@@BRJ45sad bc he never had mvp numbers during reg season but the talent he’s shown during playoffs and those championship runs would prolly translate to 2-3 regular season MVP’s if he played like that during the season
@@makaveli_tha_don3338should be in everyone’s top 30 but he’s the most hated nba player i’ve ever seen because of actual serious injuries i hate people in this era they hate on this man while they praise lebron this dude calling klay right now soon as free agency hit just like he did kawhi 5 all years ago all those super teams just to be 4-6 kawhi has the worse luck missed fg him and manu that lead to ray allen shot and doc rivers choke job vs nuggets not even counting injuries would of been 4-2 kawhi lebron 2
Just without the hops, hang time, will, and intensity. I always said, if he just had a draymond or even pat bev dog like mentality, he would have easily been the MJ/Kobe predecessor
@@En1gmatic1wdym he has that mentality/intensity/will you do realize he’s really injury prone and has a knee injury that can not be healed since his spurs days and still playing through those things . He’s literally almost beat the best team assembled warriors and could’ve beaten them if not for that injury 😂
Thing is, he's still HIM when he's actually on the court even today. When he actually suits up, there's no sign of any decline in his game at all. He'll have his solid 25pts 7rebounds and 4 steals. Then just suddenly not be available with an injury for a month then come back n drop the same stat line.
He was legitimately getting MICHAEL JORDAN comparisons when he was in Toronto just killing everyone with his jump shot and insane burst of speed dunks. He legit has the form of the goat, then the injuries got him
Prime Kawhi Leonard is defitnely one of the most complete players ever, he could shoot from 3pt line & mid range, he could defend the interior & perimeter, he could finish and could assist. Everything he does in his prime is great, especially the ones i just said, he even had good ppg average and he is defitnely top 5 best mid rangers oat, a healthy Kawhi is also quite scary. Injuries are the only thing that managed to slow my king Kawhi down fr
Not running it back 1 more year with Toronto is such a shame.. they had such a high chance of going back to back in 2020. Going to LA ruined his career
Prime Kawhi is still ongoing but just riddled with injuries He was more efficient at Spurs. He scored much more better with the Clippers His least efficient postseason was when he won the championship with the Raptors Injuries are his kryptonite
This proves the kawhi didn't carry the championship raptors team. That team was already winning without kawhi. He was just the cherry on top when he arrived.
@@avatarmoney01 RAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH1!1! Even if i agreed with you with the facts that the team was very good before kawhi arrived, you cannot denied that 2019 carry a little bit the team. Is because kawhi was here that the raptors beat the orlando,sixers and bucks ( golden state is maybe the injuries but nvm). I think that 19 season kawhi make his biggest over 40 points seasons. SOOOOO yeah, kawhi carry the raptors for the majority of the playoff.
@@forgottenson3411 Well I mean statistically that just isn't true, Kawhi averaged 27.7 points in the 2017 playoffs, he averaged 30.5 in the 2019 playoffs.
Prime Kawhi is physically a perfect 1998 Jordan Clone. He just lacks some of the hangtime and lift in his shooting, and most importantly, the mindset/& intensity of MJ. But his post up turnaround, footwork, defense, and big hands are Jordan-like.
wdym he has that mentality/intensity/will you do realize he’s really injury prone and has a knee injury that can not be healed since his spurs days and still playing through those things . lol he basically defined all odds and expectations he had since his rookie days .
@@rezhaadriantanuharja3389 How so? Raptors literally finished 2nd place in the league again the next year at 53-19 and had an even higher winning % in 2020 than they did in 2019, casual take. Add Kawhi to a 53-19 team and that's easy b2b.
@@rezhaadriantanuharja3389 casual. You don't know how even role players took a jump after he left, like how Siakam elevated his game, and Powell, VanVleet, and Anunoby all took a jump. The Raptors finished 53-19 and Nick Nurse won coach of the year. If the Bubble didn't happen they would've been back to the Eastern Conference Finals. 🤡
@@rezhaadriantanuharja3389 delusional.. van vleet and siakam got better the next year... 2020 lakers team that won would have lost in 5 to that raptors team
As a Spurs fan saying it was one of the worst draft night trades of all time is a stretch that’ll tear a muscle. George Hill was a solid PG for that Pacers team they were contenders for a good stretch of the time he was there
( sry for bad english i am from quebec) What i recomment to kawhi: stop try to be here just to be here ( LIKE THE MAVERICKS VS CLIPPERS) take more time for recover. Some people will think that i am saying shit, bc he will be overpayed and i know it, but you have to admit that we prefer( at least me) a player take care about his health and take a time for himself and being overpayed than an npc in the court that being overpayed. Edit: i hope that he will be at least a very good roleplayer for the next season. Because he is my fav player and i will like to at least a little of prime kawhi and not the papy with bad knee kawhi
Bro the biggest finnesser in the lead. Treated everyone like they disposable and keeps all the glory for himself without praising his teammates But damn good asf at basketball 😂
I remember watching that game 1 of Spurs vs Warriors...and the Warriors we the heavy favorites to win the series....but in that Game #1.... Kawhi was killing them until the injury. Not saying the Spurs were going to win the series, but Kawhi was definitely on track to win at least the first game single-handed.
How you gonna say he put the raps on his back. In the final series paskal was easily the best. And the next season after he left they were looking extremely good before the bubble killed their momentum
I remember that Jaja pachula play, shit was dirty!! I was hurt, the only player that could do that and if it escalates warriors are good w/o him. Kahwi goes down & we're done
Kawhi and the general population deserves another full healthy championship from Kawhi Leonard, I’d rather he rest as much as possible to finally lay it all out and then retire, besides health, I cannot criticize anything from his game
when he wont the FMVP, no one still think he is the best player in the league he guards and stop LBJ and people still so under-estimate him next year he won DPOY consecutively in 2 years ' then playoff against warrior, DIrty ZAZA injury him
Kawhi is my favorite player of this era. His rookie year, I can’t explain what it was, but he was at the line against OKC in the WCF and I just knew he’d be a great. His played the game the right way. Load management drives me nuts, and I hate he’s the figure head for it. But he gets a pass from me. He left the spurs over quadriceps tendionapathy- which is a degenerative tissue disease. Every pundit to this day skates over that. When he carried Toronto to that ship he was grimacing after every dunk. Then his knee continually fucks him. He wants to play, and when he does he is the best player in the league. Last season he played back to backs and look what happened. This year I hope he comes back, gets in his peak and delivers before that knee fucks him again. I hate harden but the clips and harden are really good and kawhi coming back makes them deadly. He owes that to harden. He’s unfairly been labeled as a terrible super star, and mr load management but he’s the only one who can retire now and be an all time great and the only one who actually probably needs to load manage.
So this video skips the part when kawhi Leonard and Tim Duncan win the championship over the Miami heat. Indiana drafted Kauai but they didn't have the know-how to develop Kauai which is why they traded him for George Hill Kawhi Leonard playing for the raptors was his revenge tour. The guy got his revenge and now he's just a lazy Superstar it has been
He took a B+ team into the finals carrying the whole team for the whole playoffs, their 2nd scoring option was Kyle Lowry, played lockdown D against Giannis. Kawhi will always be my favourite player after Kobe
This is crazy revisionist history. Raptors were the deepest team in the playoffs with MIP Siakam, all star Lowry, and back of prime Gasol. Raptors built the perfect system and team around him to maximize his play. That same Raptors team without him won the same amount of games the next season. Obviously he was front and Center but that Raptors team was elite before he got there. It was the best situation for both parties.
@@yeahthisisalex5681 Raptors were actually a statistically better team in 2020 than they were in 2019, they finished with a .736 win% a franchise high.
@@KP-wt8qr that’s what I’m saying dude. some people don’t want to acknowledge how good the franchise was between 2015 and 2022. and now after the chip they got a budding two way superstar and other young pieces. Excited for the future of this team
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It’s a shame injuries have plagued this man’s career, he’d be most likely a top 15 player all time if not for injuries
he’s probably have an mvp and another dpoy and another ring
@@BRJ45sad bc he never had mvp numbers during reg season but the talent he’s shown during playoffs and those championship runs would prolly translate to 2-3 regular season MVP’s if he played like that during the season
@@gilly2026 yeah especially if he tried his hardest in the reg season
he’s still top 30 for me
@@makaveli_tha_don3338should be in everyone’s top 30 but he’s the most hated nba player i’ve ever seen because of actual serious injuries i hate people in this era they hate on this man while they praise lebron this dude calling klay right now soon as free agency hit just like he did kawhi 5 all years ago all those super teams just to be 4-6 kawhi has the worse luck missed fg him and manu that lead to ray allen shot and doc rivers choke job vs nuggets not even counting injuries would of been 4-2 kawhi lebron 2
I think Prime Kawhi is the last player you want to be up against offensively ever
He‘s so strong
Honestly prime peak peak kawhi is seriously jordan level
Just without the hops, hang time, will, and intensity. I always said, if he just had a draymond or even pat bev dog like mentality, he would have easily been the MJ/Kobe predecessor
@@En1gmatic1what are you talking about? Kawhi has a degenerative knee and it’s getting worse as he ages, nothing he can do about that.
@@En1gmatic1 I think he has the will and intensity just not the hops and hang time.
@@En1gmatic1wdym he has that mentality/intensity/will you do realize he’s really injury prone and has a knee injury that can not be healed since his spurs days and still playing through those things . He’s literally almost beat the best team assembled warriors and could’ve beaten them if not for that injury 😂
Let me introduce you to 2019 playoffs.
Thing is, he's still HIM when he's actually on the court even today. When he actually suits up, there's no sign of any decline in his game at all. He'll have his solid 25pts 7rebounds and 4 steals. Then just suddenly not be available with an injury for a month then come back n drop the same stat line.
Fr kinda frustrating...he had me hyped up so many times just to be sad at the playoffs
He was legitimately getting MICHAEL JORDAN comparisons when he was in Toronto just killing everyone with his jump shot and insane burst of speed dunks. He legit has the form of the goat, then the injuries got him
Prime Kawhi Leonard is defitnely one of the most complete players ever, he could shoot from 3pt line & mid range, he could defend the interior & perimeter, he could finish and could assist. Everything he does in his prime is great, especially the ones i just said, he even had good ppg average and he is defitnely top 5 best mid rangers oat, a healthy Kawhi is also quite scary. Injuries are the only thing that managed to slow my king Kawhi down fr
Peak Kawhi (2019) was the best player on the planet.
facts!
You’re supposed to finish editing the video before putting it on public
💀💀💀
Not running it back 1 more year with Toronto is such a shame.. they had such a high chance of going back to back in 2020. Going to LA ruined his career
Injuries hurt him a lot big facts. When fully healthy Kawhi Leonard is a top 5 player big facts.
And he ain’t 5 definitely put him top 3
Zaza Pachulia rubbing his hand together like birdman rn
Prime Kawhi was an offensive AND defensive NIGHTMARE. Dropping 30 and holding your star player to 15 or under.
Prime Kawhi is still ongoing but just riddled with injuries
He was more efficient at Spurs.
He scored much more better with the Clippers
His least efficient postseason was when he won the championship with the Raptors
Injuries are his kryptonite
This proves the kawhi didn't carry the championship raptors team. That team was already winning without kawhi. He was just the cherry on top when he arrived.
@@avatarmoney01 RAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH1!1! Even if i agreed with you with the facts that the team was very good before kawhi arrived, you cannot denied that 2019 carry a little bit the team. Is because kawhi was here that the raptors beat the orlando,sixers and bucks ( golden state is maybe the injuries but nvm). I think that 19 season kawhi make his biggest over 40 points seasons. SOOOOO yeah, kawhi carry the raptors for the majority of the playoff.
@@avatarmoney01 3rd most points in a playoff run.. Yeah definitely didn't carry 🙄
@@MyUniqueHandle. Kawhi joined an established 50+ win Raptors team, he turned an existing great team and turned it into a special team.
@@KP-wt8qr Agreed, he still carried the offensive load though. Nobody else averaged over 20ppg through the playoffs. Kawhi was averaging over 30.
Prime raptors kawhi got me into basketball much love
IS THIS THE DAGGER???? 🗡️
idc what anybody says kawhis my goat
Same bro, he got me into basketball and it sucks that people are always clowning him
let’s be honest if he stayed healthy his whole career he has 5 chips and we’re saying he’s top ten all time
tell em
Spurs Kawhi was a monster
He was at his best his lone season with Raptors.
@@KP-wt8qr2017 Kawhi was better
@@forgottenson3411 Well I mean statistically that just isn't true, Kawhi averaged 27.7 points in the 2017 playoffs, he averaged 30.5 in the 2019 playoffs.
@@KP-wt8qrspurs fan here and I agree on that .I called the raps getting a chip that year kawhis my guy .
If he never got injured he could’ve been the goat
Blocks a shot, grabs the rebound runs the offence what do you want? Hes a CHAMP hes the Klaw! Love you Kawhi
Prime Kawhi is physically a perfect 1998 Jordan Clone. He just lacks some of the hangtime and lift in his shooting, and most importantly, the mindset/& intensity of MJ. But his post up turnaround, footwork, defense, and big hands are Jordan-like.
Wtf he is better than 1998 Jordan
wdym he has that mentality/intensity/will you do realize he’s really injury prone and has a knee injury that can not be healed since his spurs days and still playing through those things . lol he basically defined all odds and expectations he had since his rookie days .
People seem to think just cause he’s quiet that he doesn’t have the Jordan/Kobe mentality. The guy was always a killer
Bro had intensity. What the hell were you watching
This past decade was supposed to be Kawhi's! Injuries prevented him dramatically
Lol
Sorry, but not with Lebron and Curry around.
@recapaman8936
"Curry", you mean "Zaza"
@@duwateveruwant That was in '17.Too late in the decade.
The trade to Toronto was surprising but I'm glad it happened as we would not have gotten that legendary laugh otherwise
If he stayed in Raptors they would’ve won another championship rather than a 2nd rate team at the Clippers.
Sorry but no. That year many Raptors players were playing out of their mind but they returned to their normal selves the year after
@@rezhaadriantanuharja3389 How so? Raptors literally finished 2nd place in the league again the next year at 53-19 and had an even higher winning % in 2020 than they did in 2019, casual take. Add Kawhi to a 53-19 team and that's easy b2b.
@@KP-wt8qrloool raptors could’ve won that year with a healthy OG added on that roster. I agree with you. That dude’s take is a causal take
@@rezhaadriantanuharja3389 casual. You don't know how even role players took a jump after he left, like how Siakam elevated his game, and Powell, VanVleet, and Anunoby all took a jump. The Raptors finished 53-19 and Nick Nurse won coach of the year. If the Bubble didn't happen they would've been back to the Eastern Conference Finals. 🤡
@@rezhaadriantanuharja3389 delusional.. van vleet and siakam got better the next year... 2020 lakers team that won would have lost in 5 to that raptors team
As a Spurs fan saying it was one of the worst draft night trades of all time is a stretch that’ll tear a muscle. George Hill was a solid PG for that Pacers team they were contenders for a good stretch of the time he was there
Ahh yes those glorious 17 minutes of Kawhi’s prime . Remember it liek it was yesterday
toronto fans remember a whole season
In his prime he was a top 25 all time player
I first watched kawhi Leonard & he was nobody to sleep on
Kawhi still in his prime. He's just not at his peak anymore.
( sry for bad english i am from quebec)
What i recomment to kawhi: stop try to be here just to be here ( LIKE THE MAVERICKS VS CLIPPERS) take more time for recover. Some people will think that i am saying shit, bc he will be overpayed and i know it, but you have to admit that we prefer( at least me) a player take care about his health and take a time for himself and being overpayed than an npc in the court that being overpayed.
Edit: i hope that he will be at least a very good roleplayer for the next season. Because he is my fav player and i will like to at least a little of prime kawhi and not the papy with bad knee kawhi
the man who ended the 76ers (and Ben Simmons)🥵
And made big ol' Embi cry 😆
The Klaw earned it all
Bro the biggest finnesser in the lead. Treated everyone like they disposable and keeps all the glory for himself without praising his teammates But damn good asf at basketball 😂
The GOAT!
I remember watching that game 1 of Spurs vs Warriors...and the Warriors we the heavy favorites to win the series....but in that Game #1.... Kawhi was killing them until the injury. Not saying the Spurs were going to win the series, but Kawhi was definitely on track to win at least the first game single-handed.
Was the part with the raptors playoff run cut out?
How you gonna say he put the raps on his back. In the final series paskal was easily the best. And the next season after he left they were looking extremely good before the bubble killed their momentum
7:49 tf?
i hate zaza so much because of that
Father Time is a beast on players.
hes still in his prime
I’d say 20-30, never had enough of a passing game for me to rank him beyond that
I remember that Jaja pachula play, shit was dirty!! I was hurt, the only player that could do that and if it escalates warriors are good w/o him. Kahwi goes down & we're done
How good was he? He was top 3 at that time. Better than KD too.
2019 Kawhi or 2018 Lebron ? And real ones know the answer
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Let's be honest. Toronto wouldn't beat the GSW in 2019 if KD and Klay were healthy.
Wolves fan here.
GOAT
am i tweaking or did he not go over the finals with the spurs
Kawhi and the general population deserves another full healthy championship from Kawhi Leonard, I’d rather he rest as much as possible to finally lay it all out and then retire, besides health, I cannot criticize anything from his game
Just another video that cites ppg, rpg, apg, and other accolades each year……
Next question, how long was his prime, actually?
2014~2019,
@@duwateveruwantand 2020
Prime was 2-4 years
"VERY GOOD"
the spurs didnt lose in the first round in 2014? they won the championship
I despise Zaza Pachulia. I really really do.
Zaza ruined his career, he is currently top 20 all time even with injuries, if zaza was never born he couldve been top 5
Healthy Kawhi is Prime Kawhi.
when he wont the FMVP,
no one still think he is the best player in the league
he guards and stop LBJ
and people still so under-estimate him
next year
he won DPOY consecutively in 2 years '
then playoff against warrior, DIrty ZAZA injury him
kobe mixed with pippin
Prime Leonard...hmmmmm.. NO QUESTION!!!
It is irrelevant. By 2016, he was starting to have injuries and siting out games for "personal" reasons. He is a bust and was never superstar.
7:49????
Too many injuries, now he is trending towards a decline. Not washed like Klay yet.
Top 10 oat
Injury ruined his career
Kawhi is my favorite player of this era. His rookie year, I can’t explain what it was, but he was at the line against OKC in the WCF and I just knew he’d be a great. His played the game the right way.
Load management drives me nuts, and I hate he’s the figure head for it. But he gets a pass from me. He left the spurs over quadriceps tendionapathy- which is a degenerative tissue disease. Every pundit to this day skates over that. When he carried Toronto to that ship he was grimacing after every dunk. Then his knee continually fucks him. He wants to play, and when he does he is the best player in the league. Last season he played back to backs and look what happened. This year I hope he comes back, gets in his peak and delivers before that knee fucks him again. I hate harden but the clips and harden are really good and kawhi coming back makes them deadly. He owes that to harden.
He’s unfairly been labeled as a terrible super star, and mr load management but he’s the only one who can retire now and be an all time great and the only one who actually probably needs to load manage.
he is the guy who stop Miami heat LBJ in final
that time LBJ is the best player in the laegue but stop by KAWHI!
So this video skips the part when kawhi Leonard and Tim Duncan win the championship over the Miami heat.
Indiana drafted Kauai but they didn't have the know-how to develop Kauai which is why they traded him for George Hill
Kawhi Leonard playing for the raptors was his revenge tour. The guy got his revenge and now he's just a lazy Superstar it has been
He took a B+ team into the finals carrying the whole team for the whole playoffs, their 2nd scoring option was Kyle Lowry, played lockdown D against Giannis. Kawhi will always be my favourite player after Kobe
This is crazy revisionist history. Raptors were the deepest team in the playoffs with MIP Siakam, all star Lowry, and back of prime Gasol. Raptors built the perfect system and team around him to maximize his play. That same Raptors team without him won the same amount of games the next season. Obviously he was front and Center but that Raptors team was elite before he got there. It was the best situation for both parties.
@@yeahthisisalex5681🤡🤡
@@yeahthisisalex5681 Raptors were actually a statistically better team in 2020 than they were in 2019, they finished with a .736 win% a franchise high.
@@KP-wt8qr that’s what I’m saying dude. some people don’t want to acknowledge how good the franchise was between 2015 and 2022. and now after the chip they got a budding two way superstar and other young pieces. Excited for the future of this team
@@yeahthisisalex5681stacked my ass😂 no one said this before the playoffs started
This might be the best example of how being soft can ruin greatness
Dude came back from a torn acl and meniscus you would retire if you had those injuries and he's still going strong
He's no softer than Derrick Rose
Hes getting destroyed by injuries
NOT GOOD ENOUGH
Not Good At ALL!!!!!!!
Dude is literally the worst superstar
End of the day the 2 FMVP's say otherwise.
He’s right tho he get injured too much
The best in the planet, then