LOS ANGELES - Bayan ya ɓace duk kakar wasan da ta gabata, Kawhi Leonard ya yanke shawarar jira kaɗan kafin ya koma Los Angeles Clippers, yana mai da shi ɗan wasan da ake tsammani sosai.
Leonard, wanda ya shiga kungiyar a karon farko, ya yanke shawarar ba zai fara wasa ba, yana fatan ya yi amfani da karancin lokacinsa na taka leda. A ƙarshe ya ƙare lokacin da Clippers suka sake doke Los Angeles Lakers. Leonard ya ci maki 14, gami da mai tsalle mai ƙafa 21 da daƙiƙa 52.3, a cikin nasara 103-97 a Crypto.com Arena.
Clippers dai sun doke abokan karawarsu ne a jere a karo na takwas a jere, duk kuwa da cewa 'yan wasan kungiyar ba su shiga wasan ba sai da karfe 6:25 na zango na biyu kuma suka buga mintuna uku a jimlace tsawon mintuna 21.
"Ya daɗe," in ji Leonard game da tsammanin wasan. "Amma na jira wasanni 82 a bara, don haka ban yi tsammanin mintuna 15 za su daɗe ba."
A cikin Wasan 1, bayan yaga ligament na gabansa na dama a Wasan 4 na zagaye na biyu da Utah Jazz a ranar 14 ga Yuni, 2021, Leonard yana kan benci a karon farko tun lokacin da ya buga wa San Antonio Spurs wasa a watan Nuwamba 2013.
Leonard ya ce ya yanke shawarar kada ya fara wasan bayan ya duba bayanai da gudanar da wasan kwaikwayo a aikace. Suna so su kara yawan mintunan dawowar sa, su sa shi a kasa kuma su gama wasan a cikin mafi girman maki.
"Lokacin da na fara, na zauna na tsawon mintuna 35 a ainihin lokacin," in ji Leonard game da farawa kuma har yanzu yana iya kammala wasan. “Ya yi tsayi da yawa. Don haka kawai ina tsammanin shine mafi kyawun yanayin. Amma za mu ga yadda al’amura ke tafiya.”
A ƙarshe ya koma kotu, Leonard bai ɓata lokaci ba. Ya binne harbinsa biyu na farko, duka daga matsakaicin zango, inda ya fi son yin aiki.
"Na farko [Leonard] ya sami billa, ya tafi bakin teku zuwa bakin teku kuma ya buga ɗan ƙaramin haƙƙin mallaka," in ji John Wall, 15, a wasansa na farko tun 23 ga Afrilu, 2021. Ya jefa 7 cikin 7 kuma ya sami maki 15 a cikin mintuna 24. . “A gare shi, duk game da kari ne da kari.
“Kamar inji yake, yana aiki da kayansa, yana manne da abin da yake so ya yi. Kuma yana daukan shi a matsayin motsa jiki. Kamar baya ganin kowa a gabansa. Shi ne duk game da shi. bacewa ko harbi.”
Masu maki uku na Leonard ba su da kari kuma yana 1-for-4 daga filin wasa. Amma ya yi wasu maɓalli masu mahimmanci, inda LeBron James ya kai masa hari a ƙarshen kwata na huɗu kuma ya buge mai tsalle da ƙasa da minti ɗaya bayan Lakers sun rufe maki 15 a rabi na biyu. buffer batu.
"Na taba yin wannan a baya," in ji Leonard yayin da ya tashi daga kan benci. “Haka na fara sana’ata. Ga yadda na tunkare shi a hankali. Yin aiki kamar ina cikin matsala kuma da zaran na sanya hannu a cikin kwata na biyu lokaci ya yi da zan buga kwallon kwando."
Leonard ya yarda cewa watakila ba zai buga akalla daya daga cikin wasannin baya-baya ba a Sacramento da kuma gida da Phoenix a karshen wannan makon.
Leonard ya ce "Dole ne ku yi wasa minti daya a hankali don karfafa ligament na gaba," in ji Leonard. “Da zarar kun fara wasa na farko na minti 38, zai iya yin rauni cikin sauƙi, amma ina sauraron likita.
Dangane da tsawon lokacin da yake shirin taka leda a benci, Leonard ya ce watakila yana bukatar kara mintunansa zuwa kusan mintuna 34.1 da ya dauka a kakar wasa ta 2020-21.
Leonard ya ce: "Dukkanin yadda gwiwa ta ke amsawa ne." "Za mu ga yadda za ta kasance gobe sannan kuma mu haɓaka kan lokaci kuma zan fara ƙara ƙarin mintuna kuma da zarar na shirya yin wasa na mintuna 35 - Ina tsammanin na buga mintuna 33 lokacin da nake cikin koshin lafiya - kusan kenan. nan da nan za ku ga yadda zan fara.”
Lokacin aikawa: Nov-03-2022