Kawhi Leonard - 2015 & 2016 NBA Defensive Player of the Year 

One of the last great two-way runs the league has seen.

那几年马刺，是最完美的球队，攻防均衡。

Prime Kawhi before the quad injuries was an absolute monster on both ends each night of the season. It is such a shame that the speculated degenerative injury that he has, ultimately has cost him a decade-long prime of being arguably the best player in the game.

@@jay-bshighlightsandmixtapeI agree, imo he went from top 3 (2016)to number 1 (2019)to not even being mentioned in nba gossip… injuries have dealt a blow on a lot of good players. T mac. Grant hill etc…at least he got 2 rings tho

For sure! I think he sits with Bill Walton as far as guys who were "What If?" but still achieved championship heights as the main guy.

@@jay-bshighlightsandmixtapenobody has more what if championships then Kawhi his missed ft and many missed ft that turned into Ray Allen shot 2017 zaza injury up 20 plus over warriors game 1 misses whole 2018 playoffs and almost full season 2020 choke job by doc rivers playing montrez way to many mins a sf basically who plays big guarding a future 3x mvp doc made no adjustments 2021 bucks win chip but they struggled vs the suns that were up 2-0 that same suns squad struggled vs clips without kawhi 2022 missed full season warriors one of the worse nba champions of last 40 years win it 2023 another injury 2024 harden trade clips go on a role lose only 4 games in two months kawhi again injured late in the season while grant hill tmac and so on have had bad luck with injuries Kawhi being hurt actually cost him several chips unlike tmac hill who were just very good players but no realistic title shots hopefully kawhi gets one more crack at it and hopefully derozen signs with clips i fee like with the pickups so far they would slightly be better then next year long as they trade westbrook

It is just a shame that he has never had the chance to be fully fit for a real extended period.

I've felt the same with some of the ones I have made as well, which is always a bonus. Glad you enjoyed it.

Glad you liked it man! Probably going to be a drop in Kawhi stuff from here on in as I focus on other award winners and season leaders, but he is such an effortless player to watch that it makes for quite easy viewing and doesn't ever feel like you are watching a long video. Hopefully we see a few more good runs out of him before he calls time on his career.

Appreciate it! I am doing it mainly for my own resources, but I know there are thousands of people like me out there that are just as keen to have resources like this at their fingertips.

Had a 3-year run where he could claim he was the best player on the planet.

Just trying to help those of us with a history bug and educate the masses.

Glad you enjoyed it! Kawhi back then was so effortless in his play. Really built a solid foundation to be the man in the league but he has never been the same player since his ankle injury in the 2017 playoffs.

Honestly, his run through those 3 years is simply forgotten because of Steph, LeBron, Westbrook etc.

Thanks for watching, good to see you're enjoying the content.

Just a shame that injuries cost him the most productive period of his career.

Pretty much. Kawhi reached that level of controlling the game without the ball on both ends that hadn't been seen since LeBron's zenith from 08/09 to 12/13.

Dude was just on during this period.

Not only does that speak of his physical ability on that end of the floor but the extremely high IQ on the defensive side of the ball.

Kawhi was on another level from the start of the 2014 NBA Finals through to turning his ankle against the warriors.

His hands alone show he was born to be a defensive monster.

He is the best

It's a tough situation for the Clippers with Harden and Westbrook. Just think that they're trying too hard to load up with pieces that don't fit the puzzle.

Have to disagree there. Dude was a beast during this time.