Every game where a possible top-tier free agent acquisition plays one of the Los Angeles teams, invariably discussion will commence over whether or not that player will end up with one of them. After the 9-1 Raptors laid waste to the Lakers in Staples Center without Kawhi Leonard, league executives seem convinced he will go to the Clippers, ESPN’s Tim Bontemps reports.
It’s not news that the Southern California native has stated a larger interest in the Clippers than the Lake Show, and the Clippers have not been shy about their own interest in The Claw, to the point of firing commentator Bruce Bowen over negative comments about the star forward.