Kawhi Leonard's message to the Clippers: 'It's just about now'

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00:00Kawhi Leonard is just a different player in the playoffs. There's only a handful, you know,

00:06they like to use the word playoff mode, playoff Kawhi, playoff LeBron. People like to use it so

00:12frequently but there's only really a true handful of guys that have stepped up and won or stepped

00:18up and just played above their averages on a consistent basis. Kawhi Leonard's one of them,

00:23LeBron James is one of them, and to a lesser extent guys like Jimmy Butler are another one.

00:27And Kawhi has a one-track mind for the Clippers right now in the playoffs and that's to win.

00:32For him it's about consistency, it's about repetition, and it's about making sure the

00:36Clippers are consistent on the court through the repetition. He said it's just about now but just

00:41giving them, you know, some thoughts like when things do come up it's about this year and how

00:46we can be better as this year's team. So for Kawhi it's about staying in the moment. Don't

00:51worry about what last year's Clippers did against the Warriors, don't remember, don't remember the

00:55comeback mentality, don't remember that the team blew a 3-1 lead against the Rockets, which was a

01:00different team. It's only about this team and that's the best piece of advice Kawhi Leonard can

01:05give to the Clippers because he is a rare instance of reliability that the team has never ever had

01:10in franchise history. They've had guys like Chris Paul but Chris Paul has never won. Kawhi Leonard

01:16has won and he has been to the top of the mountain where no other Clipper really has been and he can

01:21guide them in a way that no other Clipper really has.