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SPORTS 10 WAS IN INDY FOR
LEONARD'S HOMECOMING ....
IF YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT MEYERS
LEONARD MEANT TO THE
WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. ALMOST THREE HUNDRED FANS
FROM ROBINSON TOOK
SEE THE
TRAILBLAZERS ROOKIE. THOSE THAT
COVER PORTLAND SAY
THEY HAD NEVER SEEN ONE OF THEIR
PLAYERS HAVE THAT KIND
OF FAN SUPPORT ON THE ROAD. ITS
BEEN ALMOST THREE YEARS
SINCE LEONARD LAST PLAYED FOR
THE MAROONS, BUT HE SAYS
THAT 2010 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
TEAM WILL ALWAYS BE
IMPORTANT TO HIM. THE ROBINSON
NATIVE IS LIVING OUT HIS
DREAM RIGHT NOW IN THE NBA, 19
GAMES INTO HIS ROOKIE
SEASON THE 20-YEAR OLD HAS SHOWN
GLIMPES OF WHY THE TRAIL
JUNE'S NBA
DRAFT. FOR THE SEASON, HE IS
AVERAGING ALMOST 19
A GAME.
LEONARD SAID THE BIG THING HE IS
DOING NOW IS LEARNING FROM
THE VETERANS AHEAD OF HIM,
MAINLY FROM POWER FORWARD
LAMARCUS ALRIDGE AND CENTER J.J.
HICKSON MEYERS
HAS HAD TO MAKE IN THE NBA IS
NIGHTS LOSS AT INDIANA WRAPPED
UP A 12 DAY, 7-GAME ROAD TRIP
TELL LEONARD WAS EXHAUSTED. ONE
THING IS VERY CLEAR THE
20-YEAR MEYERS LEONARD IS PART
OF THE BUILDING BLOCK FOR
PORTLAND. THE 20-YEAR OLD HAS
UNLIMITED POTENTIAL AND
HE IS THRILLED TO HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GROW WITH THE
I'M AT....
THE BLAZERS LOSS TO THE PACERS
99-92, LEONARD HAD
FOUR POINTS, A REBOUND AND ONE
BLOCK SHOT IN LAST NIGHTS
GAME... THAT DOES IT FOR SPORTS,
THE NEWS WILL BE