Ahead of the season, Paul George selflessly said, “Kawhi is the No. 1. And I am totally fine with that. I think I try to complement him with being able to take the load off of him.”
And for most of the early season, he was wrong.
Kawhi Leonard, to many’s dislike, missed more games than anticipated and, even in the games that he did play, looked abysmal. In his first five games, the former two-time Finals MVP averaged just 10 points on 42 percent shooting.
Let’s also not forget the fact that it took him a span of two months to play those five games.