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Speaking after a team practice on Wednesday, Los Angeles Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard confirmed that he commutes to Los Angeles from San Diego by helicopter, and that he had flown with pilot Ara Zobayan on numerous occasions. Zobayan was piloting the helicopter carrying retired Lakers great Kobe Bryant that crashed on Sunday, killing Bryant and eight others including the pilot who Leonard described as “one of the best.”
“That is a guy who you ask for to fly you from city to city,” Leonard said, as quoted by The Los Angeles Times. “It’s just surreal still.”
After winning the NBA championship as a member of the Toronto Raptors in the 2018-2019 season, Leonard signed a reported three-year, $ 103,137,300 contract with the Clippers as a free agent, according to SpoTrac. The deal pays Leonard an average salary of almost $ 35 million per season.