If there is one thing sports fans use to get a feel of what free agents are thinking about their next destination, it’s real estate. Basically, if player A purchases a home in City B, then it must mean they want to go and play for the team that’s near.
The NBA’s upcoming free agency class is a massive one, and Kawhi Leonard is one of the players at the top of everybody’s free agent list.
The Raptors superstar has made his biggest statement about his future yet after a Toronto sports radio host reported this week that Leonard has purchased property in Toronto.
“We have heard he’s purchased a property in Toronto,” Michael Landsberg said on Toronto 1050. “We’ve heard this now from two different sources, indicating there’s something there.”
When it comes to rumors of his next destination, most of it has him being in California, as ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne believes he’ll sign with one of Southern California’s teams.
“I just think the guy has been pretty clear. He wants to be back home in California. he has a house there which he has wanted the whole time. He wanted that before anything went south with the Spurs. This is a pretty consistent desire. It’s not like Paul George, where like Paul George, he’s from Palmdale but he likes fishing and that kind of a lifestyle. That’s very Oklahoma,” she said.
But, another source in TrueHoop’s David Thorpe believes Kawhi will stay in Toronto.
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“Of course, he’s about to be a free agent. And because of that, as the media you might expect to hear sunny things about Kawhi’s return from Raptors sources eager to tamp down the impression Kawhi is bound for the Clippers or another team,” Thorpe said.
“But even before the Finals began, we at TrueHoop heard from plugged-in sources associated with players and the league—but not the team—that Kawhi would return to Toronto, at least on a short-term deal.”
As for now, Kawhi is just focused on trying to get the Raptors a victory in Oracle as the NBA Finals shifts to the Bay area with the series tied 1-1.
Game 3 is set for Wednesday at 9 p.m. E.T. on ABC.
