planetmars wrote:
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Literally 10 secs after the Raptors won the championship, Woj immediately published a story about the WIzards and Masai. Remember? I thought the timing of it was strange. The FOLLOWING day, Candace Buckner, beat writer for the Wizards, wrote a story about how a person close to the organization told her that the Wizards have no imminent plans to request permission to speak to Ujiri, nor has Monumental Sports & Entertainment arranged an offer. Ted Leonsis the following week denied the rumour himself.
I think, and this is just my opinion, i think Ballmer was the one behind that story. Why? it's a scare tactic. To scare Kawhi off from re-signing with the Raptors.
Stephen A. Smith though since Woj broke the story kept running with the Masai Ujiri is leaving narrative on First Take EVERY DAY. "If Masai leaves, then Kawhi is likely gone as well" not once he ever mentioned what Buckner wrote or how Ted Leonsis denied the story. He stopped talking about it after the Masai press conference last week.
Also, remember the ESPN finals preview show? of ALL the coaches to invite in that show, who did Stephen A invite? DOC RIVERS. The NBA fined Doc Rivers $50,000 in that show for tampering. I can't remember exactly what he said but i think he was comparing Kawhi to MJ.
Now he's saying Kawhi should go to the Clippers because he don't want a champion from Canada again because Canada loves their hockey. And because joining the Lakers would be a weak move.
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