Doc Rivers on Kawhi Leonard: 'It's rare that you find a guy that just knows his game'

Doc Rivers believes Kawhi Leonard is surgical, not robotic.

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00:00 Doc Rivers believes we should consider Kawhi Leonard surgical, not robotic.

00:06 A lot of times people consider Kawhi Leonard this robotic type of player, but in reality,

00:11 he's somebody who knows what he's doing the whole time.

00:13 And I think with Kawhi, the thing that gets lost is the fact that he's a man of systems and intense routine.

00:19 He has that rare DNA of a player who's basically got a maniacal work ethic, like a Kobe Bryant,

00:25 where everything he's done has been done through dozens and dozens and dozens and thousands and thousands of different types of repetition.

00:33 It's why Patrick Beverly said when he worked out with Kawhi Leonard, it changed his life.

00:38 His work ethic is just otherworldly, which not many players in the NBA have.

00:43 And when Doc Rivers talked about him, you know, before tomorrow's game, he said he has a system to what he's doing.

00:49 He has a belief in what he's doing. He sticks to it.

00:51 I mean, his ability to work and get what he needs to get in and know when he's there is amazing.

00:56 It's rare that you find a guy that just knows his game and knows what he needs to work on.

01:01 And Charles Barkley has said before numerous times that every NBA player is good,

01:06 but not every NBA player knows what they need to work on.

01:09 They don't know their role. And when Kawhi entered the league, he knew he wasn't a shooter.

01:14 It's something he worked on. And now he's one of the best scorers in the playoffs that there is.

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