Kawhi Leonard Had a LEGENDARY Run In The 2019 Playoffs 😲🖐🏾 | COMPLETE Highlights | FreeDawkins 

It puzzles me that others still refuse to see this. Healthy Kawhi is not MJ, but certainly Jordan-esque. His game is a sight to behold when he’s rolling

Style of play, yes. This is MJ 2.0 & the closest we’ve seen of MJ. No disrespect to Kobe. But Kobe was never this efficient on offense or dominant on defense. Kawhi is the Tim Duncan of wings fundamentally speaking & leadership/personality style

With his sheer size , speed , and athleticism, and that line drive laser guided mid range shot , he's very tough to stop , especially with the way he's improve his ball handling and foot work so much from when he first came in the league , initially as a undersized PF. Its crazy , 15th pick , and immediately traded to Spurs for freakin George Hill lol.....If Indiana only knew right? They would've had PG and Kawhi as a tandem about 10 years earlier 😆 At that time , probably would have won a title too! I think possibly the one thing that's held Kawhi back from being held in much higher esteem among the top echelon of players ALL TIME , is how much time he misses due to injury almost every year. I think people are programmed to believe if he was actually THAT GOOD , why isn't he coming out on top dominating the playoffs EVERY year? With some of the very top stars , I sometimes wonder if the reason they don't have greater careers is because maybe their "love for the game" is lacking or non existent? I'm a sixers fan , but I think possibly the one thing that's held back Embiid , is he's a little lazy , isn't a leader , lacking mental toughness , and possibly doesn't have that "alpha" type killer mentality that he's willing to do whatever it takes to win a championship......I think with his size and abilities, Philly would be holding multiple championships if he were doing absolutely everything he could year in year out. I'm not sure if that's Kawhi issue , he seems to be a lot more mentally tough than Embiid , but the way the Spurs divorce happened makes me wonder. Also , if you won a championship in TOR , why not run it back? Seems living situation was more important to him than another potential championship.

@hennessyblack2121 I never thought Kobe was like MJ outside of similar physical traits. I think in a very sick , obsessive way Kobe tried to emulate EVERYTHING MJ did right down to how he walked , talked , and chew gum.....But Kobe was never nearly as efficient, nor the defender or passer MJ was. I'd take a healthy kawhi 10 times outta 10 over a healthy Kobe. Kobe was very selfish player , arrogant , and inefficient, he was a top player , but I think the only reason mj comparisons were made , was because Kobe did everything in his power to emulate the man. I just don't think a MAN who has a strong enough character, and leadership within himself, would EVER try to be anyone but uniquely himself....That always made me look at Kobe as kinda more of a follower or faker , but definitely one of the best of those , if that can even be taken as a compliment lol

lol no

facts

@@jacquesl9972not even a raptors fan but yes tf it was. dis how i know u ain watch it

Hell nahhh 😂😂😂

@@shivumagarwal you ain’t know basketball kid lol watch more nba boy

Fax

KD aint do SHIET!

Embiid lost us that series by completely disappearing

Siakam was the same as he was all playoffs, incredibly inconsistent but a few really good games. Ibaka was very splid from memory. And theres just no way you can be complaining about marc gasol after his defense on embiid.

we must’ve not been watching the same series

Ibaka and Lowry were good in Sixers series be honest, rest were shit I agree

@@calm123lowery was not good. He couldn’t make a shot to save his life this series.

Kawhi beat them because he cheated by traveling

He seems to like 2s... the number 2 on his jersey, 2-time champion, 2-time finals MVP and 2-time DPOY

👀👀👀

Definitely possible clippers are in a good run right now looking scary

Um no. Jokic dominated him the following year lol

​@@jacquesl9972bro stop replying to everyone you're a GSW fan desperate for attention 💀 just enjoy the fact that your team has 4 rings and move on

What about Lebron in 2016?? Kobe in 2009 or 2010? Dirk in 2011?

Ranking the top 10 title runs by NBA players 1. Hakeem Olajuwon (1995) 2. Hakeem Olajuwon (1994) 3. Dirk Nowitzki (2011) 4. Shaquille O'Neal (2000) 5. Kawhi Leonard (2019) 6. Nikola Jokić (2023) 7. Michael Jordan (1991) 8. LeBron James (2012) 9. Michael Jordan (1993) 10. Tim Duncan (2003) Kobe (2009), LeBron (2016), DWade (2006), and Jordan (1992, 1996-98) are all HMs. LeBron would be number 1 or two if it I were just ranking finals, BUT his Eastern Conference run was pretty weak in both competition he was facing, and his own production.

​@timmytheinventor4746 one of the worst analysis I've ever seen

@@timmytheinventor4746 your list was solid before seeing the last sentence that you wrote... It's true that his eastern competition wasn't soo tough, but the way he played in the finals was something special, easily top 3 finals performances of all time.

@@timmytheinventor4746 and Jokic's play off performance was better than Kawhi's. He beat that great Minnesota team with Rudy on defense and Ant Man and KAT on offense. In 2nd round he defeated Phoenix with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker and that Phoenix team was without a doubt better than that Phily team in 2019. In conference finals he defeated Lebron and AD who was easily the best defender in that play off in just 4 games, I wouldn't argue if Lakers were better than Milwaukee or not, but Lakers were really good team in that play off. Than in finals he beat Miami Heat in 5 games. Overall stats also show that Jokic was better player than Kawhi in 2019 so I think he deserves to be over Kawhi, altough I love Kawhi too.

i’m a kawhi fan but nah 2011 mavs had the best run. beat okc big 3, swept kobe & beat miami big 3

Messi in 2011 was God level

@@DiscGolfLeagueMVPmessi fans are a on a different level of dickriding

Cavs 1-3 comeback

It’s water

Doesn’t need to be top 10 he’s top 5 at his postion if he wins another he moves into the same criteria as every great player only thing is he’ll be the only one with 3 finals mvp from 3 separate teams and 2dpoy and he’ll be celebrated for bringing two franchises their first ring

your states wrong sir but i do have this run for my top 5 42 percent on fg and 37 or 36 percent on 3 u welcome

@@aaronarmbrister8825wtf those are not his stats for this playoffs run

I agree in the 2010s finals there was a few great performances None like Kawhi

I mean that raptors team were 17-5 without kawhi in the regular season... and won 53 games the next season without kawhi

“Wasn’t that great”. This is the second best defensive team in this century after the 2004 pistons.

He's done every insane run in the last 15 years besides 2008,2010, and 2014! He's on the grind

Easily

His mid range stroke is A 1

so true

lebron had zero comp in the east, and he had one of the most skilled PGs next to him, plus the worst officiating ever in the finals.

​​@spankstar he had no comp in the east just say you don't like Bron bruh

@@k.a.o.s6924he had no comp in the east wtf is wrong with ya baby Celtics really??? The raptors who everyone knew was overrated the hawks who had no real star lol the bucks with a twig Gianni’s? The magic with no Dwight the bobcats the hornets the wizards? Who was a real threat besides an old Boston? Ole bron bron left the east right when everyone started improving. Recruited ad and then bragged about conquering the west during a injury riddled year and bubble season. And has yet to see the finals since plZ stop acting like dude had comp your watching his comp right now and he ran from it to get athony Davis who just helped his ass win a weak ass in season tournament

Crazy

They were only missing KD. Thompson missed about 5 quarters the entire series lmao. So they still beat a dynasty in the end

@@TruthLC delusional ... Asterisk championship

@@fourthquartersportscards6044 You must be describing yourself, and there is no recent championship that you can definitively label as asterisk

@@fourthquartersportscards6044 2021 Bucks went through a Brooklyn Nets team without Harden and Kyrie, asterisk championship too? lmao..injuries are apart of basically every champions run, fact is Raptors went through Embiid, Butler, Simmons etc then the 60 MVP Giannis, Raps best team in 2019 buddy, time to accept it 🤣

@@fourthquartersportscards6044 warrios beat the Spurs without Kawhi in 2017 and Rockets without CP3 in 2018... Asterisk championships!

Yes and then kawhi decide to defend gianis to lock down😂 4-0

No Ibaka?

Like the warriors in 2015 2017 2018 2022 off injuries and OP superteam 😂

@@nolimitkaos1890 all of them are better than that shithole craptors ring

@@nolimitkaos1890 all of those are infinitely more valuable than that shithole 19 ring ☺️

Oh well

Your Azz is burning

Yeah and that Warriors team wasn't fair in 2019. And btw... He was also hurt in 2017, but nobody is talking about that...

@@hristijandimitrovski8664 wym people always bring that up 😂 , he also got hurt in game 1 people act like he already was up 3-1 on GS or something , even if he wasnt hurt i dont see a world where they beat GS in 2017 , 1 half of basketball does not determine the outcome of a series , i could see a 6 game series at most

@@moneyman4740 nobody knows what would happened. Steph Curry was Warriors's best player in that conference finals and I'm sure that Kawhi would be definitely better than him in that series so... I'm not gonna say Warriors would lose, but San Antonio were really good team with Kawhi on the floor. And btw... Kawhi was injured in 2021, 2022, 2023 etc... Nobody knows what would be the scenario right now if Kawhi was never injured. So it is what it is. Kawhi deserved that title in 2019 more than anyone else. From the first round to the finals he was ALWAYS, I mean ALWAYS the best player on the floor. Yeah, healthy Warriors would probably win against that Toronto team, BUT THEY WOULD WIN OVER ANYBODY. They would ein over Miami Heat in early 2010s, they would win against San Antonio in 2014 probably, maybe even they would beat Chicago at their best. Healthy Warriors team from 2017 to 2019 was the most unfair team ever.

So luka who was beaten by him two times, must be an ultimate trash

41, 34, and 31 in the last 3 games…

This guy clicks on Kawhi highlight videos just to call him trash 😂couldn't imagine being that miserable of a person

@dev either you been living under a rock orrr

@@atticwaves Adding to your comment, he's averaged 35.3/5/4.3 off 62 FG% over those 3 games. If that's trash, then so is 99% of the league 🤣