Why Were 14 Players Drafted Before Kawhi Leonard? Where Are They Now? 

lmao was just about to comment

ironically he was showing the clip where the boston is against the lakers lmao

Lmao

Pretty sure that was classic lowkey ironic dom

Hi I’m a time traveler and Ad is with Lebrun on the lakers

TRASH CAN idk if you’re meming but this would be a great counter series to this one

Dude that'd honestly be great hahaha

TRASH CAN this would be great

Everyone has done this vid already

I think the whole of that video would be him saying the cavs management is trash

Drax: "I'll do you one better, WHY was Brian Scalabrine drafted...?"

@@KootenaiKing your dumb

@@lillil6639 spells -your- instead of *you're* big yikes.

@@lillil6639 did I just hurt Brian Scalabrine's only fan's feelings....?

KootenaiKing He’s a very popular guy tho

right

KingCIM TV he was slick lol

Lmao AD AIN'T GOING TO BOSTON 😂😂he hates Boston anyway😂😂🤣

@BlueComet1991 It's a running joke. He's a Celtics fan, so he says AD's going to the Celtics, especially since they have a chance of getting him.

Hes a Celtics fan.thats why he said that

Kyrie immediately trades to the Nets.

Hyper Shounen *Signs

Klay would have to fall to 29 for that to happen.

ive never heard this for real?

Stephen Montez No the spurs were in contact with the pacers waiting to pull the trigger to trade for their pick. If klay has fallen that far they still would’ve gotten him.

Bryn Forbes Zach Lowe originally reported it. I found out from this article, www.google.com/amp/s/www.mysanantonio.com/sports/spurs/amp/spurs-klay-thompson-kawhi-leonard-7968060.php

@@thememehunter9750 I thought they traded specifically for Kawhi. I didn't know that.

No excuse. Kawhi didn't have the precious and most coveted Jumper but he did have a defensive skillset that is so important to any team looking to make a championship run. Especially in a league that triple-doubles every night and yawns during a 130 point game. There were reasons to draft him higher, considering how much owners pay GMs and invest in tech to help find the best players. No excuse to be skipping Kawhi and Giannis like this.

you're forgetting one more thing. he was under Pop and that's a big difference than going to a team with another coaching staff.

Spurs made him.

Felipe Muñoz yea just like they made Tim Duncan 😂 people seem to think Popovich Creates these talents but a generational player is just that at the end of the day he’s not a product of the spurs system say like a tony Parker

Wartime Christian like he said hindsight is 2020. Idk if you remember but you should’ve seen Kawhi pre NBA. Or even early on on the Spurs. He completely improved every facet of his game offensively. The ball handling, the shooting, the finishing etc. from both his work ethic and the spurs’ elite player development. Also you don’t draft someone high in the lottery just for defense.

Can’t un-hear that now 😂

lmaooo

And the vocal fry... jeez

Ant Learn welp you just ruined his videos for me...damn that shits annoying 😂

NOOOOOOOOO 💀😭 THATS ALL I HEAR NOWWWW

*half a season so far

flight off camera this was 8 months ago 𝚋𝚞𝚖

@@blankblank6871 i knew that I just mean't to say it as a joke about the clippers curse

Prime Kawhi was a raptor

Sami Reyes Kawhi still in his prime

Lol i said the same thing, and Im a Celtics fan

Y sh let alone kyrie staying

I had to replay like hold up he really just say that

We not trading all them players for AD he can stay were he at #🍀💪🏾

Lakers fans triggered at hypotheticals 😂😂😂😂

JUST yesssss

Agent 00 was a killer in the day

YOOOO AGENT 0, NO CHILL GIL!

That'd be like 2 hours

Why were 59 players drafted before Isaiah Thomas.

Penny Hardaway Nah,Jan Vesely is balling out for Fenerbahce in Europe.

As a raptors fan I say win win for rn but at least if I want to see valanciunas Memphis is closer than Toronto tbh

Nah Gasol is playing like shit, we definitely didn't win. + Delon is gone.

@@Anon.G when marc gasol is on the court, the raptors have the number 1 offense and defense... you couldn't be more wrong

MG_Anon and miles

😂😂😂

Lmao

Kawhi being cocky? What a joke. 😂

Larva S Right😂💀

The Notorious Michael Jackson Shakur Prime Infinite p

he played in small college like dame but didn't stay there as long so he was more of a risk idk how people didn't see talent but hey okc loving him

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@@johnc7124 yes we do

@@johnc7124 cause talent dont make you a great player Andrew Wiggins problem have more talent ...that's a lazy argument

@@MrMattonico Why do people feel they need to correct everyone Like damn...

Exactly, perfected his shot, selflessness to pass the ball and make right plays, and defensively made him playoff ready. Toronto should pay san Antonio extra

@@metalfingaz7375 It's 80% Kawhi 20% Spurs. Not every player Spurs develop turns into Kawhi. The raw ability and work ethic had to be in him regardless

@@exillens 50%-50%. A lot of players don't develop because their coach/team didn't give them a chance or helped them. Pop nurtured and taught Kawhi how to be great which gave him the confidence to become who he is right now.

@@exillens I'd say 90% pf players who spend 2-3+ summers with spurs get extremely good on defense or shooting or both . John Simmons & Kyle Anderson in the past 2 -3 years were honestly not looked at but we made them wanted enough to be prime role players for other teams, kawhi was good but to me his versatility was not as promising as it was in 2013 after he had spent I'd say a year and a half with spurs but he was definitely good. Let's see how demar derozan does in the next year or two if his shooting percentage increases from a three and if he can pick up on D we can credit that to hard work and spurs system, Derrick white is another prime example of how the spurs create greatness.

@@exillens also, very tru kawhi and his work ethic is insane he is a DIFFERENT ball player mentally, very different of a character than Simmons and Anderson that I mentioned but the skill set to get back on D, and play offense still is something Pop has instilled in all of them, kawhi has said it before that past situations with the spurs helped him be ready for this moment

Long story short, bc he is European but good material for vid.

I’m Saint vid would be too long

Because hes French lol

Ikr

What r u talking about a player can either be developed into a star or just a bust and that’s any pick. It all depends on the player and how bad he wants it.

@@Ezmacanic the title of the video was, why 14 players were drafted ahead of Kawhi.

Dominic Leóne the simple reason it doesn’t matter what pick you are. Are you going to put in the work to be that player. Drafts are huge gambles I thought you knew that about sports bro. It’s crazy how you told me to answer the question about the video that I clearly did 😂😂😂😂😂..I was just responding of what you said.

BLVNK bullshit if jimmer would have landed with the spurs I guarantee his career would turn out totally different

Red Doors I mean, when their 2nd best guy hayward averaging 3 points a game at 30 min, what do you expect?

@@NickOloteo it tells u that Gordon Hayward wasn't the 2nd best player

shontee brown he was suppose to be before the injury

And also when he said Kawhi might lead raptors to finals lol

@@NickOloteo idk why so many people were sold on Hayward going to Boston where in multiple seasons in Utah he only made one all star I believe

George Gervin would be the starting SG. Manu off the bench.

@@abduugas faxx. Not to mention u got LA, DeRozan, Bruce Bowen, Sean Elliott, and Danny Green

avery johnson derek anderson vinny del negro artis gilmore as well to round out the team @@TheIcemanthomas

@@razkable nah we (Chicago) got Big Artis on lock.

I would take tobias over Thomas because of the injury in a re draft

@@jackintheboxbreakfast9839 id put klay on 2nd over Kyrie. Klay is a 2 way player.

@@comewarpeacecraft7927 your right and after seeing kyrie still not able to lead a team I take klay now

Tony White I like how neither of them are now in Boston

NorthernLord facts

They are both great

@@jayden12242 That is true I both like to watch them play but its neither Jimmy Butler for me

@@DarthKrellonButler? Lmfaoo, stop it.

@@DarthKrellon Jimmy ain't been a tier 1 elite defender in 2 years. Hes good, but he not on pg or kawhii level anymore.

Its all for views and likes

Because embiid

What about the 39 other players?

Because nobody knows if or how people will show up in the NBA........ Greg Odin fucked my blazers.

@@Scuba-Steven coulda had kd

Because he sucks

@@renecardenas5666 4 NBA rings. One Gold medal with Argentina and one Euroleague...damn I wanna sucks like him man...

@@Scuba-Steven man why you gotta bring that up. Im still trying to get over it.

Pacers were at "win-now" situation when the trade happened, they can't just wait for developing another wing when they had PG13 and Danny Granger already. At that time, the trade for George Hill was actually a great move to strengthen their relative weak guard position (which they did get first place in the East in the regular season with him in 2013). Of course, having both PG13 and Leonard would be nice, but Leonard was very likely to be a bench player on that team and probably wouldn't be developed to be as good as he is now

ctrlsoul you are right, but still you have to admit that the thought of both those guys in their prime would be awesome

Fax

DONT EVER FORGET: Kawhi Leonard: "There’s 82 games and for me these are just practices and playoffs is when it’s time to lace them up.​"

Playoff Kawhi getting donkey fucked by the Bucks in the playoffs

Does he even care enough to do that though? Mans has missed like 25 games for rest

"Regular season, we are talking about the regular season"

@Kawhi Leonard Harden had another great performance this year. Reminds me of Kobe in 2013.

For me it's only Kawhi in the top spot. My second and third is Russ and Dame.

True. Kawhi was supposed to be somewhat of a Bruce Bowen type of player, but having coaches like Pop and Chip really helped him blossom.

Fiction ? Aahhh yes because you give the credit of this mans progression to another. If thats the case why cant chop angelland make another kawhi ?

@@amplesstratleholm7609 Having work ethic helped him

@@MarcoBrolo In fairness, now that you mention it, that wording was more condescending than I meant it. Obviously, Kawhi had to do his part to improve and I am not discounting his work at all, but Engelland, who is also credited with significantly helping Belinelli's and Battier's shooting game, obviously was the right man to help him. It was more meant that people did not and could not expect his offensive game to take the leap to where it is, explaining his somewhat "low" draft position.

Fat Fuck that video finna be dumb long

@@CP0 why were 59 players selected before Isiah thomas

Because he didn't have a jump shot or an offensive game he only knew defense

He's not good enough for this kinda video.

@@abduugas He is good enough for this video considering his defense and offense improvements.

Haven’t heard this one 😂

Andre Ingram aka DJ Screw RIP I hope u don’t think that’s funny

Andre Ingram aka DJ Screw RIP lmao

Nae_Buckets ! It’s not really that funny it’s just the shock factor/randomize

There are many conspiracies about whether or not he is actually infected

Mario Ellis nigga also predicted the Celtics 2nd round exit

Tim Rickman YOU PUTTIN TO MUCH INTO IT....GIVE THE MAN HIS PROPS AND LEAVE IT AT THAT....

@@carlosmarin9005 since his draft position is the subject of the video I'm not saying too much. If kawhi didn't go to the Spurs there's a good chance he'd only be a defensive player because pop is one of the few in the NBA that saw him as a superstar and developed him to be one.

Because kristaps was one of them bitch recognise

McGrady was a bench player for the Toronto Raptors until the NBA slam dunk contest. He subsequently moved to Orlando where he put the shifts in.

Where he was told by pop to closely study kobe and mj game and incorporate it into your own.... And now u got the claw

@@SB1DAPRODUZAGTB Not saying anything bad about pop, he's a great coach, but I don't think any NBA player needs anyone to tell them to study two of the best basketball players in history to improve their game.

Anonymous what? Have you seen most of their egos? And most of them are not smart. They train and do their thing, develop a bit here and there. Strong coach like pop, didn’t just say kawhi “ooh look them” he provided much more. Player development is 60-70% coaching 30-40% study. I’m not talking about talent, more talented players do learn quicker and are under different circumstances. But average good play, will not develop unless coach puts him into position to develop. That what Kawhi was, an average player, good coaching set him on the path of success.

@@Anonymous-ld7je u must not kno... He was told to do that by pop.... Go look it up

@@toomasvarek1 exactly

EzScrub McRandy would have to do a live stream 😂

That video would be like 3 hours long no cap

where is IT now?

@@TheIcemanthomas nuggets

@@JuanGalindol not literally bruh. Lol. I know where he is. I was saying where is his career headed.

And he's still athletic as fuck. A return isn't impossible I guess

@@middleofautumn9244 very dirty minded comments in this section. XD

@@ultimatenoobcompilation2645 he actually did do a 13 year old when he was 20

King high school fans before that too

Everyone.

Wow lol

And where are they and what are they doing now?

Brady was also drafted as a catcher by the Montreal Expos now Washington Nationals

Jordan is the exact opposite of kawhi personality wise but they have a similar mindset towards winning Jordan’s a competition driven egomaniac

@@postsniper-7532 correct. kawhi is much more humble

Wartime Christian They did lmao. The new one got Donovan Mitchell and Gobert for basically nothing in trades.

this aged well

Tienes la boca llena de raciones

Hes trying to talk it into reality

@isaiah scutchings Because he’s a Celtics fan and generally fans want their team to win.

This video is tripping me out

@@kreizeeboi lol bro I watch basketball I was just saying

I can answer that right now lmao

Where did you hear that from? Your ass?