BUT

If this dude Kawhi does NOT play for the Raptors, or Vince Carter's it from Day One...

Look, I'm also in the line that says it makes no sense for a team like the Celtics to empty the war chest for Kawhi until he shows he can play basketball, the same reason I wouldn't agree to including Fultz in any trade of significance despite him showing he can dribble a basketball and set a screen during his short return to the court. He still couldn't shoot!

Kawhi is still talking A) moody as fuck and B) hasn't shown anyone publicly that he's the same basketball player. There aren't any "reports" that he's killing it on a street court somewhere, just that BS report that he's "interested" in playing for Team USA. He should be "interested" in playing for the Raptors to prove he's still this guy everyone says is worth half the damn Celtics!

Again, I love this player empowerment era we're in, probably because I've never rooted for a team over a player in my life, but at some point this guy needs to cash a paycheck and prove himself again, IMO. He asked for a trade and got it, now he needs to stop pouting, recognize he didn't get sent to a WORSE situation (Toronto might be Canada, but it's a significantly cooler city than San Antonio by any metric) and just play some damn basketball.

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