{"id":413806,"date":"2022-12-22T10:24:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T10:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=413806"},"modified":"2022-12-22T10:24:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T10:24:20","slug":"people-dont-understand-major-surgeries-nba-legend-kevin-garnett-urges-fans-to-give-kawhi-leonard-some-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/people-dont-understand-major-surgeries-nba-legend-kevin-garnett-urges-fans-to-give-kawhi-leonard-some-time\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;People Don\u2019t understand, Major Surgeries&#8221; &#8211; NBA Legend Kevin Garnett Urges Fans to Give Kawhi Leonard Some Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Clippers&#8217; NBA season has started out on a rocky path. After 32 games, the franchise is now in fifth place. It makes sense that the franchise has had trouble considering that the seasons lead character Kawhi Leonard has sustained serious injuries. As long as they can stay healthy, the Clippers will continue to pursue their championship goals, which they had going into the season. The Clippers have one of the strongest and most talented teams in the NBA when everyone is healthy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aywCiUz8uL4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the standout players of his generation is Kevin Garnett. Garnett, a first-ballot candidate for the Hall of Fame, reached the zenith of his profession when the Boston Celtics won the NBA championship in 2008. So people pay attention when the former NBA MVP talks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"Stephen A. Smith at WrestleMania? Ric Flair Makes Huge Claim Involving NBA Analyst\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/stephen-a-smith-at-wrestlemania-ric-flair-makes-huge-claim-involving-nba-analyst\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Stephen A. Smith at WrestleMania? Ric Flair Makes Huge Claim Involving NBA Analyst<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Kevin Garnett comes in the defense of Kawhi Leonard<\/h2>\n<p>On a recent KGCertified episode, The Big Ticket was unambiguous in his thoughts on Kawhi Leonard, the star of the Clippers.<\/p>\n<p>Garnett <a href=\"https:\/\/thesportsrush.com\/nba-news-give-kawhi-leonard-some-time-kevin-garnett-urges-people-to-give-the-klaw-recovery-time\/\">said<\/a>: <em>\u201cI know he hasn\u2019t played a lot, you know they 7 and 2 when he does play though. Obviously, he gives you that but I don\u2019t think he\u2019s as healthy as we think he is. Or they taking a major precautionary measure with him\u2026People don\u2019t understand, major surgeries..You gotta reheal, your mind has to get more confident, and you got to go through so much of a process to be able to get your mind to a place where your comfortable doing certain things. I see that in him!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Paul George to Kawhi Leonard alley oop!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kcFFOuFuH5\">pic.twitter.com\/kcFFOuFuH5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomerAzarly\/status\/1605775843153694722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Clippers often follow Kawhi Leonard&#8217;s progress, so the fact that he is beginning to round into shape is encouraging for them. They have outstanding guard play from Reggie Jackson, Norman Powell, and John Wall, strong wing play from Leonard and George, and a flexible frontcourt with Marcus Morris, Ivica Zubac, and Nicolas Batum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More NBA news:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"Phoenix Suns Coach Monty Williams \u2018Happy to See\u2019 Chris Paul \u2018Aggressive\u2019 After 28-Point Performance vs LeBron James\u2019 Lakers\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/phoenix-suns-coach-monty-williams-happy-to-see-chris-paul-aggressive-after-28-point-performance-vs-lebron-james-lakers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Phoenix Suns Coach Monty Williams \u2018Happy to See\u2019 Chris Paul \u2018Aggressive\u2019 After 28-Point Performance vs LeBron James\u2019 Lakers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"Kevin Durant Slams Media After Contentious Giovani Bernard Interview\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kevin-durant-slams-media-after-contentious-giovani-bernard-interview\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Kevin Durant Slams Media After Contentious Giovani Bernard Interview<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"entry-title\"><a title=\"2-Time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic Lashes Out at NBA Legend Shaquille O\u2019Neal For Speaking Russian\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/2-time-nba-mvp-nikola-jokic-lashes-out-at-nba-legend-shaquille-oneal-for-speaking-russian\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">2-Time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic Lashes Out at NBA Legend Shaquille O\u2019Neal For Speaking Russian<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba\/\"><strong><em>Follow our NBA page for more key NBA updates and news<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Clippers&#8217; NBA season has started out on a rocky path. After 32 games, the franchise is now in fifth place. It makes sense that the franchise has had trouble considering that the seasons lead character Kawhi Leonard has sustained serious injuries. As long as they can stay healthy, the Clippers will continue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":405267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,51],"tags":[221,2422],"class_list":["post-413806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-los-angeles-clippers","category-nba","tag-kawhi-leonard","tag-kevin-garnett"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}