​It's never a good sign when an elite head coach who has been around the NBA for a very long time finds himself baffled by something.





On cue, Spurs boss Gregg Popovich was asked Wednesday if he has ever seen such an injury hampering one of his players as the one Kawhi Leonard is dealing with right now. His response won't inspire a ton of confidence in San Antonio.





"Never, never," Popovich said when asked if he'd seen an injury similar to Leonard's before. "What's really strange is that [point guard] Tony [Parker] has the same injury, but even worse. They had to go operate on his quad tendon and put it back together or whatever they did to it. So to have two guys, that's pretty incredible. I had never seen it before those guys."

Leonard has not played in a game for the Spurs since Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals last year. He missed the rest of that series with an ankle injury.





Leonard is arguably the best two-way player in the NBA, and an obvious MVP candidate when healthy. Currently, the Spurs are 11-6, sitting in third place in the West. If they want any shot at beating the defending champion Warriors, however, they are going to need their star player back on the court.





And as Pop has been saying all season long, "sooner rather than later."



