Kawhi Leonard reminded the entire NBA exactly why he has two rings with two different teams, and two NBA Finals MVP Awards to go with them as he led the Clippers to a big win over the Nuggets last night, tying their first-round series at 1-1. Doug has been on “Team Kawhi” for a long time and thinks the Clippers made a very smart decision when they ditched Paul George in favor of Leonard, especially after last night’s performance.
Doug Gottlieb: “The Clippers brass today should be high-fiving themselves and should be doing cartwheels. They should! Trent (Redden), their GM, and last year Trent and their President, Lawrence Frank, they all made a really, really hard decision. They said, ‘We’re not going to re-up Paul George at a max rate, and we are with Kawhi Leonard,’ and people thought they were crazy…which of the two players looks over the hill now?”