How 5’8″ Yuki Kawamura Dominates Without Scoring
Yuki Kawamura has been the talk of NBA preseason. What I found most impressive is that he’s the shortest player in the league but has dominated without scoring the basketball. Click on the video to find out why.
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Add strength and the 3 line is shorter.
He's very inspirational, showing everyone that even if you're short, if you have the will and the ingenuity, you can still make things happen.
Ah yeah cool, another nba player that every fans and youtube analyst are going to hype up until everyone forgets about him 3 years later
Nba is a business league,he is good but the front office just want him there for ticket sales only
Another example of a great IQ player.
he doesn’t look only 1 inch shorter than Isaiah thomas he looks so much smaller than 5’9
i mean good luck, i dont see how he can make it tho
“Basketball mesut ozil isn’t real, he can’t hurt you”
I like his game a lot! I hope he can keep it up in regular season and playoffs where the defensive intensity is higher.
Right now, a fair comparison to him is Marcelo Huertas. Short and quick point guard that can't buy a bucket but has excellent vision and passing. If he improves his scoring to around 10 PPG, I'd say he's Jose Alvarado. If 18 PPG, then he's CP3
He is a Japanese dude and he also wear a number 17 on his chest.
If defenders lay off him to narrow his passing lanes, he'll just drive to the rim. He laid off that style of play because he didn't want to create film of a bunch of blocked shots, but he's not afraid of driving into much bigger defenders. His high IQ enables him to always take what the opponents are willing to give up.
Kawamura's teammates in Japan often couldn't play fast enough to take advantage of his style of play, but G League and NBA players have the speed and imagination Kawamura needs to succeed.
This is the guy im rooting for
Tehehe! I am taller than him. 🤭
Daniel Li, Hoop Venue and Thinking Basketball are basically the holy trinity when it comes to top tier NBA analysis.
Players shouldn't be helping on defense on Kawamura. Cut off his passing and make him play 1v1.
I really want Yuki to be good, but I just know he's going to get the post-hype treatment where everyone will start bagging on him soon. 5'8 is just such a colossal hurdle in the modern NBA. Would love to see him actually develop as a scoring threat.
anime character hehe
When he plays, have 2 guys who know how to cut to the rim and 2 guys who can shoot it. It will then favor his main strength, beating his defender off the dribble and driving to the basket.
Bro can shoot. He's not just used to shooting at NBA range. But trust me, he's a fvcking shooter
My family and I have been calling him "Kawayee". Dude's got hell of a vision for passing and plays smart defense that's fosho
Tetsu’s finally in the NBA.
Japanese Kuroko, or just Kuroko i guess LMAO
was so excited to see him on the grizzlies depth chart. love this dude
Something about Morant telling him what to do doesn't sit well with me. It's Melo and JLin all over again.
Bro is bringing Kuroko no Basket to the nba
He is fs fun to watch
Kuroko !!
Yellow chocolate
Short players like this are exhausting to guard.
He’s like an OG CP3 when he still had that motor
The word dominate is thrown around so freely
The last game they played against heat , he choked pretty hard in last minutes of 4th quarter. It hurt to watch sadly… almost every play he made was eventually a turnover. He also threw the ball at the opponent… nonetheless he played very well this pre season
Lets go Ryota Miyagi!
Hes a smol steve nash
I can see him having a TJ McConnell role for the Grizzlies. Leading the bench unit’s attack by pushing the pace through his speed and IQ
i disagree hes not a good shooter, its just that the 3 point line in the NBA is further than international level so he is used to shooting from a certain distance
For the young ones out there, Mugsy was the same. He can manipulate defenses at 5'3 and was a menace for guards bringing down the ball.
Loved Kawamura's game and was really impressed when I 1st saw him in World Cup. A 5'8 dude willing Japan to wins!!
高校時代から河村を見てるからこれからも夢の続きを見せてほしい
real life kuruko
You seem to have drawn lots of "conclusions" from watching a handful of games…this guy is a sideshow more than anything. Haters gonna spout their toxicity at this comment but I'll see you guys in a few months.