Is Meyers Leonard Still in the NBA?
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Meyers Leonard is a professional basketball player who last played for the Miami Heat. He is currently a free agent.
Who is Meyers Leonard?
Meyers Leonard is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Illinois Fighting Illini before being drafted in the first round of the 2012 NBA draft with the 11th overall pick by the Portland Trail Blazers.
Why did he leave the NBA?
Meyers Leonard was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the 2012 NBA draft. He played four seasons for the Blazers before being traded to the Miami Heat in 2016. He played one season for the Heat before suffering a season-ending injury. He was waived by the Heat in 2017 and has not played in the NBA since.
Leonard left the NBA due to injury and has not been signed by another team since he was waived by the Heat.
What is he doing now?
Since leaving the NBA, Leonard has pursued a career in broadcasting. He has worked as a basketball analyst on ESPN’s “The Jump” and has appeared as a guest on other shows such as “First Take” and “NBA Countdown.”
Will he ever come back to the NBA?
Meyers Leonard was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 11th pick in the 2012 NBA draft. He played four seasons with the Blazers before being traded to the Miami Heat in 2016. He spent one season with the Heat before being released in 2017.
Since then, Leonard has not been signed by another NBA team. He did, however, play for Santa Cruz in the NBA G League for part of the 2018-19 season.
As of September 2019, it is unclear if Meyers Leonard will ever return to the NBA. Santa Cruz does have his G League rights, so he could potentially return to play there again. However, it remains to be seen if any NBA team will ever take a chance on him again.
