LOS ANGELES -- Throughout Kawhi Leonard's free agency we heard and talked a lot about his desire for secrecy and discretion in his negotiations. The three teams involved mostly abided by those wishes, lest they risk losing the two-time Finals MVP over a careless leak or slip up.
But on the night of July 5th, before the news broke that Leonard had committed to the LA Clippers, where he'd be joined by forward Paul George, after the Clippers acquired him in a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder, a major breach occurred.