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My Take
Kawhi Leonard is the kind of silent assassin I can't help admiring. At 201 cm with famously enormous hands, he pries the ball loose like few ever have, backing it up with two Defensive Player of the Year awards. Winning Finals MVP with two different franchises, the Spurs and the Raptors, is a genuinely historic feat. A Riverside, California native, his deadpan blankness clashing with that goofy "Fun Guy" persona only adds charm. No theatrics, no poetry, just a craftsman methodically finishing the job. I have a deep soft spot for quiet competitors who let results, not words, do the talking.
Overview
Kawhi Anthony Leonard ( kə-WHY; born June 29, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A two-time NBA champion and Finals MVP, he is a seven-time All-Star and seven-time member of the All-NBA Team (including three first-team selections).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Kawhi Leonard
- Name (Japanese)
- クワイ・レナード
- Reading
- くわい・れなーど
- Born
- June 29, 1991 (age 34)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Goat
- Origin
- Riverside, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 201 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Martin Luther King High School
- University
- San Diego State University
Awards & achievements
- 2012 NBA Most Improved Player Award
- 2014 Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
- 2015 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
- 2016 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
- 2019 Bill Russell NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award
- 2019 Associated Press Athlete of the Year
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.