The 2024-25 season might be Kawhi Leonard’s thirteenth 12 months within the NBA and his fifth with the Clippers. When wholesome, Leonard is among the most dominant two-way gamers within the league. Nonetheless, staying wholesome has been a continuing battle all through his profession.
Earlier this week, NBA insider Shams Charania introduced that Leonard had a process carried out on his knee this offseason. The Clippers additionally introduced that their all-star ahead might be restricted to start out coaching camp. Leonard is working to strengthen his knee to be prepared for the 2024-25 season. Not ideally suited for the Clippers who misplaced considered one of their star gamers this offseason. Paul George signed with the 76ers. With out, Leonard, the Clippers are missing the star expertise they’ve had prior to now.
LA desperately wants Kawhi Leonard for the beginning of the 2024 season
Clippers star Kawhi Leonard underwent a process on his knee within the offseason, sources inform me and @LawMurrayTheNU. The franchise mentioned at this time Leonard might be restricted to strengthening his knee to start out Clippers coaching camp, however group officers are optimistic about his progress. pic.twitter.com/VtCvlBEhPf
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) September 25, 2024
Kawhi Leonard has been with the LA Clippers for 5 seasons and he’s performed in 4 of them. The six-time all-star missed the whole 2021-22 season with an ACL harm. In his 4 wholesome seasons with the Clippers, Leonard has performed in over 60+ video games simply as soon as. That occurred final season when he performed in 68 video games for LA. This summer season Leonard was picked to play for Workforce USA within the 2024 Olympics. Nonetheless, he was coping with a knee harm and was changed with Boston’s Derrick White.
The stories mentioned that Leonard was coping with “knee swelling/irritation” final season and that carried into the Olympics. That’s the reason the 33-year-old needed to have a process carried out on his knee this offseason. Whereas the group wouldn’t give a timeline on when Leonard might be wholesome, different sources weighed in. Dr. Evan Jeffries went on X and mentioned it may take 4-8 weeks for Leonard’s knee to not have any swelling. If it takes as much as eight weeks, Leonard would miss the beginning of the 2024-25 season. Their first recreation of the season is Wednesday, October 23, vs. the Phoenix Suns.
