LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard will arrive late to Orlando, missing Wednesday's travel date to tend to a family matter.
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00:00 LA Clippers fans got a bit of a scare on Wednesday night when Yahoo Sports reporter Chris Haines
00:05 tweeted that Kawhi Leonard did not travel the rest of the team to Orlando for the NBA
00:09 restart on Wednesday.
00:11 Fortunately, we know now that Leonard is simply tending to a family matter and will instead
00:15 join the Clippers in a few days in the bubble.
00:17 He was permitted by the franchise to do so, so this isn't really a big deal.
00:21 LA Times earlier this week, Andrew Greif confirmed Haines' report as well, adding that the Clippers
00:26 are still in the air on their way to Florida as of 8.16pm EST.
00:31 It goes without saying the Clippers would be in big trouble without Leonard in their
00:34 quest for an NBA title.
00:35 The superstar forward has averaged career-high marks across the board during his first season
00:39 with LA, posting 26.9 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 5 assists in 32 minutes per game.
00:46 Unsurprisingly, he's maintained his status as one of the best defenders in the NBA as
00:49 well this season.
00:51 As previously mentioned, a majority of the team's traveling party flew to Orlando for
00:54 the NBA restart on Wednesday.
00:56 The team won't begin to practice until this Friday, so Leonard does have some time to
00:59 make his arrangements to fly to the bubble.
01:02 However, Leonard isn't the only player that missed today's flight.
01:06 Shooting guard Landry Schamett isn't traveling with the team right now after testing positive
01:09 for the coronavirus over the weekend.
01:11 He still will play in the presumed season, but will have to wait at least two weeks for
01:15 his crew to travel down to the bubble.
01:17 The 23-year-old is one of the Clippers' most efficient shooters this season, connecting
01:21 on nearly 40% of seapoint attempts on the year.
01:24 The two may not be with the team just yet, but fans shouldn't worry about their availability
01:27 for the seeding games or postseason right now.
01:30 Thank you.