We're not really going to do this, are we? I'm all for the preemptive manufacturing of storylines ahead of the time of year in which the NBA really proves its pageantry, with that being the offseason. That said, Kawhi Leonard giving us a laughable lack of verbal communication on which to judge his intent and mindset is not a rationalization for us to start judging his non-verbal communication. If he looks exasperated it's probably because he was physically exasperated, since the guy who will have been the target of every robot joke possible by the end of this sentence is more likely to be in need of an overnight re-charge than to be the type to wear hypothetical emotions on his sleeve. To be clear, I'm sure Kawhi Leonard was made frustrated by having to drag around the dead weight of a fellow All-Star whose most notable Game 3 contribution was tea-bagging Ben Simmons...
As someone who has never not thought he was more likely to head somewhere sunny in impending free agency, I hardly think the following stat is the type that's going to keep him in Toronto long-term...
However, I also hardly think his posture in a postgame press conference is proof of that, or really anything for that matter. Kawhi Leonard's body language doesn't speak volumes, because volumes of any kind, be they literal or figurative, are his sworn enemy. Hell, I'm half certain you'd faster find him speaking in tongues than in anything that could possibly be translated by the media. If I know Kawhi Leonard, which is perhaps the most ignorant start to a sentence in the history of typed word, then those slumped shoulders and unamused expression had more to do with being in front of a camera than being behind in a series. So, let's just fall back and see how the rest of a postseason that is far from over plays out, since trying to read Kawhi Leonard is a fool's errand the likes of trying to read a doctor's signature immediately after he/she gave you LASIK surgery.
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