Kawhi Leonard has been on an entirely different level since joining the Toronto Raptors.
Heading into Friday night’s contest against the Orlando Magic, Leonard was averaging a career-high 26.9 points per game, good for fifth in the entire NBA, to go along with 8.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.8 steals.
While Leonard and the Raptors have been the centre of attention in the NBA for a majority of the year thanks to their league-best record, the 27-year-old caught the eye of the league’s best player with a filthy move that led to a basket.
Unfortunately for Magic forward Jonathan Isaac, he was expected to defend Leonard on the play and ended up getting toyed with by the two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year. While on most nights it only would have been Raptors fans and Magic fans who witnessed the play for the most part, it ended up making its rounds online thanks to LeBron James and his 41.9 million followers, which ultimately led to the tampering comments.
LeBron was just showing love to a great player for making a great player, but the Internet will always take things into their own hands.
