It’s July 9th, and not every NBA free agent or trade scenario is spoken for quite yet. As such, we want to believe there is some weight to the various rumours floating around out there, even as they spin further and further away from provable truth, just so we can say a deal is now done. That’s my feeling whenever I hear of a link between the Raptors and Kawhi Leonard.
According to no less than the Washington Post’s Tim Bontemps — a last name that translates to Good Time, much to my chagrin — Toronto has been working overtime to “generate buzz” in the Kawhi trade market which, to be honest, doesn’t really sound like a thing.