Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers

[levon]

Kawhi AND OG clamping LeBron?

Plus that perfect fit offense, we ball by sharing the sugar and exploiting mismatches then next time down Kawhi balls his iso 2. No one gets tired, everyone knows their roles. Kawhi still comes to the gym on load management days and works out, none of this ferris buellers day off bs the Clippers did.

I think it's just like kawhi said here:
https://cdn-cf-east.streamable.com/video/mp4-mobile/hbdsh.mp4?Expires=1602103860&Signature=AZGY0fS9C9RXfaHC3jeTJco9RCw8uaUgDXd4tFQub0mOA6U0SDHjdgahjdg8ghIg2dv4z6GHu1KJegw6zG7qFImOCzSQ7TO8UKH9FwNEfixU6gnMv9xac8Ux-m~Q2LoDi~hojlycvS2X6FQUlc3j5p4JFkQ-NJ5YzXmblY3MZgNVMnwfaQkpJQEPOZ7tQPODM1XSUlGsuAGO1n8dZmdl90FxjP6eoFfby9Bw7bHDGQSlT8AS1CrcfJMKozIainVxCO3kWXvP4PagxhpruWlkoyCEMCDfaADu~5aVXxpet1V4ijTCLQaEO7gUXwg1z~VEMuh3Irc8lqBARHlNrajGCQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIEYUVEN4EVB2OKEQ

But shout out to kawhi for restoring order to the NBA and breaking that up.

The only thing Kawhi was clamping was his asscheeks in the 4th quarter of Game 7 against the 20 year old Nuggets.

[ThePersianFreak]

Raps fans are really delusional, LMAO!

[Mikistan]

Raps fans are really delusional, LMAO!

Ya raps would have no chance the refs would gift Lebron 3 straight quarters of his team being called for 0 fouls just like in 2016

[Kobe187]

Raptors have no answer for AD, he’s just too good. Kawhi would lock down LeBron, but it wouldn’t matter as he’s not the #1 option and AD would bury them. Who’s going to guard AD? Siakam would get bullied inside, with AD’s range shooting he would make it rain over Gasol, Ibaka & Anouby. Overall the Raptors match up well against the Lakers except for that AD matchup, swap AD with say Embiid and I’d take the Raptors in 7, but with AD’s scoring versatility Lakers in 6.

[Kobe187]

Danny Green vs Danny Green lol

[Jays4WS]

Raps

[axeman23]

Lakers, the moment the Raptors see LeBron stepping onto the hardwood it's BBQ chicken.

"BAH GAWD, THAT'S LEBRON JAMES' MUSIC!!!"

Raptors:

[cycl0nus]

before lebron was being abusive towards, raptors fans forget kobe molested the franchise for 81

[The Bunk]

Toronto probably doesn't even sniff a 5th game in last year's finals if not for Golden State's injuries. Talk about asterisk.

Lakers in 4/5.

[Dupp]

There was a point in the season I thought Toronto with kawhi would win the title easily. Now I think it’d be a very close finals that could go either way.


Also have to factor in Danny green would still be there so Lakers would have signed someone else and probably started signing guys earlier if kawhi was off the table. Their makeup may be way different.

[Frank Dux]

Kawhi is so overrated right now.

I don’t think anyone gets by more on reputation than him, maybe besides his teammate Playoff P. Shut down defense? Please, where was his lock down defense when Murray destroyed his team?

[SuppaSlick]

I don't know who would win but I guarantee you it would be a hell of a lot more entertaining then this series

[Hello Brooklyn]

Sorry but that Toronto team wasn't even that good. Good enough to win the East but got lucky facing a Lakers team w/o Durant or Klay.

They would have no shot against a team with LeBron & AD.

Especially since Siakiam has been exposed.

[Jcity08]

As someone who actually watched Raptors game last season, I can tell you they had issues with teams going big, so its probably reasonable to assume they'd have a difficult time with a lineup that has Lebron, AD & Dwight. So I'd say Lakers win the series.

I know people want any chance to trash the Raptors championship, that much I've learned on RealGM. It is what it is.

[jimmy keys]

Sorry but that Toronto team wasn't even that good. Good enough to win the East but got lucky facing a Lakers team w/o Durant or Klay.

They would have no shot against a team with LeBron & AD.

Especially since Siakiam has been exposed.

Klay played the whole series except one game and it made zero difference. This Lakers team is nothing special either.

[Hello Brooklyn]

Sorry but that Toronto team wasn't even that good. Good enough to win the East but got lucky facing a Lakers team w/o Durant or Klay.

They would have no shot against a team with LeBron & AD.

Especially since Siakiam has been exposed.

Klay played the whole series except one game and it made zero difference. This Lakers team is nothing special either.

LOL Klay was having the best game of his life in Game 6 before getting hurt, letting the Raptors win.

[Raps in 4]

the GB's not gonna like this but the 2020 raptors without Kawhi would've put up a good fight against them also

Lakers have the better defense and easily the best two players in the series. They probably sweep.

Raptors defence was ranked higher in the regular season (#2 vs. #3) and playoffs (#1 vs. #6).

Raptors also beat the Lakers pretty easily in both regular season meetings this year (without Lowry and Ibaka in the first meeting too).

[Tracymcgoaty]

We clearly look like a completely different team post season compared to the regular season. Could go either way imo..But people acting as if Raps would kill us because of some regular season games i lol.

[Anticon]

Raptors have no answer for AD, he’s just too good. Kawhi would lock down LeBron, but it wouldn’t matter as he’s not the #1 option and AD would bury them. Who’s going to guard AD? Siakam would get bullied inside, with AD’s range shooting he would make it rain over Gasol, Ibaka & Anouby. Overall the Raptors match up well against the Lakers except for that AD matchup, swap AD with say Embiid and I’d take the Raptors in 7, but with AD’s scoring versatility Lakers in 6.

Yeah, how could they possibly handle the -14.6 net rating he put up against them this year. AD has never been a major problem for Toronto going back a while.

https://stats.nba.com/player/203076/advanced/?Season=2019-20&SeasonType=Regular%20Season&OpponentTeamID=1610612761

I have no doubt he'd improve and figure things out. But the idea that it's some kind of scary matchup is baseless.

[Raps in 4]

Toronto probably doesn't even sniff a 5th game in last year's finals if not for Golden State's injuries. Talk about asterisk.

Lakers in 4/5.

Funny because Lebron lost 4-1 and 4-0 to those Warriors too. No team was beating them with KD and Steph healthy.