“Sometimes you think you’re living out one story, but the truth turns out to be something else entirely.” The words of Ted Mosby (from CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother) rang truer than ever when Kawhi Leonard agreed to sign with the LA Clippers on July 6, just less than 12 months after the Toronto Raptors acquired him.
For Raptors fans, Leonard’s impending free agency lingered throughout the team’s magical 2018-19 season, which culminated with the franchise winning its first ever NBA championship last month.
Fans watched Masai Ujiri insist in September that “the narrative of not wanting to come to [Toronto] is gone.