Quote from: harizen on June 16, 2020, 11:34:18 PM

Quote from: yazher on June 16, 2020, 02:17:57 PM

..unlike Leonard, he is one of the reasons why we know the other players in Raptors like Siakam and the others. He proved that everyone can do his own game if given chance to play well.

Not in my case. It might be those people who are just watching the finals. Raptors is always been at the top of Eastern Conference before Kawhi's arrival. They are not a team that is always left behind the Eastern Conference competition. Their players are popular so it's not about Kawhi why Siakam or others got noticed.

What I like to Kawhi is, he is really fit for the Raptors system. I mean, Raptor's core players are already good, and with Kawhi on the floor, they are even better. We have seen the improvement of Raptors' core players year by year. They always comes back as a better team after every playoff choked lol. And take note, Raptors do have a good record even Kawhi is out on the floor (load management) so let's give credits to the whole Raptors why they achieved that success. I'm also hoping that they will meet the Bucks again on the playoffs to see how they can deal with Giannis without Kawhi.

Correct. Let us also add the arrival of Nick Nurse.
They became a different Raptors team afterward.
I can still remember how bad it was with Dwane Casey.
The moment he sat down DeRozan when the offense was really needed in a win or go home playoff game tells everything.
Forgot the details but there was a lot of time on the clock.
I don't know if he is protecting DeRozan or the management told him to but it was really a bad call.