 Cold-blooded Greg Popovich. Oh, you want to go home? Okay. I'm deporting you Magic Johnson now should make a very strong offer for Kawhi Leonard What could he'll come back and do in the NFL that would change one person mind? Kawhi Leonard didn't want to play in San Antonio Because pop called him out. And so what does San Antonio do? They trade him to the one NBA franchise You know, he doesn't want to play for the one NBA franchise not in the United States Canada, Toronto DeMarger, Rosen Leidu and Petty grudge-holding Popovich sends Kawhi packing and you'll want to know why I defend stars Let's go back in time with Toronto their best player Chris Bosch left via free agency Trace immigrated left via free agency Vince Carter was upset. He demanded a trade that traded him DeMarger, Rosen re-signed and wanted to be in Toronto. So The likelihood of you getting someone to come there On their own fruition self-created. Oh, I'm Toronto's the place. I want to be and you being able to get guys of that ill Re-signed them is saying something. I told you from the start. I'm not a DeMarger Rosen fan and never have been I'm not being 2020 hindsight hypocritical about this I've said it a thousand times on national TV. I just don't love him. He's not even a full-blown star to me He's like a near star. He's that guy. He's always gonna frustrate you because in the biggest moments He's not gonna show up Toronto is going to be better next year with Kawhi with Danny Green They got much better defensively. They already were a really good team defensively They got rid of a remnant from being swept the last two years in the playoffs. DeMar was their leader I can only come to one conclusion the general manager Messiah Ujiri who's a good great general manager He did not want to build long-term around DeMar DeRosa Toronto was saying we won 59 games last year and it wasn't good enough Mm-hmm We are going to switch out our best player who plays the same position as Kawhi Leonard Essentially is scoring wing. Yes with a better version of our best player everything at basketball Kawhi Leonard is better than DeMar DeRosa I'm here to tell you that if he does show up in Toronto to play where he does not want to play The likelihood of him playing 82 games is very low because you're gonna hear that he's hurt He's gonna be hurt much of the year next. What about them happy? He'll be all of the above Yeah, they could trade for Kawhi, but what Kawhi is going to do from this point I've been very consistent as far as the message. He wanted to go to Los Angeles that being the Clippers and The Lakers I didn't think any other team Regardless of what type of talent coaching staff or where they were had a chance of landing Kawhi Based on the information that I was getting he doesn't have much of a say on where he will play next season All he could do is cool the market by make it very clear Wherever I play next season will have no impact on where I'm playing in two seasons In two seasons I'm playing in Los Angeles And that's why it would appear the Celtics and the Sixers maybe even the Lakers didn't make their best offer If I'm Magic Johnson Knowing that Jerry West is gonna use LeBron Against him in the pitch for Kawhi My feeling is Magic Johnson now should make a very strong offer for Kawhi Leonard If you get Kawhi and LeBron, you don't need Kuzma and Ingram I would move a first-round pick I'd give up one of those two forwards and I'd consider giving up anybody else they want in the roster Magic Johnson says I'm not going to I'll do a deal. I'm a business man I've done deals before but I'm not gonna do a bad deal where there's nothing that's a hundred percent So but I'm willing to go on record says there's a ninety eight point five four percent chance That Kawhi Leonard is donning the purpling gold right now I promise you if Magic had pulled off the deal for Kawhi You would be doing a victory dance over there and you would predict that the Lakers would win the championship next year We've seen would you not would you not predict it? Yes, you would if they make this trade They get LeBron and Kawhi and where's your depth? You're not as good as those two players are you're not beating Golden State without any depth You need some depth. Don't look at me. Tell him I think it would have been gone So so I think they did the right thing next summer. It is gonna be a heck of a fight I think the Lakers get it, but it's gonna be a heck of a fight between Magic Johnson and LeBron James and the logo Jerry West because the logo is going after Kawhi Harden Kawhi Leonard is gonna play for the Lakers. I believe that he's gonna play for the Lakers no matter when He's going to get there Toronto even if they do trade for them They can't hold on he's got one more year left on this contract. He can leave they can't protect them There's nothing that they can do that is the desire of Kawhi Leonard for the Lakers You can spin a happy face on this and you can say okay as long as we get him next year We know we keep all our guys now I've said how I think it's harder for them to bring in a third star If they don't have Kawhi already in the building if they have to sign Kawhi Leonard in the off-season and bring in Somebody else. I also think that you won't you don't know how many years you have as LeBron as the best player In the league. I think a lot of players would tell you LeBron James is not that easy to live with He is a supernova and he can be moody and a little unpredictable on social media He can be passive-aggressive and he can sort of subtly point fingers at players on his team and you wonder What's he's saying that? What's what's that about he can point fingers at his coaching staff A lot of things can go on with LeBron that are hard to live with they shake up your world He never got over this league rejecting him and I believe that part of maybe a small part But part of his Hall of Fame protest is that He's still mad at the league that rejected him because remember Pete Carroll sent him home and he thought prematurely That was in August. That was August 26th of 2012 You're never gonna find anything that that as far as competitive and being around being around guys All the time, right? There's nothing like being in that spot. No, no There's nothing by any metric even no matter what you think about any metric at worst case He's the third greatest receiver all time You would think after accomplishing all of that is still not enough Because he's not getting to leave on his I know this about the National Football League when your distraction or your the headache that you cause Outweighs your talent then nobody is going to be willing to To offer you a job anymore and with TO as you get diminishing skills and as you get older They're like, why would we put up with that? When we know there's gonna be a headache What is it that TO can accomplish and maybe this is only for him Maybe he wants to prove to himself that he can still play But what could he'll come back and do to the NF in the NFL that would change one person mind? About who and what terrible is anytime these guys talk about I want to play in the NFL I want to play in the NFL my Position always is if you really want to play go play in Canada prove it to me and he's doing that. He's putting his Actions potentially where his mouth has been I'd have no problem with once you're Howard Stern You don't go back and do weekends in Edmonton radio. I'm sorry, but a gold jacket guy going to play For the Edmonton Eskimos it feels sad to me But I don't want to see Bono on the edge at the tiktok in down the street. I'd be like They were at the Rose Bowl. That's pathetic