Kawhi Leonard Rumors

Ernie Johnson believes the NBA would benefit from shortening the regular season below 82 games. Johnson is on his farewell tour as he announced last month that this would be his final season on the iconic Inside the NBA studio program after 37 years. He spoke with Front Office Sports’s Baker Machado last week on a variety of topics, including what he sees for the future of Inside the NBA without him, how ESPN/ABC have handled the program, and why he thinks the season could stand to shed a few games. “If I were gonna do one thing, maybe I would reduce the schedule by a few games, so it’s not 82,” Johnson said when asked about the current state of the league and what changes he would make. “Here we are a week into the season and there’s so many stars who are out right now. That’s the concern. It’s like, OK, so Anthony Edwards isn’t gonna play for a while. OK, so Kawhi Leonard’s out for a while. Look what happened in OKC.”

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Mark Medina: Raptors coach Darko Rajaković said the team will have an update on Kawhi Leonard’s progress on Tuesday.

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Darko Rajakovic on Kawhi Leonard: “Seven days from now we gonna review where he’s at and have a clear plan. Right now he’s going through the treatments. He’s reacting well to those treatments, and in seven days time we gonna have a much better feel what it looks like, return to play, what is the timeline. At this point we don’t have exact timeline.”

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Michael Grange: As was reported here the other day: Kawhi's knee is inflamed -- that's swelling. It's due to pre-existing conditions (15yrs in the NBA). This week is treatment & rest, then re-evaluation. If all clear, then ramping/up, reconditioning. Could be two weeks, maybe more. Hard to know.

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Michael Grange: One update on Kawhi Leonard: he is getting his rest and treatment ‘outside of Toronto’ which is why he wasn’t on the Raptors bench last night, per Darko Rajakovic.

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Josh Lewenberg: While it could end up being 3-4+ weeks, my understanding is that given the nature of Kawhi’s knee issue, would be hard to put a timeline on it at this point. Will depend how swelling responds to rest/treatment. Could be more, could be less. Next update expected Wednesday.

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Chris Haynes: Haynes Headlines: Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard (knee) is expected to be sidelined for at least 3-4 weeks, sources tell me. @NBATV

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APHoops: The Toronto Raptors have chosen to give Kawhi Leonard “the coming weeks” to rehab and ramp back up after an offseason of multiple stoppages amid the NBA’s investigation, per @ShamsCharania .

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Michael Grange: Some more detail: Kawhi Leonard is not 'injured' but swelling was response to 'wear-and-tear'. He will be rested during week of treatment and return to on-court work after a week.

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Josh Lewenberg: Scottie Barnes on Kawhi Leonard's upcoming absence: "It's all right. We gotta hold it down for my boy (until) he comes back."

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Michael Grange: “Until he gets back, we got to figure it out. We can't just let let go of the rope. We can’t have games like we did in Minnesota” - RJ Barrett on Kawhi Leonard being out.

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Law Murray: From Kawhi Leonard

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Shams Charania: Toronto's Kawhi Leonard is expected to miss a period of weeks due to swelling in his left knee, sources tell ESPN. MRI on Leonard's knee showed no structural damage, but sides will use the shorter term to ramp him back up after the stoppages during the offseason.

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Doug Smith: Kawhi Leonard out least a week and will undergo "a treatment and rehabilitation" program to address left knee swelling, the Raptors announce

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