Kawhi Leonard the Los Angeles Clippers guard is one of the most gifted athletes in the NBA. His title-winning season with the Toronto Raptors was something amazing. The Toronto Raptors defeated Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks that season to win the NBA title. The Klaw even won the finals MVP that year. Because of his massive hands, Leonard has been nicknamed ‘The Klaw’.
Leonard is a gifted player and has massive hands. One of the traits that are now synonymous with his nickname. Leonard has, however, told that the size of his hands can sometimes be an issue for him when playing basketball. If one looks carefully, Leonard’s hands can overshadow the basketball, let alone the women’s basketball.
In the series “How Hungry Are You?”, with Serge Ibaka Leonard told, that he has trouble shooting the ball at times. “It’s just kinda difficult shooting sometimes,” Kawhi said. “It’s just difficult. A lot of hard work. You know, sometimes, like, if you shoot a girl’s basketball, it’s smaller, it’s hard to shoot it, hard to roll off your hands. So, some games or some shots that I do shoot, it’ll be too far in my hands, so I have to really focus on that.”
Kawhi Leonard, however, has said that his massive hands are an advantage in making steals and rebounds and especially in dunks. The Klaw has hands that measure 9.75 inches. He measured his hands against Shaquille O’Neal, and it was pretty close. Shaq’s hands measure 10.25 inches. The Klaw has massive hands, but not as huge as Shaquille O’Neal’s.
Who has the biggest hands in NBA?
Many NBA players have huge hands, and it is sometimes mind-boggling how massive some hands are. Boban Marjanovic has the biggest hand in the NBA, his hands measure 10.75 inches in length and have a span of 12 inches. In comparison, Kawhi Leonard’s hand measures 9.75 inches and has a span of 11.25 inches. Shaquille O’Neal’s hand measures 10.25 inches in length and has a span of 12 inches as well. His hands are .50 inches shorter than Boban’s but share a similar span.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo also has massive hands, a length of 9.85 inches, and a span of 12 inches. Similar to Boban’s and Shaq’s hands while having a significantly shorter hand in length. Wilt Chamberlain’s hands are 9.5 inches long and span over 11.5 inches. Current NBA player Rajon Rondo is in the top 15 biggest hands. His hands have a length of 9.5 inches and span out 11.25 inches.
The Lakers superstar LeBron James’ hands have a length of 9.25 inches, just .50 inches shorter than his Idol, Michael Jordan whose hands measure 9.75 inches. Julius Irving’s hands are estimated at a length of 9.5 inches and span out at 11.75 inches. The Golden State Warriors guard has relatively small hands at 8.5 inches in length, pretty small when compared to these giants.
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