Lewenberg A number of external candidates that came in really really pushed back on some of the moves that Masai and company made over the last few yearsOne of them went as far as calling the Brandon Ingram trade a desparate Hail Mary

Charania The Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons were amongst the multiple teams attempting to trade for Kawhi Leonard before they were rebuffed by Leonards camp Leonard intends to retire with Toronto

Haynes The Kawhi Leonard Aspiration investigation has up to this point not uncovered a smoking gun which is why the Toronto Raptors felt comfortable acquiring the superstar forward via trade If there was something that was really going to stick it wouldve came already

Windhorst The Clippers will have serious demands from the Raptors for Leonard Leonards request to land in Toronto creates an exclusive negotiation but his willingness to sign an extension and eliminate concerns about him being a rental will help LA secure an extra piece or two in a trade

McMenamin A couple of the names UFA I'm told that Lakers have mulled over internally are Tobias Harris from the Detroit Pistons Quentin Grimes of the Philadelphia 76ers who was a teammate of Luka's in Dallas in the past and also Dean Wade

Sham's Gives Analysis on Kawhi Leonard Hold Up That investigation is ongoing But no one thought that would be an issue with any potential trade talks Like starting early June whether it was Minnesota Detroit obviously he ended up in Toronto There didn't seem to be any type of restrictions

Mike Dunleavy says he was trying to use the full clock to hear all trade offers Joe Lacob was like 'Come on let's go ahead and pick the guy' And I said 'Joe we have time They give you five minutes' He was just getting a little anxious about us taking Yaxel I was willing to be patient