Three Big Kawhi Leonard Predictions for the 2025-26 NBA Season

If Leonard wants to get the attention off his back about the investigation and pivot the attention to something else, he can do so by reminding people why he was one of the best wings in the NBA during the mid to late 2010s.

This past season with the Clippers, in Leonard's final 12 games of the regular season, he averaged 26.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, and 3.7 assists with an impressive 55.0/49.2/90.0 shooting splits. While a small sample size and additions likely to cut into his workload, it was a reminder that Leonard can still play like a Top 10 player in the league.

Especially if the Clippers can win north of 50 games next season and be a Top 4 seed in the Western Conference, it would only boost Leonard's chances.

Leonard Shoots A Career High In Three Point Attempts

The NBA continues to trend more towards the three-point shot every year, with the Boston Celtics shooting more three-pointers than two-pointers last season. Looking at how the Clippers' roster is constructed, almost everyone will be shooting the outside shot.

As for Leonard, he attempted 5.1 threes per game last season, which is just shy of his career-high with 5.7 attempts during his first season with the Clippers. With James Harden, Chris Paul, and Bradley Beal likely to take up most of the ball-handling duties, it should open up more opportunities for Leonard to get open threes through off-ball movement or just gravity to the other players.

Leonard Cracks The Top 6 For Clippers All-Time Scorers

Leonard enters the 2025-26 season as 10th on the Clippers' all-time scoring list with 6,483 points. So far in his career with the Clippers, the most points he's scored in a single season are 1,613 points. While scoring at a high average matters, the reality is Leonard hasn't logged enough minutes and games to consistently climb the list.

However, if Leonard were to replicate the 1,600 points from the 2023-24 season, he'd climb to 6th place on the Clippers' all-time scoring list, just ahead of Chris Paul. While Paul is sure to add to his points total this season, he might not get enough shot attempts to keep Kawhi off his tail.