I really appreciate watching this dude play. It's like watching prime Pippen without Jordan. Good shit. Favrefan is right.

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Pippen was great so I’ll ignore the slight on Kawhi in this post.

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And he's prolly not even 100%, but you can tell how much everyone on the court defers and respects this dude.

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He’s definitely not 100% yet.

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No slight at all. It gives me the same feeling watching this dude.

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Just don't let Vegan see this thread.

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Man that shit was so gay in retrospect. Hobbit love.

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I hear you.

Kawhi is like LeBron without the passive aggressive emo social media presence. I think that’s a better comp than Pippen without Jordan.

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I really think if the Spurs signed/drafted another top 10 player they would have the ability to fuck up GS in a 7 game series.

If only those Lebron to the Spurs rumors were true.

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If Kawhi stays healthy they WILL fuck GS up in a 7 game series. They showed this last year.

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Popp is pretty amazing with these young guys and role players.

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Low key tho, I'm a BIGFAN of Quin Snyder.

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Yeah, I want that to be true, but it was only a half tho, right?

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It was not only for a half.

In three regular season games against GS with Durant, SA is 2-1 and outscored GS by 39 points in three games. They were clearly and definitively better. In the only postseason game with Kawhi, the Spurs outscored the Warriors by 23 in just two and a half quarters. The Spurs got demolished in the ensuing 3.25 games without Kawhi.

Kawhi is a goddamn assassin. If he’s healthy come May the Warriors are in serious trouble.

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Anything to push a pre NBA finals matchup in the west to 7 games is cool with me.

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Agreed but I think it’s optimistic to think GS can take SA to 7 games. Maybe Kawhi gets banged up and they steal a game or two though.

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Also, Houston may crash this party. If Harden can be bothered to show up to a playoff series once they might still be dangerous.

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I enjoy Harden's productivity, and I've always been a fan of D'Antoni. It's really hard to out gun GS without someone like Draymond filling in the gaps tho.

I wouldn't mind seeing a Houston/ Cleveland finals or a SA/ Cleveland finals.

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That’s why SA owns GS when healthy. Imagine if your best player was Durant AND Draymond. You just described Kawhi.

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I just think SA needs a little bit more to take GS down in 7. Fuck ZaZa for taking that possibility away from us last year.

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I don’t think they need more but they might. Like you said, it’d be nice if they weren’t cheated out of it last year.

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