Gregg Popovich: Kawhi Leonard's rehab is going slower than we expected

Gregg Popovich spoken with reporters and admitted that Kawhi Leonard’s rehab is going slower than expected.
Popovich denied tension with the Spurs star.

Per ESPN, "The rehab is going slower than we expected. We wish it were going more quickly. If we're going to err, as we have in the past, we're going to do it on the conservative side. We kept Timmy Duncan out of the playoffs one year because of a knee, and he could have played. So I don't see this as anything different than we've done with any other player. But some people for some reason want to do that. That's OK. But that doesn't affect my team or me or anybody else."

Nobody wants to come back more than Kawhi Leonard. I think I'm No. 2. His teammates want him back. Everybody wants him back. He's a competitor. He wasn't Kawhi Leonard when he first arrived, the one we know now. So that shows you how much he's put in to get here. He certainly doesn't want to be missing games. So it's frustrating for everybody. But for somebody to come up with something about him and his teammates is just silly."