Kawhi Leonard Has a Beautiful Girlfriend; How's Their Relationship? Married? Children?

Kawhi Anthony Leonard, or simply Kawhi Leonard, is an American basketball player. The 27-year-old plays for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. He was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 2014 and NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2015 and 2016.

The NBA player is in a relationship with California native Kishele Shipley and is the father of a lovely daughter. Kawhi Leonard has been living with his girlfriend Kishele since 2014.

Kawhi Leonard had kept his relationship with Kishele Shipley private for a long period as he wanted to protect his girlfriend from unwanted media attention. But yet, he wasn't able to hide away his love affair for long. To learn the details of Kawhi's relationship with Kishele, keep on reading.

Kawhi Leonard dating relationship with girlfriend Kishele Shipley

Kawhi Leonard and Kishele Shipley started dating way before the San Antonio Spurs wingman was selected by the Spurs. Following her boyfriend, the proud girlfriend also moved to Texas and had been living together since 2014. Even though the two have been together for long, details of their relationship are not much available.

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CAPTION: Kawhi Leonard with girlfriend Kishele Shipley SOURCE: YouTube

The two of them look lovely together and are very close to each other. Even Shipley's family is really fond of her boyfriend, Leonard. Kishele's father Kenneth Shipley has been photographed holding Leonard's MVP award.

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Kishel Shipley's father posing with Kawhi Leonard's MVP Award  source: Fabwags.com

There have been several rumors regarding Leonard being engaged and married to girlfriend Kishel. But neither of them has spoken a word on the topic at hand, nor any strong evidence has emerged to prove the statement to be true.

The unmarried couple is proud parents of a cute daughter named Kaliyah, born in July 2016. The Spurs had thrown a baby shower for Leonard when the news of Kishele's pregnancy came forth.

To date, there have been no records of their past affairs, and the pair have been living happily together with their daughter.

Kawhi Leonard' Career

Kawhi Leonard has been playing basketball since his high school days, but his professional career rocketed in 2011 after being picked in the 2011 NBA draft and selected by San Antonio Spurs.

In 2013, Kawhi made his first NBA finals appearance in a match against the Miami Heat. In the following year, he led his team to win the NBA Championship. 

On April 23, 2015, he became the NBA Defensive Player of the Year. The title has also been named to Michael Jordan, who has $1.3 billion as his net worth, and Hakeem Olajuwon.

After missing the first 27 games of the 2017 season due to a right quadriceps injury, he returned to the court on December 12, 2017, in the match against Dallas Mavericks.

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As of July 2018, it has been revealed that Kawhi Leonard is now part of the Toronto Raptors. He is now a part of the Toronto Raptors' protected 2019 first-round draft pick. 

He is the youngest NBA player to win the MVP Award and has an estimated net worth of around $25 million. I hope Leonard's relationship with girlfriend Kishele lasts forever, and the two will soon get officially married.