The 33-year-old former San Diego State star dealt with knee issues for most of the 2023-24 season
Less than 24 hours after saying his balky right knee “has been good so far” and he expected to suit up for Team USA’s exhibition game against Canada on Wednesday night in Las Vegas, Kawhi Leonard is not going to Paris for the Summer Olympics.
Leonard, 33, missed the final eight games of the NBA regular season and most of the Clippers’ first-round series against Dallas with what was described as chronic inflammation from multiple surgeries on his right knee. He’s had two months off since the Clippers were eliminated, but the knee apparently has not responded like he had hoped.
Still, a day earlier he spoke optimistically about the career-long “dream” of adding the interlocking rings to his legacy.
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