A team chases history, as a player embarks on a new adventure...
Kawhi Leonard is no longer a Spur. News broke this summer that Kawhi Leonard desired to take his NBA career into its next phase, contented by several championship runs in San Antonio and hungry for a new challenge. Startled, shocked, a bit hurt, the San Antonio Spurs organization honored the star forward's request. Another player on the fringe of that next step, Brandon Ingram, would be the parting gift by Leonard's commanding trade value. A third-year player, Brandon Ingram has shown promise. "There comes a time when every man sets his heart and his mind on a dream. For Kawhi, that's LA. Kawhi has helped this entire organization and its fanbase realize championship-level dreams, so it bequeaths us to oblige him on this next level of his basketball career. I'm sure as hell gonna miss him, though," Coach Gregg Popovich told reporters once the blockbuster deal was approved by the league. Leonard & Popovich have shared great success together.