Kawhi Leonard Is Officially Listed As Probable To Make His Season Debut Against The Mavericks


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The San Antonio Spurs shared a fantastic piece of news on Monday afternoon, as the team announced that Kawhi Leonard is listed as probable to make his 2017-18 debut on Tuesday night. Leonard has not been able to suit up this season as he’s worked to recover from a right quadriceps injury.

The team tweeted out their official injury report for the game, and squeezed between updates on Danny Green (also probable) and Kyle Anderson (out), the Spurs shared that Leonard’s quadricep has recovered to the point that he should be able to play against the Mavericks.

Leonard’s return isn’t a surprise, as it was reported over the weekend that his initial target date of Saturday had to get pushed back to Tuesday. The team had been unable to give a set date prior to then, partly because of the “weird” nature of Leonard’s injury.

Gregg Popovich said that this was similar to an injury Tony Parker suffered, only Leonard’s recovery timetable ended up being different. Additionally, Leonard had said that recovering from this injury was “more difficult” than he anticipated, which makes sense when you remember that his season debut is likely going to happen on Dec. 12.

But fortunately for the Spurs, Leonard is going to play barring some kind of slip up in the next 24 hours. This is good, because the NBA is a better place when Kawhi Leonard is healthy and playing.

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