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Lakers Legend Uses Arnold Schwarzenegger’s $650+ Million Franchise to Shoutout 2x Finals MVP for His Offseason Transformation

Published 09/29/2022, 8:00 AM EDT

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Los Angeles Clippers player Kawhi Leonard’s amazing body transformation has been the talk of the town for quite some time now. Having joined the Clippers in 2019, Leonard had to take time off from the court due to an injury. He suffered a torn ACL during Game 4 against the Utah Jazz on June 14, 2021. He missed his team’s final eight playoff games and had to undergo surgery on July 13, 2021. The president of the basketball operations for the Clippers reportedly said that Leonard’s recovery time frame was unknown.

Recently, during the Clippers’ Media Day, Leonard announced that he would be taking part in the team’s training camp. It has not been confirmed yet whether he will be playing in the pre-season game. Nevertheless, it was good news for Clippers fans that the two-time NBA champion was feeling well enough to take part in the training camp.

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“The plan is to start tomorrow at training camp,” Kawhi Leonard said. “I’ll be participating in training camp… Right now I feel good and the plan is to start camp tomorrow and play,” said Leonard.

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The Los Angeles Clippers training camp commenced from September 27-29. The team’s first pre-season game will be taking place on October 3, against the Portland Trail Blazers. While news of Leonard’s return to this season is yet to be confirmed, fans are hopeful because of the astounding change in Leonard’s lower body physique. Interestingly, fans are not the only ones complimenting Leonard’s pleasantly shocking transformation. Former Los Angeles Lakers player Robert Horry had some comments to share on Kawhi Leonard’s physique as well.

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In the latest podcast episode of his podcast, the ‘Big Shot Bob Pod with Robert Horry’, the Los Angeles Lakers legend Robert Horry discussed about Kawhi Leonard missing out on most of the games last season. The Lakers star, along with co-hosts, Brandon Harper and Rob Jenners talked about Anthony Davis missing games for six weeks.

Horry later reminded that Los Angeles Clippers players Paul George and Kawhi Leonard had missed most of the games than AD in the last three, four years. Jenners said that both George and Leonard may cause an upset this season and that he was anxious to see what Kawhi Leonard has in store for the league.

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At the mention of Leonard, Horry brought up the topic of Leonard’s body transformation. Horry went on to compare him to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator character from the movie franchise that made more than $650 million.

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“Have you seen his body? I’m like, what, damn! You are really the Terminator. He looking like ..sheesh! You know, his quads, his arms… everything looking like he’s been in the gym just pumping iron,” said Horry.

What do you think of Kawhi Leonard’s transformation? Do you think he will play this season? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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Siyari Debbarma

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Siyari Debbarma is an NBA writer for EssentiallySports. She is currently pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering from Abascus Institute of Engineering and Management. She previously interned at the Y-East Organization as a content writer.
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