He certainly gave no overt indication he was staying unless you include that infamous “hasn’t happened yet” that he replied when asked if he had bought a house in Toronto midway through the NBA Finals. Leonard, to these ears, has been saying farewell every time he has spoken publicly really from the moment he arrived and definitely since the Raptors won the Larry O’Brien Trophy. How do you hate the man who gave the Raptors franchise its finest moment? Regardless of his landing spot, it’s not Toronto for the next five years or two years or even one year and there is going to be disappointment and hurt feelings here in Toronto, where Leonard helped deliver the Raptors’ organization its first ever NBA title. Bereft until they scooped up Paul George from Oklahoma City in one of those nobody-saw-this-coming moves Leonard seems to have help orchestrate following a reported meeting between the two last week in Los Angeles. Instead, and this is so typical Leonard, he went with the team bereft of NBA all-star talent. That slot was there for Leonard and that three-headed monster would rule the NBA as long as contracts and Father Time would allow it. After two months, 62 COVID-19 tests and a lifetime's worth of hand sanitizer, I’m. Once the Lakers opened up a third maximum contract slot after already adding Anthony Davis to a roster that featured megastar LeBron James, the script was seen as written by many. Goodbye, Orlando, Lake Buena Vista or wherever you officially were. That it happens to be the Los Angeles Clippers and not the already star-studded Lakers is the surprise. Kawhi Leonard warms up prior to the game against the Golden State Warriors on March 8, 2022. Not over time, not with a championship season, not with the relationships he forged over that championship season. And before the letters start, we don’t view it as punishment in any way but can’t speak for many of our neighbours to the south.īut now Leonard does have a choice and as he stated over a year ago his first choice was to play at home in California. They didn’t go looking to accommodate Leonard’s needs, nor did they set out to somehow punish him by sending him to a northern climate. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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