This video was really fun to make, and I always planned on making it but as I suspected, there was just too much. I decided that his playoff defense merited a video by itself, so these are just a few highlights of his from the regular season.
Kawhi Leonard is an absolute nightmare. He is your shadow. Sticking to you. Following your every move. He is everywhere you are and somehow in the spots you want to get to. He can do everything on defense.
I don’t like throwing out comparisons, especially to those Bulls teams, but he really does remind me of Scottie Pippen (and even Pops has said as such). He’s consulted with Scottie on how to be the stopper, and whatever he learned that day has made life impossible for the game’s greats ever since. He hounds ball handlers. He denies his man the ball. He will take the ball away before you even realize he’s around. He’s a predator. His length, strength, and smarts will get him into a position to earn the basketball virtually every time down the floor.
The Claw, the Kingslayer, the next Scottie Pippen, call him what you will but eventually you’ll be calling him the Defensive Player of the Year. I don’t know if it will be this season, but it is going happen. Just like when he’s after the basketball, it doesn’t matter who is in front of him, he will not be denied.
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26 сен 2024
