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Kawhi looked really good in another practice with contact and 5-on-5 work.

โ€œKawhi looked really good today. This was another great practice with us. A lot of contact, a lot of life, 5-on-5.โ€
Darko Rajakovic ยท CoachWatch at 6:44
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Kawhi went through live 5-on-5 contact and looked great feeling out his teammates.

โ€œWe did a lot of contact, a lot of live 5-on-5. He did a great job of going out there and trying to feel out his teammates, when to attack, when to pass. I thought he was great today.โ€
Darko Rajakovic ยท Coach@JLew1050View post
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Kawhi has not played a game with his new teammates and needs time and patience to fit.

โ€œhe still did not play one game with those guys. He missed a lot of time this summer in an open gym... there's gonna be some growing for sure and all of us we gotta be patient. It's gonna take time.โ€
Darko Rajakovic ยท CoachWatch at 17:44
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Kawhi was a full practice participant for the first time since camp began.

โ€œThis was the first time that he was a full participant in practice since the start of training camp.โ€
Reporter ยท Front office@JLew1050View post
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Kawhi cleared a notable ramp-up step but his Raptors debut waits until next week at the earliest.

โ€œKawhi Leonard took an important step in his preseason ramp-up today, but don't expect him to make his Raptors (re-) debut until next week (at the earliest)โ€
Reported by @JLew1050View post
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