Toronto Raptors superstar Kawhi Leonard is unquestionably one of the best players in the league, and when it's all said and done, he will probably be going into the Hall of Fame.

But former NBA big man Kendrick Perkins has some even loftier praise for Leonard, saying that the forward reminds him of Michael Jordan:

“This may sound crazy, but Kawhi Leonard reminds me of Michael Jordan,” Perkins said on ESPN's “Get Up!” on Monday morning. “And I'm not comparing him to Mike, but if you watch the way he plays, his style, the way he plays the game on both ends, he has a game that mimics Michael Jordan. He's not all the way fancy, he gets to his spots, he's got nice turnarounds, big hands, palm the ball, and on the defensive end, he's probably the best in the game.”

This is not the first time that the Leonard-Jordan comparison has come up, and His Airness himself said during the summer of 2017 that Leonard is the best two-way player in the league.

A legitimate argument can certainly be made that Kawhi is the best player in the game, period, today. There are really no holes in his game, and he not only fills up the stat sheet every night, but has all the intangibles you want from a star player.

On the season, Leonard averaged 26.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.8 steals over 34.0 minutes per game while shooting 49.6 percent from the floor, 37.1 percent from 3-point range and 85.4 percent from the free-throw line.