Kawhi Leonard

With Pau Gasol and Tony Parker both on the shelf, you’d think the San Antonio Spurs wouldn’t bench Kawhi Leonard because of a slightly injured hand. You’d think that, yes, but you’d be wrong. San Antonio has held Leonard out of its last two games as he deals with a sore left hand he injured during [...]

Had the 2011 NBA draft unfolded differently, the NBA as we know it might not exist. Klay Thompson, for starters, wouldn’t be on the Golden State Warriors. He would be with the San Antonio Spurs. Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical relayed as much following Thompson’ 60-point detonation during a win over the Indiana Pacers on [...]

Kawhi Leonard is a man of few words. That’s all about to change—at least that’s what Leonard says, in very few words, mind you. Per Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News: “I’ve been in the system a long time,” Leonard said Monday after guiding the Spurs to an 86-81 preseason win at Detroit. “I [...]

Shutting down LeBron James is impossible. That much has been proven time and again, but the notion of him as a human was put to bed in the 2015 NBA Finals, when he carried a slipshod Cleveland Cavaliers squad to an improbable Game 6. Yes, the Cavaliers lost. And sure, LeBron was anything but efficient. [...]

News came down Monday morning that Kawhi Leonard has been selected as the player of the year for the 2nd consecutive season. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBA/status/722048216817090561] Leonard is the best two way player in the NBA today and has taken his offensive game to the next level this season, averaging 21-6-2 on 50-44-87 percent shooting. Kawhi Leonard [...]

Stephen Curry who? That’s what the (totally made-up) tattoo on San Antonio Spurs sophomore Kyle Anderson’s neck reads. Or something. See, while Curry is the overwhelming favorite to win his second consecutive MVP award, Anderson thinks the honor should actually go to Kawhi Leonard (h/t HoopsHype): Good win tonight. always fun to watch/be apart of! [...]

Kawhi Leonard is the man. That’s all I have to say after being directed toward this anecdote by Pounding The Rock’s Quixem Ramirez. It comes from a feature penned by ESPN.com’s Tom Haberstroh and divulges Leonard’s response to a congratulatory text for his first NBA All-Star selection: Which helps, in a way, explain one last [...]

Manu Ginobili, 38, has seen better days. Much better days. Way better, less painful days. After having surgery to repair a “testicular injury,” the San Antonio Spurs guard is expected to miss at least one month of action. Here’s the team’s full announcement, courtesy of CBS Sports: Manu Ginobili underwent surgery earlier today in San [...]

Rival NBA general managers know not to bother the San Antonio Spurs when it comes to talking turkey on one of their key players. Which is so Spurs. Here’s what Yahoo Sports’ Bobby Marks, who spent ample time as an assistant general manager with the Brooklyn Nets, wrote in his trade-deadline primer for San Antonio: [...]

Justin Bieber is going to be pissed. Some have complained about the NBA’s All-Star voting process. Giving fans a say is one thing, but entire races have been swayed by social media campaigns, most of which feature public figures—actors, singers, politicians, etc.—voting via Twitter and generating a crap ton of retweets that count as official [...]