Kawhi Leonard ☆

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This season

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• Podcast Locked On Raptors · Report · Oct 16

  On an Ingram-style pin-down that became an Iverson cut to the wing, Kawhi caught the ball and immediately hit a three.

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · Report · Oct 16

  Barnes and Quickley (heard as "iq") ran a 4-1 inverted ghost action that ended in a Euro-step and-one. Wolfond said that lineup (Barnes, IQ, Kawhi, RJ, Jacoby, likely Ja'Kobe Walter) was small, and he doesn't know whether the team will play that small often.

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · Analysis · Oct 16

  Wolfond said the Raptors need to take and make more pull-up threes and that Kawhi will help a lot with that. He noted Quickley shot 29% on pull-up threes last year, below his career level.

• Podcast Sean Woodley, Locked On Raptors · Prediction · Oct 16

  Woodley said he expects first-shot half-court efficiency to beat last year's 10th place with Kawhi. The transcript says "defense" in a discussion about offense, possibly a slip or ASR error.

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · Prediction · Oct 16

  Wolfond predicts the Raptors finish about 9th in offensive rating. He does not necessarily expect the half-court ranking to improve just because Kawhi replaces Ingram, but expects better transition and second-shot offense.

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · Prediction · Oct 15

  Trill projects Scottie Barnes to play 65-70 games and Kawhi Leonard probably a little fewer. He adds that with Kawhi it is more about getting him through the playoffs than the regular season.

• Podcast Sean Woodley, Locked On Raptors · Report · Oct 15

  Sean says Kawhi Leonard played off the ball more in his preseason debut than in basically any game last year.

• Podcast Sean Woodley, Locked On Raptors · Prediction · Oct 15

  Sean thinks Toronto can manage Kawhi better than the Clippers did because he will have to do less and be on the ball less. He expects a lot more off-ball usage.

• Podcast Sean Woodley, Locked On Raptors · Prediction · Oct 15

  Sean expects the defense to carry over from night to night and the offense to be fine when Kawhi is out. He projects the team slightly above .500 in games Kawhi misses and dominant when he plays.

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · Opinion · Oct 15

  Trill says getting Kawhi Leonard puts the Raptors in win-now mode and on the clock right away. He thinks they should be making trades, are lined up for this deadline with money to move, and should be aggressive about upgrading.

• Podcast Sean Woodley, Locked On Raptors · Analysis · Oct 13

  Leonard is slated to play Tuesday against the Knicks in Toronto. It would be his first preseason appearance and maybe his last, because the Raptors play a preseason back-to-back later in the week.

• Podcast Locked On Raptors · Prediction · Oct 13

  Vivek Jacob is unsure Leonard will play more than the first half Tuesday and guesses he will not. He also expects Leonard to start out easy and let teammates get involved first.

• Podcast Sean Woodley, Locked On Raptors · Analysis · Oct 13

  Sean wants to watch how Leonard fits with the other starters, "assuming all the other starters are going": the two-man game with Scottie Barnes, Immanuel Quickley (heard as "Emmanuel quickly") screening for Leonard or floating off the ball, and RJ Barrett moving around Leonard's isolations.

• Podcast Sean Woodley, Locked On Raptors · Prediction · Oct 13

  Sean believes the Raptors can score at a credible rate in games Leonard misses, and thinks they will be close to impossible to stop when he plays.

• Podcast Locked On Raptors host · Analysis · Oct 9

  Host names Kawhi Leonard's health as the main obstacle for the Raptors and expects Kawhi to miss some time.

• Podcast Locked On Raptors host · Analysis · Oct 9

  Host says Kawhi (written 'Kawhi'/'kawaii') has to play 60-65 games for the 1-seed to truly be in play, because the East leaves little margin for error.

• Podcast Locked On Raptors host · Analysis · Oct 9

  Host says replacing Brandon Ingram with Kawhi Leonard theoretically improves late-game play (he says 'defense' here) and gives the team a 'dead-eyed closer'. This implies Ingram is no longer on the team, but no trade details are given.

• Podcast Locked On Raptors host · Prediction · Oct 9

  Host predicts a top-10 offense with Kawhi, and a much better transition game with a team that runs a lot.

• Podcast Locked On Raptors host · Prediction · Oct 9

  Host doesn't think Kawhi will play in the Clippers preseason game in Vancouver. No reason is given.

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