Spurs Fan Boo Kawhi Leonard In His Return To San Antonio
Thursday night was the first time Kawhi Leonard was back in San Antonio since his days as a Spur came to a controversial end.
While the Spurs played a nice tribute video for Leonard and Danny Green, who’s also on the Raptors after a long stint in San Antonio, the fans couldn’t wait for it to end, as they started booing Leonard during player introductions.
Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green get introduced in San Antonio as members of the Raptors. pic.twitter.com/enErTW5ztu
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) January 4, 2019
Every time Kawhi touches the ball during warmups pic.twitter.com/ptwCcQwMEW
— Rob Pere? (@WorldWideWob) January 4, 2019
During the game, the fans even started chanting ‘traitor’ at Leonard.
Spurs fans start "traitor" chant while Kawhi shoots FT's ? pic.twitter.com/NTy0zh9ry8
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 4, 2019
As for the game itself, the Spurs cruised to a victory, as the player they got in return from the Leonard trade, Demar Derozan, put on a show and recorded his first career triple double.