For the second straight media availability, head coach Doc Rivers was non-committal when asked about Leonard’s health status and the team’s plan with his injury management . “I don’t know that yet,” Rivers said of Leonard’s limitations with minutes and back-to-backs. That still doesn’t mean that we don’t want to maintain him and get him through the first eight games and get ready for the playoffs. “But having everybody healthy was more about training camp. I mean, we really did not have a great training camp because we didn’t have enough bodies and enough of our key guys practicing.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 08, 2022 01:35 UTC