Lakers Rebounded Like Absolute Beasts After Getting Screwed Out of Kawhi Leonard

Kawhi Leonard put an end to the free agency agony, and agreed to sign a deal with the Los Angeles Clippers. He is back home now, but not as a Laker. The Los Angeles Lakers were pretty convinced that they’d get Kawhi and build the best Big 3, but it didn’t work. Kawhi wanted the Clippers, and obviously, the Clippers wanted Kawhi.

The good news is that the Lakers rebounded perfectly, and used the money to build a strong roster. Yes, they have a really, really nice roster for the 2019-20 season.

LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Kyle Kuzma were already here. The 2019-2020 Lakers team will have LeBron, Davis, Kuzma, Quinn Cook, Danny Green, Troy Daniels, Rajon Rondo, DeMarcus Cousins, JaVale McGee, and KCP. This looks really perfect. They don’t need Kawhi. Even Kenny Smith agreed on that one.

“You’ve got LeBron James, you’ve got Anthony Davis. [Leonard’s] just an extra bonus,” he told TMZ Sports. “You should win the championship with that without question.”

When it comes to Cousins, he has nothing but words of praise for LeBron, so they are a nice match.

“They got the best player in the world. They’ve got a chance of beating the Warriors. We’ll see what happens when the ball goes up,” Cousins said in one of his interviews.

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski explained the reasons Leonard and the Clippers had to seal the deal.

“To Leonard, the cost was immaterial. He wanted to walk into a championship contender and believed George represented the co-star he needed to combat James and Davis, sources said. Leonard wanted to play for Doc Rivers, a coach with whom he could feel a kinship he felt was similar to his relationship with Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri, sources said.”

ESPN’s Kevin Pelton congratulated LA on their perfect roster.

“Learning their lesson, the 2019-20 Lakers were built with more depth and shooting than last year’s ill-fated team that ended the season in the lottery. They’ll also have a second star after lacking top-end talent when LeBron was sidelined by injury. Is that enough for the Lakers to contend in a crowded Western Conference?”