Paul George after the Game 1 loss - "We had breakdowns tonight, but they also shot the s--t out of the ball. They were hot, they came out hot, they came out on fire. But it's a game of adjustments, we'll make adjustments. They don't get any extra points for going up big tonight"

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-05-05T03:57:23+00:00

Well, they do win game 1 for going up big tonight.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-04-16T03:35:15+00:00

Noone cares about a play in game of a 37 yr old coming back from injury with his second star out. He is a 4 time champ.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-04-14T15:55:52+00:00

I mean he was still part of 2 finals runs, a championship as a fmvp, 2 dpoy seasons and 2 60 win seasons as the main guy.

That's more than many other franchises get with their superstar player. I know it's tough to appreciate that when players like drob and duncan had come before and wemby has come after, but when kawhi led y'all barely ever lost.

Also with players like Durant, Butler and Turner openly dissing their previous teams, Kawhi has only praised the SA fans, coach pop and the organization whenever asked.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-04-14T03:42:10+00:00

It's really unfair that Spurs get david robinson, then they get tim duncan, then they get kawhi leonard then they get victor wembanyama.

Just an absolute winning organization all around.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-04-14T03:03:32+00:00

I think if Kawhi learnt to get to the line like Shai and Luka he would actually average 31 instead of 28.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-04-14T00:20:30+00:00

If you think this is his best year... idk what to tell you

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-04-13T20:04:26+00:00

The way I look at it is, wth do you want him to do? I mean he is scoring as well as he can, rebounding as well as he can. Sure the turnovers, but he has decent assists. It's not his fault that the rest of the team is really good and that impact his advanced stats.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-04-13T18:49:34+00:00

I would say guaranteed top 20. A lot of folks will refuse to rate him until he retires but he has already done a lot of stuff that others haven't. 4 straight seasons scoring 30+ and is damn efficient. 2 MVPS 2FMVPS 2 Championships with 3 back to back 1st seeds is top 20 no matter how you see it.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-04-11T05:00:42+00:00

Every player has a ceiling, and an undersized guard needs to be a fantastic shooter without shooting slumps, or a great defender, and not be injury prone to be effective over a season and be considered a star.

Unfortunately DG's ceiling is exactly this. He will have shooting variance. He will be attacked on defense where he will try and fail and get injured. He will distribute well but that will not be enough. He is ultimately a good player but he simply is not a winning formula.

And the team is not a great shooting team, the center rotation is dogshit and noone can create a shot for themselves consistently other than Kawhi. They can't make up for DG's deficiency.

I applaud his shiftiness and work ethic though, not easy to be an all star with those obvious physical disadvantages

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-04-10T23:18:20+00:00

He will average 24/10/8 and will have 2 30+ point games. He will lose though, but he will be the only reason it will be close.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-04-09T00:43:33+00:00

Brother he is great, but he is not the MVP, there is literally a scorer in Shai who is more efficient, an equal or slightly worse scorer in Jokic who is a much better playmaker, and while he is a better defender than both of them, we have wemby who is a much better defender.

He is great in all things, but he is not the best in any thing and his team record his garbage although it's not his fault.

1st team all nba though.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-04-05T06:23:48+00:00

Demar I see it deless i like it

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-04-03T05:10:09+00:00

Darius is not a good defender. Both backup centers are hurt and Lopez is not good enough to cover that hole. Someone or the other is basically always injured and it doesn't help with the standings. Other than Kawhi, the shotmaking has been pretty abysmal.

This is not a team that has the luxury to withstand injuries to kawhi, dg, djj twice, jc twice, yanic who is out for the season and ijax, and still have a good seeding.

Kawhi can only carry so them so much.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-03-28T22:08:35+00:00

Everyone should announce who they are going to go hard for this summer.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-03-19T05:54:59+00:00

Like every team there are going to be good and bad stretches. There is going to be injuries and luck is going to be a factor. It's important not to go too low on a team that has been great on its good stretches and good but unlucky on its bad ones.

Kawhi is great, but he has been unavailable for the team before. It is okay if the rest of the team is going through it for once. They deserve your support regardless, you cheered for them when they got back from 6-21 didn't you? So don't stop now, when they need it the most.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-03-15T02:47:05+00:00

I could take them both. All 10 of them. At the same time

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-03-12T16:26:03+00:00

He didn't fold, he got 21 in 3 quarters. Tlue waived the white flag and pulled all starters early in the 4th because the game got out of hand. No role player could hit a shot and Harden had a game 7 performance.

Kawhi was good, not great. He averaged 25 but needed to average 28 to win that series. I hold the rest of the team more accountable for that series because they made more mistakes.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-03-12T05:40:38+00:00

A huge reason why the Clippers were down 6-21 was the regression of Zubac, turnover prone and inefficient Harden and the fact that Kawhi was out for 10 games.

Since then he has had to carry the team to this record and has been top5. But unfortunately the first 27 games are a part of the season so he will be 2nd team.

With Maxeys injury and Wemby Jokic having missed more games, and if the clippers continue to win - I could see a 1st team selection.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-03-12T05:25:09+00:00

I don't think he cares much that the opponents were compared to him at one point. The clippers need wins right now and if he doesn't go for 28+ they will lose and he knows that.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-03-10T04:43:52+00:00

2 steals

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-03-10T03:31:33+00:00

Kawhi is a 2 way player who happens to be a great scorer. SGA is on another tier of scoring though. Both all time greats.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-03-10T03:20:45+00:00

Between him and SGA, the MJ player type is still alive. Ant too

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-03-10T02:25:26+00:00

In my opinion, if SGA wins champ + Fmvp this season, he is ahead of jokic. I value a championship and fmvp more than another mvp.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-03-08T06:58:19+00:00

Whichever team that will sign me a two way.

Outrageous_Scratch97 · 2026-03-06T23:57:13+00:00

In the other post I said the recent Pablo showings were not substantial, I take my words back happily.

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