San Antonio's most recent Finals MVP had high praise for June's No. 1 overall pick: 'He's just going to get more and more confident.'
LOS ANGELES — The are in the nadir of their franchise history. Or at least they were until they won the lottery ticket that is . The Spurs have missed the playoffs the last four seasons after never missing the playoffs in consecutive seasons in franchise history and only missing the playoffs four times total in the team’s first 43 seasons. Of teams in the NBA, , and , the Spurs were the last franchise to miss the playoffs in consecutive seasons.
He was not expected to come into the league lighting up the scoreboard. He wasn’t expected to save the franchise, especially with Duncan still there with 2007 NBA Finals MVP Tony Parker and 2008 Sixth Man of the Year Manu Ginóbili still present. And Leonard wasn’t even a lottery pick, let alone a top overall pick . Leonard was drafted to be a Bruce Bowen replacement, a player who would defend at the small forward spot until his offense caught up.
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