Kawhi Leonard has apparently made it north of the border and just may be embracing the Toronto Raptors after all. The newly-traded Leonard is now a member of the Toronto Raptors, who took a chance on upsetting a core that involved DeMar DeRozan and traded for the San Antonio Spur star on Wednesday morning.
The aftermath of that deal was that Leonard wasn’t happy with landing in Toronto and that he might not want to play for them at all. But on Friday night, he appeared online wearing a Raptors team shirt and embracing some important figures in the organization.
The Raptors Twitter account posted a welcome to Leonard on Friday night that included a picture of him alongside Raptors general manager Bobby Webster and team president Masai Ujiri.
Welcome to the North pic.twitter.com/FWy6huVI9l
— Toronto Raptors (@Raptors) July 20, 2018
Leonard doesn’t have any social media accounts that we know if, so it’s not like he’s going to drop a pin or post a geo-tagged tweet confirming he’s in the GTA, but it does appear he’s at a team facility of some sort based on the court they’re standing on.
Regardless of Leonard’s plans next summer, it seems inevitable that he accepts he’s in Toronto for a year and gets down to playing basketball. It’s the best move for his career, both in optics and finances. And much like DeRozan, it may take a while, but it seems like things are finally getting settled in the Six.
