LOS ANGELES—There is nothing but appreciation and thanks from Kawhi Leonard for the magical season he spent in Toronto with a team — and in a country — that he took to unprecedented heights.
No animosity, no “I couldn’t wait to get out of Canada” blather. None of that stuff and a ton of “Wow, we did something special.”
“I was just telling someone the other day, it’s shocking to me how many Canadians do live here or are just visiting,” Leonard said Saturday at the Los Angeles Clippers’ training facility in Playa Vista. “Just walking around, people say I’m from Toronto or Winnipeg or these different cities in Canada.