Tyronn Lue doesn’t understand Kawhi Leonard’s absence
As every year, the announcement of the All-Star Game selections makes people happy and unhappy. Among players whose candidacy was not in the end not retained Kawhi Leonard takes the place of choice.
His coach is there to highlight him. ” Yes, it’s hard. Congratulations to all the boys who were selected. They all deserve it equally. But for me, over the last six weeks, Kawhi has been the best player in the entire NBA », Tyronn Lue straight up.
The time period that the California technician is referring to is of course the one in which the Clippers completely reversed their dynamic. In mid-December, the Californians posted an apocalyptic record of 6 wins and 21 losses. From ? An impressive streak of 17 wins and 4 losses.
And “Klau”, again the author of 25 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists yesterday against the Sunof course it has a lot to do with it. During this stretch, he averaged 30.2 points (50% shooting including 42% from 3-point range), 6.6 rebounds and 3.9 assists and 2.1 steals in 18 games played (15 wins).
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Only Luka Doncic and Shai Giljus-Aleksandar have been better in terms of goals in these six weeks. In other words, Tyronn Lue’s argument seems to hold up well. Especially since he is the 7th leading scorer in the league during the regular season, averaging a career-high 27.6 points.
« He’s 50-40-90, averaging 28 points a game, and when you see what he’s accomplished to get this team out of a hole after we started 6-21, to get us to where we are today… It’s hard to take. I feel bad for Kawhi, but I’m still happy for the other guys selected “, said the coach.
His disappointment could only be temporary, because a game between select US players and “international” playersKawhi Leonard is likely to be included in the USA selection.
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| Kawhi Leonard | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | The team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Ft | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2011-12 | on | 64 | 23:58 | 49.3 | 37.6 | 77.3 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 7.9 |
| 2012-13 | on | 58 | 31:12 | 49.4 | 37.4 | 82.5 | 1.1 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 11.9 |
| 2013-14 | on | 66 | 29:08 | 52.2 | 37.9 | 80.2 | 1.2 | 5.1 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 12.8 |
| 2014-15 | on | 64 | 31:46 | 47.9 | 34.9 | 80.2 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 7.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 16.5 |
| 2015-16 | on | 72 | 33:03 | 50.6 | 44.3 | 87.4 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 21.2 |
| 2016-17 | on | 74 | 33:27 | 48.5 | 38.0 | 88.0 | 1.1 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 25.5 |
| 2017-18 | on | 9 | 23:20 | 46.8 | 31.4 | 81.6 | 0.7 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 16.2 |
| 2018-19 | TOR | 60 | 34:00 | 49.6 | 37.1 | 85.4 | 1.3 | 6.0 | 7.3 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 26.6 |
| 2019-20 | LAC | 57 | 32:25 | 47.0 | 37.8 | 88.6 | 0.9 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 27.1 |
| 2020-21 | LAC | 52 | 34:06 | 51.2 | 39.8 | 88.5 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 24.8 |
| 2022-23 | LAC | 52 | 33:37 | 51.2 | 41.6 | 87.1 | 1.1 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 23.8 |
| 2023-24 | LAC | 68 | 34:16 | 52.5 | 41.7 | 88.5 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 23.7 |
| 2024-25 | LAC | 37 | 31:54 | 49.8 | 41.1 | 81.0 | 0.9 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 21.5 |
| 2025-26 | LAC | 35 | 32:57 | 49.5 | 39.1 | 92.1 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 27.6 |
How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.
2026-02-02 13:28:00
