{"id":657704,"date":"2026-05-22T03:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/657704\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T03:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T03:29:14","slug":"kawhi-leonard-receives-major-recognition-after-14th-nba-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/657704\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard Receives Major Recognition After 14th NBA Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kawhi Leonard<\/a> finished his 14th NBA<\/a> season with some of the best individual numbers of his career. The Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> forward averaged a career-high 27.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists across 65 games while shooting 50.5% from the field during the 2025-26 season. He also earned his seventh NBA All-Star selection and finished top five in steals per game.<\/p>\n

Leonard\u2019s strong season came amid continued questions about his long-term health after multiple knee injuries limited him over the previous several seasons. The 34-year-old managed one of his healthiest campaigns in recent years while remaining the focal point of the Clippers\u2019 offense throughout the season.<\/p>\n

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The Clippers, however, failed to translate Leonard\u2019s production into postseason success. The season ended with a play-in tournament loss to the Golden State Warriors<\/a>, marking the first time the Clippers failed to reach the playoffs in a season Leonard played.<\/p>\n

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LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard (2) \u00a9 Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Away from basketball, Leonard expanded his off-court ventures during the season. He launched Lavish Mountain Productions and released \u201cKawhi Leonard: Back 2 Nature,\u201d a short-form documentary centered around his recovery journey and life outside basketball.<\/p>\n

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Leonard announced Wednesday on X that the project earned recognition at the 47th Annual Telly Awards across multiple categories.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe project earned recognition across multiple categories, celebrating the vision, collaboration, and storytelling behind the campaign,\u201d Leonard wrote.<\/p>\n

The documentary focuses on Leonard\u2019s return from years of knee injuries while also highlighting his partnership with New Balance and his personal life away from the court. Produced independently through Lavish Mountain Productions, the project was designed to present a broader look at Leonard beyond basketball.<\/p>\n

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The Telly Awards, now in their 47th year, recognize achievements in television and video production across documentary, branded content and digital storytelling categories.<\/p>\n

Related: Ben Simmons Announces News Away From the NBA<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Athlon Sports<\/a> on May 21, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Athlon Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard finished his 14th NBA season with some of the best individual numbers of his career. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":657705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[2243,11653,130479,283385,11952,355,99],"class_list":["post-657704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-kawhi-leonard","tag-knee-injuries","tag-lavish-mountain-productions","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=657704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/657705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=657704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=657704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=657704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}