Masai Ujiri addressed the media for the first time since Kawhi Leonard’s departure. Even though Ujiri had hoped for a different outcome from free agency, he still wishes Kawhi nothing but the best. “I was confident but I understand how free agency is … We won a championship, it went well, blah, blah, blah,” Ujiri [...]
July 10, 2019
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Toronto has two options: stay the course or blow it up! If you are a betting man, you may want to lay your money on the blow it up option. For this and other NBA tips check out Betopin.com for all the advice you’ll need. Kawhi Leonard has signed a maximum four years, $142 million [...]
July 9, 2019
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After 24 seasons, the Toronto Raptors can now call themselves champions for the first time. Toronto defeated the Golden State Warriors 114-110 in Thursday’s Game 6 of the 2019 NBA Finals to win the series. The Eastern Conference champions didn’t lose a single away game away stopping the Warriors from winning three straight titles and [...]
June 14, 2019
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According to the Portland Business Journal, Kawhi Leonard has filed a federal lawsuit against Nike. Leonard claims he designed the “Klaw” logo before signing an endorsement deal with Nike, and that the company copyrighted it without his consent, according to court documents. [tweet https://twitter.com/srl/status/1135664650899660802] The lawsuit states that Nike “falsely” claimed it created a logo [...]
Game 7 of the Raptors / 76ers playoff series is one that will go down in history. Kawhi Leonard hit a shot from the corner over Joel Embiid at the buzzer that bounced, bounced, bounced and bounced off the rim before falling setting off a wild celebration as the Raptors advanced to the conference finals [...]
Looks like Kawhi could be staying in Toronto after all. According to TSN, the Raptors are increasingly confident that they will re-sign Kawhi. Their intention is to pitch him on “trust, familiarity, a commitment to maintaining his health, and the shared goal of chasing a championship.” They can also offer him a maximum five-year extension [...]
March 26, 2019
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Thursday night was the first time Kawhi Leonard was back in San Antonio since his days as a Spur came to a controversial end, and it’s safe to say the fans were still upset with him. San Antonio played a nice tribute video for Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green right before player introductions which led [...]
January 3, 2019
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Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard spoke out Sunday and addressed critical comments from Spurs coach Gregg Popovich that Leonard was not a leader during his time in San Antonio. Popovich understands Leonard’s value, having coached him for seven seasons but he did comment that leadership wasn’t his forte. “Well, Kawhi [Leonard} was a great player, [...]
November 26, 2018
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The Los Angeles Lakers are no longer considered favorites to land Kawhi Leonard in free agency this summer. And that’s assuming they ever were favorites. Reports have been bandied about indicating that Leonard may have no desire to team up with LeBron James in purple and gold. Not everyone is buying that, particularly more than [...]
November 5, 2018
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Kawhi Leonard has yet to play both nights of a back-to-back this season, and it doesn’t seem like the Toronto Raptors are itching to bring him off said maintenance program. From the Toronto Sun‘s Ryan Wolstat: The Raptors will continue easing Kawhi Leonard into the mix, which likely means a night off on Monday in Utah. [...]
November 2, 2018
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