After speaking with Magic Johnson, Kawhi Leonard and his uncle met with Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and GM Rob Pelinka, but they couldn't give him what he wanted.
traveled to a hotel 41 miles north of the Lakers’ facility Tuesday for a meeting they hoped would create a super team of unprecedented talent.
Leonard’s information gathering was well underway. He and Robertson had spoken with Magic Johnson multiple times that Sunday, calling as Johnson was leaving church. They wanted to know if the Lakers had tried to trade for Leonard the summer before when the then-Spurs forward told the team he wanted out of San Antonio. They had questions about Pelinka, given Johnson’s recent comments. Johnson offered positivity about the Lakers as an organization and its front office.
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