Debating the Clippers’ hopes to beat Mavericks without Kawhi Leonard | NBA Countdown
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- I’m joined on NBA Countdown by Stephen A. Smith, Michael Wilbon and Kendrick Perkins as we preview Game 1 between the LA Clippers and Dallas Mavericks.
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Kawhi the only player to have 50+ different injuries then come back and drop 30 consistently with no struggle 💀
Gonna need a lot more than 30 to compete with the Mavs elite offense and defense.
@@whoyounome”defense”
@nemo-he3kh yes Mavs statistically have a better "defense"
Keep in mind we aren't talking about Mavs 1 or 2 years ago. We are talking the present moment.
@@nemo-he3khbro mavs where top 4 defense lately
@@nemo-he3khActually mate you're speaking English and it's spelt defence, there's the Queens English and there's wrong, don't give me the we speak yank English cr@p.
Kawhi's injury would give SAS convenient reason not to give any credit to Luka for the series win
exactly well said , them cunts will do anything to discredit Luka - racist mf
Kawhi could be there & play well, but Luka average 45/15/10 & lead the Mavs to an unprecedented type of sweep & SAS would still not credit him lol
How do people misrepresent things which are said so badly? All three said that the Mavericks will win if Kawhi is not healthy. All three would say that the best player in the series is either Luka or Kawhi. How much more credit does Luka need?
@@UnconventionalReasoningLuka is simply better, stop hating 😂
@@UnconventionalReasoning for the starters-them dumb fcks voted SGA as MVP :)) And by now we all know that Kawai not on Lukas level not even close , so dont talk like Kawai can be best player in the series when we all know he can not be the best player in the series with Luka on the floor, he was not even the best player when Luka was 22 years old playing with zero all stars on his team and managed to take clippers to game 7 both times. And this shit keep going and going they will never admit that Luka best player on the floor they always try to take any one else over Luka.
Kawhi when healthy is one of the best players in the world, but that Toronto championship he wasn't even 100%, but was the most healthy he has been since 2016 and that says a lot. Don't think anyone is expecting that he will play a full year or contend for another championship ever again at this point.
Watching this after Game 1. 🤣
end of 3rd quarter. Clippers 87 - Mavs 64. Without the Klaw, Luka and crew are being demolished. Keep talking Stephen A and Perk, you guys are always accurate! Accurate Clowns!!! 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 y’all still listen to these guys
Clippers are not a one man team, they have 4 future hall of Famers, a sixth man of the year candidate, 3 capable centers, a good bench, and home advantage which we have seen so far in the playoffs. Kawahi is questionable for tomorrow game, which means he'll either play tomorrow, or Tuesday night. I am not going to let the mainstream media decides whose going to win this series. As a Clippers fan, it's going to be Clippers in 6
Absolutely agree with you
3 capable centers? Huh?
@@GabrielCorbetwhat did he say wrong it seems u don't know the roster
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My clippers we’re going to take the series and sending the mavs home in the 1st round 🙏🏼🙏🏼💯
I really hope we come & put a end to all the disrespect ✌🏾#Laclipppers
Clippers have a ton of talent. I'm leaning to them being the one to come out of the west. I think too many people are sleeping on this team.
Since Zaza and the Warriors pulled their dirty tricks, poor Kawhi has been falling apart …
Still great tho
so he didn't win 2019? hating on another level lmao
@@jeydski Huh? No, that’s why I hate Zaza and the Warriors, lol. Hope they’re enjoying their holidays, lol.
@@kierenmoore3236I’m glad the warriors are done they ruined the league for too long
@@kierenmoore3236 Kawhi is just a load management guy, his injury in 2017 didn't affect his health lol. You forgot he's still healthy in 2019 and won a ring? lol
Luka dropping a 50 bomb
Imma go 60 sum'n
and still lose
Where
This didn't age well.
dropping a 11/26 4 turnovers and 1-7 from 3 at one point being also scoreless in the 2nd quarter. Yeh 50 bomb, shii the whole mavs didn't even drop 50 in the first half
As a Mavs fan, I don't want to be overconfident. I'll keep it realistic. Without Kawhi? Mavs in 4. That's my humble, unbiased opinion.
Hahahahaha
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I’m a mavs fan and this is hilarious. I love you brother! Go mavs!
Without Kawhi: Mavs in 4
With Kawhi: Clips in 6
If he misses 1 then clips in 7, if he misses 2 then mavs in 7
Damn, kawhi really needs some replacement parts
Clippers in 4 start Russell Westbrook we don’t need Leonard
He turn the ball over too much
Bro smoking too much weed..😂
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We must figure out what is causing the weakness and inflammation and then eliminate the cause(s) in order to expedite the healing. Solving this will also prevent future episodes and give Kawhi and the Clippers a chance to play for the title.
All Mavs need to do is steal 1 win in LAC homecourt and pretty much it's a wrap...
All the mavs fans that called for j kidd job i need you front and center hand in yo basketball card
He still gotta go jit
I didn't call for his job but he did deserve the criticism. The pj and gafford trade saved him. Plus last season when we were losing, he never took responsibility. He kept saying " I'm just the coach". That's weak man
he still gotta go
He deserved all the criticism at the time. Classic example of being carried by talent
JKidd deserved the criticism. Even after the trade, there was a phase where the Mavs lost 5 of its 6 games because he refuses to use Gafford, remember? Gafford playing 6 minutes in several of those games? Fans were so infuriated because we saw how the Mavs beat the Thunder by 33 points(!!!) when Washington and Gafford played. When the criticism grew louder, he placed Gafford in the starting lineup and the Mavs started winning again. And then, he started talking "Luka is the best player in the world, etc etc (sucking up?)." I mean why does he even have to say that, we Mavs fans do not need to be told that. And then after winning several games, he says "I wish to get an extension (of his contract)?" Seriously. Still not convinced.
Incredible!
Clippers can still win and are extremely dangerous. The teams loaded with a great coach.
CLIPPERS IN 5
Out?
Easy
Yeah naah 😂😂
I agree. Clips in 5 or 6
If kawhi is healthy this series, Clippers in 7🔥🔥🔥🔥💯
In 6
Mavs in 5 even with kawhi on the court
@@JuanRomo-vl4hjexactly we are the better team
@@danielbanks4228 we definitely gonna see 🤣 🤣
Kawhi won’t even play 1 minute in the series
I challenge anyone, especially SAS to tear their ACL and meniscus and see how strong, healthy, and elite your game will be afterwards...not to mention your availability for even the LA Fitness league let alone the friggin NBA!
The man just signed a three year EXTENSION. I don't want to hear about his freaking injury history. He needs to get out on the floor. He's soft as cottonelle tissue.
Not looking for agreement from anyone...but I think he's more like Bounty the quicker picker upper than cottonelle which everyone else will be saying once he comes back and they bounce Dallas in the 1st round.
Malika lucky i don't cancel my own but good footage there. Thx
I cannot wait to see the most dominant duo in the nba do magic. My god, luka has been playing horse and doing trickshots in the last few games this season, the league aint ready... kyrie 4th qtr is unbelievable
Lmao the Internet is just full of stupid comments
Mffl but maybe this sparks harden n p.G but I just don't see them trading buckets with Mavs
Micheal Welbon a old
Goat
Bit a goat at that cherish him
respect him and his knowledge and experience
@@iaskquestions yup. He’s getting old. To bad we don’t truly cherish our nba analysis peeps
Thank you sas for that kyrie take
Clippers need Leonard the only other way they can win is to have the other stars tap into their prime which is hella unlikely
I love clips but mavs in 6
*My* *Clippers* *Are* *Done* *In* *5*
I remember Don MacLean, one of our Clippers analyst, used to talk crap about Harden’s game. How he preferred Lou Williams’ game over Harden. This was 6 years ago. Now Don kisses his ass as Harden is now being used to market this godforsaken franchise.
Clippers are stupid the moment they traded Shai for Paul George and because Kawhi wanted PG-13%. Clippers could’ve drafted Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Michael Porter Jr. in that 2018 draft. Now SGA is an MVP candidate on a No. 1 seed and MPJ is a champion. What has Paul George done for us except being injured a lot like Kawhi.
Series is over. Dallas wins Game 1 or 2. Wins both in Dallas. Wins Game 5 in LA. My Clippers are too old and injury-prone. Dallas are the 3rd best team in the West behind Denver and Lakers at reaching the Finals. Kawhi, PG, and Harden would’ve been decent in 2019 but not in 2024. Clippers tried doing the 2004, 2013, and 2022 Lakers chasing for older stars who are already washed. Harden from 2018 is not coming back, okay? He’s washed. Sometimes he gives us 15-20 points and sometimes only 6 or 8.
Nuggets repeat but if Lakers do upset them, then Lakers are winning it all. I should have parlays with Sierra Leone, Fierceness, Stronghold, and Resilience with four NBA teams: Nuggets, Lakers, Celtics, and Sixers. The Sixers will beat the Knicks and Bucks and we will get an ECF of Boston vs. Philly. Philly can upset but only IF Embiid is healthy. They have the best player in that series. Tatum and Brown are second-rate stars to me like a Paul George. We saw a 64-win Suns lose to Dallas in the 2nd round in 2022.
Parlay -
Sierra Leone
Stronghold
Resilience
Celtics or Sixers wins East
Nuggets or Lakers wins West
By trading for Harden, my Clippers only helped the Sixers get better. Did you see Batum the other night? He saved the Sixers. That’s the guy a lot of Clippers fans miss. Batum has WINNING INTANGIBLES that Paul George, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook do not.
Those Clippers have skill or athleticism, but they don’t have those winning intangibles like Batum. The ones who win rings play intelligently and efficiently and those three don’t have that. Rodman was not a skilled player but he knew how to win better than most stars today who have way more skill than he did. Every bricked shot is a loss of a possession. You can’t be inefficient with each possession. Rodman played the game by doing all the dirty work that MJ and Scottie didn’t do.
Ty Lue is becoming as overrated as Doc Rivers. What genius *midget* lineup will he be stirring up that has the media blindly praise him this time? Another 1st round exit by my Clippers. We’ll be fishing by May 1st. Then more hoopla for our new arena next season but the same disappointments next May.
What is bro yapping abt 😭😭🤣
nobody's reading that shit fuck outta here. Clippers are gonna finish the job and be done with the Mavs in 5 if that's what U meant.
Kyries dramas usually stems from the sports analysts blowing anything out of proportion
Thank all yall. Clippers will win series. You welcome rj brother
James Harden 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Without kawaii its kinda hard to go against the mavs, Kai n Luka against harden and pG
I'll be watching this every time Clippers plays Mavs until Kawhi returns
the amount of disrespect towards the clippers is astounding, as always lol
Clippers can beat the Mavs with kawhi and without him ! We got the depth , just play good basketball.
Funniest shit I read today no excuses when the clippers get dropped off
Mavs in 4
Keep sleeping on Mavs supporting role players and chemistry
Mavs are younger, faster, more athletic, and better rim defenders. It’s their defense that will make it tough for the clippers
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I give credit to SAS and ESPNN ! No bs media agenda against Kyrie this season and stupid Kyrie takes. You did a great job of keep your mouth shut! Good job SAS 😂
It's crazy talking like that about a team that still has George, Westbrook, and Harden. Regardless, go Mavs
Harden will help the mavs a lot this series
Helped put them outta the game by halftime.
how come hes not saying Embiid shouldnt play hes as hurt just as much smh dudes got a vendetta against kwai
Mavs if 6 if they have Kawhi.....
Mavs in 3 if they don’t have Kawhi
No Kawhi no problem lol, that's embarrassing for the Mavs.
Dallas is good team but the clippers dont need kawhi to be luka n kyrie the team is stacked with offense n defense
So are the Mavs the acquisition of PJ Washington and Gafford at the trade deadline was exactly what they needed.
We don't need him to beat them 1 game. But I seriously doubt we're winning a whole series without him.
Everybody: …
SAS : I don’t wanna hear about kawhi on team USA
I agree with Steven A, Kawii shouldn't be on any other team, other than the clippers, he owes the clippers.
Clippers in 6
I’m I crazy or SAS said doncic correctly???
F Kawhi! He got his 💰 and can careless about his team. Clippers should have never gave him the extension.. if they would have waited he probably would’ve still been playing 😂
I can't dismiss my la clippers ❤❤
Everyone has some injury in some way. Why can’t he play with injury?
RIP Clippers, it's been a great season
sana ma jinx
Do you believe to them? Hahahaa crazy.
Clippers had some impressive wins without Kawhi late in the season. Dallas will have to play very well even if Kawhi doesn't play for part of the series.
So i see SAS is still hating on Kawhi
Mavs in 5 both series. Tbh I have mavericks sweeping the first 2 rounds let's get it!
Its a no way No one believe Clipper win over Dallas without Kawhi we saw it even with him playing Luka cooked them in the bubble now that Luka have Kai just imagine that now if there is one team not to sleep on its Clippers for real got to give them that but its 1%chance against a fully loaded Dallas team they are championship team right now the one Clippers should have been
🤔🤔 cooked the clippers but yet to beat them in the series. I thought the point is winning not stats😁
To be honest Kawhi cooked the Mavs. People always talk about Luka cooking because he is young and a part of an underdog team.
I don't see anybody cooking Mavs other than Clippers and Nuggets.
But they still lose. Luka can score all the points he wants but mavericks will never win a series against the clippers it’s the James harden vs warriors effect yall going to figure it out this week
Man stop listening to these clowns and just watch the game
LOL. 8 PT 2nd qtr. I guess the Clippers couldn't stop Kyrie and Luka, eh?
Kyrie deserves to be part of team USA more than Lenard
Really, they are too opposite. Kawhi is a forward and Kyrie is a guard. How does your Argument even makes sense?
@lakshyagoyal3392 we're living a positionless era in basketball. Dallas usually plays Luka, Kyrie, and Dante Exum together, three players who used to be point guards. Team USA could play Kyrie and Steph together. I think it fits much better in FIBA.
everyone except clipper fans know this series is already done
Clippers don't suck, even without Kawhi they're formidable.
lmao
Not yet, 3 to go..
-clips
WITHOUT Kawhi?? They're struggling even WITH Kawhi.
Well this didn't age well... Clippers dominated the Mavs without Kawhi 😂
Clippers are a fantastic team, as much as i like kawhi I think they need to move on from him because hes always hurt. Clippers are good anyways
Didn't matter if he played or not in this series....Mavs in 5.
Kawhi on load management for next regular season😅
Just to miss the playoffs again
Let's go mavs! We going to be them clippers in 6
if mavs will win game 1 - i dont know how long it will last till game 7 but mavs will get out of first round
Holy Brocolli, why is Kawhi always injured at the wrong time?
Clippers are stupid I been saying to rest him last 2 months of seaosn they had this man playing 4 road games in a week with those grandma knees
Fans and media are just tired of Kawai
MAVS IN 6😂😂😂😂
LEGGO PERK
What if Westbrook listening
clips in 6 if they have leonard
mavs in 5 if they don’t
Sounds about right. But I might be willing to extend Mavs in 6 without Kawhi.
Smh the clippers are just never gonna get a fair shot with this current group of players. Kawhi is just too injury prone, in the most important times of the year lol, dude played a lot during the season but of course is hurt now going into the playoffs
When did bro get hurt??
Dont even play each other just let Mavs advance at this point
Clippers will be fine. Start a new topic.
They got no chance without Kawhi.
Wishful thinking
Is delusion an LA thing? I never thought the Clippers fans will be as delusional as Lakers fans. You caught that bug.
They will be fine in Cancun 😂
Fine at home, sleeping after losing 4 straight
Kawhi resting for the Olympics
I find it remarkablyv ironic that a gentleman who couldn't complete one college game, for injury , and never returned to a basketball court can be as tone deaf, not to cocede logic that these are professional athletes who pound their bodies for an entire professional season.
Injuries occur despite your performative disgust of the injured player or not.
Get over y'rself!
What does his ability or inability to play basketball have a damn thing to do with the fragility of Kawhi Leonard? EVERY YEAR past the Raptors championship, the man either misses the regular season, or the playoffs of a particular year.
To not acknowledge that Leonard is never available when the Clippers need it, would be pure delusion. Especially considering he just signed a freaking three-year extension. You don't need to be a player to know this.
@@PGO_Gaming And you don't need to be a beat reporter and columnist turned bloviated television sensationalist to understand that humans demanding as much of their bodies as he does throughout a season will get hurt / injured.
Stephen A. ain't payin' Kawhi's salary and neither are you.
So unless those who are payin' him are exhausted with the unavailability of his services at pivotal times e'rybody else is talkin' loud and sayin' nothin' despite yours and Stephen A.'s...
"Feelings... nothing more than feelings... Kawhi Leonard will still be paaaaaaid"!
So be mad then. 😅🤣😂
Okay, 'kay, 'kay, 'kaaaaay.
I really want harden and westbrook to win a chip. Without kawhi that wont happen unfortunately
Kawhai could play the whole series they going home regardless in less that 6 games. Luka was pushing his teams to game 7’s with absolutely nobody lmao.
Brunson was off the bench and porzingus was trash. So before you say those two stop the 🧢
Porzingis was trash because Luka doesn't make his teammates better... He makes them dependent
😏😏😏A bunch of haters… the clippers will be just fine. We understand Stephen A smith hatred towards Kawhi and clippers, but the flip floper Burger King Perkins, really? 🙄
They're better without him. He hates to pass ball. Got ppl fooled. Pay attention to team watching him do those slow motion moves. What makes him a superstar? The past?
Clippers in 4 with or without Kawhi
Can we just have a playoffs with a fully healthy Clippers team?
no you cant as youve heard. no kawhi
Never with kawhi on the team
lets see you guyz talk so much.
LA CLIPPERS they still have 3 SUPERSTARS & JUST NOT 4 - Healthy KAWHI is TOP 5 NBA PLAYER 101%
But Luka did not forget dirty LA Clippers playing style and kicks(ALL CLIPPERS PLAYERS), provocations (Montrezl Harrell), repeatedly intentionally stepping on Luka's (Marcus Morris SR.) ankle to injure and weaken Luka. But Luka still remember those ugly plays. LA Clippers fans probably hope to NOT.
This shit is over lol. He ain't coming back and will need more surgery - what a great max part time player
He has inflammation you idiot. He doesn't need surgery. He's going to play because he's been practicing.
Clippers have a better selection of shooters and play better team ball. Outside of two people Mavs got nothing.
They are setting up Luka for failure..If he wins they'll say 'eh kawhi was hurt'.if they lose they'll stomp on Luka..
Aged like milk. Lfg clippers in 6
I wanna give Malika a baby so bad 😩
Same!
All the LA teams will be out of the playoffs what a great playoffs
Even with kawhi they're getting beat down
And. They actually thought Luka was better sga 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😅🤦♂️ does Luka every play defense the closest the Mavs will sniff a chip is on the border of Oklahoma. Luka should bail out and join okc he would be a great bench player for okc
Don't be scare when he full y'all hahah.
Listen i like j kidd but nope, the trade for pj& gafford save him, luka and Kyrie working their asses to win games.
y’all acting like the mavs unbeatable is crazy 🤣🤣🤣 besides Luka and Kyrie the “others” and really good tbh.. Luka and ky gon have to play 40 minutes a night to keep up
They just put the 4 worst anchors in history on one show
Clippers in 5 even without kawhi
Nice joke
@@vpham033 1-0
@@ChristianRamos-ln9zz let’s revisit in a week
@@vpham033 ok
@@vpham033 ok
Clips in 5
Narrative to put down the Mavs again. Typical ESPN.
They don't need kawhi to win mavs clippers team is deep russ going to slow him down PG and Luka can't beat clippers a seven game series
Clippers all day