Kawhi Leonard Reacts to Game 7 Loss & Gregg Popovich Stepping Down as HC | 2025 NBA Playoffs

Kawhi Leonard Reacts to Game 7 Loss & Gregg Popovich Stepping Down as HC | 2025 NBA Playoffs

Hi Kai. Um, how do you evaluate a night like tonight with everything that had happened in the series? These games were close and then tonight happens the way that it unfolds. Um, I think we could have gave a better effort for sure. Uh, at the time I don’t think this team was 30 points better than this. Um, I mean we seen it throughout the first six games of the series. Uh but you got to give them credit. They came out and fought um ran hard in transition, got easy points, and uh they made shots. You’ve also mentioned throughout the season that your goal is to get to the offseason healthy. You’ve done that. Um mentally, what does that do for you going not just into the offseason, but into next season in general? Uh be able to, you know, start a training camp and be able to start the season, which is which will be great. But um you know right now this the loss is still on my mind and uh but like you said I am happy that I am healthy coming out the game but uh wish would have wish we’ had a better outcome. Right. Even though you guys lost what’s the significance for you and this team of winning 50 games this season? Um I don’t know. I mean I guess we just did a good job during the season. uh you know uh I guess you guys said a lot of people counted us out um but we were able to get here but uh that’s never the goal so just getting here. Quai, two things. They’re they’re not related, so I apologize in advance, but um with you and James being at the point of your careers that y’all are at, like what gives you any level of encouragement that you can build off of what this team has shown and what you both have shown individually? Uh I mean, I don’t know, uh right now. Um I mean, I guess we still playing at a high level in a sense. Uh but um yeah, I mean it’s a hard question to answer right now. And um we’re not going to get you for a minute. So Greg Papovich stepped down as Spurs head coach um he’s going to be in the organization, but obviously shoot I think the last time you were in San Antonio and Greg was in San Antonio like he got on loudspeaker and vouched for you and everything. Like what does it mean to you at this point where you know Greg’s not going to be at that spot to do something like that anymore? just head coach of the Spurs anymore. Um he had a a phenomenal career. Um he coached till pretty much he couldn’t um in a sense. So uh it shows how much dedication he had to the game. Um how much he loved the game and how much he gave to the game and um you know I appreciate everything he’s done uh for me. um you know coming into the league um you know he he helped build my foundation and show and showed me how to win. So um want to congratulate him on his career but uh also just uh stay healthy. Thank you.

Kawhi Leonard’s full postgame press conference after the Clippers loss to the Nuggets in Game 7.

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