NBA scouts and opposing coaches marvel at Kawhi Leonard’s long arms (his wing span is 7 feet, 3/8 inches) and freakishly large hands.

Leonard’s hands measure 9 3/8 inches from wrist to middle fingertip.

“If I get my hand on the ball, I feel like it should be mine,” says Leonard, who averages 10.6 rebounds and has 23 double-doubles (double figures in points and rebounds) in this season alone. “If I just deflect it, I get mad.”

They are his greatest asset and, some NBA scouts concede, perhaps his greatest liability.

Players with saucer hands traditionally have not been outstanding perimeter shooters (Julius Erving, Chris Webber, Shaquille O’Neal, Rajon Rondo), the theory being that it’s akin to a normal person trying to shoot a ping-pong ball. The ball can roll out of the hand’s shooting pocket too easily, something Leonard admits happening to him at times.