Kawhi Leonard - The Klaw (Career Retrospective)

and Leonard knows her shot blockers in there when you go in that hard DeAndre Jordan didn't even jump and Speights thought about it and said Matt let's start let's start with Kawhi your Shaq say he's my favorite player grant has been the second-best player for a few years now now Kawhi is moving up and everybody on the baseline why learner the K stands for cold-blooded I actually would probably put Kauai ahead of Durant right it's very close I mean they can switch in okay high school in Riverside California nobody in the pac-12 offered him a scholarship [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] whether he's second or third best to a player like that's about improving and involving it's it's incredibly impressive [Music] fact that he had already being mentioned in the same breath as LeBron is the best tool a player in the game that the best two-way player in the NBA we've heard that from Barclays this is the general feeling around the NBA about where Kawhi sits in the best player in the league especially going [Music] it's already the players have coaches set to go here for Game one obviously everybody's impressed by Kauai last night by the bond last night [Music] [Music] Parker finds Leonard not just how great they play for the efficiency of how they played this brother can play [Applause] and a chance for a three-point play watch one there from Leonard to the Spurs [Applause] well that was probably in my mind the biggest shot in NBA history the NBA World Championship trophy had already been rolled up to be given to the Spurs [Applause] [Music] shot of assorted he briefed me and secured their third championship in franchise history heartbreaking indeed what was a marvelous season for the San Antonio Spurs while Kauai could be mentioned with anyone on a defensive side of the ball perhaps Gentry should pump the brakes just a touch when we're talking offensive production this is a kid who has improved so much every year he's been goalie this is can you top that I entered at age 25 has become a little more dominant than LeBron Jameses at age 32 well perfect timing but right now the way Kauai accommodation when you get the hammer you've got a triple I got the wild lend it for the San Antonio Spurs as my MVP that's the way to start a playoff series at home attack to basket don't settle towards Oprah a quick survey who doesn't know that the while under there's a star because of what he does not just offensive leaf but primarily on a defensive end he's a headache for anybody is the reigning two-time defensive play of the year [Applause] [Music] [Applause] why Leonard is actually the best all-around player in the game [Applause] Oh five seconds lamp fires wanna battle do it the scholars are headed to the kids at Finals rematch here in 2014 with the Miami Heat looking to become the first to three-peat since the Kobe Shaq Lakers he's LeBrons toughest matchup nobody can stop LaVon but I think Kauai bothers LeBron as much as any defender in basketball after the series was tied 1-1 he dropped 29 in Miami and outplayed LeBron James for that game will abroad just had 22 points and it was one pop it was punching him in this chair they affectionately like way to go [Music] [Applause] 20 40 mph am 14 so MVP generally three players have ever been Defensive Player of the Year and Finals MVP it's virtually impossible the trio is MJ Hakeem the dream in yes Kawhi Leonard [Applause] they see the best lockdown defender he shoots three who makes free throws and has a nice guys Kauai that was not times five of those three as four rebounds four assists and a senior here comes Leonard I love koala I think he's definitely one of the best players in the league a few days ago New Orleans pelicans coach Alvin Gentry actually mentioned Kawhi Leonard in the same breath as Michael Jordan the man is like a machine that moves in silence and feeds you every time [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] he has surpassed the blonde as the best two-way player because the flan can't exert that in [Applause] you saw against Memphis a lot of four down or high pick-and-roll and Kauai would just create Hilo [Music] letters gets it back from Parker the crossover but with his defense and the three-point shooting obviously who can take you off the dribble [Applause] in the last two minutes he's a clutch closer [Applause] in shots to win games Kawhi Leonard three out of five which leads the NBN gives them a one-point lead with 39 seconds to go I mean this dude is second only to the round [Applause] [Music] come on shoot it he took the best player on the other team and put him on one [Applause] while Leonard and Danny Greene going noron in our you soon [Laughter] [Music] [Applause] [Music] we're gonna have to wait probably a year or so to really know if there's a winner or loser here because because we don't know about Kawhi Leonard's health that's a really important factor here over to Pachulia on the dribble handoff knocked away by letter people don't understand cool I was in charge [Applause] because this look where Kauai was last year we're like man is he ever going to come back from the quaggans [Music] [Applause] this will be the first of four meetings between the rafters of the Celtics this season any work for two while I saw team that has come together and bonded real fast with the acquisition of kawar he's came in he's fitted very well don't take a whole season 14 become the other but what's different about the Raptors this year and this is what happened last night they have an elite but he's the de facto the best player on your team the best defensive player on your team is right here I think the Kawhi has earned the rep that we thought was gonna be pretty honest and he's got the patience to get exactly what he wants great job I hear uplifting the defender stepping through and burying the jump shot and because of Kauai ability on the defensive end Kauai limits the best basketball player in the world [Music] [Applause] seven seconds to go [Applause] [Music] [Music] Lillard gets switched on to apply for the win [Music] no time now and that's the ball game Oh [Music] [Applause] he's got 27 with the rebound Leonard keeps the clock clock shot moving twice performance in that series cement him as the best player on the planet world even yes he is the best player in the world [Music] [Applause] there was too [Applause] [Applause] two-twenty the game 4.2 to go you got to play without fouling and with four seconds ton of time for Solana to get a good look here and it's the definitely catch and shoot you got time to take two three girls you can make a couple passes even if your village looks at the quad turns a quarter [Applause] and then faces the Greek freak who would wind up winning the MVP of size mismatch ascending player I thought okay Kauai has met his match this is not gonna be good for Kauai if you look at how everything was supposed to play out they weren't supposed to win this game [Applause] [Applause] which was two games behind [Applause] [Music] Kawhi Leonard was ascending and I thought the second best player in the world chasing LeBron when he got hurt Anthony lost Game two Nick nurse part of his team up in the locker rooms the guys all we got to do is go back get one game in Oracle and we're back on wild litter stood up sit ethic we don't get both HECO bees there something like that and Michaels saying something like that do you understand the Lord that would have went with that [Applause] best player he's he's earned I think he showed the world if the title was up for grabs and we all said it was quite when I learned and he did it and he did it going boom bead going through Yanis going drew step Toronto Canada we the champions the Raptor [Applause] [Music] nobody brings it home mikage it's nobody [Music] [Music]

Channel: Joseph Vincent

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Length: 21min 54sec (1314 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 24 2019