Former Raptors teammates Kawhi Leonard and Serge Ibaka have been reunited in Los Angeles after Ibaka signed with the Clippers in free agency. The move seemed like a match made in heaven. The Clips filled a hole in their frontcourt left by the departures of JaMychal Green and Montrezl Harrell, and did so by bringing in a guy who their star player is already familiar with.
Ibaka probably didn’t need much convincing, but Leonard still reached out to recruit him—in typical understated Kawhi fashion.
“On free agency day, he texted me, ‘Hey, what’s up?’ I said, ‘What’s up, bro?