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The Kawhi pitch: Toronto's best case to keep its superstar free agent

What does Kawhi want?

This is the essential question that has occupied the Toronto Raptors since their bold trade for Kawhi Leonard last July. Leonard is one of the NBA's most inscrutable superstars, a man of few words and little subtext.

He's not uncommunicative, but he is quite literal. When he was asked after the Raptors' Game 2 blowout road loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, "Where do you go from here?" Leonard replied, "to Toronto for Game 3." This isn't a player interested in disseminating messages in the media to convey his feelings or leverage his power.