{"id":1374963,"date":"2021-06-18T11:19:34","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1374963"},"modified":"2021-06-18T11:32:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:32:11","slug":"kawhi-leonard-former-coach-mysterious-legacy-legendary-playoff-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/kawhi-leonard-former-coach-mysterious-legacy-legendary-playoff-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard's Former Coach Adds to His Mysterious Legacy With a Legendary Playoff Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you remember those beer commercials about the most interesting man in the world? Well, Kawhi Leonard<\/a> has become that in the NBA, and not even because he does any thing exciting or has an entertaining personality, but because he\u2019s somewhat mysterious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one, outside of the players and coaches who have worked with him, knows anything about Leonard. However, one of those former coaches recently shared a story from Leonard's time on the Toronto Raptors, and while it doesn't give us any insight into Kawhi the person, it instead, adds to his mysterious legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kawhi Leonard is the most mysterious man in the NBA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers during a game against the Toronto Raptors on Dec. 11, 2019. | Vaughn Ridley\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

During a day and age where athletes are all over social media, trying to build a brand so they can set themselves up financially for when they retire from their respective sports, Leonard is an old-school guy. The Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> star hasn\u2019t posted on Twitter since 2015, and he doesn\u2019t have an Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is also known for being pretty emotionless on the court, so much so that his laugh became a meme a couple of years ago just because of the fact that no one had ever heard it before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just the way I play,\u201d Leonard said in 2019, per The Boston Globe<\/a>. \u201cUntil we win the game or it\u2019s all done, then I\u2019ll show some emotion. But I want to stay even-keeled while I\u2019m going through it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unknown about Leonard is what makes him so intriguing, but his skills on the court just add another layer to his mystique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil Handy shared a legendary Kawhi Leonard-Raptors story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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"The adjustment is that I'm guarding Giannis."

Kawhi wanted all the smoke vs. Giannis in the 2019 ECF \ud83d\ude24

via @shobasketball, allthesmoke\/TW) pic.twitter.com\/x93g4x0I2Y<\/a><\/p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) June 17, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>