In just about any season, the Los Angeles Lakers would jump at the opportunity to acquire a player as talented as Kawhi Leonard. Add to that the pressures of expectations that come with also signing LeBron James, and of course fans would assume a Leonard trade would be almost inevitable.
That isn’t how things played out, though, and when LeBron was asked whether he was okay how it went down, the exchange between him and Rachel Nichols of ESPN was pretty telling of where his head’s at as he prepares for his first of at least three seasons with the Lakers:
Nichols: When you look at that roster though, you’re the only All-Star on there.