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Toronto Raptors All-Star small forward Kawhi Leonard hasn’t played in back-to-backs this season, but that may change once 2019 hits. Although it’s not set in stone, Raptors head coach Nick Nurse told reporters Saturday that Kawhi Leonard may start playing in back-to-backs in the new year. Nick Nurse said (I'm paraphrasing) that this is probably […]

Toronto Raptors star small forward Kawhi Leonard hasn’t played in back-to-backs this season, and that trend will continue on Saturday when the team takes on the Philadelphia 76ers. Kawhi Leonard played 32 minutes on Friday against the Cleveland Cavaliers and finished with 37 points and six rebounds in the Raptors’ blowout win at home. Raptors […]

The Toronto Raptors are going to bat for All-Star power forward Kawhi Leonard. According to Dave Feschuk of the Toronto Star, the Raptors reached out to the league office recently and made a case that Kawhi Leonard gets fewer foul calls because he doesn’t complain and whine like other superstars do. Sources say the Raptors […]

Toronto Raptors general manager Bobby Webster says the organization has a plan to re-sign All-Star small forward Kawhi Leonard if he declines his 2019-20 player option with the club. As everyone knows, Kawhi Leonard only played in nine games with the San Antonio Spurs last season due to a lingering quadriceps injury. The two-time Defensive Player […]

The NBA has fined Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse $15,000 for his criticism towards officials: Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse has been fined $15,000 by the NBA for publicly criticizing officiating on his star Kawhi Leonard. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 18, 2018 Nurse’s criticism was in defense of Kawhi Leonard. More specifically, […]

The LA Clippers want Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard. Badly. So badly, as a matter of fact, that they have been sending officials to watch his games with the Raptors, almost like a scouting mission. Up until recently, Kawhi Leonard had no clue that that had been going on. The Athletic reporter Sam Amick saw […]

Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry will not be making any sort of recruiting pitches to All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard to convince him to stay with the Toronto Raptors this summer, according to Sam Amick of The Athletic. Lowry just wants Leonard to be content with whatever decision he makes. “I’ve dealt with this before with […]

It’s no secret the Los Angeles Clippers want to sign Toronto Raptors All-Star small forward Kawhi Leonard next summer when the two-time Defensive Player of the Year can become an unrestricted free agent. The Clippers have been sending scouts and president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank to a bevy of Raptors games this season to get an […]

The Toronto Raptors want to keep Kawhi Leonard past this season, but they won’t be the only team interested in the superstar’s services. The Los Angeles Clippers are also going to be aggressively pursuing Leonard, but this isn’t concerning to the Raptors, according to Sam Amick of The Athletic. Amick writes: Yet the Raptors officials […]

Kawhi Leonard has been rumored to be zeroed into his potential return to his hometown of Los Angeles, despite enjoying an NBA-leading life with the Toronto Raptors and looking close to his prime form coming off a year-long injury. While the Raptors’ success and the endless support across the franchise could be a potential big […]

After a tough loss to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night, Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse was not pleased with the officiating. His star player, Kawhi Leonard, only shot four free throws the entire game, a number that Nurse found to be embarrassingly low for the physicality of the game: Raptors head coach Nick Nurse […]

It’s already an established fact that NBA players complain about every whistle blown against them. Rather than ride the tide, Kawhi Leonard of the Toronto Raptors opts to play on after a bad call. Per Mike Ganter of the Toronto Sun, the 27-year-old defensive stalwart wants to prove that he can play in every era […]

Drake seems to be getting along well with Kawhi Leonard of the Toronto Raptors. The hip-hop star recently posted a photo of an emotionless Leonard which could be a cause of either concern or a chunk of laughter. https://www.instagram.com/p/BreLyKEg_5W/ It seems that the two celebrities were out at some club or drinking place. After all, Drake’s […]

Toronto Raptors star small forward Kawhi Leonard reportedly has his eyes set on going back home to Los Angeles. Kawhi Leonard can become an unrestricted free agent after this season if he declines his 2019-20 player option with the Raptors. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, that could be a possibility, as the two-time Defensive […]

It has been well-documented that Kyle Lowry was not happy when the Toronto Raptors had traded away his teammate and best friend DeMar DeRozan. Regardless of who the team was getting back, Lowry was losing who had played with for years, built chemistry with, and called a brother. It’s taken a few months for Kyle Lowry and […]

The Toronto Raptors take on the Portland Trail Blazers Friday night on the road. The good news is that star small forward Kawhi Leonard will return to the lineup after missing the previous two games with a hip ailment. The bad news is that starting point guard Kyle Lowry is out with a thigh bruise. […]

Fox Sports 1 voice Colin Cowherd had some harsh words for Kawhi Leonard, claiming he is not a leader and the antithesis of LeBron James after the Toronto Raptors cruised past the Golden State Warriors without him on Wednesday night. The host of The Herd ripped into Leonard’s lack of charisma and reserved personality as […]

The Toronto Raptors take on the Portland Trail Blazers Friday night in Portland and star small forward Kawhi Leonard is questionable to play with a hip injury. Kawhi Leonard has sat out the previous two games with the hip ailment. The Raptors haven’t missed a beat, though, as Toronto has beaten the Los Angeles Clippers […]

In the NBA, there are some players who are considered MVP candidates year in and year out. LeBron James, James Harden and Russell Westbrook are favorites every year. Before they teamed up, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry would always be involved in the conversation. There is a new wave of players coming up quite often. […]

As expected, Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard has been unbothered by the recent storylines surrounding his free agency, as the L.A. Clippers have visibly made a strong push to be the main franchise vying for his services this offseason. The Klaw has kept his tunnel vision coming into this season “I focus on what we’re […]

Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard won’t suit up for Wednesday’s game against the Golden State Warriors. Per Josh Lewenberg of TSN Sports, Leonard won’t play due to a hip injury, while Fred VanVleet, who’s nursing a back injury, will suit up: Kawhi (hip) is OUT tonight vs Golden State. VanVleet (back) will play. — Josh […]

Reports have it that Lawrence Frank is among Los Angeles Clippers employees present at an unusual frequency during Raptors games, possibly Kawhi Leonard-related. Leonard has long been linked to the Clippers, even until now that he was traded to the Toronto Raptors. Brian Windhorst of ESPN wrote about how the Clippers are zeroing in on the […]

On Tuesday night, the Toronto Raptors secured a huge win against the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center. Following the 123-99 victory, All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry explained his motivation coming into the contest. The Raptors were without cornerstone star Kawhi Leonard on Wednesday, as the 27-year-old was forced to sit out due to a […]

The L.A. Clippers will be all eyes and ears during Wednesday’s showdown between the Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors, keeping crosshairs not only in free agent target Kawhi Leonard, but also Kevin Durant. The Clippers, who have enjoyed a season that has defied expectations, have closely watched “every Raptors and Warriors game this […]

Kawhi Leonard sat out Tuesday night’s road game against the Los Angeles Clippers because of a hip issue, though, the Toronto Raptors didn’t seem to miss him at all, as evidenced by their dominant 123-99 win. The ho-hum nature of the contest also brought into the surface some peripheral in-game developments for people to talk […]

The Toronto Raptors are in Los Angeles to take on the L.A. Clippers on Tuesday night in their second visit of the season to Staples Center. Star forward Kawhi Leonard sat out against the Lakers due to injury management, as the team was on a back-to-back set. Leonard also sat out against the Clippers, however, […]

LOS ANGELES – The first six months of the Toronto Raptors’ time with Kawhi Leonard has been a work in progress, but the work isn’t done yet, says head coach Nick Nurse. Ahead of the highly-anticipated matchup against the L.A. Clippers, coach Nurse revealed that Leonard would be unable to play in the Tuesday night […]

Kawhi Leonard will not play Tuesday night when the Toronto Raptors pay the Los Angles Clippers a visit at Staples Center, as announced by Raptors head coach Nick Nurse and reported by Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints. #Raptors coach Nick Nurse says star Kawhi Leonard (bruised hip) WILL NOT play today against the L.A. #Clippers. The […]

The Toronto Raptors are preparing for a brutal slate of back-to-back games, and Kawhi Leonard is questionable for Tuesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers. Toronto turns around Wednesday night to take on the Golden State Warriors. Additionally, Lou Williams of the Clippers is questionable, while Luc Mbah a Moute and Jerome Robinson are […]

Back in 2014, Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant called Toronto Raptors small forward Kawhi Leonard a system player with the San Antonio Spurs, saying on Twitter that the two-time Defensive Player of the Year was “doing work like this because of the system.” Kevin Durant was of the belief that his good friend, Paul […]

The addition of Kawhi Leonard, a top scorer in his prime, has transformed Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry — turning him into the NBA’s best facilitator and the league’s assist leader with 10 per game. Lowry’s new focus into his playmaking has caused him to take on a more passive role scoring the ball, […]

Toronto Raptors star forward Kawhi Leonard is not generally known as a funny guy, or even a particularly humorous one. Leonard is infamous for showing little to no emotion on the court. When he does show some emotion, it looks something like this: Regardless, or perhaps because of these factors, the Raptors have decided to put […]

On Sunday, two of the best players in the NBA will go head-to-head, as Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors host Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks in a Eastern Conference showdown. Leonard and Antetokounmpo will likely be matched up against each other and Raptors head coach Nick Nurse is looking forward to watching the two […]

For those who doubted if Kawhi Leonard is finally back from the mysterious injury that kept him out for the vast majority of the 2017-18 season, look no further than his 36-point masterpiece in a 113-102 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. While his stroke from deep was near-flawless (5-of-6 from long range) and his efficient […]

Two of the best small forwards in the NBA went head-to-head Wednesday, as Toronto Raptors All-Star Kawhi Leonard hosted Jimmy Butler and the Philadelphia 76ers in a Eastern Conference showdown up north. Kawhi Leonard is regarded as the best two-way player in the NBA, and the two-time Defensive Player of the Year wanted to remind […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Jimmy Butler and Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard have dominated headlines this year thanks to trade requests from the Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs, respectively. On Wednesday night, the two players will square off in a battle of Eastern Conference powerhouses. Butler discussed the friendship he has with Leonard and the […]

The Los Angeles Lakers botched a major opportunity to snatch one of the best all-around players in the league in Kawhi Leonard, as the Toronto Raptors beat the rest of the league to the punch, dealing a haymaker of an acquisition for the two-time Defensive Player of the Year. While rumors have swirled of a […]

After 24 games, the Toronto Raptors sit atop the NBA standings as the best team in the league with a 20-4 record. It’s not an unfamiliar sight to see the Canadian ballclub dominating the league but it is quite different with a new coach and a new franchise player at the center of the team’s […]

Toronto Raptors superstar Kawhi Leonard has been regarded as one of the best defensive players in the league for several years. The quiet but deadly forward has racked up defensive awards, winning Defensive Player of the Year twice (2015, 2016), appearing three times on the All-Defensive First Team(2015-17) and once on the All-Defensive Second Team […]