Kawhi Leonard CALLS OUT NBA for ‘mocking him’, defends load management habit

The Clippers' star feels that he is one of the many targets for the new PPP policy and asserts that this policy is in no way beneficial.

Kawhi Leonard CALLS OUT NBA for ‘mocking him’, defends load management habit

Kawhi Leonard (Ben Margot/AP)

The LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard recently expressed his opinion regarding the implementation of stricter rules by the NBA in regards to resting the star players. Leonard feels that he is one of the targets for these stricter policies and if the league is trying to mock him, in his opinion, they should stop doing that.

This reaction of the Clipper’s star was with respect to the Player Participation Policy (PPP) that was put into action last month by the NBA and the star player expressed his reasons as to why this policy is in no way beneficial.

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The new PPP policy will come into effect with this upcoming NBA season. Under this, the league is focusing on star players, and by star players, the policy dictates athletes who have received NBA All-Star in the previous seasons, should not miss any game while the season is running, without a valid reason.

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The policy also states that all the teams with these star players, need to manage their teams and make sure that only one-star player is absent in any given game in the season. The board passed this policy with regard to teams allowing more than one-star player on the roster to rest, and this is what the policy is trying to prevent.

Kawhi Leonard also emphasizes his disapproval of the policy with respect to his time in Raptors stating “I’m not a guy that’s sitting down for load management I work out every day in the summertime to play the game, not to sit out and watch others play. … If the league is trying to mock what I did with the Raptors, it should stop, because I was injured during that whole year. … No league policy is helping me to play more games.”

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Kawhi Leonard’s journey in the NBA

The current day Clipper’s star Kawhi Leonard, who is known for his impressive defense on the court was selected by the Indiana Pacers and was the 15th overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft but due to some external reasons, he was immediately traded to the San Antonio Spurs the same day.

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His debut season as a rookie was a great one, which led him straight to be named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Leonard is known for his impressive work ethic and because of this, he worked on other aspects of the game including his offense. This made his offense better with him now being a spot shooter on the court.

The 6’7 forward improved with respect to both his offense and defense, making him have played an important role in two season runs at the NBA finals, leading them to win the 2014 NBA championship. Leonard holds an NBA finals MVP and, A five-time NBA All-star. The star has two championships in his bag with one being in 2014 and one with the Toronto Raptors in the 2019 NBA season, best known for the famous winning shot by Kawhi himself.

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