In the upcoming games, Toronto Raptors must prove to Kawhi Leonard why he shouldn’t be on his way out Globe_Sports
The Toronto-positive way is “Kawhi Leonard has saved us.”
He is, in the most mercenary sense of the word, a professional. He comes to work, does his job well and goes home. Where he does it doesn’t seem to matter all that much to him.Money apparently does matter. Leonard was famously still driving a 20-year-old Chevy Tahoe when he’d already passed into the stupid-money phase of his career.If you’re doing the psych profile, that’s what you have to go on – enjoys his work and his own company; knows his value. It’s not exactly the Rosetta Stone.
He was given authority to determine when and how much he played. He was performing and healthy. He never said a cross word about anything to do with the city other than the fact he didn’t particularly enjoy winter. Who does?It was assumed the hard work would be done by Raptors president Masai Ujiri, a man with a black belt in the martial art of persuading people to do things.
Kyle Lowry isn’t going to change. Marc Gasol isn’t aging backward. Those players are untradeable or, at least, impossible to upgrade on the fly. Leonard can’t play this well every single playoff game, because no player in history has ever done that. Which means the most likely future trend is downward.
Of course, the rest of the Raptors could still pull themselves together. A nice start would be Leonard having an average night, a couple of other Raptors having a good one and Toronto winning in any case. That would be reassuring.
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