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Law Murray

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The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

You know, I mean, this is an opportunity for that dude of his Zubats to show everybody that he's capable of playing some of the best basketball, his position in the league. Everyone knows how good Nikola Jokic is. Not everybody understands and appreciates how good Zubats is.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

I think a lot of it is that former Alex. I'm trying to mentally think about these dates. March 4th, May, Murray and I have been James Harden dropping 50 points on the Pistons on the second night of the back-to-back with Kawhi out of the lineup. That's what started their great stretch to end the season because they lost six out of seven coming out of all-star break.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

I think a lot of it is that former Alex. I'm trying to mentally think about these dates. March 4th, May, Murray and I have been James Harden dropping 50 points on the Pistons on the second night of the back-to-back with Kawhi out of the lineup. That's what started their great stretch to end the season because they lost six out of seven coming out of all-star break.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

I think a lot of it is that former Alex. I'm trying to mentally think about these dates. March 4th, May, Murray and I have been James Harden dropping 50 points on the Pistons on the second night of the back-to-back with Kawhi out of the lineup. That's what started their great stretch to end the season because they lost six out of seven coming out of all-star break.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

That's what put them in a spot where they had to play playoff basketball from the first week of March on. And yeah, it turns out that Kawhi Leonard playing like the best version of himself is going to greatly help your offense. And the reason why it helps your offense, Kawhi is a high floor player as well as a high ceiling player. So we see the high ceiling, right?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

That's what put them in a spot where they had to play playoff basketball from the first week of March on. And yeah, it turns out that Kawhi Leonard playing like the best version of himself is going to greatly help your offense. And the reason why it helps your offense, Kawhi is a high floor player as well as a high ceiling player. So we see the high ceiling, right?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

That's what put them in a spot where they had to play playoff basketball from the first week of March on. And yeah, it turns out that Kawhi Leonard playing like the best version of himself is going to greatly help your offense. And the reason why it helps your offense, Kawhi is a high floor player as well as a high ceiling player. So we see the high ceiling, right?

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

He can get to his spots and score at will. But when I say high floor, he doesn't make mistakes while being a first option kind of player, a player who's got the ball in his hands a lot. And that helps a guy like James. Like James still, I believe James turned the ball over more than any player in the league after the All-Star break.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

He can get to his spots and score at will. But when I say high floor, he doesn't make mistakes while being a first option kind of player, a player who's got the ball in his hands a lot. And that helps a guy like James. Like James still, I believe James turned the ball over more than any player in the league after the All-Star break.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

He can get to his spots and score at will. But when I say high floor, he doesn't make mistakes while being a first option kind of player, a player who's got the ball in his hands a lot. And that helps a guy like James. Like James still, I believe James turned the ball over more than any player in the league after the All-Star break.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

However, if he's the only dude turning the ball over at a high rate, you'll live with it. And that was the biggest difference between the Clippers that were bottom 10 in the league offensively through most of the first 70% of the season to the Clippers being one of the very best offenses in the league.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

However, if he's the only dude turning the ball over at a high rate, you'll live with it. And that was the biggest difference between the Clippers that were bottom 10 in the league offensively through most of the first 70% of the season to the Clippers being one of the very best offenses in the league.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

However, if he's the only dude turning the ball over at a high rate, you'll live with it. And that was the biggest difference between the Clippers that were bottom 10 in the league offensively through most of the first 70% of the season to the Clippers being one of the very best offenses in the league.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

You know, James isn't turning the ball over as much as he was, and he's the only guy who has probably a porous turnover ratio. You got guys like Zoo. He's improved. You know, Zoo used to be a fairly unreliable player when it came to catching passes, short roll, decision-making, all that. making passes out of the post.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

You know, James isn't turning the ball over as much as he was, and he's the only guy who has probably a porous turnover ratio. You got guys like Zoo. He's improved. You know, Zoo used to be a fairly unreliable player when it came to catching passes, short roll, decision-making, all that. making passes out of the post.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

You know, James isn't turning the ball over as much as he was, and he's the only guy who has probably a porous turnover ratio. You got guys like Zoo. He's improved. You know, Zoo used to be a fairly unreliable player when it came to catching passes, short roll, decision-making, all that. making passes out of the post.

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

He's gotten so much better at that, you know, and James gets a lot of credit, but Zoo, you got to credit the actual player making the improvements as well. Chris Dunn as a starter next to James Harden. I mean, it just fits because now James doesn't have to worry about overhandling the basketball. Chris Dunn, he can, you know, kind of caretake and get the ball over half court and,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

He's gotten so much better at that, you know, and James gets a lot of credit, but Zoo, you got to credit the actual player making the improvements as well. Chris Dunn as a starter next to James Harden. I mean, it just fits because now James doesn't have to worry about overhandling the basketball. Chris Dunn, he can, you know, kind of caretake and get the ball over half court and,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

He's gotten so much better at that, you know, and James gets a lot of credit, but Zoo, you got to credit the actual player making the improvements as well. Chris Dunn as a starter next to James Harden. I mean, it just fits because now James doesn't have to worry about overhandling the basketball. Chris Dunn, he can, you know, kind of caretake and get the ball over half court and,

The Athletic NBA Daily
Kawhi the best in the NBA? + The Pistons are here | Slam N Jam

James can come off a screen or post himself, situate himself at the elbow or something like that and direct the offense that way. It's just they have complementary pieces that fit. They always had guys who can put the ball in the basket. The Clippers don't shoot a lot of threes either, like the Nuggets, the second fewest in the league.