First of all, happy Canada Day to all who celebrate! Now, to business. Thanks to a change-up in the usual operating procedures of the league, the NBA free agency period “began” yesterday at 6pm. I use quotation marks because, well, stuff happened well before that start time — we covered as much as we could here.
If there was a common thread to the proceedings it was this: everything, all of it, was done in the shadow of Kawhi Leonard’s decision. If he stays in Toronto, the Raptors could very well run it back and go for the title again.