The confidential card is true. Leonard quietly operated after entering the Olympic men s basketball team, and was revealed several months later

Recently, ESPN reporters revealed some things about the US men's basketball team Leonard being persuaded to withdraw at the Paris Olympics. Leonard had been selected for this US men's basketball team, but the coaching staff persuaded him to leave in early July, which also caused dissatisfaction among the Clippers' management. In mid-April, the U.S. men's basketball team announced that Leonard was selected for the Olympic men's basketball 12-man roster. They believed that with his ability, he could limit almost any key opponent in the international arena, including Jokic of Serbia. However, they did not learn until the end of June that Leonard had actually undergone surgery in early May, but the news was not made public until a few months later.

According to Leonard's original plan, he was preparing to recuperate in the training camp for three weeks, but the coaching staff observed that Leonard was slow and had difficulty moving. Although the explanation given by Clippers coach Tyron Lue was that Leonard knew his injuries very well and would come to the training camp to prepare for the Olympic battle, the management still did not believe in his state, so they eventually persuaded Leonard to leave, and substitute Derek White entered the final Olympic roster, and White also won his first Olympic gold medal.

U.S. men's basketball officials felt very sorry for the progress of the matter, but they also knew that Leonard's team did not truthfully inform the operation and recovery, and everything was shrouded in secret.

Before joining the Clippers in 2019, Leonard and his team had put forward a series of conditions to the Clippers management that the signing of Paul George was one of their many requirements. After the Clippers learned that Leonard would only join if the team traded with Paul George, he made a series of future deals to clear the market.

It is worth mentioning that Leonard's agent uncle put forward many requirements when the Clippers pursued Leonard, one of the most important is to require the team to strictly abide by a principle when talking about Leonard to the outside world: don't say anything unless absolutely necessary.