The San Antonio Spurs have agreed to trade Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green to the Toronto Raptors for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a protected 2019 first-round pick, league sources tell ESPN.
Toronto's first-round pick to San Antonio is a protected 1-20 selection. After one year, it becomes two second-round picks.
A trade call with the teams and the NBA league office is scheduled to begin shortly.
Very interesting trade! I doubt anyone could predict this.
Kawhi Leonard was considered one of the top 5 players in the NBA not too long ago, this is shocking to say the least. Poppovich always knows what to do so I trust his opinion.
Well honestly that was completely unexpected. Toronto wasn't even in the picture when teams were trying for kawhi lol. I guess it's a good one with derozan getting a chance to be under pop and kawhi getting his own team in the east. Makes it a little more interesting :p
Toronto Raptors is on the list and negotiations between them and San Antonio Spurs are now on 3rd week if Im not mistaken but Im not expecting they will be the next team for Kawhi.
But apparently, DeMar DeRozan is unhappy with the trade. Neither do I, as I see DeRozan's effort just to help Toronto Raptors always be on top of the Eastern Conference standings.
It's a gamble after all for the Raptors because we all know that Leonard will hit free agency next season so there's a possibility that he may left.
a) Once free agency begin next year, they can offer max contract to Leonard to stay with the team. Damn that lots of money I believed.
b) If Leonard declined it, Raptors can market a big player offering the same value or close to what they can offered to Leonard or just do the normal market without targeting a big name.
Don't know Leonard's plan. Too much of drama.