Oct 20, 2026 · 30 min · 10 segments
he countdown reaches the final ten as we break down the NBA Top 25 from 10 to 1, explain the #9 pick, and compare each player’s impact, stats, and case. Welcome to Off The Ball — New York sports…
Chris LebronHost
Kawhi Leonard played 65 games, so he played just enough games to hit the mark to get awards and stuff, and he had a tremendous season, nearly 28 points a game.
I mean, it's been obviously health is always a concern, Mr. Kawhi Leonard, who is now a member of the Toronto Raptors, no longer with the Clippers.
He's played in his career, but had a tremendous season, almost two steals a game.
Like I said, top seven in MVP voting, an all-star, all-NBA second-teamer, and now a member of the Toronto Raptors.
After the trade and all the shenanigans that happened, he's still a tremendous player.
to KD is like, all right, is the impact still there? Can he truly be the guy that can lead a franchise like he did with the Raptors in 2019? He may not be that player anymore, but he is still a major, major star in this league and what he can do on both sides.
You know, he hasn't made an all-NBA defensive team since, I think, the pandemic.
The impact defensively hasn't been the way it used to be where he was a defensive player of the year, you know, and always on all defensive teams.
But his career, he's going to have one of the most confusing careers of all time, you know, because the greatness is there.
But we're going to look back and be like, okay, you know, Shouldn't have been more, you know, but obviously two-time champion, two-time finals MVP, you know, seven-time all-defense and all, you know, defensive player of the year, obviously.
Kawhi Leonard played 65 games, so he played just enough games to hit the mark to get awards and stuff, and he had a tremendous season, nearly 28 points a game.
I mean, it's been obviously health is always a concern, Mr. Kawhi Leonard, who is now a member of the Toronto Raptors, no longer with the Clippers.
He's played in his career, but had a tremendous season, almost two steals a game.
Like I said, top seven in MVP voting, an all-star, all-NBA second-teamer, and now a member of the Toronto Raptors.
After the trade and all the shenanigans that happened, he's still a tremendous player.
to KD is like, all right, is the impact still there? Can he truly be the guy that can lead a franchise like he did with the Raptors in 2019? He may not be that player anymore, but he is still a major, major star in this league and what he can do on both sides.
You know, he hasn't made an all-NBA defensive team since, I think, the pandemic.
The impact defensively hasn't been the way it used to be where he was a defensive player of the year, you know, and always on all defensive teams.
But his career, he's going to have one of the most confusing careers of all time, you know, because the greatness is there.
But we're going to look back and be like, okay, you know, Shouldn't have been more, you know, but obviously two-time champion, two-time finals MVP, you know, seven-time all-defense and all, you know, defensive player of the year, obviously.
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