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Kawhi Leonard hasn’t progressed beyond individual workouts

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Andrew Greif: Kawhi Leonard hasn’t progressed beyond individual workouts, coach Ty Lue said. Asked whether Leonard has been able to play 3-on-3 or beyond, Lue shook his head.
Source: Twitter @AndrewGreif

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Kawhi Leonard will not play this regular season.
Postseason TBD. Clippers have to, you know, clinch a spot still. – 3:05 PM

Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Kawhi Leonard hasn’t progressed beyond individual workouts, coach Ty Lue said. Asked whether Leonard has been able to play 3-on-3 or beyond, Lue shook his head. – 2:57 PM

Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Clippers coach Ty Lue said Kawhi Leonard has just been doing individual on-court work so far. He hasn’t progressed yet to any 3-on-3 work or beyond – 2:56 PM

Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Ty Lue shakes his head, tells @Andrew Greif, “no sir,” Kawhi hasn’t been able to do anything but individual work so far. – 2:55 PM

Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Clippers center Ivica Zubac said friends and family have asked him all season when Kawhi Leonard is returning: “I’m tired of it, to be honest.” – 2:41 PM

Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Clippers’ Reggie Jackson talks extensively about Kawhi Leonard’s leadership pic.twitter.com/TpKxe3dJOG – 2:32 PM

Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Reggie Jackson puts it like this: Kawhi Leonard is in the top 1% of the top 1%. – 2:30 PM

Josh Lewenberg @JLew1050
It’s been 1,030 days since the Raptors won the championship, 899 days since the banner ceremony, and 849 days since Kawhi got his ring.
Since then, Danny Green has been on 3 teams, been traded twice, and won another championship.
Tonight, he FINALLY gets his💍 pic.twitter.com/gj6mnvKUdO – 11:38 AM

Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
“We got a lot of firepower, kind of reminds me of the Raptors team in 2019.”
That team, you recall, won the Larry O’B — led, of course, by Kawhi. – 1:36 AM

Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Norm Powell wanted to try to play through the fracture in Dallas in February. Said that teammates including PG and Kawhi were telling him to take his time during the last 8 weeks. He felt his conditioning was good in the second half, but felt the fatigue a little more after half – 1:33 AM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Norman Powell shared that Kawhi and PG encouraged Powell to take his time with coming back from injury, with all three on the shelf for all of March.
Powell adds that he tried to play in second Dallas game, and couldn’t do it. The next day, MRI revealed fracture. – 1:32 AM

Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
Kawhi Leonard on the Clippers bench for their game vs Suns. He has occasionally shared his observations with teammates. Otherwise, mostly just watching the action – 11:07 PM

Tas Melas @TasMelas
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Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Let’s take a look at the teams that beat the Lakers for play-in spots:
Wolves: One playoff berth in 17 years
Clippers: No Kawhi all year, only 29 games from Paul George
Pelicans: No Zion all year, started 1-12
Spurs: Were sellers at this year’s trade deadline TWO MONTHS AGO – 12:49 AM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Clippers officially upgrade Norman Powell to doubtful for their only game in a five-day span.
Jason Preston and Kawhi Leonard will not play tomorrow.
Jay Scrubb is out for the season. – 8:23 PM

Mirjam Swanson @MirjamSwanson
Clippers on the mend? Kawhi Leonard shoots, Norman Powell practices ocregister.com/2022/04/05/cli… – 5:02 PM

More on this storyline

Andrew Greif: Reggie Jackson called it “special to see” Kawhi Leonard working out and rehabbing this season, “vigorously going through his workouts.” Jackson said that though the Clips don’t necessarily have him on the court it’s good to have his energy around. -via Twitter @AndrewGreif / April 8, 2022

Andrew Greif: Ivica Zubac was asked by @Mirjam Swanson how often he’s asked by strangers or others when Kawhi is coming back. He smiles. “I hear about it all the time and even if I say ‘I don’t know’ the same person will ask me in a week. … I got tired of it.” -via Twitter @AndrewGreif / April 8, 2022

Ohm Youngmisuk on Kawhi Leonard: Everything I’ve heard is that he still is working hard. He looks to be in good shape. And he’s still working but there’s no timetable. -via Spotify / April 7, 2022