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• Nets suffer worst loss in franchise history after 126-67 rout to Clippers

Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points, James Harden added 21 and the Los Angeles Clippers had the largest margin of victory in franchise history, routing the Brooklyn Nets 126-67 on Wednesday night....2025
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• Kawhi Leonard Out Thursday Versus Blazers

Kawhi Leonard will miss Thursday's game against the Portland Trail Blazers as he continues to make his return from knee inflammation, according to Ty Lue. The game is a second of a back-to-back. Leonard, who is still on a 20-minute restriction, said he was taking his time in getting back into shape. The NBA recently rescheduled nine games postponed from wildfires and ice, with the Clippers now pla...2025
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• Kawhi Leonard comfortable with prolonging minutes restriction
Kawhi Leonard is not looking to have his minutes restriction changed any time soon. Speaking with media Tuesday after a Los Angeles Clippers practice, Leonard shared he is wary of how ramping up too quickly has cost him in the past and so does not want to make the same mistake again. “I’m taking my […] The post Kawhi Leonard comfortable with prolonging minutes restriction appeare...2025
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• Kawhi Leonard Not In Hurry To Break Minutes Restriction: 'I'm Taking My Time'

Kawhi Leonard said that he was in no rush to break his minutes restriction since recently returning from his knee injury. "I'm taking my time. I done that in the past and it led me on the bench, so I'm good where I'm at," said Leonard on Tuesday. Leonard has played 61 minutes over three games, totaling 26 points and 10 rebounds. "I feel good and as long as I'm feeling good on the court, I'm able t...2025
• Kawhi Leonard In No Rush To Shed Minutes Restriction
Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, who made his season debut on January 4 after spending most of the first half working his way back from an offseason knee procedure, has yet to play more than 21 minutes in any of his first three outings this season. As Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints writes, head coach Tyronn Lue […]...2025
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• Kawhi: 'Taking my time' ramping up since return
Kawhi Leonard, after his third game back with the Clippers since rehabbing his knee, said he's no rush to break free of the minutes restriction he has been playing under....2025

• Kawhi Leonard Not In Hurry To Break Minutes Restriction: 'I'm Taking My Time'
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• DeMar DeRozan: Toronto Will Always Be No. 1, But I've Got To Put Chicago Second

DeMar DeRozan returned to play at the Chicago Bulls on Sunday for the first time since joining the Sacramento Kings during the 2024 offseason. DeRozan spent three seasons with the Bulls and furthered his reputation as one of the best clutch players in the game. But DeRozan still puts the Toronto Raptors as first with his nine seasons with the franchise at the start of his career before he was trad...2025
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• Clippers 'hopeful' Kawhi Leonard will make his season debut Saturday

The Clippers hope Kawhi Leonard will return from a knee injury and make his season debut Saturday against the Atlanta Hawks....2025
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• Kawhi Leonard injury update: Clippers star expected to make season debut Saturday vs. Hawks, per report

Leonard has missed the first 34 games of L.A.'s season with right knee inflammation...2025
• NBA Injury Update: Kevin Durant, Ja Morant, Luka Doncic & More
The NBA injury ward is full of stars in the early part of the 2024-25 season, including Kevin Durant, Ja Morant, Luka Doncic, Zion Williamson, Kawhi Leonard, Paolo Banchero, Scottie Barnes and Tyrese Maxey. Let’s take a closer look at some of these injuries and return timetables. KEVIN DURANT In a huge blow for the […] The post NBA Injury Update: Kevin Durant, Ja Morant, Luka Doncic &#...2024
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• Former Clippers Trainer Suing Team Over Concerning Kawhi Leonard Claims
A former trainer with the Clippers is suing the team for wrongful termination and claims he was fired after raising concerns about the treatment Kawhi Leonard was receiving for injuries. There were also further claims in the suit that the franchise was tampering for years before signing Leonard in the summer of 2019 after he […] The post Former Clippers Trainer Suing Team Over Concerning Kaw...2024
• Former Clippers trainer suing team, says he was fired for voicing concerns over Kawhi Leonard injuries

A former trainer for the Los Angeles Clippers is suing the team for wrongful termination, claiming he was fired for voicing complaints about treatment Kawhi Leonard received for injuries....2024
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• Injuries have turned Kawhi Leonard’s career into the ultimate NBA ‘what if?’

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Kawhi Leonard is running out of time to salvage his Clippers era, and despite his (still-sterling) resume, we may always be left wondering what could have been. Has there ever been a career like Kawhi Leonard’s? No player this century has embodied the highest highs and lowest lows of superstardom, or seen the peaks and valleys of their public approval rating ...2024
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• Kawhi Leonard injury: Where do Clippers go from here after latest piece of bad news for aging superstar

How does a team rebuild with a deteriorating present and spent future?...2024
• Danny Green was the perfect role player for the modern NBA

Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images Danny Green redefined what an NBA role player was supposed to be. Danny Green got a crash course in what it meant to be a role player from the moment he enrolled at North Carolina. Green had all the markings of a more traditional star coming out of New York’s St. Mary’s High School in 2005: he was a five-star recruit, a McDonald’s All-American,...2024
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"Kawhi Leonard will miss at least Wednesday night’s game against the Nuggets in Denver."

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"Kawhi Leonard has already signed an extension in Los Angeles"

2023
"Here’s what you should know: Los Angeles star forward Kawhi Leonard led his team with 38 points, five rebounds and five assists while sinking nine of 10 free-throw attempts."

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"It is still unknown when Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard will make his return, but if the latest sighting of him is any indication, it doesn’t look like it will be long."

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"The LA Clippers have finalized agreements with most of their free agents, coming to terms on deals with Kawhi Leonard, Nicolas Batum, Reggie Jackson, and Justise Winslow."

2020
"Paul George says Kobe Bryant was 'my Michael Jordan;' Kawhi Leonard reveals special call with Lakers icon"

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"The Lakers are reportedly very upset with the manner in which Kawhi Leonard conducted his free agency"

2018
"Spurs star Kawhi Leonard is back working with the team in San Antonio and eyes a March return to the team's lineup, according to sources."

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"Spurs coach Gregg Popovich says he has "never" in his career seen any of his players deal with the quadriceps injury that is currently hampering veterans Kawhi Leonard and Tony Parker."

2016
"Kawhi Leonard is a simple man."

2015
"Spurs Re-Sign Kawhi Leonard"

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"Part of what has helped San Antonio sustain success is sound drafting and depth, highlighted by the most recent NBA Finals MVP in Kawhi Leonard."

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• 6 NBA teams who can win 2024 Finals, ranked

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Let’s rank the championship picture in the NBA ahead of the stretch run. The 2023-2024 NBA season is 70 percent in the books. While parity has been a defining theme of this season, at this point the championship picture is fully starting to crystalize. The Boston Celtics are currently the only team in the league on pace to win 60+ games. The West has ...2024
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• The Clippers shed their loser branding, and finally look like a real NBA team

The Clippers’ new rebrand is a big improvement. The Los Angeles Clippers don’t exactly strike fear into their opponents, historically-speaking. The franchise that was founded as the Buffalo Braves in 1970, became the Clippers in a move to San Diego in 1978, and then landed in LA in 1984, has never reached the NBA Finals. The franchise’s all-time winning percentage for both regular season and posts...2024
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• Paul George still hopes to get contract extension with Clippers done quickly: 'That's the goal'

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• The Clippers went all-in, and it’s paying off

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Forget a two-timelines approach. They Clippers are showing the value of going all-in. The Los Angeles Clippers have yet to enjoy the success they envisioned when Kawhi Leonard and Paul George returned to their Southern California roots in 2019. Despite having two complimentary superstars in the prime of their careers, they are one of only five teams to ha...2024
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• Clippers sign Kawhi Leonard to contract extension

The two-time NBA Finals MVP is off the board as one of the biggest names of the 2024 free-agency market as he has reached a deal to stay in L.A....2024
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• NBA MVP candidates, ranked for 2024 by who is most likely to win

Ranking 2024 NBA MVP candidates so far. The NBA MVP award is a snapshot of where the league is at and where it’s headed. Giannis Antetokounmpo won MVP in 2019 and 2020 before leading his Milwaukee Bucks to the championship in 2021. Nikola Jokic won MVP in 2021 and 2022 before leading his Denver Nuggets to the championship in 2023. Postseason success is the only thing eluding Joel Embiid to this po...2024
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• Kawhi Leonard Addresses His Future With the Clippers
Clippers star Kawhi Leonard is quashing rumors of hard feelings between him and LA’s front office as contract extension talks heat up. The 32-year-old is entering the third year of his $176 million contract signed in 2021. He has a $48.7 million player option for next year, but if he doesn’t take that he can […] The post Kawhi Leonard Addresses His Future With the Clippers appear...2023
• The Harsh Reality Kawhi and Paul George are Facing: NBA Insider
Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are eligible for contract extensions with the Clippers this offseason but an NBA insider thinks the pair definitely won’t be getting the four-year deals they’re after. 33-year-old George and 32-year-old Kawhi have been plagued by injuries throughout their careers, especially in recent seasons and ESPN’s Brian Windhorst says the veterans […] The...2023
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• Russell Westbrook takes biggest pay cut in NBA history to stay with Clippers
Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports Russell Westbrook took the biggest pay cut ever to stay in LA. Russell Westbrook finally found a good home late last season when he joined the Los Angeles Clippers. After losing his starting spot and being subject to constant trade rumors with the Los Angeles Lakers to begin the season, Westbrook was finally dealt to the Utah Jazz at the deadline, and promptly re...2023
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• Nets suffer worst loss in franchise history after 126-67 rout to Clippers
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• Kawhi Leonard Not In Hurry To Break Minutes Restriction: 'I'm Taking My Time'
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• Clippers Notes: Kawhi Debuts, LA Resets, Staffer’s Lawsuit
Six-time All-Star Clippers wing Kawhi Leonard scored 12 points while playing through a minutes limit in his 2024/25 season debut on Saturday. The San Diego State alum suited up for just 19 minutes of the team’s 131-105 victory over Atlanta. Per Baxter Holmes of ESPN, the 33-year-old considered his return to the court to be […]...2025
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• Kawhi Leonard scores 12 points in his return as Clippers dominate Hawks

Kawhi Leonard makes his season debut for the Clippers, scoring 12 points in 19 minutes in a 131-105 blowout victory over the Atlanta Hawks....2025
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• Kawhi Leonard scores 12 in season debut as Clippers overwhelm Hawks

Kawhi Leonard is still playing limited minutes, but the Clippers looked good in his return....2025
• Clippers-Suns just gave us one of the most lopsided quarters of basketball ever

Image via Bally Sports / Twitter user @MithrandilPlays The Clippers hit the Suns with a total eclipse in the first quarter on Tuesday night. Every game matters right now for the Phoenix Suns, who had a 46-32 record entering play on Tuesday night, barely hanging on to sixth place in the West and the ensuing spot just outside of the NBA play-in tournament that seeding would grant them. Anyo...2024
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• Colorado’s ultimate March Madness game-winner needed every part of rim to beat Florida

K.J. Simpson needed every part of the rim to lift Colorado over Florida in the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. Lives can change with one bounce of the ball in March Madness. No. 10 seed Colorado was apparently living right. Colorado beat No. 7 seed Florida, 102-100, in the first round of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. Star point guard K.J. Simpson hit the game-winner with under two seconds left in re...2024
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• The Clippers shed their loser branding, and finally look like a real NBA team
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• The Clippers went all-in, and it’s paying off
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• DeMar DeRozan: Toronto Will Always Be No. 1, But I've Got To Put Chicago Second
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• Kawhi Leonard stepping away from Clippers to be with family impacted by Los Angeles fires

Kawhi Leonard's family is safe in Los Angeles after having to evacuate due to the fires in the region this week....2025
• NBA Notes: Clippers, Kawhi Leonard, Grizzlies, Ja Morant, Rockets

Clippers Coach Tyronn Lue expressed his full support for Kawhi Leonard stepping away from the Clippers this week to be with family affected by the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Lue emphasized the importance of taking care of family, telling reporters, “You definitely have to take care of home. And so (Leonard) totally […] The post NBA Notes: Clippers, Kawhi Leonard, Gr...2025
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• Western Notes: Kawhi, Morant, Sheppard, Blazers
Speaking on Wednesday to reporters, including Bennett Durando of The Denver Post, Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue said that he was in full support of star forward Kawhi Leonard stepping away from the team to be with family who had been affected by the wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Lue added that “a few […]...2025
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• Kawhi Leonard away from Clippers to be with family forced to evacuate Los Angeles area fires

He did not play Wednesday night in Denver, it's unknown if he will miss more time....2025
• Kawhi Leonard Steps Away From Clippers After Family Was Affected by Wildfires
Los Angeles Clippers star forward Kawhi Leonard is reportedly stepping away from the team to be with members of his family who were affected by the ongoing wildfires in the L.A. area. According to NBA insider Chris Haynes, some of Leonard’s family members were forced to evacuate because of the wildfires. Los Angeles Clippers star […] The post Kawhi Leonard Steps Away From Clippers Afte...2025
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• Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard Away From Team As Result Of LA Wildfires

Kawhi Leonard will be absent from the Los Angeles Clippers’ lineup on Wednesday as the team travels to Denver to face the Nuggets, the team announced. According to NBA insider Chris Haynes, Leonard is away from the team to be with family in the Los Angeles area, who were forced to evacuate due to the […] The post Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard Away From Team As Result Of LA Wildfires appeared...2025
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• Kawhi Leonard stepping away from Clippers to be with family as Palisades fire rages on

Leonard will miss a matchup in Denver after flying back to Los Angeles....2025
• Clippers' Kawhi Leonard stepping away from team to be with family evacuated from L.A. wildfires, per report

As of Wednesday, 70,000 residents have been ordered to evacuate Los Angeles County...2025
• Sources: Kawhi leaves to join evacuated family
Kawhi Leonard has left the Clippers to fly to Los Angeles to be with his family, which was evacuated due to the Palisades Fire, a source confirmed to ESPN....2025

• Spurs Re-Sign Kawhi Leonard
SAN ANTONIO (July 16, 2015) – The San Antonio Spurs today announced that they have re-signed...2015
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• Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich Praises Kawhi Leonard's 'Bored to Death' Demeanor
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• Kawhi Leonard & Tim Duncan Earn NBA All-Defensive Team Honors
SAN ANTONIO (May 20, 2015) - The NBA today announced that the 2014-15 Defensive Player of th...2015
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• Kawhi Leonard: Latest News, Rumors and Speculation on Spurs Star's Future
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• Kawhi Leonard Drives 1997 Chevy Tahoe from HS, Freaks If He Loses Wings Coupons
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• Kobe Bryant Comments on Difference Between His Contract and Tim Duncan's
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• DeAndre Jordan Signs with Clippers Despite Prior Agreement with Mavericks
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• Kawhi Leonard: ‘I Want to Be an NBA All-Star and MVP’
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• Fantasy Basketball Trade Analyzer: Kawhi Leonard is back — so it's time to trade him

Kawhi Leonard is back, so Mike Barner analyzes his situation and more in this week's fantasy basketball trade tips piece....2025
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• Fantasy Basketball Week 11 Key Injuries

Kawhi Leonard is back, but fantasy managers will have other absences to deal with during Week 11, including Jimmy Butler....2025
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• Should Kawhi Leonard be dropped in fantasy?
It's been a frustrating, injury-filled season for Kawhi Leonard. Is it time for his fantasy managers to send him to the waiver wire, following the latest news that he'll be out indefinitely?...2018

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• Get to know Teresa Weatherspoon, Phil Handy, and the other 4 Unrivaled coaches

Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/NBAE via Getty Images Everything you need to know about the six head coaches who will lead Unrivaled clubs this winter. Unrivaled — the new 3-on-3 professional women’s basketball league — launches next Friday, Jan. 17 in Miami. 36 of the best players in the WNBA will be participating, including Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart (the league’s two co-founders),...2025
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• Kawhi Leonard stepping away from Clippers to be with family as Palisades fire rages on
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• Danny Green was the perfect role player for the modern NBA
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• NBA Playoffs: Mavericks even series despite return of Clippers star Kawhi Leonard

Kawhi Leonard was available for Tuesday's playoff game. Unfortunately for the Clippers, so was Luka Dončić....2024
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• NBA playoffs: Clippers dismantle Mavericks with Kawhi Leonard in street clothes

Vintage James Harden and a stifling Clippers defense help lead Los Angeles to a dominant win as Leonard watched from the sideline with a lingering knee injury....2024
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• Lue: Plan to have Kawhi for Game 1 vs. Mavs

Coach Tyronn Lue said Wednesday he is preparing as if he will have star Kawhi Leonard to start the Clippers' first-round playoff series....2024
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• Kawhi Leonard gets shocking update that will leave Clippers fans excited
The LA Clippers have played all season without Kawhi Leonard, but there might be some good news on the horizon. The star forward has been aggressively attacking his rehab from a torn ACL, and according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, is eyeing a return this year. Haynes reports that Kawhi Leonard is ahead of […] The post Kawhi Leonard gets shocking update that will leave Clippers fans excit...2022
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• Report: Damian Lillard was on Kawhi Leonard’s team-up list in 2019
Kawhi Leonard’s Los Angeles Clippers were just eliminated from the Western Conference Finals by the Phoenix Suns, with Leonard unfortunately missing the entire series due to a knee injury. The focus now shifts to what Leonard and the Clippers will do this offseason. Leonard has a $36 million player option for 2021-22. There’s some gossip […] The post Report: Damian Lillard was on...2021
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• Kawhi Leonard addresses Uncle Dennis' reported illegal demands
Kawhi Leonard met with the media on Tuesday, a day ahead of his LA Clippers’ big game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas. The reigning NBA Finals MVP, who is in his first season with the Clippers, was asked to address a report by Sam Amick published Monday that stated the NBA investigated alleged illegal demands made by Dennis Robertson (aka “Uncle Dennis”), who is one of Leonard’s repres...2019
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• Report: NBA investigated Clippers over improper demands from Kawhi Leonard’s camp
The Lakers and Clippers are preparing to meet for the first time since Kawhi Leonard spurned the former to join the latter, and it’s pretty clear that the Lakers are still not pleased by how the saga played out. According to Sam Amick of The Athletic, the Clippers were the subject of an NBA investigation after complaints surfaced that Dennis Robertson, Leonard’s uncle, asked teams for improper and...2019
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• Kawhi Leonard injury update: Spurs star could return as early as March, reports say
There had been speculation that Leonard was going to miss the rest of the season...2018
• Robert Covington Trusted The Process and It Paid Off

Everybody’s got a favorite player. Maybe yours hit a buzzer-beater at your first NBA game and you loved him from then on. For others, it runs deeper. Think of the modest kid who feels connected to the soft-spoken Kawhi Leonard, or the baller practicing to shoot off one leg like Dirk or to fade like […] The post Robert Covington Trusted The Process and It Paid Off appeared first on SLAMonline...2018
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• Jerry West Says Draymond Green Is One of NBA's 10 Best Players
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• NBA GM Survey 2015-16: Responses, Takeaways from Yearly Poll
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• Kyrie Irving Drains Game-Tying 3-Pointer vs. Spurs, Forces OT
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• NBA Insider: Iceman to Klay Thompson: Nice Shooting, Kid, but Record Still Mine
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