{"id":416553,"date":"2023-01-22T20:40:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T20:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=416553"},"modified":"2023-01-22T20:40:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T20:40:10","slug":"top-five-things-you-did-not-know-about-nba-superstar-kawhi-leonard-aka-the-klaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/top-five-things-you-did-not-know-about-nba-superstar-kawhi-leonard-aka-the-klaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Five Things You Did Not Know About NBA Superstar Kawhi Leonard aka &#8220;The Klaw&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kawhi Leonard, a five-time All-Star and two-time All-NBA First Team pick known as the &#8220;Claw&#8221; or &#8220;Klaw&#8221; for his ball-hawking prowess, is a player with the Los Angeles Clippers at the moment. He was chosen for seven defensive all-star teams and was named defensive player of the year in 2015 and 2016. He was selected on the NBA 75th Anniversary Team in 2021. For the San Diego State Aztecs, for whom Leonard played collegiate basketball for two seasons, he was selected as a second-team All-American as a sophomore.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T1Wwlz9saRw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In order to join the 2011 NBA draft, he decided to skip his last two seasons of NCAA eligibility. On draft night, he was taken with the 15th overall choice by the Indiana Pacers before being traded to the San Antonio Spurs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"Top Five Things You Did Not Know About NBA Star Marcus Morris\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/top-five-things-you-did-not-know-about-nba-star-marcus-morris\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Top Five Things You Did Not Know About NBA Star Marcus Morris<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are some facts about Kawhi Leonard:<\/p>\n<h2>Reason for the nickname &#8220;Klaw&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Kawhi Leonard is not referred to as The Claw for anything. Kawhi&#8217;s hands appear to be enormous, but they are actually very large. Kawhi&#8217;s hands measure 11.25 inches by 9.75 inches, which is 52% broader than the normal guy&#8217;s hands. No surprise he has won DPOY several times.<\/p>\n<h2>Continued to drive \u201crehabbed\u201d 1997 Chevy Tahoe after $94 million contract<\/h2>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry, he&#8217;s a hundred millionaire. Actually, no. Kawhi still driving his &#8220;rehabbed&#8221; 1997 Chevy Tahoe after agreeing to his $94M contract in 2017. Yes, Kawhi Leonard has owned that undesirable vehicle since he was in high school, but since it functions, he uses it. If he still drives it around LA, I wonder.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoneyAnd_Sports\/status\/1615511801050824704?s=20&#038;t=e5OjjzYDkztod-wZO5VSKQ<\/p>\n<h2>Only 3rd player to win Finals MVP for 2 teams<\/h2>\n<p>When Kawhi Leonard played for the Spurs and was voted the Finals Most Valuable Player in 2014, the Spurs won the NBA title. Leonard was moved to the Toronto Raptors in 2018 after spending the previous seven seasons with the Spurs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only players to win Finals MVP for multiple teams:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LeBron James<br \/>\u2014 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<br \/>\u2014 Kawhi Leonard <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vSxcRadj4I\">pic.twitter.com\/vSxcRadj4I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; StatMuse (@statmuse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statmuse\/status\/1558092103363825666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Along with LeBron James and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he was one of only three players to earn Finals MVP with two teams in 2019. Kawhi Leonard also led the Raptors to their first NBA title in franchise history in 2019.<\/p>\n<h2>Cousin plays in NFL<\/h2>\n<p>Stevie Johnson, an American football wide receiver, has a relative named Kawhi Leonard. Johnson, a former wide receiver in the National Football League, is an American who played football professionally.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kawhi Leonard with Rich Rocka and cousin Stevie Johnson, WR of the San Diego Chargers <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChargersCamp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChargersCamp<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/zycZ8mkklb\">pic.twitter.com\/zycZ8mkklb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA Dreamwork \ud83c\udfc0 (@NBADreamwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBADreamwork\/status\/628437727814402052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 4, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Johnson has accepted the position of head coach for his former high school football club since leaving the NFL.<\/p>\n<h2>Kawhi Leonard shared the same pilot as Kobe Bryant<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve flown with him a lot,\u201d<\/em> Kawhi Leonard <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/01\/30\/us\/kawhi-leonard-kobe-bryant-helicopter-pilot\/index.html\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kawhi called Kobe\u2019s pilot, Ara Zobayan, a \u201cgood dude\u201d and used him to fly to and from games. He also discussed if this gives him any pause to keep using helicopters. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ao82V555h8\">pic.twitter.com\/ao82V555h8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andrew Greif (@AndrewGreif) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewGreif\/status\/1222629314941685760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGreat guy, super nice. He was one of the best pilots. 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He was chosen for seven defensive all-star teams and was named defensive player of the year in 2015 and 2016. He was selected [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":405267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[221],"class_list":["post-416553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-kawhi-leonard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416553","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=416553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416553\/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=416553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}