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The Kawhi Leonard domino effect is likely to leave plenty of casualties in its wake, among them is center Marc Gasol, the center the Toronto Raptors acquired at the trade deadline that helped bolster them to their first-ever NBA title. Yet there is no such thing as fair gratitude in the NBA — if Leonard […]

Kawhi Leonard’s meeting with the Toronto Raptors earlier is the last of multiple appointments he set up with the teams who are aiming to acquire him. Now that he’s already heard the pitches of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers, his decision might come any moment now. According to Chris Broussard, Leonard […]

The latest episode of #KawhiWatch has NFL Hall of Famer Cris Carter predicting Kawhi Leonard will wait until Friday to announce his much-awaited free agency decision. Leonard will either pick the Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers or Los Angeles Clippers . Via RealGM: “I think he’s going to make an announcement on Friday,” said Cris Carter […]

The latest rumors reveal that Danny Green might end up not following Kawhi Leonard if the latter signs with the Los Angeles Lakers. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Green has been waiting on what will happen with the Lakers. Per Mavericks reporter Blake Weir, if Leonard joins LeBron James and Anthony Davis, then Green will […]

The Los Angeles Lakers, L.A. Clippers, and Toronto Raptors are waiting on 2019 NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard to make his free agency decision. According to Jabari Young of The Athletic, Leonard is still mulling his decision and will not make it on Wednesday night. In fact, Young says it could take a few days. […]

The New York Knicks have already been highly criticized for their handling of free agency. The Knicks entered the summer as a favorite to land at least one max-level free agent. Whether that was Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard , Kemba Walker or Jimmy Butler, it did seem as though the Knicks would sign […]

The Kawhi Leonard question directly affects three NBA organizations. Two reside in Los Angeles. Heading into the summer of 2019, the Los Angeles Clippers were arguably in the best position of any team in the NBA. They had made a scintillating run to the playoffs and earned the respect of the Golden State Warriors in […]

Just like the rest of the NBA world, Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star big man Karl-Anthony Towns is fascinated by Kawhi Leonard’s free agency, also known as #KawhiWatch. Leonard has yet to make his free agency decision. The Timberwolves star feels like the NBA has never seen anything like #KawhiWatch before: Have we ever witnessed something like […]

An anonymous NBA player likely to be impacted by Kawhi Leonard’s free agency decision has heard the star will stay with Toronto Raptors, according to Tim MacMahon of ESPN. MacMahon emphasized the player isn’t Danny Green, who is an unrestricted free agent as well and close with Leonard. An NBA player likely to be impacted […]

Earlier in the season, Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka had Kawhi Leonard on as a guest on his “How Hungry are You?” series and posed Leonard the question about whether or not he was going to re-sign, to which Leonard stared blankly. It was obviously a joke, and now, with Leonard’s free-agency decision hanging […]

Kawhi Leonard is basically the final shoe waiting to drop in free agency, and his decision is expected to come soon. As for who will break Leonard’s free-agent decision? Odds Shark has ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski as the favorite, surprise, surprise: Odds to be the first to officially report the Kawhi Leonard signing (Bovada):@Wojespn +125@ShamsCharania +200@TheSteinLine […]

The Los Angeles Clippers will likely fail in their bid to acquire Kawhi Leonard this summer, but the superstar forward might eventually find his way to the Clippers next summer. The Toronto Raptors and the Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly the frontrunners in the race to sign Leonard this summer. However, the Clippers might still […]

Could Kawhi Leonard end up staying in Toronto after all? ESPN’s Brian Windhorst seems to think so. Windhorst noted that Leonard had talked to Kevin Durant about teaming up this offseason, and the only place that could have happened was on the Los Angeles Clippers. He then added that things seem to be lining up […]

Cris Carter says Kawhi Leonard has yet to make his decision and that the two-time Finals MVP is still considering the Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers. Carter has been consistently plugged into Leonard’s camp. During his playing days in the NFL, Carter was represented by Mitch Frankel, who represents Leonard at […]

An anonymous NBA agent says Kawhi Leonard is re-signing with the Toronto Raptors, according to Mark Jones of ESPN. This comes right after ESPN’s Jalen Rose said he’s 99 percent sure Leonard is going back to Toronto. The prevailing thought is that Leonard will sign a short-term deal with the Raptors if he decides to […]

NBA analyst and former player Jalen Rose says he’s 99 percent sure Kawhi Leonard is signing a short-term deal with the Toronto Raptors. Rose was the first person to report last season that Leonard would never play for the San Antonio Spurs again. Not a lot of people believed Rose, but it turned out he […]

DeMarcus Cousins and JaVale McGee have generated little to no noise on the free-agent market, but it might not be because teams aren’t interested in them. According to Vincent Ellis of The Detroit Free Press, the feeling around the league is that both Cousins and McGee are waiting on the Los Angeles Lakers before making […]

A new piece of information in the Kawhi Leonard saga has emerged: Per Marc Stein of the New York Times, Leonard wants confirmation that Raptors president Masai Ujiri will stay in Toronto before he commits himself: This is why many league observers believe assurances from Masai Ujiri that he intends to stay with the Raptors […]

Kawhi Leonard is supposedly deciding either late Wednesday or on Thursday where he will be playing basketball next season, and no matter what decision he makes, it will set the NBA world ablaze. Either NBA fans will rejoice, or everyone outside of Jack Nicholson and the rest of Lakers nation will hate him for the […]

Kawhi Leonard may or may not be meeting with a contingent from the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. Connecting the dots with the time-honored free agency tradition of flight-tracking, though, it certainly seems likely the reigning Finals MVP, at the very least, is in Toronto. As noted by Stephanie Smyth of Toronto’s CP24 News, the private […]

The NBA world is visibly in major suspense, now at a stalemate after doling out $3 billion in the first few hours of free agency. The remaining free agents are awaiting the domino effect that will come with Kawhi Leonard’s decision, one ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was told will come later on Wednesday or on 4th […]

Jared Dudley made a bold comparison when asked of the potential effect of Kawhi Leonard choosing to join the Los Angeles Lakers as his next destination. Dudley, who just agreed to a one-year, $2.6 million deal to join LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the rest of the gang, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on The Woj […]

The Dallas Mavericks might benefit from the decision of Kawhi Leonard, who has yet to reveal his free-agency destination. According to Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer, the Mavs could acquire Danilo Gallinari if Leonard decides to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers. It is widely believed that Danny Green, who is also still on the […]

LeBron James’ pitch to Kawhi Leonard is the Los Angeles Lakers will be Leonard’s team in two years, according to Ryan Russillo of ESPN. James signed a four-year deal with the Lakers last offseason. Russillo says it isn’t a guarantee LeBron will be on the team once his contract ends in 2022. James has a […]

Steve Aoki is making free agent forward Kawhi Leonard an offer he can’t refuse. That is if he’s not lactose intolerant. Los Angeles Lakers super fan, and famous producer and DJ, Steve Aoki is offering free “Pizzaoki”—a pie from his pizza restaurant—to Leonard if the two-time Finals MVP and much-coveted unrestricted free agent should sign […]

Kawhi Leonard has reportedly completed his free agency meetings with the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers, according to Jordan Schultz of ESPN. Leonard is now expected to meet with the Toronto Raptors later today. Kawhi Leonard has completed both his meetings with the #Lakers and #Clippers, a league source tells ESPN. He is […]

Rapper and Toronto Raptors ambassador Drake is reportedly mounting his own recruiting campaign to keep Kawhi Leonard in Toronto, according to Marc Stein of The New York Times. The Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers are all in play for Leonard: 3. The Raptors haven't backed off one centimeter and Drake is said […]

NBA free agency has pretty much come and gone, except in the case of Kawhi Leonard, who remains without a decision on July 2, and the reason for the wait may be intentional on the part of Leonard. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, Leonard may purposely be keeping the Los Angeles Lakers, Los […]

The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly believe they’re in the lead to land Kawhi Leonard because of recruiting efforts and assurances made on separate fronts from Magic Johnson and LeBron James, according to Marc Stein of The New York Times. Leonard reportedly met with Johnson this past weekend and has been in touch with James. The […]

After an extremely busy first couple of days of the free agency window, the basketball world is still waiting on Kawhi Leonard’s decision on where he intends to play ball next season. NBA insider Cris Carter recently provided us with a timely update on this, with his report stating that the reigning Finals MVP has […]

The first days of free agency came storming through with massive blockbuster deals and plenty of players on the move to new homes. Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and DeAndre Jordan agreed to join forces in Brooklyn. Jimmy Butler agreed to sign with the Miami Heat. Kemba Walker took his talents to Boston. However, reigning Finals MVP […]

The entire basketball world is awaiting for Kawhi Leonard’s decision on where he will take his talents next season, and it should come within the next few days. As Leonard’s decision looms, Arash Markazi of the Los Angeles Times reports that a $10,000 bet came in on the Los Angeles Lakers to win the 2020 […]

Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins believes the Los Angeles Lakers have the advantage over the LA Clippers in signing Kawhi Leonard. Perkins said he heard from his sources that Leonard will meet with the Clippers Monday night. However, he pointed out that it’s looking “very strong” that the Lakers would be able to get Leonard. […]

On the second day of free agency, the Los Angeles Lakers and Kawhi Leonard have yet to reach a deal. Lakers fans are nervous as to what will happen to their team if they don’t lure him in. But the Lakers organization itself is not ‘nervous’ about the whole situation. Speaking on The Herd with […]

Kawhi Leonard and Magic Johnson, former president of basketball operations of the Los Angeles Lakers, talked everything about Purple and Gold on Sunday. In the same conversation — which was reportedly a positive phone call — Leonard also asked Magic if he can bring his own people like LeBron James did when he signed with […]

ESPN insider Brian Windhorst says the Los Angeles Lakers have “some real traction” toward signing Kawhi Leonard in free agency. Leonard spoke with Magic Johnson over the weekend. Since Johnson doesn’t work for the Lakers anymore, the Hall of Famer isn’t allowed in any free agent meetings. Windhorst still believes the Los Angeles Clippers are […]

Former NBA big man turned insider Kendrick Perkins says Kawhi Leonard will meet with the Los Angeles Clippers Monday night or Tuesday evening. The Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers and Toronto Raptors are the three teams Leonard is meeting with. Kawhi is still meeting with the Clippers tonight or in the morning sources tell me!!! — […]

Kawhi Leonard could very fell hold multiple betting odds in the palm of his very large hand. The Los Angeles Lakers believe they have a good shot at landing the two-time NBA Finals MVP. After acquiring Anthony Davis from the New Orleans Pelicans, the LeBron James–led squad could stand to make a killer big three […]

You didn’t think he’d be rushing to make an important announcement, did you? Unrestricted free agent Kawhi Leonard—reigning NBA Finals MVP—is set to tell the world where he’s playing next…just not yet. Per Dallas Morning News reporter Brad Townsend, Leonard’s free-agency decision could “drag” on another day or two or longer. Leonard, who was traded […]