Kawhi Leonard

[americaninfidel]

18 pts, 14 rebs, and held Melo to 4/17 shooting.

He's getting better and better. I like it.

[gaskill15]

To be fair isn't 4/17 about par for the course for Melo nowadays?

But I agree. Kawhi is a great player and continues to improve his game. The sky's the limit for him, IMO.

[Y2K]

he made a fool of me last year when i predicted he would put up star numbers. Looks like he's gonna do it this year though.

In your defense, he was banged up a lot last year. That couldn't have been predicted.

[americaninfidel]

To be fair isn't 4/17 about par for the course for Melo nowadays?

But I agree. Kawhi is a great player and continues to improve his game. The sky's the limit for him, IMO.

He seems to elevate his game against elite competition. Not only the Finals against Lebron, but he outplayed Durant in the opener, and he was clearly locked into making Melo's life miserable tonight.

Like you suggest, he's got the potential to be very special.

[gaskill15]

To be fair isn't 4/17 about par for the course for Melo nowadays?

But I agree. Kawhi is a great player and continues to improve his game. The sky's the limit for him, IMO.

He seems to elevate his game against elite competition. Not only the Finals against Lebron, but he outplayed Durant in the opener, and he was clearly locked into making Melo's life miserable tonight.

Like you suggest, he's got the potential to be very special.

Not to mention he makes Duncan look like an emotional wreck.

Look at him bout to power this dunk down!!!

[lettherebehouse]

3rd best SF in the game, with the gap between him and #2 being closer than the gap between him and #4.