Bored Man Who Got Paid: "Man Gets Paid"

As Kawhi Leonard plays the most impressive basketball of his NBA career, The Athletic's Jayson Jenks checked in with Leonard's teammates from his two seasons at San Diego State. It was not so easy to learn that Leonard was, even then, a man of few words. But the words that he did not select were perfect:

DJ Gay, guard: The most it was discussed on the hard court, and Kawhi was not able to tell you that you would not be able to do that. Every time the ball went through the net, he just said, "Bucket. Bucket. "That was it.

Tyrone Shelley, guard: Most people say it like, "Oh, I'm about to get buckets on you." He was just like, "Buckets. Layup. "Just one word.

Tim Shelton, forward: He'd be like, "You're not scoring. You're not doing anything. "Or he'd be like," No, no, no. "He'd just move his feet and say," No. "

Gay: You could not score on him, so that's what he would say: "Nope, nope, nope." And when he would score on you: "Bucket. Bucket. "

The Bradford Franklin, guard: If he was grabbing a rebound, he'd say, "Give me that" or "Board man" or "Board man gets paid."

Justin Hutson, coach assistant: If I heard it once, I heard it 50 times. "Board man. I'm a board man. "That's what he said. Absolutely. "I'm a board man. Yeah, I'm a man. Board man gets paid. "He spoke in sentences like that.

The Board Man has since made $ 84 million in NBA salary. Kawhi Leonard has never told a lie.

[The Athletic]