LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard was named to the All-NBA Second Team on Wednesday afternoon.
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00:00 L.A. Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard has been named to the 2019-2020 All-NBA Second Team
00:05 the league announced on Wednesday afternoon. It's Leonard's fourth All-NBA selection and second
00:11 consecutive. It's a well-deserved honor for the two-way star after his best regular season of
00:15 his career back in early August. In his debut season with the Clippers, Leonard set career
00:19 high marks in points at 27.1 and assists with 4.9 and earned the first triple-double of his career
00:26 back in January. At times, he looked like one of the most dominant players in the league and was
00:30 squarely in the race to win this year's Most Valuable Player Award for some time. Now obviously
00:35 Leonard the Clippers didn't get the desired result in the postseason as the team was limited for the
00:39 playoffs on Tuesday by the Denver Nuggets, but Leonard's individual success put him among an
00:44 elite group of players and helped shine a light on L.A. we haven't seen in years. In addition to
00:49 being named to the All-NBA Second Team, Leonard also earned a spot on the All-Defensive Second
00:53 Team along with teammate Patrick Beverley. Rounding out the All-NBA Second Team is Nikola
00:57 Jokic, Damian Lillard, Chris Paul, and Pascal Siakam, while Giannis Antetokounmpo, LeBron James,
01:03 James Harden, Anthony Davis, and Luka Doncic were named to the All-NBA First Team. The All-NBA Third
01:09 Team includes Jason Tatum, Jimmy Butler, Rudy Gobert, Ben Simmons, and Russell Westbrook. Paul
01:14 George, who made the All-NBA First Team last season, was the second forward left off of the
01:19 All-NBA third team behind Milwaukee's Chris Middleton.