This is just not Kawhi Leonard’s year.
Leonard didn’t play his first game this season until Dec. 12 due to right quadriceps tendinopathy — a sore tendon in the quad. He only played in nine games before injuring his shoulder and having to sit out due to that, but he was expected to return the court in the next few days.
Wednesday the Spurs announced that the quad injury is back and Leonard is again out indefinitely.
“Kawhi has made significant progress and continues to move forward in his rehabilitation,” Spurs General Manager RC Buford said in a statement. “This is the best approach for the next steps in his return to play.”
Of course, the Spurs will be fine in the regular season. They always are. With LaMarcus Aldridge as the fulcrum on offense and playing like an All-Star again, along with the second-best defense in the NBA, the Spurs are 29-16 and on pace to win 50 games again.
However, come the postseason the Spurs will need Leonard, maybe to get out of the first round and certainly to do any damage in the second round. But we are months away from that, so the Spurs are giving him time to heal.
