Nick Nurse may have suspected any number of things about Kawhi Leonard before they began working together in earnest when the Raptors’ pre-season began.
Two weeks later, the head coach knows this about his star addition: Leonard is a “super-hard worker, very intelligent and a tremendous leader.”
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A high work rate and basketball IQ are two things Danny Green expected from his longtime teammate, first with the San Antonio Spurs and now in Toronto, but even he is impressed by the steps Leonard has taken toward being a leader on a young Raptors squad.