NBA awards are presented by Kia, which means people from Kia get to talk about Kia and the Kia products Kia makes before giving out their Kia award presented by Kia. When you’ve got that much Kia on your mind and you’re honoring a guy with an unusual name like Kawhi, things might get mixed up:
Kia guy presenting DPOY award calls Kawhi Leonard ‘Kia Leonard’
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Did he just call him Kia Leonard? That's some solid marketing. https://t.co/4m1L8kXyx4
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) April 23, 2015 Somewhere between Kia and Kawhi is ... what’d he say there? “Cure”? Whatever it was, the Leonards had a laugh:
LOL, Kawhi's mom couldn't help teasing Kia exec over botching name. "How do you pronounce Kawhi?"
— Dan McCarney (@danmccarneySAEN) April 23, 2015 
