17. Kawhi Leonard
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Some might scoff at the idea of Kawhi Leonard, the two-time NBA Finals MVP and centerpiece of the NBA Champion Toronto Raptors team in 2019, being ranked so far down this list. But we’d urge you to avoid recency bias, only because Leonard hasn’t fully finished filling out his career resume yet.
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Nobody will question how he totally nullified LeBron James in the 2014 NBA Finals, emerged as an unstoppable force in Toronto’s championship run in 2019, and remains perhaps the most lethal on-ball wing player since Scottie Pippen. But let’s see if Leonard is able to bring a championship back to his home in Southern California. If he does, he’ll catapult way up this list.
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