The San Antonio Spurs settled on a trade with the Toronto Raptors, sending Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a protected 2019 first-round pick. That’s hardly nothing, but it’s not a bevy young, affordable assets that other teams could have offered for an MVP-caliber talent, when healthy.
The Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers were the other reported teams in the Leonard mix. All either own young players on rookie deals or future draft picks from other teams.
On Thursday, ESPN’s Bobby Marks profiled the tradeable assets from all the teams in the mix for Leonard.