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NBA Star Kawhi Leonard Signs $103M Contract, Buys "Lightly Scratched" Subaru Forester

When you are an NBA star you can drive whatever you want. Surprisingly, Kawhi Leonard drives a previously owned 2016 Subaru Forester.
Kawhi Leonard, Subaru Forester, NBA, new contract with LA Clippers

Kawhi Leonard signed a three-year $103 million contract with the Los Angeles Clippers, but a report from the Onion says the NBA star just bought a 2016 Subaru Forester SUV. We can’t figure out why unless he wants to cruise the LA Boulevard anonymously. No one would ever look for a big-time NBA basketball player to be driving around in a boring Quartz Blue Pearl Compact SUV. Why not buy a new-generation 2019 Forester if you want a small SUV?

The 2016 Subaru Forester will be a sleeper and he likely won’t be recognized anywhere he goes. With $103 Million in his pocket, the report says Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard vowed not to let his new surroundings change him, and he doesn’t want to “succumb to the glitzy L.A. lifestyle.” The Forester is about as far away from “showtime” as you can get.

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Apparently, Kawhi Leonard is one of the most down-to-earth star athletes on the planet. A story on the NBA star from CNBC reported Leonard drove the same beat-up SUV (a 1997 Chevy Tahoe) he’d had since high school. He nicknamed it the “Gas Guzzler,” and had it since he was a teenager. Leonard told Sports Illustrated, “It runs … and it’s paid off,” when asked why a professional athlete making millions would hang onto a nearly 20-year-old SUV.

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Leonard, who won a championship with the Spurs, grew up in Moreno Valley, near Riverside California so he knows what the LA lifestyle is like. He can drive his “lightly scratched” blue Forester and not have to worry about getting an expensive sports car damaged.

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So now it makes sense why Kawhi Leonard would purchase a 2016 Subaru Forester with scratches in the paint. He really is a humble NBA superstar and doesn’t need an expensive luxury car to feel good about himself. Now that’s refreshing.

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Comments

Captain Oblivious (not verified)    August 4, 2019 - 2:22PM

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Are you guys serious? This is such fake news. Your source is a report from "The Onion" which is a SATIRE website. Kawaii does not drive a blue 2016 Subaru Forester.

Facepalm (not verified)    August 4, 2019 - 2:49PM

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LOL. Is this article intended as a joke, did it just name The Onion, one of the Internet's oldest, best known, and funniest satire sites as a reliable news source? Either way, thanks for the laugh!

JT (not verified)    August 4, 2019 - 3:20PM

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The Onion is a satire news page. :|

Unless this is a joke too that just flew over my head. If so, shame on me.

LMcCart (not verified)    August 4, 2019 - 4:56PM

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Denis, don't publically embarrass yourself quoting other "new source" without understanding your sources.

The Onion, which you have based your "news" story on is America's leading SATIRE new website. They were having fun (and apparently at your expense).

Seriously? (not verified)    August 4, 2019 - 5:39PM

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A report from... the onion? Really, dude? You know the onion is fake, right? The onion was pushing fake news since before we used the term "fake news" to describe it.