“It is actually embarrassing that he is not an All-Star,” David Dennis Jr. of AndScape said on SportsCenter. “Twenty-eight points on the season, leading the league in steals. We’ve never had somebody with his accumulation of stats not be an All-Star. He’s seventh in scoring in the league. The other top eight, they’re all All-Stars.

Both the LA Clippers and the Denver Nuggets will be short-handed for their Friday clash.

The Los Angeles Clippers have looked like a completely different team since defeating the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 20. Superstar Kawhi Leonard, specifically, has shined for the Clippers and dominated the league in scoring and steals since that game.

Lawrence Frank, architect of the Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard and Paul George era, has signed a four-year extension with the team.

As Kawhi Leonard has been on a career-best offensive stretch, he has essentially rewritten his own limits through a handful of aspects on all three levels.

Law Murray: The 28-18 Los Angeles Lakers have a worse point differential this season (-29) than the 22-24 LA Clippers (-4) Kawhi Leonard had missed the Clippers' past three games with a knee injury, leading the team to their 14th win in 17 games.