Just thought Kawhi was a different guy who wouldn't recruit for an easy ring. Boy was I wrong. Blinded by the ring I guess.
He is just like all the nba stars. Toronto is still an afterthought.
Okay, think about this: Kawhi has no real connection to Toronto. He's born and raised in LA. He went to the Spurs after no one gave him a chance. His own hard work + the Spurs made him into an all star. After spending many years there, it's not surprise that he would want to go back to LA after they have the potential for a championship-winning team. We were obviously not in the picture here. The Spurs sent us Kawhi because we gave them the best deal out of all of the teams at the time.
We got the championship. That in itself is huge. For this season and the future, I'd put faith in our FO. They have done a great job over the years. With Lowry, Ibaka, and Gasol entering their final years, we can either go for a big push again with Siakam as the main man or start trading them away to rebuild for the future. If we're trying to go for one last big push, we're unfortunately over the cap space, and there aren't any good free agents out there anymore that can help us.
It happens. Move on. Our competent FO will keep us going. Thank Leiweke for setting MLSE straight and establishing a winning culture within all MLSE teams.