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#2 Kawhi Leonard (Toronto Raptors)
Kawhi is not far away from Giannis be it MVP race or eastern conference standings.
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After missing almost the entire season of 2017-18 citing quadriceps injury and wanting a trade out of spurs for personal reasons, Kawhi has made a strong claim for himself coming off the controversial last season.
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He wanted to be the face of the team and with Raptors he's pretty much there. He controls the game and scores while Kyle Lorry focuses mainly on providing assists.
His role will be important in the playoffs as Raptors did well in the regular season last year as well before being swept the King's Cavs.
The Klaw currently averages around 27.6 ppg, 7.9 apg, and 3.1 apg. Toronto is the second seed in the east and he has been the dominating force. Raptors have a win-loss record of (25-11) with Kawhi and (10-2) without him.
With his impressive numbers, he has been the Eastern Conference player of the week twice till now.
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