Usually, when a player is injured, he just doesn't stay at home. If he can, he joins the team or at the very least, gives them updates. But the Kawhi Leonard-San Antonio Spurs situation is very different. It was revealed that Leonard went weeks without communicating with the team.

As reported by Ailene Voisin of The Sacramento Bee: 

“He occasionally texts with some of his teammates, but according to Gasol leaves others in the dark. And the fact he has been absent from San Antonio for weeks and is not expected to sit on the bench for Game 3?”

In addition, head coach Gregg Popovich was asked whether or not Leonard plans to at least watch from the bench during the series. As reported by Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News:

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Popovich's answer is intriguing yet representative of how dire the situation is with Leonard. The head coach, in theory, should know what's going on with the team both on and off the court with regard to personal matters.

When asked about such concerns, the veteran bench boss usually articulates his thoughts very well. Yet from his answer, it seems like he's distancing away from matters concerning Leonard.

Is Leonard slowly creeping away from the franchise? Does he trust the Spurs' medical staff? More importantly, does he at least plan to communicate with the Spurs regularly?

We can only hunch at this moment. Leonard, in his usual self, has not spoken too much about the matter at hand. We can just hope that he's doing alright.