Full disclosure, I have been over this whole Kawhi Leonard debacle for some time now, or so I thought. Admittedly, though, I was one who held onto his being the face of the franchise after the writing was clearly on the wall. I was called a “Stan.” Sure, I had to look it up, but when I did it hit the gut a little.
Last Friday, as the Clippers were making their way to the AT&T Center, I preemptively wrote a piece on how the San Antonio Spurs were better off without Kawhi Leonard. How the acquisition of Keldon Johnson was well worth the loss of a player who has to miss so many games for injury and load management.