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    Kawhi Leonard can take the Toronto Raptors to a new level
    As risky as it is trading for someone who only has one year remaining on their contract, a healthy Kawhi Leonard has the potential to take the Raptors to a new level.
    The Kawhi Leonard saga is over. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the San Antonio Spurs have agreed to trade the two-time All-Star to the Toronto Raptors for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a protected 2019 first-round pick.
    Leonard joins a Raptors team looking to capitalize on LeBron James leaving the Eastern Conference next season. Toronto won a franchise-best 59 games in the 2017-18 season, and yet their revamped offense wasn't enough to prevent them from suffering the same defeat - a sweep at the hands of LeBron and the Cleveland Cavaliers in the second round of the playoffs - as the season prior. As risky as it is trading a four-time All-Star in the prime of his career for someone who only has one year remaining on their contract, a healthy Leonard has the potential to take the Raptors to an entirely new level.
    The Kawhi Leonard of 2016-17 was one of the best offensive players in the NBA. Not only did he finish between LeBron James and Stephen Curry in scoring with 25.5 points per game, the San Diego State product shot an efficient 48.5 percent from the field, 38.0 percent from 3-point range and 88.0 percent from the charity stripe. He generated more of his scoring on open shots than the league's other leading scorers - one benefit of playing in Gregg Popovich's tried-and-tested system - but it had just as much to do with Leonard being as complete of a scorer as there is in the NBA.

     

     

    There are rumors circulating that Kawhi is planning to seat out this upcoming season as he has no interest in playing with the Raptors.

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  2. I am confused. Rondo is a ball-dominant PG who can’t be effective without the ball in his hands. James will be the undisputed point forward so I am puzzled as to why they acquired Rondo.

     

     

    Probably as back-up guard.

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