Former Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant made headlines by announcing his intentions to sign with the Golden State Warriors. What Toronto Raptors fans should be excited about that is that Unrestricted Free Agent Pau Gasol had stated that he would wait for Durant’s decision before he’d make his.
The Raptors emerged as a front runner to sign the former Chicago Bulls centre in the past few days, along with the San Antonio Spurs. The Portland Trailblazers had also made a strong push to land Gasol, which probably has driven up his asking price —
Meanwhile, the Spurs and Raptors look like the front-runners to land Pau Gasol.