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- Wrong. Leonard just keeps coming back and being an all-time great again. Maybe the most remarkable example of that has come this season, after the Los Angeles Clippers got off to a nightmare start. There were thoughts of them shutting it down, of trading away their stars, of moving on from this Leonard era with James Harden. But now Leonard is hooping, and things look different. MORE: LeBron James gives cryptic response to trade questionESPN's Tim Bontemps summed it up this way in a new article on Friday: "Kawhi Leonard is still a force."AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"Amid the Clippers' awful start and the ongoing investigation into potential salary cap circumvention, Leonard's fantastic season has largely flown under the radar," Bontemps writes.
- "The two-time Finals MVP is averaging a career-high 28.2 points and a league-leading 2.2 steals.
- And since LA's 14-3 run began on Dec.
- 20, no player has scored more than Leonard's 32.7 points per game."Leonard is quiet.
- His game does the talking. His game is talking quite loudly right now. He's getting to his spots.