With the basketball world casting nothing more than a disinterested glance in Kawhi Leonard's direction, one can assume the "everything is bigger in Texas" talk doesn't apply to the San Antonio Spurs' marketing team.
Leonard has superstar tools and an employer who rarely mishandles a blueprint. Unfortunately, he also wound up in the one city where the NBA's "superstars' league" descriptor doesn't apply.
Despite an historic run of success, the Spurs just don't move the needle on a global scale. Fans appreciate those four championship banners swinging from the AT&T Center rafters, but they prefer to appreciate them from afar.
Leonard won't bring them any closer. He's a team-first player with a team-first organization in a league where fans need a little me-first attitude from their favorites.
He could care less what those fans need. His NBA journey has never been about them.
"It doesn't matter what the nation thinks about my game," Leonard said late last season, per The Associated Press (via NBA.com). "I have goals set for myself. I want to reach my own goals."
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