The sheer scope and breadth of Leonard’s (and, to a slightly lesser extent, George’s) talent makes it easy to believe that the only thing holding the Clippers back from a dynasty is a fluke injury or two. On a game by game basis, the Clippers can beat anybody in the world when healthy-when Kawhi Leonard and Paul George both play, the Clippers are 83-35 over the last four seasons, which would translate to roughly 58 wins over an 82 game season. The most dangerous lie that Kawhi Leonard ever told the Clippers is that he makes them a championship contender. Kawhi Leonard isn’t reliable enough for the Clippers As such, here’s why the Clippers must trade Kawhi Leonard this summer. His tenure with the Clippers has largely been a failure because he hasn’t been able to stay healthy long enough for his team to succeed.
The problem is that he rarely ever plays: Leonard averaged 34.5 points (on 67 percent True Shooting), 6.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists in the playoffs this year, but played just two games before tearing his meniscus. When he plays, he’s the kind of player who can win a playoff series on his own, a one-man trump card who gives the Clippers the upper hand in just about any matchup just rewatch him steal Game 1 against the Phoenix Suns’ all-world duo of Devin Booker and Kevin Durant for proof. Just as he locks up players on the court, his special kind of infrequent brilliance cripplingly limits the Los Angeles Clippers’ possibilities. As the Clippers have found out, Kawhi Leonard is a prison.
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