Can the Ambassador to the Toronto Raptors bring The Klaw home?
While the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors have all been meeting with Kawhi Leonard to see if they can recruit him to sign with them this offseason, We The North has a secret weapon of their own with Drake.
According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, Drizzy is plotting his own pitch to get Kawhi to stay in The 6, aside from what the team has for him.
3. The Raptors haven't backed off one centimeter and Drake is said to be mounting his own recruiting campaign on top of whatever the freshly minted champions are doing to convince him to stay
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 2, 2019
What we know:
1. The Lakers, as we've been saying for more than a week now, believe they are firmly in the lead largely through the recruiting efforts and assurances made on separate fronts from Magic Johnson and LeBron James …
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 2, 2019
2. Officials from both the Lakers and Clippers appear to determined to say as little as possible — less than ever for a free agent of this prominence as @ryenarussillo likes to say — to avoid upsetting Kawhi's camp when they have insisted on total silence
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) July 2, 2019
He also added the Lakers feel like they are in the driver’s seat and confident they can sign him, while the three teams await his decision. All sides are staying silent about news leaking as well, considering Leonard has asked for secrecy during the negotiations and free agency pitches.
The whole world awaits for what Kawhi is about to do.
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