The San Antonio Spurs will have to wait at least a few more days for Kawhi Leonard. The Spurs superstar was hopeful about making his season debut this weekend, but a report on Friday indicated his first start will not be for at least a few more days.
Leonard has been trying to recover from an injury to his right quadriceps. It’s been a long, complicated process that’s flummoxed even Greg Popovich, who earlier in the year said he’d never seen an injury recovery quite like the one Leonard has had to endure.
That timeline just got a bit longer, but hopefully not more complicated, as the Spurs pushed back Leonard’s debut to at least Tuesday.
San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard is now targeting his return on Tuesday against Dallas, league sources tell @mikecwright and me. He has yet to play this season with a quad injury.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 8, 2017
It’s probably best to be precautionary here, especially given how long it’s taken for Leonard to get right in the first place. Leonard went from “pretty close” to “Saturday” in his hopeful prognistication, and though he’s been practicing there’s really nothing like the speed of a real game to test the stability and health of an injured body part.
We’ll see Leonard eventually this season, but it’s clearly not a rush for San Antonio. They want Leonard healthy, whenever he decides he’s ready to finally play.
