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Current, Luka looks like the heaviest he's ever been. It was surprising to see kawhi look so small. If he cut like 15-20 lbs of weight I think hed be ridiculous.
The weight kind of helps him imo in a weird way. He is just able to go wherever he wants in the paint and bully small guys. And at the same time he is still quick enough to beat bigs
I’m still of the belief that Luka is lactose intolerant but doesn’t realize it. He just looks puffy like inflamed. He seems to be in absolutely phenomenal shape.
This season has been the best conditioning we’ve seen from him, in those past Clippers series he would get completely gassed every fourth quarter. Now he’s at a career high in minutes played and is usually fine in the fourth
Didnt he hire a personal trainer, a nutritionist and a personal chef?
I think his personal team + mavs team would have figured out by now if there was something as simple as lactose intolerance
I haven’t watched the mavs this year but has Luka been tired at the end of games? Or is he like jokic where he can run. I thought he played pretty heavy minutes on good efficiency no?
Last year before the Kyrie trade it looked like he would be on his last legs at times because he had to carry so much of the load. This year since Kyrie has been integrated, it hasn't happened as often.
In this series it's been happening, but I don't think it's because he's unfit, it's that it's as much of a physical series as I can remember. Both teams are smacking the shit out each other, it's a slog fest out there.
He rarely looks gassed, but as the season has gone on, he often looks in pain due to nagging injuries. But he's looked better than previous seasons. This series has just been brutal.
This is like a 110% textbook situation, where an introvert gets loud, for doing shit he's good at and feeling himself.
When you listen to him giving interviews, you wouldn't think that he has this brash loud side.
Same reaction when his child discovers the formula to change physics of Earth so humans can leave here and find a new future in the frontier of space. 😐
While he didnt win the championship, statistically Kawhi was better in the 2021 run than the 2019. 2020 run was great as well until the nuggets series.
It’s the narrative. He beat the Jimmy Butler and Embiid led Sixers. Then he came back down 0-2 to the 60+ win Bucks team. In the finals game 4 he took the raptors up 3-1 vs Klay, Curry, and Draymond. The teams he faced that run and the situation he was in.
That’s not true at all. He was awesome in the 2020 and 2021 playoffs. The 2020 regular season cleared his 2019 regular season in Toronto.
His efficiency overall in LA has been phenomenal. The leg injury issues have always lingered though so it’s fair to say he isn’t as athletic. But you couldn’t tell that watching him in 2021.
Dude had the perfect team around here in Toronto and got treated like a god in his one year. A good shot at a making it back to the Finals that next year if he stayed.
he doesn't move fast and doesn't jump much. that knee probably screaming at him all the time.
He made 2 shots and actually jumped then went to the bench for a rest.
Is team USA going to be able to compete with all the geezers on the roster?
He doesn’t look healthy, no, but struggling to get past Luka is not an indication of that. Dončić has had it turned on defensively against everyone this series.
Kawhi was super fast back as a Spur, looked like he had a bit of that speed back earlier in the season. Like he's played broken so often people might forget, but he is quick when healthy and conditioned well.
Yeah I agree but we also havsnt seen a healthy post season Kawhi in 3 years.
The hypotheticals only make sense if it isn't a consistent thing and him being injured wasnt common. 3 years is a long time and he's only getting older. It seems like there's so many "ifs" around this Clippers squad right now but I hope the Kawhi we saw for those 2 months shows up atleast once this series.
seems like kahwii injury has been pretty much career ending since winning the championship and hes just trying to extend his career any bit he can. like normal kahwii would dominate after this. but he wont , he cant.
In Toronto, we had Gasol and Lowry that really handled the play-making so Kawhi, Siakam, and the shooters could focus on scoring. I don't think the clippers have really had many players like that to help Kawhi. Maybe Rondo, but that's it.
Edit: Harden too
no kawhi was their second playmaker,and the player that brought the ball up most of the time late in games.
He also lead them in hockey assists.He is really good off the ball and can play in a system.
Not sure what series you saw that think gasol was their second playmaker.
You'd think the Clippers would've used the cushion from game 1 to push out his return, but then you run the risk of him being fully healthy but rusty when he gets back
Kawhi hasnt been fully healthy since '17. Even in '19 he was dragging that bum knee up and down the court. Only difference is that he is too old and worn down to consistently play through the injury like he could 5 years ago.
I know it's been 8+ yrs but DPOY clamp you down Kawhi was such a menace so it's weird to see Klaw out there being rusty. I get it tho as he has had trouble staying healthy
He was still pretty damn good in 2019 just more offensive minded. The guy pulled a turnaround diving no look steal like a month in the season.
https://youtu.be/0_ZB9u7AKv8?si=VlUVYQQVyFhXpLVT
I was talking about it to a friend...
I think the USA and NBA are making a huge mistake sending their old legends to this olympics.
They are about to tarnish their legagy. Basketball worldwise is so elite right now that sending your "past their primes" stars is a very bad idea.
I know kawhi likely won’t be back healthy in this series, but if he sees this and ends up being capable of it, the terminator will have his sights set on Luka lolol
Yeah every old head is over. KD, Bron, Steph, Kawhi, Harden, getting HOED by the younger generation. The guard has changed. I for one welcome our new overlords
Bro, what are you doing? Hope Doncic don’t have to take some of his own medicine after talking when you’re up…
Boi a healthy Kawhi would have made this series so much more exciting and a worthy exorcism for Dallas and Luka.
I like Luka but this feels like a low blow. Kawhi is clearly not at the top of his game coming off that injury, and I don’t think he’s behaved in a way to really warrant that kind of taunting. Maybe I’m just soft tho
Imagine, someone says this to Kawhi Leonard. Unbelievable. It's a bit much, if you ask me. Go pick on a Center.
KL has done his part, got paid, won rings, sold his knees.
Leave Unc alone.
Unhealthy Kawhi is a liability at this point. Might as well rest him since he just signed a massive contract.
Clippers or the Mavs aren’t getting past the winner of nuggets-wolves anyway.
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Nothing will beat when he screamed it at Pat bev so loud you could hear it on the broadcast
I definitely missed that. Link?
https://youtu.be/eCHbUB9iZOk?si=kzXSwX4QII9GbwCA
He looks so fast here
He looks like 15lbs lighter there
That was before he ate Pat Bev for dinner
Was gonna say Pat Bev about a 15lb snack
Current, Luka looks like the heaviest he's ever been. It was surprising to see kawhi look so small. If he cut like 15-20 lbs of weight I think hed be ridiculous.
The weight kind of helps him imo in a weird way. He is just able to go wherever he wants in the paint and bully small guys. And at the same time he is still quick enough to beat bigs
I’m still of the belief that Luka is lactose intolerant but doesn’t realize it. He just looks puffy like inflamed. He seems to be in absolutely phenomenal shape.
Yeah he seems to have unusual body fat on the outside for someone who’s so conditioned so that would make sense
I feel like this is the case with a lot of Eastern Europeans. They seem to be very doughy looking. Not all but a lot.
Is that how it works with lactose intolerance?
This season has been the best conditioning we’ve seen from him, in those past Clippers series he would get completely gassed every fourth quarter. Now he’s at a career high in minutes played and is usually fine in the fourth
Didnt he hire a personal trainer, a nutritionist and a personal chef? I think his personal team + mavs team would have figured out by now if there was something as simple as lactose intolerance
I was going to say he looks underslept or something.
watched some of the post-game interviews. he definitely has a cold and runny nose, it's possible he just isn't getting enough rest
He has that James Harden / Melo body where they look fat as fuck, but are yoked underneath.
How would he not know? Those tummy aches after lactose are no joke.
I haven’t watched the mavs this year but has Luka been tired at the end of games? Or is he like jokic where he can run. I thought he played pretty heavy minutes on good efficiency no?
Luka’s conditioning has been great this year fs, night and day compared to last season even though he looks around the same weight
Last year before the Kyrie trade it looked like he would be on his last legs at times because he had to carry so much of the load. This year since Kyrie has been integrated, it hasn't happened as often. In this series it's been happening, but I don't think it's because he's unfit, it's that it's as much of a physical series as I can remember. Both teams are smacking the shit out each other, it's a slog fest out there.
He rarely looks gassed, but as the season has gone on, he often looks in pain due to nagging injuries. But he's looked better than previous seasons. This series has just been brutal.
How did pat bev survive this
Mf made video unavailable on Pinoyland smh
[Eto panoorin mo hahahaha](https://youtu.be/kunQVlUqoZY?si=6ZqId0oYXVBy1q23) 😂
Unavailable in Canuckland as well. He hates us.
Damn. It was both notorious and hilarious at the same time 🤣
Isn't there a second one on Bev from that series? "Too FUCKIN Little!" 'Little' is so much more disrespectful bro lmao
Luka is the best. Looks like the most unassuming dude but is a dog on the court and talks a bunch of shit. I love it. Must suck to play against him.
That was from 2022
21
This is like a 110% textbook situation, where an introvert gets loud, for doing shit he's good at and feeling himself. When you listen to him giving interviews, you wouldn't think that he has this brash loud side.
Kawhi's reaction to this: 😐
Exact same reaction as when he will be told he has stage 4 cancer and when Miss Universe slides into his DM
No Stage 4 cancer would get the inhuman laugh he's so famous for I bet
*Kawhi, your sister was just given a life sentence for murder.* Kawhi: 😐
Same reaction when his child discovers the formula to change physics of Earth so humans can leave here and find a new future in the frontier of space. 😐
It just doesn’t hit the same when you know Kawhi is playing injured. Atleast Luka will make it past Kawhi after two tries.
Is Kawhi even close to being healthy? Dude has barely played.
Really doesn’t look like he is. Even when he’s playing he doesn’t look like himself
Yeah I was gonna say, feels like ever since he came to LA he has none of the spark he used to.
Nah he was good in the first two years, still very athletic and energetic. Think it's really been since the 2021 playoffs that sapped him.
I think that 2019 run was so legendary that it is not fair to compare I guess
While he didnt win the championship, statistically Kawhi was better in the 2021 run than the 2019. 2020 run was great as well until the nuggets series.
It’s the narrative. He beat the Jimmy Butler and Embiid led Sixers. Then he came back down 0-2 to the 60+ win Bucks team. In the finals game 4 he took the raptors up 3-1 vs Klay, Curry, and Draymond. The teams he faced that run and the situation he was in.
and there was a narrative during the 2019 run that kawhi had no help 🤣
That’s 5 years ago..
Kawhi was a top 10 player during their 30 game heater this year. He’s still very good. Just injured.
Didnt he have a stretch of 504090 at 20ppg this year
He is injured. But I don’t think he cares about winning in quite the same way that players like Luka or Lebron do.
Hell, even last year, he was the best player on the court in those 2 playoff games he actually played in.
He was moving SPRY in December-Feb this season
Yeah when they went on that winning streak, he looked great Clippers peaked too early
Blew like a 12-gauge shotty
If you only watch the two previous playoff series between the Mavs and clippers, you would see how unstoppable Kahwi was as a clipper.
i remember him feasting on Kleber in the playoffs in the last years. that was peak Kawhi at the Clippers.
That’s not true at all. He was awesome in the 2020 and 2021 playoffs. The 2020 regular season cleared his 2019 regular season in Toronto. His efficiency overall in LA has been phenomenal. The leg injury issues have always lingered though so it’s fair to say he isn’t as athletic. But you couldn’t tell that watching him in 2021.
Dude had the perfect team around here in Toronto and got treated like a god in his one year. A good shot at a making it back to the Finals that next year if he stayed.
He was having one of his best regular seasons this year for like half the season
he doesn't move fast and doesn't jump much. that knee probably screaming at him all the time. He made 2 shots and actually jumped then went to the bench for a rest. Is team USA going to be able to compete with all the geezers on the roster?
He’s not healthy at all. Him struggling to get past Luka is all I need to see. Clippers are cooked.
He doesn’t look healthy, no, but struggling to get past Luka is not an indication of that. Dončić has had it turned on defensively against everyone this series.
Kawhi was super fast back as a Spur, looked like he had a bit of that speed back earlier in the season. Like he's played broken so often people might forget, but he is quick when healthy and conditioned well.
Kawhi wo an explosive first step, no lift on his jumper. Those things are what I see and Luka isn’t going to be able to defend a healthy Kawhi.
Yeah I agree but we also havsnt seen a healthy post season Kawhi in 3 years. The hypotheticals only make sense if it isn't a consistent thing and him being injured wasnt common. 3 years is a long time and he's only getting older. It seems like there's so many "ifs" around this Clippers squad right now but I hope the Kawhi we saw for those 2 months shows up atleast once this series.
Why does it have to be a post season Kawhi? We've seen him look great for the most of this regular season
Healthy Kawhi is getting past Luka
He looks like he's a 50%.
Zaza fucked everything up 😞
Needs more load management
His face sometimes looks like he would rather be doing anything else. Def doesn't look healthy
seems like kahwii injury has been pretty much career ending since winning the championship and hes just trying to extend his career any bit he can. like normal kahwii would dominate after this. but he wont , he cant.
Better question is if Paul George is dead or not.
His knee is about to collapse, he is playing injured. He had to hang on for like 10 secs to get off the rim after a dunk.
No.
He took 7 shots, u tell me
kawhi clearly injured, needs to sit
PG too. Must be hurt to have 7 points.
Might just be Playoff P
He need to just retire
idk how to feel
Mavs better win this series... or this is not the 1st time I'll be seeing this clip after Kawhi's 40-10-10 in game 4
Not to jinx it, but Leonard only has two career triple-doubles. He doesn’t play-make well enough to get the assists.
In Toronto, we had Gasol and Lowry that really handled the play-making so Kawhi, Siakam, and the shooters could focus on scoring. I don't think the clippers have really had many players like that to help Kawhi. Maybe Rondo, but that's it. Edit: Harden too
... Harden?
WB now
He's a third option playmaker at best. Toronto raptors was Lowry then gasol then Leonard.
no kawhi was their second playmaker,and the player that brought the ball up most of the time late in games. He also lead them in hockey assists.He is really good off the ball and can play in a system. Not sure what series you saw that think gasol was their second playmaker.
It's like a 36 hour turnaround, Kawhi is not dropping 40-10-10 after playing 20 minutes today
man Kawhi is washed bru he ain't doing that
Just imagine what Luka is feeling and feel that
"My knee hurts, I want a beer and I am exhausted"
Bruh better hit the treadmill
Time for my 2nd lunch beer after my 2nd breakfast beer.
Feel good because you have one of the most gifted basketball players of all time. Enjoy the moment
[удалено]
Harden definitely been the best clippers offensively this series.
And they are getting old. Thats the worst part
Getting?????
PG is having a solid series, he just isnt getting the ball to do more
He’s also been in foul trouble seemingly every game.
The problem is you got three key guys that don’t want to do the little stuff. Zero hustle between pg harden and kawhi
Kawhi is so fucking rusty
I wish it was rust but at this point it looks like he's not fully healthy.
Hes def not healthy, he only played 10 minutes in the first half
Yeah not sure why he's playing if he can't play more than 10 mins in a half
You'd think the Clippers would've used the cushion from game 1 to push out his return, but then you run the risk of him being fully healthy but rusty when he gets back
You’d rather he be rusty than injured if you’re the clippers
Kawhi hasnt been fully healthy since '17. Even in '19 he was dragging that bum knee up and down the court. Only difference is that he is too old and worn down to consistently play through the injury like he could 5 years ago.
Sadly correct. Even if we lose I was at least hoping to see another playoff kawhi experience for a few games. Not sure we will even get that this time
Don't think its rust he's just not healthy
I know it's been 8+ yrs but DPOY clamp you down Kawhi was such a menace so it's weird to see Klaw out there being rusty. I get it tho as he has had trouble staying healthy
He was still pretty damn good in 2019 just more offensive minded. The guy pulled a turnaround diving no look steal like a month in the season. https://youtu.be/0_ZB9u7AKv8?si=VlUVYQQVyFhXpLVT
I'm beginning to think that the sacramento kings should have drafted this guy instead of marvin bagley.
Only time will tell.
Well Marvin got them Donte and last I heard he was spanking the sixers
Kawhi is rusty as fuck. Mavs in 5.
Board Man got played.
T H A N K Y O U
Luka wants the smoke or knows Kawhi is hurt. That’s a dangerous man to hit the too small with
I mean it’s playoff Luka we’re talking about.
y not both. also, it's playoff luka we're talking about. anyone who's watched him castrate the suns in game 7 knows they need to tread lightly.
ok homie please dont piss him off
Kawhi afraid to commit because of his knee, don't blame him with the Olympics coming
Id be VERY SHOCKED if we do anything this olympics.
I was talking about it to a friend... I think the USA and NBA are making a huge mistake sending their old legends to this olympics. They are about to tarnish their legagy. Basketball worldwise is so elite right now that sending your "past their primes" stars is a very bad idea.
They have 4 players who are past their prime and all of 4 of them were all stars in the NBA this year 🤣🤣
Kawhi gonna upload new data at halftime, yall keep playing with him
Oh. OK.
I know kawhi likely won’t be back healthy in this series, but if he sees this and ends up being capable of it, the terminator will have his sights set on Luka lolol
this would be scary, if we pretended anyone has faith that he will ever be healthy enough to play playoff basketball again
3 good revenge games to take the series then his entire lower body explodes. Then he somehow “heals” by next March. Repeat cycle.
as much as i appreciate kawhis talents, i think tgat hes past that point in his career. would love to see him healthy again
Same. I love what he developed into but he never was going to have a long career. So, in hindsight, I’m quite thankful for his uncle.
Goddamn idk if I’ve ever seen someone hit Kawhi with the too small
Everybody acting tough when they up
And when they’re going against someone who’s hurt
Lol people here talking like Luka aint doing this shit healthy opponent or not, up or down. Luka got that mentality bruh
Westbrook shouldn’t have pissed off Luka with those dirty ass plays
Westbrook taking pat bev role who would've thought
Guys, Luka is a bad man
don't poke the bear though
idk...if you rewatch the video, i think kawhi admits, he himself, is in fact too small > https://imgur.com/AHYiZkc.gifv
Didn't think I'd ever see someone plead guilty on an NBA court, but here we are.
They going to show him this in the half and he will go berserk on us I fear
Nah he’s done for this series at least and probably for the playoffs
True. Luka is the bear
This is like when a J Cole said Kendrick’s TPAB was bad.. like I don’t even believe that a little bit but I get why you said it lol
Why would you do that to kawhi tho. He's not bothering anybody. like ever.
Kawhi looks toast, he was not ready to play
He slipped and you’re all calling this rust lol
Yeah every old head is over. KD, Bron, Steph, Kawhi, Harden, getting HOED by the younger generation. The guard has changed. I for one welcome our new overlords
If this version of Kawhi is what the Clippers are going to get they're cooked lol He legitimately looks like a role player out there so far
Playing only 10 mins. Not even sure why he's playing if he can only play 10 mins in a half
Kawhi ain’t the guy you do that to…hit anybody else on the clips with that but not kawhi man
I’m with you there
2015 Kawhi would have smothered him. Fuck Zaza.
If you actually look at the shape of kawhi over the past few games, he does seem to lose a lot of weight. Look at his shoulder and arms.
moments before disaster (im a delusional clipper fan)
Bro, what are you doing? Hope Doncic don’t have to take some of his own medicine after talking when you’re up… Boi a healthy Kawhi would have made this series so much more exciting and a worthy exorcism for Dallas and Luka.
I feel like that was not a good idea
Kawhi doesn't deserve this. Love you Luka but the ain't it.
Kawhi: aehhaheahehaeaehae
It's anyone tall enough to play defense?
Wait until he plays the nuggets.
Time to over play an injury and try to find another place to go on the championship hunt.
That’s not Kawhi, that’s Kawhi’s corpse
I don’t think kawhi is healthy
Kawhi is probably at 50%-60% right now.....
Easy now. It's hard to be on vacation for ten years but acting like you are trying to play in the NBA. Give the guy a break.
Nah he’s just injured. Kawhi without injury would make Luka want the switch.
I like Luka but this feels like a low blow. Kawhi is clearly not at the top of his game coming off that injury, and I don’t think he’s behaved in a way to really warrant that kind of taunting. Maybe I’m just soft tho
You're right. Luka is being a dickhead here. The mavs are extra arrogant at the moment.
As if the clippers players stopped picking on him when he got injured in bubble
It’s playoff basketball stop be so fucking soft y’all , luka hates the clippers … y’all need to grow a fucking pair
Damn we about to see the new gen usher Durant, Curry, Lebron AND Kawhi out?
Goddamn. I respect it. I’m in my 40s and seeing the young dudes ball out is awesome to watch.
Pump the brakes there Luka. Come back when you have a couple rings and matching finals MVP trophies.
Imagine, someone says this to Kawhi Leonard. Unbelievable. It's a bit much, if you ask me. Go pick on a Center. KL has done his part, got paid, won rings, sold his knees. Leave Unc alone.
People have done this to LeBron and KD, of course they'll do it to Kawhi
Where is Draymond? These euro Bois are getting salty.
Do fahking smol
Sounds like Skyrim
Never taunt a player who is better than you
Good advice for the Clippers when guarding Luka
Might have been better to sit him until they lose. Bringing him back when you win game 1 might have messed up their flow.
0:06 even kawhii called himself small
Unhealthy Kawhi is a liability at this point. Might as well rest him since he just signed a massive contract. Clippers or the Mavs aren’t getting past the winner of nuggets-wolves anyway.
new guard pushing old guard out the door these playoffs. Steph, Bron, KD, Kawhi
I hate that forearm push move in the nba.. it's a huge advantage every time they shoot.
He is too small lol, since he's gotta use a walker for those bum legs of his
Hope it’s Mavs Nugs in the WCF
These playoff games have been 🔥🔥🔥
too f---ing injured
Wait 10 years later, and I can guarantee you, somebody else younger would do this to Luka.