REPORT: Clippers ‘Considering’ Bringing Kawhi Leonard Off the Bench to Start the Year
The Clippers are reportedly “considering the possibility” of bringing SLAM 240 cover star Kawhi Leonard off the bench to start the season in an attempt to manage his workload, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports.
Los Angeles Clippers have been considering the possibility of bringing Kawhi Leonard off the bench to start the season in order to manage his minutes, league sources tell @YahooSports.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) October 20, 2022
The temporary experiment could start as soon as Thursday when the Clippers start the season against their hallway rival Lakers. Before training camp, Clippers president Lawrence Frank said that the Clippers planned on taking a cautious approach while Leonard returned from a torn ACL he suffered during the 2021 playoffs.
Leonard has gone through a load management program since he suffered a quadriceps injury that robbed him of most of the 2017-2018 season.
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— SLAM (@SLAMonline) October 17, 2022
Kawhi and PG cover SLAM 240. https://t.co/aTFojIRsVL pic.twitter.com/NnTVfLdhve
The last time Kawhi Leonard came off the bench, he was 21-years-old playing his second season in the NBA. Leonard was playing his first game after missing nearly a month of action due to quadriceps tendinitis. Leonard completed a rehab assignment with the Austin Toros, San Antonio’s G League affiliate. The two-time DPOY ended up starting the other 57 games he appeared in that season.
