The NBA star has become a problem for his team

During the 22/23 season, many, including the entire team, waited for Kawai Leonard to return from injury.  He missed the entire season, but he should have been ready by the start of this regular season. That was often said. But things didn’t go according to plan.

It all started with Kawai suffering a torn cruciate ligament in his knee last summer. It didn’t look like anything bad was going to happen, it was a trivial collision and the knee bent a bit. But in fact, it was enough to force the player to spend almost a year recovering.

After 476 days, he was back on the floor, but only managed to play 16 minutes. He was expected to be OK by the start of the regular season, but that didn’t happen either. Kawai was moved to the bench, after which he played only 2 times and dropped out again. It’s hard to say now how long that is.

The player has already missed 6 games in a row, but again, the team believes that things will get back to normal very soon. The head coach notes that the basketball player is feeling much better, but his morale is not the best.

The coach notes that Leonard is just frustrated and doesn’t want to get on the floor. And recently he even stopped traveling with the team. The doctor said to rest for now.  There is also the possibility that the problem lies in his mental state, and the player himself wants to get on the floor only when he is 110% ready.

 But Kawai himself, after coming out, tried to convince everyone that he is now stronger than ever. But he also noted that morale really wasn’t all that good. The physical pain was far less than the emotional pain.

And even now, after 16 months of recovery, the basketball player himself says that he is afraid to play many minutes. He needs a gradual workload, otherwise the knee may not hold out again.

This is not the basketball player’s first injury. There is even a chronic quadriceps problem in his right leg, due to which he previously had to leave his former team. And in fact, Kawai gets injured very often. So, we can say that all the worries are completely justified. If it continues like this, one can already forget about his career, as he is 31 years old.

But now Leonard already has no serious injury, and the team behaves as carefully as possible.  The player already wants to play more, but for now he gives priority to the playoffs.  But there is also the possibility that Kawai could still be involved in the next 4 games and be of use to his team.