A couple years ago, after a game in which Kawhi Leonard tied a then-career high in steals, I had the chance to ask him a question. There was a play in the game in which he seemed to bait the opponent (I think it was Toronto) into making a bad pass, purposefully playing off his man and then pouncing on it to pick it off. I had read that Leonard played some high school football, so I asked him if, in situations like that, he ever thought of himself as a cornerback baiting a quarterback into a “pick-six,” a popular nickname for an interception returned for a touchdown.
If Kawhi Leonard is a shutdown corner, what if he played free safety?
