San Antonio Spurs fans were not welcoming to Kawhi Leonard in his return to AT&T Center.
The Spurs played a tribute video for Leonard – who was traded to the Toronto Raptors in the off-season – and the crowd greeted him with a chorus of boos on Thursday.
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Moments after the tribute video ended, two-time NBA All-Star Leonard was introduced and he was met with even more jeers.
The San Antonio faithful also booed him loudly during warm-ups.
Welcome back to San Antonio, Danny and Kawhi!
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) January 4, 2019
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This is Leonard's first game playing in San Antonio since he was traded to Toronto.
The 27-year-old forward was sent to the Raptors along with Danny Green in exchange for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a 2019 first-round pick.
Leonard requested a trade after he was reportedly unhappy with how the Spurs dealt with his rehab from injury.
Spurs fans did cheer Green enthusiastically when he was introduced.
