Will he be wholesome or not?
That’s the query that each one Los Angeles Clippers followers are asking about Kawhi Leonard.
As soon as once more, the season is about to start and, as soon as once more, persons are afraid Leonard received’t have the ability to final for all 82 video games with out getting harm.
However Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue mentioned everybody ought to settle down and promised Leonard could be advantageous.
“I speak to him all the time,” Lue informed ESPN final week. “He’ll be ready for [Clippers] training camp.”
That is music to the ears of Clippers followers, however will Leonard’s luck run out once more?
After a gradual begin final season, Leonard bought again into the swing of issues and performed in 68 video games, averaging 23.7 factors, 6.1 rebounds, and three.5 assists.
However historical past repeated itself and Leonard ended up hurting himself because the season got here to an in depth.
This ruined the crew’s likelihood of postseason greatness and it additionally compromised his skill to play with Workforce USA within the Olympics.
Understandably, Clippers followers stay nervous about Leonard as a result of he has a really dangerous observe document together with his well being.
This season must be an enormous one for the Clippers.
They are going to be taking part in in a brand new area and hope to forge a path ahead with out Paul George and Russell Westbrook.
This implies they’ll want Leonard greater than ever earlier than.
In accordance with Lue, he’ll be able to play when the season suggestions off in October.
Nonetheless, he has been prepared up to now and accidents nonetheless flared up later within the yr.
What are the probabilities of that taking place once more?
Has Leonard lastly and actually shaken off his historical past of accidents or will the upcoming season seem like many who got here earlier than?