Dear Kawhi Leonard:
I’m writing to you because I think you’re a great basketball player and a very good person. You epitomize the superstar who is blessed with enormous talent but is willing to play within a team concept.
I know you grew up in Southern California, and my comments about that part of the country are not meant to disparage it but rather to give you a fair and dispassionate comparison between there and what I hope will be your new city, Philadelphia.
There are many reasons why I think you should choose Philadelphia, but perhaps the most important is our fans — our people and their love for the city.