I couldn’t remember the source, but did recall that the FO office did contact the league office prior to the trade. Here is the reference I found from Grange [everybody’s favourite reporter]. I don’t know if anyone else reported it? Now I’m wondering what exchange - if any - there was between our FO and the league? “Per sources, the Raptors “did their due diligence” with the NBA prior to making their most recent trade for Leonard and the guidance they received made them confident that they co...
“What I have learned today, according to sources is that the Raptors and NBA did have that conversation [about the investigation]. The Raptors did do their due diligence. They just simply were not convinced at that time to pause [the deal] then.” “So they went ahead with the handshake deal, the trade gets leaked, we all know about it, the moratorium comes and goes, the deal is still not finalized, and when they finally get to the trade call, and the NBA is once again reminding them ‘We can’t ...
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