There’s a very good reason why Kawhi Leonard’s Raptors ring has a middle finger emoji on it

No, this is not the Toronto Raptors throwing a bunch of shade at Kawhi Leonard for bolting the franchise he helped for one year and joining the Los Angeles Clippers.

But yes, there is a middle finger printed on Leonard’s 2018-19 championship ring that he received from the Raps on Wednesday night, in which die-hards in the North showed him nothing but class in his return.

So here’s the reason why that’s on there: it’s a reminder to Leonard to wear the ring on his middle finger. Simple! But Leonard, as you may know, is a self-proclaimed “fun guy.” So he described the emoji as an “Eff you” symbol:

"I have like an 'F you' symbol"

Kawhi says he has the middle finger symbol on his Raptors championship ring

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— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 12, 2019

Kawhi Leonard said he has a middle finger emoji engraved inside his TOR championship ring – which is the size of spaceship but looks normal on his hand – but there isn't some hidden message: "It reminds me, 'Put it on my middle finger.' " Spurs ring was sized for his index finger

— Michael Lee (@MrMichaelLee) December 12, 2019

It would be way funnier if it was the other reason, but alas.