ESPN: Kawhi Leonard out of Rising Stars game

[Man Mountain]

ORLANDO, Fla. -- San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard is sitting out the Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star weekend with a strained right calf.

The NBA made the announcement shortly before the start of Friday's game.

Leonard joins Spurs teammate Tiago Splitter, also taken off the roster after sustaining the same injury. Splitter was replaced by Utah forward Derrick Favors.

This year marks the first time rookies and sop res have been mixed together on teams. Historically, the game featured NBA rookies facing off against sop res.

Former NBA players Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley served as general managers and picked the teams. Maurice Cheeks and Mike Fratello are co-head coaches of Barkley's team. Ron Adams and Steve Kerr are leading O'Neal's squad.

linky

[sehui]

I hope its not serious...

[timtonymanu]

Yeah I hope Pop is just being cautious like always.

Oh well, we have almost a week for everybody to recover.

[Cane]

So does that make three damn calf injuries with TJ Ford, Splitter, and Leonard recovering? IIRC its been a common injury around the league, thank the basketball gods for the rest during the all star break

[lefty]

Calf tats

[TDMVPDPOY]

Calf tats

kbp is thinkn of different calfs

[blackfire12]

So does that make three damn calf injuries with TJ Ford, Splitter, and Leonard recovering? IIRC its been a common injury around the league, thank the basketball gods for the rest during the all star break

No, TJ Ford had a torn hamstring.

[024]

i was wondering why he wasn't playing..

[VBM]

If he didn't have to play all those minutes against Portland, this wouldn't have happened

[Proxy]

If he didn't have to play all those minutes against Portland, this wouldn't have happened

Don't invite the idiots, please

[spurtech09]

Yeah I hope Pop is just being cautious like always.

Oh well, we have almost a week for everybody to recover.

hope so;(