Former Raptors Cornerstone Makes Bold Kawhi Leonard Claim
In a one-on-one with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, Sacramento Kings star DeMar DeRozan made a shocking proclamation.
Asked by Smith whether the Toronto Raptors —who he played for during the first nine seasons of his career —would’ve won a championship had they not traded him for Kawhi Leonard, the six-time All-Star responded in the affirmative.
Former Raptors Cornerstone DeMar DeRozan Makes Bold Kawhi Leonard Claim
“Yeah,” DeRozan says. “Never to discredit those guys; they won it, they deserve it. I finally had got to a point to where I was happy for them. But, for sure, I definitely feel like that.”
“The only person we couldn’t beat was LeBron (James),” he recalls. “That’s just what it was, and I felt off the year we had before, we just needed one more piece to kind of push us over the top.
That piece came to be LeBron going to the West and I didn’t get the opportunity to see what would’ve happened.”
