The Atlanta Hawks came into San Antonio last week with the third best record in the Eastern conference. They left San Antonio with a 22-point second half beat down as the Hawks’ best scorer, Joe Johnson, was held to 10 points on 5-of-12 shooting.
One of the main reason’s Johnson had a tough night against the Spurs? Well, emerging rookie Kawhi Leonard, whose sole purpose is to defend the opposing team's best perimeter scorer.
After last week's Hawks’ loss to the Spurs, I caught up with Atlanta’s head coach Larry Drew and asked him what he thought of the Spurs’ rookie after watching him play in person Wednesday.
“I like him. I like his size. I like his length. He looks very good, this is my first time seeing him face-to-face play,” said Drew, “He seems to be a pretty solid defensive player and I think he’s going to be a good pro.”
I also caught up with Hawks forward Marvin Williams, who scored eight points against the Spurs, and said he remembered Leonard from last year at...
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Joe Johnson,
Kawhi Leonard,
Larry Drew,
Marvin Williams,
Manu Ginobili
TEAMS: Atlanta Hawks, San Antonio Spurs, San Diego State Aztecs
TEAMS: Atlanta Hawks, San Antonio Spurs, San Diego State Aztecs
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