The response to the Kawhi Leonard-DeMar DeRozan trade has been mostly positive for both sides of the deal, even if one emerges with no true sense of the superstar they’ve acquired (or for how long) and the other sits a tier or two below where it once was with said player in tow.
No one’s doubting the Raptors’ outlook on paper if all goes right. Leonard’s two-way brilliance fits seamlessly into any system, and a healthy return for him should have Toronto in a great position to get over the Eastern Conference Finals hump, especially with LeBron James in LA.