Doc Rivers praises Kawhi Leonard's 'unbelievable' work ethic

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00:00Kawhi Leonard has unbelievable work ethic.

00:04You know, earlier this week,

00:05we talked about how Patrick Beverley worked out with him

00:08and it changed his life

00:09because it redefined what hard work is.

00:13And today I spoke to Doc Rivers about, you know,

00:15Patrick's experience with Kawhi

00:17and Doc had mentioned that Kawhi literally has

00:21an unbelievable work ethic and lost in all of that,

00:25you know, people like to talk about the game management

00:28as Doc said.

00:29And in that game management talk,

00:31people forget about how good of a worker Kawhi is.

00:35Now he's not quite, you know,

00:37Jordan, Kobe-esque levels of obsessive repetition,

00:43but he's in that stratosphere

00:44of guys who really take it seriously.

00:47And Doc mentioned that it was so good for Pat

00:50to go to San Diego and work out with Kawhi

00:52so he can see what it's like

00:54to see a player of his caliber work so hard.

00:58And it makes one wonder,

01:00we haven't heard from Kawhi all pandemic,

01:03no social media, we didn't even know if he was alive.

01:05So how hard has he been working this whole time?

01:09How good of shape is he in

01:11for three to four months of a hiatus?

01:15A three to four month break.

01:18How good is Kawhi Leonard right now

01:20and how ready is he for the playoffs?