He was going to get asked about it sooner or later. With the 2021 Tokyo Olympics (postponed from 2020 due to the pandemic) looming this summer, many have been wondering if — unlike the 2019 FIBA World Cup — NBA superstars will show up, especially with the condensed NBA schedule and the big event scheduled to start just barely after the NBA Finals end.
A lot of that may depend on how far a player’s team goes in the playoffs, but one player many were eager to ask about his potential participation is former Spur Kawhi Leonard, who would be “reunited” with Gregg Popovich for the first time following his messy exit from the Spurs three years prior.