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The Golden State Warriors are going to face the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has apparently prepared a gameplan and his scouting report does not include Kawhi Leonard. Steve Kerr said the Warriors are preparing for a Spurs team without Kawhi: "We do […]

A postseason matchup between the San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors is usually reserved for the conference semifinals, at the least. But, in a weird twist of fate, the 2018 NBA Playoffs will now feature these two teams going toe-to-toe in the first round. There’s a simple explanation behind this uncommon event, though, which […]

Dwyane Wade concurred with a previous rumor of a potential Kawhi Leonard trade this summer, given that the San Antonio Spurs have had a clear divide with their star forward and his camp on his return from a quad injury. A previous talk revealed that the Boston Celtics would have the best assets to offer […]

The San Antonio Spurs are fighting for their playoff lives over the last five days of the NBA’s regular season, and after having to play all but nine of their games this year without star forward Kawhi Leonard, they’ll have to continue to win without him when they host the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday […]

He was supposed to be a Spur for life. After winning a championship and the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player award in 2014, and finishing in the top three in the regular season MVP race last season, Kawhi Leonard was destined for greatness in a San Antonio Spurs jersey. He was the successor to Tim […]

Ben Simmons and Donovan Mitchell are widely viewed as the top two rookies this season, but the Boston Celtics do not seem to be wishing they had used their 2017 first pick on somebody not named Jayson Tatum. Tatum has not just been a solid player for the Celtics, he has rapidly become one of […]

Kawhi Leonard’s current relationship with the San Antonio Spurs has been well-documented. Rumors have sprouted among fans that he’ll eventually leave the team soon. Portland Trail Blazers star guard C.J. McCollum recently shared his insights on the matter. In the Pull Up with CJ McCollum podcast, the Blazers star feels that Kawhi will eventually go […]

San Antonio Spurs star forward Kawhi Leonard has already been essentially ruled out for the rest of the season. He has been medically cleared to play, but for some reason he has decided to stay out because he doesn’t feel ready quite yet. The situation has led to various theories about what really is going […]

In the midst of the Kawhi Leonard saga, teams have been preparing to contact the San Antonio Spurs and inquire about his services, though due to the dubious state of his quad injury, it’s unlikely the team can ask for much if it chooses to trade him away. According to Yahoo! Sports Insider Chris Mannix, […]

San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich continues to face the onslaught of questions regarding the impending return of his star forward, Kawhi Leonard. Asked if his players need some “clarity” regarding his status for the foreseeable future, Popovich once again scoffed at the notion. “They have clarity,” said Popovich, according to Tom Orsborn of […]

One of the crazier streaks in NBA history is officially over with the San Antonio Spurs’ loss to the L.A. Clippers on Tuesday night. The Spurs won’t be reaching 50 wins this year which will be the first time in 18 years that won’t happen. The Spurs’ 50-win streak is officially … over. They had won […]

At 40 years of age, San Antonio Spurs veteran shooting guard Manu Ginobili has yet to even miss the playoffs once in his illustrious NBA career. Despite all the drama that has been reported by the media regarding injured star forward Kawhi Leonard’s current status with the Spurs, Ginobili is taking things day by day […]

With five games remaining, there are no indications if Kawhi Leonard will even return to the San Antonio Spurs for the 2017-18 NBA season. As Leonard reportedly returned to New York to continue his rehab, teams are prepared to make trade offers for the 26-year-old in the offseason. While it is unclear which teams will […]

In the midst of an evident rift between Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs, teams around the league have been preparing to call the organization inquiring for his services. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said as a guest in Outside The Lines that due to the constant back-and-forth between Leonard’s camp and the Spurs, teams will prepare […]

The Kawhi Leonard drama has extended to the brink of the regular season — still not returning to the floor or rejoining his teammates in practice as initially hoped. Some of his veteran teammates have sort of called him out over the past weeks, but nothing has changed in this storyline. After the recent back-and-forth […]

The regular season is set to enter its final stretch of games, there still doesn’t appear to be any resolution met to the situation surrounding All-Star forward Kawhi Leonards health. He has continued to remain out of the lineup with a quadriceps injury that has led to him to visit doctors in New York once […]

Things have once again ramped up around the San Antonio Spurs regarding All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard’ s availability for the rest of this season. This has become a more prevalent issue after he had decided to get his injury examined further in New York over the weekend for the second time this season. It has […]

The San Antonio Spurs entered Tuesday’s contest against the Washington Wizards with an 88 percent chance of making the playoffs, per FiveThirtyEight. That’s not too surprising since the team earned 20-consecutive playoff berths headed into this season. However, it is impressive given the fact that this happened with their star player Kawhi Leonard only playing nine games […]

The most surprising storyline of the 2017-18 NBA season is Kawhi Leonard’s injury and how the San Antonio Spurs have handled the situation. After missing the start of the season, Leonard returned for only nine games and it is unclear what his status is as the playoffs approach. During this process, there have been conflicting […]

The narrative revolving around LeBron James’ upcoming free agency has become a consistent topic of debates in the NBA. Different teams have been trying to woo the King and the fans are even stepping up their game by renting billboards to entice James to bring his talents to their respective cities. There’s no denying that […]

For Kawhi Leonard and the San Antonio Spurs, it has been a challenging 2017-18 NBA season. As Leonard has only appeared in nine games due to a right quad injury, the Spurs have somehow managed a 44-32 record, which is currently the fourth-best record in the Western Conference. During this time, there have been conflicting […]

The San Antonio Spurs have found themselves in unfamiliar territory. Normally a franchise that flies under the radar and happily goes about their business behind the scenes, the storied organization has been a part of one of the more peculiar ongoing storylines in recent memory – the Kawhi Leonard health saga. After hurting his ankle […]

For the San Antonio Spurs, it is just another day and yet another that head coach Gregg Popovich’s team did not have the services of star forward Kawhi Leonard. This has been the case now for most of the season, as Leonard has missed all but nine games during the 2017-18 campaign due to his […]

The San Antonio Spurs have been without star Kawhi Leonard for all but nine games this season, and they’ll continue to be without him on Tuesday. The Spurs official Twitter account announced that Leonard would miss Tuesday night’s game against the Washington Wizards. Kawhi Leonard (return from injury management) is out for tomorrow night’s Spurs-Wizards […]

A symbol of stability in the NBA for the past two decades, no one predicted any kind of drama surrounding the San Antonio Spurs franchise this season. But somehow, that hasn’t been the case. Kawhi Leonard’s quad injury has had him missing most of the season while the situation surrounding his return has caused the […]

San Antonio Spurs veteran Tony Parker offered some perspective in the never-ending saga of Kawhi Leonard’s injury, but his comments which were originally meant to relate to his teammate’s struggles, ended up sounding more like a testament to how different both players have treated a very similar injury. “I’ve been through it. It was a […]

The San Antonio Spurs recently held a meeting with their star player Kawhi Leonard regarding his injury and a probable return to the lineup. Though there was no actual video of the meeting, a fan posted a clip of what might have gone down in the meeting. Twitter user CJ Fogler tweeted: Exclusive video of […]

Brandon Paul has been at best a role player this year for the San Antonio Spurs, but on Thursday he might have had his most important contribution of the season, defending his teammates on Twitter. ESPN had reported that there was a heated players only meeting regarding Kawhi Leonard and his lack of coming back to […]

With Kawhi Leonard still not playing for the San Antonio Spurs, and the reported meeting imploring him to start playing again, things are shaky in that part of Texas, to say the least. Leonard has missed all but nine games this season due to a strange injury. He was reportedly eyeing a comeback in recent […]

The never-ending saga of Kawhi Leonard’s impending recovery has shaken an otherwise quiet San Antonio Spurs organization into the same class as others, filled with rumors that question the veracity and transparency of what the franchise has to say. Endless reports of Leonard’s injury and the rift between him and the organization have made a […]

The San Antonio Spurs’ reported players-only meeting with Kawhi Leonard‘s has a slightly different tone than first suggested by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski‘s original piece. According to Jabari Young of the San Antonio Express-News, players did not implore Leonard’s return, but rather wanted to gauge the extent of his injury and getting a feel if he […]

San Antonio Spurs forward Danny Green didn’t take long to refute a report by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, which claimed the Spurs held a players-only meeting with Kawhi Leonard, inquiring and imploring him to return to the court, following his clearance for game action. Green took to Twitter, claiming the report “couldn’t be anymore incorrect” — […]

The San Antonio Spurs held a closed door players-only meeting imploring their star forward Kawhi Leonard to return this season and help the team make a final push for the playoffs, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The players, reportedly led by veteran point guard Tony Parker, who suffered a quad injury similar to Leonard’s, met […]

Despite missing all but nine games of the 2017-18 season so and his future with the team is completely up in the air, star forward Kawhi Leonard is still expected to be offered a max contract extension this summer by the San Antonio Spurs and qualifies for the designated veteran player contract extension, according to Spurs […]

Despite the recent rumors of Kawhi Leonard making a return before the end of the season, his teammate Manu Ginobili isn’t holding his breath awaiting his return. “For me, he’s not coming back, because (thinking he is) is not helping,” said Ginobili, according to Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio News-Express. “We fell for it […]

The San Antonio Spurs are in the midst of a heated Western Conference Playoff race. However, the headlines continue to surround the potential return of small forward Kawhi Leonard. Although the Spurs currently own the fifth spot in the West, there is still a very good chance that they miss the postseason given the lack of […]

Last week, there was plenty of talk about San Antonio Spurs star forward Kawhi Leonard returning as early as this Thursday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans. According to an article written today by Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News, Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich isn’t going to make any assumptions on when Leonard […]

The San Antonio Spurs have grown impatient with Kawhi Leonard’s impending return, having already been cleared by several doctors to return to action with his quad fully healed. Despite expectations to return Tuesday against the Orlando Magic or tonight against the New Orleans Pelicans, The Klaw won’t be making either game, as the Spurs said […]

As the San Antonio Spurs await Kawhi Leonard’s impending return, head coach Gregg Popovich remains noncommittal about his return, recently admitting he’s unaware on when he’ll come back. “I have no idea,” said Popovich when asked about his star forward, according to Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News. “He is not practicing with us.” […]