Kawhi Leonard

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Kawhi Leonard

Leonard with the Toronto Raptors in 2019

No. 2 – Los Angeles Clippers

Position Small forward

League NBA

Personal information

Born June 29, 1991 (age 29)

Los Angeles, California

Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)

Listed weight 225 lb (102 kg)

Career information

Canyon Springs
High school
(Moreno Valley, California)
Martin Luther King

(Riverside, California)

College San Diego State (2009–2011)

NBA draft 2011 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15th overall

Selected by the Indiana Pacers

Playing career 2011–present

Career history

2011–2018 San Antonio Spurs

2018–2019 Toronto Raptors

2019–present Los Angeles Clippers

Career highlights and awards

 2× NBA champion (2014, 2019)

 2× NBA Finals MVP (2014, 2019)

 4× NBA All-Star (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020)

 NBA All-Star Game MVP (2020)

 2× All-NBA First Team (2016, 2017)

 All-NBA Second Team (2019)

 2× NBA Defensive Player of the Year (2015, 2016)

 3× NBA All-Defensive First Team (2015–2017)

 2× NBA All-Defensive Second Team (2014, 2019)

 NBA All-Rookie First Team (2012)

 NBA steals leader (2015)

 AP Athlete of the Year (2019)

  Consensus second-team All-American (2011)

 2× First-team All-MWC (2010, 2011)

 No. 15 retired by San Diego State Aztecs

 California Mr. Basketball (2009)

Stats at NBA.com

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Kawhi Anthony Leonard (/kəˈwaɪ/, born June 29, 1991) is an American

professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball
Association (NBA). He played two seasons of college basketball for the San Diego
State Aztecs and was named a consensus second-team All-American as a sophomore.
Leonard opted to forgo his final two seasons at San Diego State to enter the 2011 NBA
draft. He was selected by the Indiana Pacers with the 15th overall pick before being
traded to the San Antonio Spurs on draft night.
With the Spurs, Leonard won an NBA championship in 2014, where he was named
the Finals Most Valuable Player. After seven seasons with the Spurs, Leonard was
traded to the Toronto Raptors in 2018. In 2019, he led the Raptors to their first NBA
championship in franchise history and won his second Finals MVP award. He
subsequently moved to his hometown of Los Angeles and signed with the Clippers as a
free agent in July 2019.
Leonard is a four-time All-Star with two All-NBA First Team selections. Nicknamed the
"Claw," or "Klaw," for his ball-hawking skills, he has earned five All-Defensive
Team selections and won Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2015 and 2016.