And not five years later, he has gone from one of the league’s most vaunted winners to a player known more for injury-laden flameouts and disappointment on undoubtedly the NBA’s most cursed franchise.

The Los Angeles Clippers will be without Kawhi Leonard to start the season as he rehabs his right knee. There's no timetable for his return.

Every step that took the Clippers to this point was at least defensible in the moment. Trading Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and a mountain of draft picks for Paul George looks terrible now. It also created a championship favorite.

Clippers star Kawhi Leonard, who hasn't played in the preseason because of inflammation in his knee, will be sidelined indefinitely to start the season, coach Ty Lue confirmed Thursday.

And worst and most predictably of all, Kawhi Leonard is hurt again. It's the knee. Again. The one that knocked him out of last