re: Why is Kawhi Leonard getting a pass?

Posted on 5/13/16 at 3:25 pm to RTR America

Posted by lsupride87

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 5/13/16 at 3:25 pm to RTR America

Lebron averaged 4 more points a game, 4 more assists per game, 1 more rebound a game, 1 point higher PER, and 2% higher field goal %

He led in fricking everything. The argument doesnt work with Steph because Steph actually performed better. Leonard didnt

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Posted by shel311

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Posted on 5/13/16 at 3:29 pm to lsupride87

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Lebron averaged 4 more points a game, 4 more assists per game, 1 more rebound a game, 1 point higher PER, and 2% higher field goal % He led in fricking everything

Kawhi was more efficient, more WS/48, and the gap in defense is substantial, and there's no "normal" metric you can point to so we ignore half of the game basically because of that.

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Posted by RTR America

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Posted on 5/13/16 at 3:33 pm to lsupride87

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Lebron averaged 4 more points a game, 4 more assists per game, 1 more rebound a game, 1 point higher PER, and 2% higher field goal %

Played more minutes and had higher usage. Their PER 36 numbers are largely identical despite the gap in usage.

There might be a reason they were 3 damn points apart in the voting.

The only real gap is an assists for Lebron and net rating for Kawhi.

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