Kawhi Leonard Articles - Page 47

Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse says their load management strategy on superstar Kawhi Leonard last season prepared the team for life without him. Leonard missed 22 games last season for the Raptors, who went 17-5 without their best player in 2018-19. Nurse is obviously going to miss Leonard, but he believes the Raptors aren’t […]

LOS ANGELES – Kawhi Leonard made his LA Clippers preseason debut on Thursday night against the Denver Nuggets in a 111-91 loss at Staples Center. The two-time Finals MVP finished with seven points, six assists, one steal, and one rebound in 11 impressive first half minutes. “I thought he was absolutely wonderful,” said head coach […]

Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Danny Green and Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard won’t be teammates this season for the first time in Leonard’s career. Leonard and Green were teammates on the San Antonio Spurs for seven seasons and played one year together on the Toronto Raptors. The duo split up this summer after […]

Many LA Clippers fans are anxious to see Kawhi Leonard in a Clippers jersey, even if it was in a preseason game. However, hearts were crushed when the team announced that their star wing player won’t be able to play, after all. The Clippers decided to rest Leonard ahead of their game against the Denver […]

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers says there’s a chance star small forward Kawhi Leonard plays on Thursday against the Denver Nuggets. Rivers previously said he didn’t anticipate playing Leonard in the preseason. The Clippers coach, though, had a change of tune on Wednesday. Doc Rivers says there’s a chance Kawhi Leonard plays tomorrow […]

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers has not made a decision on whether he will play superstar forward Kawhi Leonard at some point in the preseason: On the #Clippers' injury front, Doc Rivers says he hasn't given any thought to Kawhi Leonard playing in preseason. Says he participated in all of practice today & […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant has nothing but high praise for Los Angeles Clippers small forward Kawhi Leonard. Durant says Leonard can “do everything” on the court and that the two-time Finals MVP has “the longest paragraph on the scouting report.” #Nets’ Kevin Durant on #Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard- “Players don’t [sleep on him]. He’s got […]

The Los Angeles Clippers were the story of this summer. After making the playoffs in the 2018-19 season, the Clippers traded for Paul George and signed Kawhi Leonard, forming one of the best duos in the NBA. However, perhaps their most important–and certainly most unheralded–move was re-signing veteran point guard Patrick Beverley to a three-year, […]

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers says star small forward Kawhi Leonard participated in his first full practice on Saturday. As expected, Rivers says Leonard played great. Doc Rivers says Kawhi Leonard participated in all of today’s practice, live/contact included. Also says there’s a chance we’ll see him down the line in the preseason. […]

Times have definitely changed for the NBA. These days, load management nights off have become a prevalent thing, allowing some players to take certain games off in order to rest and recuperate. This was unheard of a decade or so ago, but nowadays, its as if each and every team already has this common practice […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are the odds-on favorites to win this season’s NBA title because of the arrival of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, but while all eyes will be on the team’s two newest superstars, the other guys on the roster are expected to play a major role; even someone like sophomore Terance Mann. […]

HONOLULU – The LA Clippers may have been the home team on paper, but it was James Harden and the Houston Rockets who had the Stan Sheriff Center cheering most of the night. Despite the roars for Harden, who finished with 37 points, seven rebounds, and seven assists in 28 minutes of preseason action, the […]

Philadelphia 76ers superstars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons recently sat down with Shams Charania of The Athletic, as they discussed the bitter end to the Sixers’ 2018-19 campaign. For those who may have forgotten, it was eventual Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and his Toronto Raptors that ended the dream of the Sixers following his unforgettable […]

Kawhi Leonard was among the most sought-after talents in this recent slate of free agency, but nine years ago, he wasn’t as heavily recruited as others in his class. Before he became The Klaw and before he became known for the ice in his veins during the closing seconds of games, the LA Clippers forward […]

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers was one of the biggest winners of the offseason, with his team being able to successfully acquire not just one but two superstars in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. George is still recovering from offseason shoulder surgeries and isn’t expected to return until November. As for Leonard, Rivers […]

Despite coming home to play in Los Angeles, fans in attendance at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum showered reigning Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard with resounding boos when he appeared at the big screen during the Los Angeles Rams’ game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. Legendary rapper Snoop Dogg guested on FS1’s “Undisputed” and […]

Los Angeles Clippers All-Star Kawhi Leonard is expected to play a major role in leading the team to its first-ever championship. According to reports, he won’t be in any type of load management this season, which is good considering he missed 22 games last season because of it. Moreover, Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints is reporting […]

PLAYA VISTA – For the first time since acquiring Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, the LA Clippers opened their doors for the most anticipated season in franchise history by hosting Media Day Sunday afternoon. It’s almost fitting that I got to celebrate the start of the new Clippers season and Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) […]

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers says don’t expect to see much of star small forward Kawhi Leonard, if at all, during the preseason. Rivers hinted that it’ll be more like starting quarterbacks in the NFL preseason. Doc Rivers says don't expect to see much of Kawhi Leonard, if at all, this preseason. Hinted […]

Kawhi Leonard has already established an incredible reputation for himself, helping two NBA teams to get an NBA title. It’s established that he’s one of the best two-way superstars the league has ever seen. He has a chance to make history this season as he joins the Los Angeles Clippers and turn them into instant […]

Kawhi Leonard may have won over the entire country of Canada during his lone season with the Toronto Raptors, but it seems he still has some work to do before he can capture the total adulation of sports fans in Los Angeles. Leonard, who signed with the Los Angeles Clippers this offseason, was booed during […]

Kawhi Leonard shocked the entire basketball world when he announced his decision to play for the Los Angeles Clippers over the next four years. Veteran point guard Lou Williams believes that choosing the Clips will give the reigning Finals MVP the opportunity to further solidify his legacy. “… he can basically have a franchise to […]

The Los Angeles Clippers will bring back most of last season’s roster, with some major upgrades following the additions of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George this summer. Veteran guard Patrick Beverley is excited to play with this new-look roster, which he called essentially the same, but on steroids. "I think it's that scrapiness attitude… but […]

Kawhi Leonard is a fun guy, and his new Los Angeles Clippers teammates Patrick Beverley and Landry Shamet can attest to that. During the Clippers’ media day, both Beverley and Shamet insisted that Leonard is “funny as hell” despite not smiling a lot and showing some emotion. While the media has portrayed Kawhi as a […]

Los Angeles Clippers guard Landry Shamet was one of the people who were surprised when the team acquired Kawhi Leonard and Paul George in free agency. In fact, he thought that he was traded when he received a ton of messages on his phone following the team’s massive offseason. "I was asleep. I woke up […]

In order to acquire two All-Star talents in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, the Los Angeles Clippers had to break up part of their 2018-19 team, one that lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Golden State Warriors in six games but finished with 48 games on a rather star-less squad. At […]

Los Angeles Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard was one of the select few who were given an invitation to attend NBA legend Kobe Bryant’s secret camp last month, and he gave some details of the extent of his participation during his media day interview, per Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints: “I didn’t play, I just went up […]

Part of the overwhelming storyline that followed the United States men’s national team at the 2019 FIBA World Cup was the never-ending rejections from American stars not participating in the international competition. Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard was among the “no”s, but on Sunday at the team’s annual media day, he expressed an interest […]

One of the major questions surrounding All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard’s free-agency decision with the Los Angeles Clippers was just how healthy the two-time Finals MVP was, and how many regular-season games he intends to play. While leading the Toronto Raptors to the Canadian franchise’s first title in history, the 28-year-old superstar only appeared in 60 […]

The LA Clippers pulled off a major coup this offseason, trading for Paul George and then signing Kawhi Leonard in one fell swoop. This gave the Clippers one of the most fearsome duos in the NBA and a legitimate chance to win their first championship. Naturally, George thinks he and Leonard are indeed the best […]

Serge Ibaka and the Toronto Raptors were disappointed with Kawhi Leonard’s decision to walk away from the team after leading them to an NBA championship last June. However, he understands the decision Kawhi had to make and was happy for him making it back home to Southern California with the Los Angeles Clippers. Josh Lewenberg […]

Toronto Raptors small forward OG Anunoby is bracing himself to fill the void left by Kawhi Leonard. Leonard, who was unarguably Toronto’s most important player in their title run last season, left the Raptors in free agency. The two-time Finals MVP opted to go home and pair up with Paul George with the Los Angeles […]

The Toronto Raptors are coming off of their first NBA championship, but with Kawhi Leonard departing via free agency this summer, a whole lot of the shine has been taken off of the team. However, Raptors big man Marc Gasol still thinks Toronto can accomplish big things this coming season: “We’re a very hungry team,” […]

The offseason featured a bevy of shocking signings and trades that completely altered the landscape of the NBA, and when the Los Angeles Lakers’ veteran pickup Jared Dudley was asked which newly-formed pairing would be the toughest, he had no choice but to name two. Not surprisingly, both duos play in the Western Conference – […]

The Toronto Raptors won their first NBA championship back in June. A month later, the core of their team was dismantled, as Kawhi Leonard decided to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers and Danny Green opted to join the Los Angeles Lakers. At Lakers media day on Friday, Green reflected on Leonard’s decision to link […]

ESPN’s NBA Top 100 is consistent with Sports Illustrated’s, as both considered Milwaukee Bucks talisman Giannis Antetokounmpo the best player in the league for the 2019-20 season, with new LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard finishing as the runner-up for that title. The argument was a similar one to SI’s — Antetokounmpo’s regular-season record and impact does have […]

Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and Kyrie Irving were among the players who trained with Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant at an invite-only camp in August, according to Marc Stein of The New York Times. Bryant hosted the Mamba Sports Invitational, a multi-day performance and basketball camp for some of the best players in the […]

Kawhi Leonard got the full extent of the Steve Ballmer experience very quickly into his tenure with the LA Clippers upon signing with them this summer. Head coach Doc Rivers, who admitted he nearly quit a week into the job, still recalls the first time the Clippers owner met his new star player. “(Ballmer’s) been […]

Toronto Raptors president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri believes that a ‘plenty part’ of Kawhi Leonard wanted to stay in Toronto. Ujiri laid out the key factors that might have attracted Leonard to stay with the Raptors. Apart from winning, the medical staff and the fans played a key role. Per Michael Hoad of Yahoo […]