Kawhi Leonard at forefront of new generation of stars mentored by Kobe Bryant (Column by ArashMarkazi)
to start the regular season in October. “We had a Nike suite at the All-Star game and he was in the suite and I was there and he came and sat next to me and started peppering me with questions about the game and my summer regimen and this other stuff, so he had a curiosity right from the very beginning.”
One of the first things Bryant looked for in players, before he chose to work out with them, was their curiosity. He wanted to mentor players who desired to think and attack the game the same way he did. It didn’t take him long to discover Leonard was that kind of player. Before Bryant retired in 2016, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich asked him to keep tabs on Leonard and talk to him from time to time. While Leonard would get traded from the Spurs to the Toronto Raptors two years later, Bryant’s relationship with Leonard grew. He worked out with Leonard in Southern California before his first season in Toronto, and before his first season with the Clippers.
Lakers forward Kobe Bryant goes to work against Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard during a game on Jan. 22, 2016. In many ways, it was perfect that Leonard, who was born in Los Angeles and returned home last summer, would became the
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