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Kawhi Leonard Reportedly Not Happy With Clippers Medical Staff, Likely To Leave Clippers Like He Left Spurs

About three years ago, the Kawhi Leonard and San Antonio Spurs saga, which definitely was one of the weirdest NBA stories in recent history, ended, when they traded him and Danny Green for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Pöltl and a 2019 first round pick.

Back then, even though he was medically cleared, Leonard still chose to be out and went weeks without communicating with the team, because he did not trust the Spurs’ medical staff, eventually leading to Kawhi requesting a trade.

This situation could reportedly repeat itself now, some hundred miles further West. The story at least, sounds all too familiar.

According to Skip Bayless, Leonard has an issue with the Clippers and how they have handled his knee injury. Bayless’ sources not only say that Kawhi, who has a player option for the 2021-22 season, is done for the playoffs, but also that he has played his last game for the Clippers already.

“I have been told by a very good source that the first issue became Kawhi was unhappy with the Clippers medical staff because he felt they early on misdiagnosed and underplayed the extent of this knee injury. What does that smack of? San Antonio all over again…

…Kawhi Leonard is his own man, we know this. Once he gets a little sideways with medical staff, he’s going to pull away. He’s going to go to this doctor and that physical therapist, away from the team. Why is it that the team keeps saying ‘We’re not sure’ from game-to-game? They won’t rule him out. I think they’re just not communicating at all with him so they’re not sure what’s going on with him.

He’s gone. He’s going to need some type of surgery. I’m not sure what the extent of it is, but he’s out for the rest of the playoffs. But they don’t ever say he’s out because I think they’re not talking.”