It all started last Friday when the San Antonio Spurs official Twitter account posted this photo:
Yes, that is Kawhi Leonard smiling. Some thought Kawhi was programmed not to smile, but he can actually do it. We’ve seen him do it, and while it’s not exactly commonplace, it’s is’t quite rare either. But consistent and persistent grinning from the Spurs star is a bit strange, and Manu Ginobili wondered about it:
What's going on? I saw him laughing/smiling more in thess two days than in the previous six seasons.