Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard reminding the NBA he’s not done being elite

INGLEWOOD — The calm exterior hides Kawhi Leonard’s intense drive to succeed, his passion for the game and the need to prove he can carry the Clippers to respectability this season after a woeful start.

Leonard wants to show the rest of the NBA that when healthy, he can still be one of the league’s elite players. That, at 34 years old, he still is still a viable player among the young guns, those who shoot at will and play with abandon.

And to validate his standing among his youthful peers...