The Los Angeles Lakers are already thinking about 2019 free agency. That’s always been clear, and it became even more transparently obvious after they waived Luol Deng. But while many have them pegged as a likely destination for Kawhi Leonard, they might have another plan.
That plan’s name is Klay Thompson.
Consider what ESPN.com’s Ramona Shelburne said during an appearance ESPN LA 710’s Mornings with Keyshawn, LZ and Travis (via Anthony Irwin of SB Nation’s Silver Screen & Roll):
“In terms of who they target next year, it’s whoever wants to come. My feeling about it, my sense from just talking to people in and around this [is that] one, it’s a little early, but I think they like Mychal’s boy. I think that would be the guy, in terms of skillset and how that would fit. Obviously Kawhi [Leonard], he’s a great player as well, but we’ll see if he stays in Toronto now. But I think they like Klay [Thompson].”
