Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard is coming into his thirteenth NBA season. Leonard has been with the Clippers for 5 seasons, however has solely performed 4 of them attributable to ACL surgical procedure that value him the whole 2021-22 season.
Leonard was with USA Basketball throughout their coaching camp in Las Vegas for the Paris Olympics, however was faraway from the roster.
Through USA Basketball on July 10: “Kawhi has been getting ready for the Olympics over the previous few weeks and had some intense exercises in Las Vegas. He felt able to compete. Nonetheless, he respects that USA Basketball and the Clippers determined it was in his greatest curiosity to spend the rest of the summer time getting ready for the upcoming season quite than competing within the Paris Olympics.”
Breaking Information: Kawhi Withdraws From US Group For Paris Olympics, Will Be Changed pic.twitter.com/OtuU1arBRb
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 10, 2024
Clippers president Lawrence Frank later revealed that he and the staff disagreed with the choice. Whereas Leonard would have appreciated to compete within the Olympics, the additional relaxation after ending final season sidelined with an damage is not a foul factor.
Benefiting from his NBA offseason, Leonard was noticed with skateboarder and New Steadiness athlete Tiago Lemos on the kawhisklawset Instagram account.
The video has been seen over 240,000 instances on Instagram and prompted a response from Leonard’s teammate Bones Hyland.
Hyland shared her response on X:
Dude I am crying 😭😭😭, dude, humorous ASL with out attempting, yo https://t.co/Jcww9raxjy
— Bones Hyland (@BizzyBones11) September 21, 2024
A number of of Leonard’s present and former teammates have confirmed that he’s effortlessly humorous.
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