{"id":1005848,"date":"2019-12-12T15:08:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T20:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=1005848"},"modified":"2019-12-13T01:08:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T06:08:07","slug":"is-kawhi-leonard-throwing-shade-at-spurs-with-raptors-championship-ring-addition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/is-kawhi-leonard-throwing-shade-at-spurs-with-raptors-championship-ring-addition\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Kawhi Leonard throwing shade at Spurs with Raptors championship ring addition?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kawhi Leonard accomplished much in just one season with the Toronto Raptors, having won a championship, and also the hearts of those living in the city as well.<\/p>\n<p>That was made clear during Wednesday&#8217;s Clippers-Raptors game at Scotiabank Arena, when Leonard returned to Toronto for the first time with his new team. He was showered with &#8220;MVP!&#8221; chants, and it was clear that the city was grateful for what he helped accomplish in his short time there.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, he also received his championship ring before the game, and apparently, there&#8217;s an interesting twist to his. Leonard had his customized, with a middle finger etched in it, which he shared in speaking to reporters after the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kawhi Leonard says he got the middle finger emoji inscribed on his championship ring. \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kR8BXZBJAB\">pic.twitter.com\/kR8BXZBJAB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TSN (@TSN_Sports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSN_Sports\/status\/1204976246968520709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kawhi&#39;s championship ring has a special message. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8TciGcuome\">pic.twitter.com\/8TciGcuome<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1204991958348894208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Many believe that was a shot at the Spurs organization, as it was insinuated that Leonard wouldn&#8217;t win a ring anywhere else, and yet, that&#8217;s exactly what he did. He could even go on to win another with the Clippers in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kawhi Leonard accomplished much in just one season with the Toronto Raptors, having won a championship, and also the hearts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1005849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[605048773,703639074,685856492,17217875],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v22.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Kawhi Leonard throwing shade at Spurs with Raptors championship ring addition? - The Sports Daily<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/is-kawhi-leonard-throwing-shade-at-spurs-with-raptors-championship-ring-addition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is Kawhi Leonard throwing shade at Spurs with Raptors championship ring addition?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/is-kawhi-leonard-throwing-shade-at-spurs-with-raptors-championship-ring-addition\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Sports Daily\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-12-12T20:08:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-12-13T06:08:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/usatsi_13782672-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1904\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sportsdailytsd\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Draper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/is-kawhi-leonard-throwing-shade-at-spurs-with-raptors-championship-ring-addition\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/is-kawhi-leonard-throwing-shade-at-spurs-with-raptors-championship-ring-addition\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Draper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#\/schema\/person\/2c8aadde2571800d0de74323730df7b5\"},\"headline\":\"Is Kawhi Leonard throwing shade at Spurs with Raptors championship ring addition?\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-12-12T20:08:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-12-13T06:08:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/is-kawhi-leonard-throwing-shade-at-spurs-with-raptors-championship-ring-addition\/\"},\"wordCount\":188,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/is-kawhi-leonard-throwing-shade-at-spurs-with-raptors-championship-ring-addition\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/usatsi_13782672-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Featured Story\",\"NBA News and Rumors\",\"Promoted\",\"Raptors\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2019\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/is-kawhi-leonard-throwing-shade-at-spurs-with-raptors-championship-ring-addition\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/is-kawhi-leonard-throwing-shade-at-spurs-with-raptors-championship-ring-addition\/\",\"name\":\"Is Kawhi Leonard throwing shade at Spurs with Raptors championship ring addition? 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