With countless signings and trades occurring at the most odd times of the day, like Luka Doncic's when half of the world was sound asleep, fans of the LA Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers were refreshing their social media feeds, constantly, on multiple news platforms, to be the first ones to find out where Kawhi Leonard was headed in 2019.
His final three choices were the Toronto Raptors, with whom he had just won a championship, and both teams residing in Los Angeles. Each party had something unique to offer him, and Leonard was inevitably going to sign a massive wire to his checking account, as the run he displayed with the Raptors was generational.