Kawhi Leonard Can Beat You With PURE FUNDAMENTALS

Kawhi Leonard Can Beat You With PURE FUNDAMENTALS

Honestly it’s time that NBA media and fans start to really give kawh Leonard his credit credit credit a lot of people wrote kawhai off and I’m not saying that they rode his skills off in totality but they would never mention him when it came to the top five players in the

League currently it may look like he’s coasting up the floor not really going 100% but this is when you know the game of basketball is too easy for someone and that’s certain someone is Kawai Leonard say you need a bucket inside well kawhai has no issue getting there

And if you need a bucket from anywhere else inside the ark well that’s an easy call as well and when the team needs someone to stretch the floor by knocking down jumpers from the outside kaai can provide that for you as well some might call him boring basic and all around

Just not a player you want to watch but I’m telling you when you turn that TV on and watch the way Leonard gets his buckets you’ll for sure see his game in a different light as he puts on a fundamental Master Class when he’s getting into these isos or postup type

Actions is truly a nightmare for the defender because once he gets to his sweet spot it’s it’s pretty much a done deal by changing Paces this allows kawhai to get right to the spots on the floor but since the double is right there to stop him instead of forcing up

A bad shot Leonard stays patient and then can feat this crossover to get into the Jay this Elite scoring KY ass when it’s just him and the defender in these situations is ridiculous and it forces the defense into switching up their scheme instead of soft help or leaving

Onee guys on an island to cover him they’ll send an extra Defender to get the ball out his hands but with kawai’s poised and patient nature he can easily find the open man on the floor to grant them a open look once catching the ball in this mid-range Wing area kawhai

Basically welcomes the double so now with them tight on him it’s a simple dish back to the top of the key for a Harden three-pointer it honestly doesn’t matter where he’s at on the court as the defense doesn’t want him to score the ball at all so when the Twin Towers

Commit to kawhai in this corner and while everyone sits and watches Leonard can dime it to Westbrook on the cut for the strong G one his vision on the floor has been on full display this season with all the double was thrown at him so when this happen now it’s nothing for

Kawhai to just Retreat away from the double team and then fling this across the court to the corner for Paul George to get into the three-pointer this layer to his game just makes things more difficult as not only does the defense have to pay for it

If they let him go oneon-one but if they choose to go help well the right pass can be made with kawhai this level of awareness is something that is key for him because not only does it help on the offensive end but on the defensive side

Of things Leonard is and has always been a problem with with kawh on the court the Clippers play at a defensive rating pace of 109.0 but when you switch over and see what this turns into when he’s not on the floor it lands in with a defensive rating of

118.0 so yeah a major difference when Kawai is on the floor vers when he’s not and there’s reasons to this when teams get out on that fast break and think the momentum is going to shift in their favor well kawhai can meet them in the

Air and show them that he’s not to be played with and you tell me when guard and Curry around these screens how many players do you see not only a avoid the screen allog together but then be able to get out to him to block the shot yeah

I know really not too many guys around the league can do this but it doesn’t just stop there as his anticipation and ability to smother Defenders can tear the opposing team apart it may seem as if you have a gap between the two of you but with this quickness to pounce on you

Before you even know it you’re bobbling the ball and it’s a dunk going the other way there’s literally not a Time on the court where you shouldn’t be cautious if Leonard is guarding you because although this lob over the top on his back door cut looks open kawhai can use that reach

Of fist to get up and tip the pass making this result in a turnover and an and one from Harden that anticipation he has helped some bait guys into thinking the pass is open but with kawhai just plotting this is when he can wait for

You to swing it back and go snatch it out the air this high level of Defense can shut team’s whole entire plan down as lonard can be in the right spots to stop certain actions and then get back to his initial Defender to then stri him

Of the rock to go get a easy one on the break with kawhai you just get so much value when it comes to him a affecting the game on both ends but when I tell you that his scoring this season has been topof the line I truly mean it now

Does top-of the line mean he averaging the most or having the most exciting performances nah not at all because when referring to Kawai he can get the job done in the simplest way and this says a lot about his game while many players need tons of flashy Combos and lots of

Screens to navigate around Leonard can pretty much use the basic fundamentals to get right where he wants on the floor and make Defenders why it look so easy as of right now now kaai is averaging 23 points six rebounds and three assists while shooting 52% from the field which

Is tied for the best shooting from the field in his career and 44% from Deep which is tied for the best in his career as well as you can see right there kawhai can put the ball in the basket at an efficient rate and with him having a

Plus minus of 7.9 you can see when kawai’s out there on the floor it elevates this team in totality his skill sets on the court all leak into one another as that ability to lock down Defenders helps them get easy buckets on the floor when Moody catches in the

Corner he’s immediately looking to swing it back to CP3 so with kawai’s hunting ability he runs right through this to then spin away from Chris Paul and with that newly found speed and burst kawhai can soar in slam it home not only is it the defense that leads to open buckets

On the other end but when Defenders try and take that Pursuit angle to knock him off his path Leonard can feed a spin move just snatching their ankles and the rest is history with his ability to score the ball at all three levels he can opt to these pushes all the way to

The rim but if Defenders choose to keep backpedaling when he brings the ball up the floor well kawwai can rise up over the top and drop it in from the perimeter since the Clippers have much improved floor spacing and guys who can sink the defense completely it’s going

To open up many opportunities for players to get open looks and now it’s all about focusing to knock it down take this play here for an example with George starting this action He commands the attention of two Defenders so now with the ball being swung to the corner

It pulls yet another Defender out that way so with kawai’s man in the paint behind zoo and ball watching when Russ receives the pass on the cut Leonard is wide open in his corner and it’s a straight Money Ball that seamless ball movement is something we see a lot from

This Clippers team now and you can also see how well the gravity of James Harden opens up kawai’s game completely with that knack to get into the teeth of the defense four Timberwolf Defenders surround Harden so he can kick it out to George in the corner and since the

Defense is in a frenzy that one extra pass to Kawai leads to a drop from Deep although this screen rooll doesn’t involve kawi men at all with Clarkson sliding over to help with on the row it makes John Collins have to drop down and split the two Defenders on the perimeter

Zoo can now dish it right back out to Quai on the three-point line and by the being it’s Money Team it isn’t just from the perimeter where kawhai benefits off hard’s creativity as when Terence man catches in the middle of the floor on this hard and double team it pulls

Kawai’s man and der Jones Jr towards him so with Leonard creeping in on this backside it’s an easy bucket inside having that point guard who’s going to look for you at all times is a major plus but being able to score the ball from wherever helps you out

Tremendous ly with major confidence and a locked in type of Focus right now it may look basic but by creating space with that crossover it didn’t allows him to be uncontested on this jumper it really doesn’t take much besides a slight opening to see the rim and get

The shot off because even when the defense is guarding him tight once he gets that little bit of room to get the shot up well now it’s another three points on the board yeah so to be shooting this well from by The Arc while Defenders are highly focused on him is

Ridiculous but I will say having Harden the court does get him some easy looks so he isn’t always covered tightly another way to combat this tight defense besides depending on floor spacing is his ability to navigate on the court to get exactly where he wants by curling

Off these screens tight it totally takes his Defender out the play so now the big man has to choose whether to guard him or get back to his man so if they’re indecisive for a split second well kawhai can pull up right over them this quickness to realize when he has the

Opening just don’t moralizes defenses but it’s really his ability to notice what the defense is going to to do and then reroute his way to the rim to get a bucket when coming up the court versus Suns kawhai gets into this crossover as if he’s going to go towards the double

But then spins out towards the Baseline to avoid this completely and with him being two steps ahead of the defense Leonard is already in his shooting motion before they can even react it’s truly a hard skill to be able to get away from the defense and score the ball

While they’re gunning at you 247 but with kawhai he’s just a different breed right now he isn’t shooting the best from the mid-range as he’s only connecting on 39% of his 14 one attempts but I’m honestly not worried about that as Leonard is usually a good shooter

From that in between range his scoring from the inside cleans that up in a massive way as he’s connecting on 79% of his 116 shots from the restricted area and when we bring it out a little more kawhai shoots 67% on 177 attempts from less than 8 ft so yeah his inside game

Isn’t lacking whatsoever that strength allows him to move Defenders out his way to the rim it looks like Kawai has found this new explosiveness on his attacks and with his ability to ISO Defenders out in any way he wants Leonard can destroy the defense if you enjoyed this video be

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