Kawhi Leonard has largely been a quiet standout for the San Antonio Spurs, but the small forward has proven he holds the potential of becoming a top NBA player.
That statement is not exactly ground-shaking, especially given his elite showing during the 2013 finals. The Miami Heat may have won the series, but Leonard's hype train began rumbling at a dangerous speed.
He was soon heralded as the next best thing, and it was supposed to be an immediate change for the aging Spurs—a changing of the guard, per se. The former first-round pick certainly improved throughout the most recent campaign, but ever-so-fractionally, to be honest.
Of course, Leonard proceeded to absolutely dominate the final three games of the 2014 finals, making him one of the league's most interesting subjects.
Consequently, he will once again be expected to make a leap into superstardom, but is the vaunted Spurs' system actually stunting the 23-year-old's development into an elite NBA star?
Not one San Antonio player averaged more than 30 minutes per game last season, which is either fantastic or somewha ...
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