Masai’s presser was brilliant btw:

Source  –  The Spurs agreed to trade Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green to the Raptors for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltland a protected first-round pick.

But the deal isn’t official until everyone involved passes their physicals.

All eyes turn to Leonard, who missed 73 games last season with a hip injury. Will he, presumably testing with Green, pass?

Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News:

The pair are scheduled to appear in Toronto on Friday for physicals.

I expect Leonard to pass.

The Raptors have complete discretion, and they knew they were trading for a risk – both in terms of Leonard’s impending free agency and health. After DeMar DeRozan’s reactionwould Toronto really undo this trade and bring him back?

Concerns about Leonard’s hip seem to be more about his ability to recover from regular usage and long-term soundness. I’m not sure either would show up in a single-day examination.

Leonard was cleared medically months ago, and he was reportedly considering playing in Team USA’s minicamp next week. He seems ready to go – at least to pass a physical by a team that knew of his health issues when trading for him.

But if Toronto sees a red flag that would cause them to cancel the trade, all hell will break loose. So, the stakes are high.

"I want to apologize to DeMar DeRozan… We want to win and I have to do everything with this organization to get us to a championship level."

Raptors President Masai Ujiri began his Kawhi / DeMar trade press conference today with a thank you and apology to DeRozan. pic.twitter.com/MdUlWSNxEE

— Tim and Friends (@timandfriends) July 20, 2018

OOOOHH.  what a wrinkle.  If he’s still fucked from last year the deals off and Demar is a Raptor again.

AAAAWWWWWKWWAAAAAARRD.

Oh btw, he still hasn’t tweeted or addressed it and today Masai Ujiri basically told everyone who hates him to eat a hot bag O’dicks.

I don’t think Masai needed to apologize to Demar but classy move to do so after breaking the guy’s heart and Masai loves him.  He just loves Kawhi Leonard and that’s his job.  Sometimes friends fire friends so they can move forward with business and that’s all it is.  Bid’ness.