RJ Barrett is HYPED to team up with Kawhi Leonard:
“I’ve been a Raptors fan my whole life. I was getting ready for the NBA Draft when the Raptors won the championship. When he made that Game 7 shot against Philly, I was jumping up-and-down like crazy.”
(via @cbcsports, h/t @OmerOsman200)
Most 20+ PTS On 80+ TS% Playoff Games In NBA History :
1. Kawhi Leonard — 17
2. Manu Ginobili — 13
3. Kevin McHale — 10
3. Byron Scott — 10
3. Stephen Curry — 10
3. Kevin Durant — 10
7. Ray Allen — 9
7. LeBron James — 9
7. Al Horford — 9
7. James Harden — 9
Marquis Teague:
"Kawhi Leonard is better than Kevin Durant to me. I've never seen KD carry a team like that... If he was on that Toronto team, they wouldn't have won. And I love KD, no disrespect, but that's just a fact."
(Via @club520podcast)
Now that Kawhi is heading right back where he started before LA signed him, it’s bonkers to think about how much of recent NBA History would have changed had he instead just stayed with the Raptors the whole time. Shai never goes to OKC, which makes it much less likely the Thunder win the title. Does Indiana have it instead? The Clippers have Shai, plus their picks. Paul George likely goes somewhere else. Kyle Lowry likely stays in Toronto. Oh and none of us would have ever known what Aspiration was. Obviously you can “what if” every transaction, but the circular nature of a player just going right back to where he came from - especially this player, and all that came with him - makes all of this particularly brain frying.
Win percentage as a duo:
.783 — Kawhi Leonard and Kyle Anderson
.744 — Jordan and Pippen
.729 — Shaq and Kobe
.702 — LeBron and Wade
Teaming back up in Toronto.
@Plump1nator@MiikeHawkManiac@ShamsCharania Also, no first-round pick is a second-round pick; it's a first-round pick regardless of whether it's 1st or 30th. There are different rules for first or second rounders. And plenty of great players have been drafted late in the first round, so it's not a lost pick.
@Plump1nator@MiikeHawkManiac@ShamsCharania They only traded 4 Clippers first-round picks. No team can trade more than 4 of its own first-round picks because they can only trade up to 7 years out and can't trade consecutive picks. The 5th pick was a Heat pick, and even if you count that, 5 is still not more than 5.