In the midst of Kawhi Leonard’s quadriceps injury that took him out for most of the 2017-18 season, Tony Parker contrasted it to his own, identical ailment, and said it was “one hundred times worse.” This apparently put a divide between these San Antonio Spurs stars, with Leonard apparently labeling it the “final straw.”
Parker left San Antonio before Leonard, however, signing a two-year, $10 million deal with the Charlotte Hornets. It reunites him with former Spurs assistant coach James Borrego and ends a 17-year run with the Silver and Black which started in 2001.