re: Where does Kawhi rank amongst all-time great SFs?

Out of the top 5. He is a special talent, but not a leader. Just a hired gun, looking to make money and play when he wants. He sat out a year with an injury nobody can really describe that mysteriously flares up when he wants a few days off. The projection is he misses 15-20 games a year minus any additional injuries just for load management for the rest of his career.

Just for comparison, this is Leonard's 9th season and he has never played over 74 games in a season (only two out of 9 over 70 games). In Bird's first 9 seasons, he never played under 74 games..