That Mikal Bridges Kawhi-esque leap is coming...

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Bridges the iron man of the NBA and doesn’t miss any games. Hope he keeps this elevated form up. Sick of the load management player mindset
 

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Setting the bar at Kawhi isn't fair or realistic.

His defense has already regressed compared to a few years back, but in that last month with Phoenix he stepped up offensively with Book hurt and kept them above water. I don't know if he'll become as good as Jaylen Brown (the other main piece in KD trade talks), but that stretch without Book showed there was definitely another leap in the tank and now he has the usage on his own squad to get there.

Yall not listening, bro. I didn't set the bar at Kawhi, I literally said I'm not saying he'll peak like Kawhi. I'm saying look at how both careers started abd how Kawhi developed, at the same stage if his career, that's where Bridges is now...

sohh you're saying the Nets & the Lakers are making the finals and Vridges is winning finals mvp over LeBron. thats literally the only reason Kawhi is viewed as "elite"

False...

NBA fans love giving unreasonable comparisons 10 games in. Please check Kawhi resume lol

Yall not even listening to the parallels between the two I pointed out...
 

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Kahwi was a major factor on championship contending Spurs. Mikal Bridges is/was a role player on that Suns run. Shutup.

"Major factor on a championship team" 😆

Sure, he averaged 22.2 per 100 in Y3; Bridges was Y3 when the Suns went to The Finals and averaged 20.4 per 100...

'14 Kawhi and '21 Bridges were both the third leading scorer on those teams. "Major factor"...

Go sit down nikka 🤣...

Bridges is cool…but isn’t the OP someone who said he’d take Harden over Wade all time?

:mjlol:

I said I take Wade All-Time but I think Harden a better basketball player. I'm not wrong, either. Yall love gassing Wade overrated ass...
 

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Everybody avoiding the question of if yall knew Kawhi was gonna turn into what he did his first 4 years. Because we all know the answer to that is "no" 😆...

One nikka said "Hall Of Fame lock", nobody had Kawhi as a HOFer his first 4 years...

None of you nikkas in here saw Kawhi turning into what he did, so of course you don't see Bridges. What I'm saying is we saw a precedent set with Kawhi and there's a similar career arc forming with Bridges. The non-comprehending crowd in here thinks I'm saying Bridges will ultimately be as great as Kawhi 🤣...

This guy is shooting 50/50/90. You can't do that accidentally. There's obviously a tremendous leap being shown and given he's only in Y5 I would bank that this isn't his peak----->Y5 Kawhi was 2016 and that wasn't his peak, either...

Some of you dudes ain't that bright and have a rude awakening coming 🤣 😂 😆 ...
 

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He's 27 this summer.

He can be a good 2nd or 3rd option for a contender.
 

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If he doesn't make at least All Star and All Defense in 2024 your ass is getting negged

If he does I'll give up some green cause fair is fair
What makes it bad is breh waited until Mikal put up numbers but wanna talk about he been waiting so long to make this thread :pachaha:
 

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"Major factor on a championship team" 😆

Sure, he averaged 22.2 per 100 in Y3; Bridges was Y3 when the Suns went to The Finals and averaged 20.4 per 100...

'14 Kawhi and '21 Bridges were both the third leading scorer on those teams. "Major factor"...

Go sit down nikka 🤣...



I said I take Wade All-Time but I think Harden a better basketball player. I'm not wrong, either. Yall love gassing Wade overrated ass...

Bro you’re always looking at stats instead of watching the actual games. You’re comparing Bridges to the Kawhi that won finals mvp on 18ppg/60%FG while guarding/locking down the best version of Lebron. Look what Bridges did in the finals. nikka, shut up.
 
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