{"id":10342,"date":"2022-01-08T01:57:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T01:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nbanewsinsider.com\/2022\/01\/08\/report-kawhi-leonard-is-ahead-of-schedule-with-rehab-on-knee\/"},"modified":"2022-01-08T01:57:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T01:57:15","slug":"report-kawhi-leonard-is-ahead-of-schedule-with-rehab-on-knee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nbanewsinsider.com\/report-kawhi-leonard-is-ahead-of-schedule-with-rehab-on-knee\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Kawhi Leonard is Ahead of Schedule With Rehab on Knee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ad-disqus\">\n<p>During Thursday night\u2019s TNT broadcast of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Phoenix Suns, NBA Insider Chris B. Haynes had an exciting report for Clippers Nation. It seems that Kawhi Leonard\u2019s rehabilitation on his surgically repaired knee is progressing better than expected, and there is a strong chance that he could return at some point this season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources: My <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBAonTNT<\/a> report on Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard now ahead of schedule in rehab from a torn ACL with a strong possibility of a return this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/geyUX5Rgkv\">pic.twitter.com\/geyUX5Rgkv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBHaynes\/status\/1479299672606867466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The news couldn\u2019t come at a better time for Los Angeles, who is already missing Paul George for a few weeks with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his shooting elbow diagnosed in December. The Clippers are currently the eighth seed in the Westen Conference with a 19-20 record.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard injured his ACL during the Western Conference semifinals series against the Utah Jazz. The Clippers called the injury a knee sprain during the team\u2019s final eight playoff games before announcing the injury was more severe than initially thought and needed surgery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clippers executive Jerry West was on the TK Podcast with The Athletic\u2019s Tim Kawakami, beaming about the two-time Finals MVP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to say, I\u2019ve never seen a harder working person in my life. If you look at him now, he looks great. Doing things that I didn\u2019t expect he could do. But I\u2019m not a doctor, and certainly don\u2019t know what the ongoing problems for not being in tip-top shape, ready to play a much quicker and agile game are, but just watching him, my goodness, if you watch him walk around, you would never know that he had that operation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three-time Defensive Player of the Year averaged 24.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 5.2 assists, and 1.6 steals last season.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wMSxlZsqwyQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n\t! function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n\t\tif (f.fbq) return;\n\t\tn = f.fbq = function() {\n\t\t\tn.callMethod ?\n\t\t\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n\t\t};\n\t\tif (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n\t\tn.push = n;\n\t\tn.loaded = !0;\n\t\tn.version = '2.0';\n\t\tn.queue = [];\n\t\tt = b.createElement(e);\n\t\tt.async = !0;\n\t\tt.src = v;\n\t\ts = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n\t}(window, document, 'script',\n\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('init', '166515104100547');\n\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Thursday night\u2019s TNT broadcast of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Phoenix Suns, NBA Insider Chris B. 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