@matthieusaade3616 laughing at the part wheres hes one of my favorites, or that he is lethal?
@@vedaddy314 that he is your favourure
@@crazygamingyt7245 hows that funny? Someone cant have a favorite player?
B.S. They actually won a crazy amount of games when he sat out. That team was stacked!
Kawhi's my favourite player. He let's his game do the talking.
Oh
He lets his uncle and physical therapists do the talking.
@@paulakapablo1749 😂😂..and lets his team mates do the playing
What game? He doesn't play
Love the vids❤
Great vid man
seeing this after his game vs kings
You have a great segue from one video to the next.
Riley started load management with the Lakers. He got fined multiple times for sitting star players in the 80s. Of course it wasn't called "load management" back then. And no team would be allowed to officially sit players for "rest".
Jordan helped Kobe with his game and Kobe helped kawhi improve his game. Kobe and kawhi actually trained together and that’s when his offense really took off
JJ redick just said that no NBA players fear each other, I’d trust an ex-NBA player than a youtuber
3:09 Raptors fan here who’s VERY active on Twitter and message boards. We did not resent Kawhi for resting. The team was doing very well during the season and we knew he was signed for the playoffs which is where we needed help. But yes the players did reveal during the championship celebrations that there were tensions. But these tensions were never leaked during the season. Raps (at least up to 2020) let no leaks out
Thank you for saying 'comparable' correctly!!!
First! love the content man keep up the good work
Russ is actually perfect for what the Clippers need. Russ is a pace, penetration guy. He'll make everything easier for Kawhi and PG cause no one can really handle him one on one. As long as he keeps the deep ball to a minimum and plays serious defense, he'll be perfect for them.
Penetrating to miss layups or to pass the ball to the other team.
exactly what lebron and AD thought. come playoff time westbrook will be anon factor
@@ry_an. Russ was the scapegoat for lebron and AD. Ad has no drive for basketball and all lebron gave a fuck about was the scoring record.
Russ is for fun imao🤣🤣😁😁🤡🤡
Lmao bro. Let's hope he increased his basketball IQ at the age of 34 because his athletic abilities have gone down. I swear casual fans only talk about looking good on paper, but doesn't talk about a player's age, decision making, off the ball movement, and limited jumpshot percentages shooting 41% and 29.6% at the arc. Besides, Terrence Mann is a much better player. Russell better sit on the bench if this team wants to win 🤣
His shooting clips are damn near 50/48/92 since January that’s insane
As a raptors fan we were never tripping about him and his load management. Fcking van vleet and Siakam weren’t gonna do sh!t for us and derozan didn’t do anything for us except get us hurt lol. At least now we have a ring.
Yeah, as a Raptors fan as well, we embraced load management. Without him, we don't get near a championship.
@@arianh9380 forreal though. What the hell, a.m hoops is tripping again. 🤦🏾♂️ lmao.
Agree. Without Kawhi, we wouldn't have the ring. I even went to the championship parade in June! lol
@@weil9525 The whole family went, it was great until shots went off. Lol. Smh
@@arianh9380 Agreed. I was watching the video and was like,"WTF is this guy talking about?" No one in Toronto complained about Kawaii and load management. Sure, the media questioned it at different points in the season. But, because the team was effective in winning games while he sat out, fans were not worried. When Kawaii was on the floor, he performed well as well. Too bad, Kawaii left the Raptors. Went from a great situation to a team that doesn't gel too well. An no, Clippers will not exit the Western Conference finals. Too many good teams.
Kawhi has a switch that he turns on at his own time.
Told my boy this lol . This man never plays but no one ever says nun because of his playoff’s performance. It’s as if they heard my convo yesterday. He smart players need a play in his book
First 5 mins love ur vids. Love from london
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Im going to call work right now. Tell them I'm taking Monday off, load management.
I loved Russ' performance against the Kings, but I do have one issue: sometimes on defense, he just completely stands still and forgets his man. There was a play where the Kings' players didn't even screen him off but the guy he's guarding got open out of nowhere. His teammates were confused how did the guy got open; even I got confused so I had to check the replay because they were playing perfect d up until Russ froze in place. I hope they fix this cuz this would be a problem in crucial moments.
This is the reason why I think impact is more important than longevity . That's why Dwight should have been a top 75 players of all time
My rebuttal: AI & D.Rose - major impact, lack longevity @ the top of the league... longevity & titles aren't causal but they are heavily correlated
@@demetriuscolburn252 good point. Thanks for that:)
I mean load management makes sense. For a good playoff run, healthy star player more experience for the bench player
Watched the game Clippers vs. Kings. Kawhi is incredible...
Fans didn’t have an issue with Kawhi resting in Toronto. I say this as Raptors fan, we knew the deal. It was all in for a chip. We won, we were happy. And we knew he was hurt.
Mr. Video Maker. Do you think also that Jerry West got that panic too?
The nuggets and suns are definitely not afraid of the clippers or kawhi. Let's not forget he only won a chip as a superstar because he faced an injured warriors team
they led 3-1 on the warriors
@am hoops your next video should be titled Why the NBA is Terrified of Jakob Poeltl, and how he changed everything for the Raptors
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Kawhi my favorite player
Play style just like mj🤩
he plays nothing like mj
@@CMXRhe is tho, just look at the comparison and stop being delusional
@@CMXR he has the fade away
Hand length
Jab
Rim grazers
And gets better in the playoffs
@@EazzyHoops jordan was still dunking on everything at the same age kawhi is. jordans way faster
@@ry_an. true
That’s also because lashing has gotten many injuries
But Kawhi does have many legendary posters
And blows by his Opponents
Kawhi Plays like a machine. But you have to spend a lot of time updating him and the battery isn't optimized though. Too much reloading time but jeez he's a hell of a basketball machine.
I hope the Klaw Machine stays healthy and makes it deep into the playoffs. He's probably my ideal star player in terms of being a complete package being a great defender, and not being a one-trick pony in the offense. Plus, he got the killer instict in crunch time.
I love him too. Just wish he could stay healthy.
I went to that spurs game he went crazy
I am worried about Russ's effect on Clippers :(
You should be more worried if Kawhi can stay healthy.
Westbrook is legit a 6th man of the year this season. What are you talking about 😂 Turn off ESPN and actually watch basketball. He isn't supposed to be the star on lakers AD was! It's not Westbrooks fault, it's AD's because he was always injured.
@@CoolGuy-hh4lg Westbrook's turnovers and lack of a jump shot definitely hurt the team. Do you watch basketball? It looked disgusting at times. Some turnovers you can't help, but the ones where he could control it, it looked like he didn't know how to play basketball. I'm a Thunder fanm I love Russ. When he's on he's on, but don't try to completely put the blame on A.D. it's a combination of ADs Injuries and lack of aggression and Russ's streaky play. LeBron really at this stage In his career should be able to relax and be a 2nd or 3rd option on a team. And Depth. Damn it, depth was an issue.
@@ziggzagg8878 AD is supposed to be in his prime. Russ is 34! Most guys retire right around now. You find any reason to hate on Russ. No one expected him to be Steph or to be a shooter. Be for real here. The lakers will never win without a healthy Davis. Do you expect Westbrook to be the main guy on team?
At least Russ will play.
Am hoops went jxmyhighroller mode for a bit
I understand that load management helps players come playoff time. But playoff seeding is really important to a team's chances to win the title. Don't load management so much in the regular season that you end up with bad playoff seeding.
dunno how important seeding rlly is esp. if ure expected to be the best team fully healthy!
@@antonquirgst2812 Fair enough, especially in the West this year. I wouldn't want to play the Celtics or Bucks in the first round in the East this year. But if the season ended right now, the Clips would play the Suns in the first round - not how I would want to start the playoffs.
@@jamesbennett1634 I get that, but in the end to become champions they would have to eventually beat them both! (It just looks way worse if youre exiting round one, thats all imo)
When he plays he is number 1 in the league
I was called crazy when I was saying that Kawhi plays almost identical like MJ... Only finishes at the rim differently....
Cool video n all but that jacket is niceee 👍🏻 I need one ☝🏻😆
The clippers do this every year and every year people fall for it hes gonna flame out in the playoffs again that Toronto season was a blip not a trend for kawhi
When the Spurs did load management, we actually won games sitting players.
As for Kawhi, he might have some bio mechanical issues related to his build. it happens in sports
Agreed, no doubt his explosiveness comes with a higher need for rest in between.
It’s like a sprinter vs a runner, it’s just how he’s built.
Anyone else noticed a certain youtuber in the background behind the claw?
Westbrook can play back to back with kawhi or PG so one of them can rest and we know westbrook can dominate the paint with his flash play and assist to players so thats why they sign westbrook.
Kawhi response was OH 😂😂lol
I can really tell who casey loves and who casey hates with these videos 😂
Every true NBA fans know Kawhi is all about Playoffs but the Nuggets is a different beast this season.
Regular season but let's see
No it still sounds crazy
As a nuggets fan I ain't even remotely scared.
I hope for your sake that you guys have a good playoffs, cuz if it doesn’t go well y’all are going to get all the media hate until Jokic wins a chip. Just got done watching the same song and dance as a Bucks fan, and it was Mr. Leonard who shut down our first real playoff run. I wouldn’t underestimate the Claw even as unassuming as he is.
"Oh."
What a nice response by Kawhi 😂😂😂😂
Kawhi doesn't poop. He just partakes in load management.
Kawhi is one of the most humbled superstars of all time!
That windbreaker cold
LOL> His response was.... , "Oh." Pulitzer for journalism there... 😝
As you said the Spurs are the OGs of resting their players, even the Spurs and the players being rested took issue with Kawhi not playing, tony Parker spoke out also not just vanvleet. I’m a Philly fan I’ve recognized that Kawhi has a similar resume’ to the best players other than playing time and totals. He’s definitely a postseason demon and I would rest him as much as he wants, I believe he’s been correct the entire time. I wanted to add that even the OGs of resting guys weren’t happy with the amount of rest Kawhi demanded at the beginning of his prime. I think maybe if Jordan had the same luxuries he would be in another stratosphere than he already is. Clutch shooting good defense and a midrange game doesn’t constitute a Jordan comparison even with 3-5 rings. The career totals aren’t there in every category and I’m sure Jordan would’ve won more with constant rest on teams that go on deep playoff runs regardless of his presence. Loved the video and hope it puts some respect on Kawhi’s name. Yeah I’d pick him over bron in a best of 7 finals series.
You are right the Raptors were a super team: Kawhy, Lowry, Siakam, Gasol, Van Vleet, Ibaka, D.Green really closer to GS than people tell.. and at his best Kawhy was Better than KD..
July 7, 2023 todays Date, making it from 13th to the 5th seed and taking game 1 was amazing but like you said all that load management works when it does but unfortunately kawhi went out
Definitely reminds me of Jordan.
The movement, the poise, timing, the knowledge that he's better than everyone else.
WOW, what a player.
A healthy Hawaii I'd pick over any other player
When he's healthy, he's putting up Jordan numbers
He's never healthy tho
Ayyyyy it’s the Leonard gang
Kawhi is a playoffs player, good at regular season, but insane at playoffs.
@@LeoKinhg assuming he gets there healthy yeah
except jordan played near damn everything
okc gonna be crazy in a few years if those guys stay together
Kawhi is great, i remember him as MJ when idol MJ was playing. Now he was next to idol Kobe as my idol now🎉🎉🎉
Honestly I'd rather have SGA and 7 picks than Kawhi and PG lol. They can't stay healthy.
Sga is already way better than pg lmfao
Ur dumb, at least the clips have a chance at the finals
Nice jacket man
So no one is gonna talk about how Casey looks like a soccer Dad in that sweater😂
Nobody can logically feel this way because Kawhi will always get hurt. MJ played over 80 games 11x. Kawhi? He's played over 70 games twice and over 60 games 6x.
FR he needs to be back to that 2020-2021 version of himself before the injury in the playoffs, cause we saw that monster in Toronto in 2019 100%%%%
Kawhi is like Goku always healing somewhere then coming out kicking ass
As a Raps fan, i never had an issue with his load management.
The Master of Load Management 😀
Kawhi’s response. . “Oh”
Unfortunately he is made of glass and the Spurs were right about his degenerative condition. The dude is 31 and with his health history doesn't have much longer of prime play. He could have been one of the greats but so could alot of players. Either way, the NBA isn't afraid of a player that misses that much time on a team that hasn't proven themselves capable despite the talent they have. Hell, it kind of shows how talented the Raptors were the year they won with Kahwi, because the Clips have underperformed horribly even when he is healthy.
kawhi is the same. He’s been playing amazing but when he’s doing good nobody talks about it smh weird people
I honestly don’t see the risk. PG had an MVP calibre season next to Russ.
6:49 Rodman watching this: REALLY? I should just knock him out instead.
Kawhi when healthy was destroying the GSW with KD which was considered one of the two best team all time so it is safe to say he deserves any special treatment and any rest he needs. I mean any team would do load management for a slightly injured MJ comes playoffs time
honeslty im just happy getting into the conference finals for the first time doesnt matter what they do after that unless they win a champ but either way im good
Amhoops, how are you getting 7 picks? We gave up 5. 3 From us and 2 from Miami, wth?
You say Kawhi wasn't like by fans .. did you not hear of Kawine and dine? Kawhi literally ate for free at Toronto restaurants.. we loved him in Canada