Richard Jefferson doesn't wanna hear the Kawhi Leonard should retire talk | NBA Today

>>> NBA TODAY IS PRESENTED BY PNC BANK. >> SOME OF THE BIGGEST NEWS OF THE DAY, KAWHI LEONARD HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A TORN MENISCUS IN HIS RIGHT KNEE, CONFIRMING ON WEDNESDAY, THEY WILL DECIDE ON A COURSE OF TREATMENT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ACCORDING TO ADRIAN. RICHARD, I KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS. >> THERE WAS THINGS SAID ABOUT HIM IN THE POSTSEASON, THE MAN IS A TORN MENISCUS, THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO, I DON’T LIKE PEOPLE SAYING THE CLIPPERS SHOULD MAKE HIM RETIRE OR KAWHI LEONARD SHOULD RETIRE, IT IS NOBODY’S PLACED ATTILA PLAYER

WENT TO RETIRE. THAT IS NOT OUR JOB AND NOT OUR PLACE, I LOOK AT GUYS LIKE DERRICK ROSE WHO WENT THROUGH HORRIFIC INJURY AFTER INJURY, AND ALL HE DID WAS KEEP BATTLING BACK, PUT UP A 50 POINT, TEARS IN HIS EYES, WHEN I LOOK AT GUYS WERE BATTLING BACK ALL THE TIME, ISAIAH THOMAS, VICTOR ULLOA DEPOT, I WAS DOING THE GAME, HE TEARS HIS PATELLA TENDON, AND INJURY AFTER INJURY, WE CAN’T SIT APPEAR IN THIS POSITION UNTIL A PLAYER WHEN IT’S DONE, IT’S NOT OUR PLACE, SHOULD THE CLIPPERS TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING AND MAYBE

MOVE ON, YES, BUT TO SAY THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO CONVINCE KAWHI LEONARD TO RETIRE OR THE CLIPPERS SHOULD GET THEM TO RETIRE, I THINK THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE AND DISRESPECTFUL, BECAUSE PLAYERS GO THROUGH THESE THINGS, WE ALL HAVE INJURIES,

PER TORE HIS ACL, WE ALL HAVE THESE THINGS, YOU CAN QUESTION OTHER THINGS, BUT TO QUESTION SHOULD HE PLAY, SHOULD THE CLIPPERS BRING HIM BACK, I DON’T THINK IT’S ANYBODY’S PLACE IN THE MEDIA TO TELL A PLAYER HE SHOULD RETIRE. >> IT’S A BUMMER, WILL BE EXPECTED FOR THE TEAM, THINGS WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO FO