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The response to the Kawhi Leonard-DeMar DeRozan trade has been mostly positive for both sides of the deal, even if one emerges with no true sense of the superstar they’ve acquired (or for how long) and the other sits a tier or two below where it once was with said player in tow. Leonard’s two-way brilliance fits seamlessly into any system, and a healthy return for him should have Toronto in a great position to get over the Eastern Conference Finals hump, especially with LeBron James in LA. DeRozan’s fit in San Antonio has fallen under greater scrutiny, partly because of his aversion to three-pointers but mostly because of how that will look alongside another walking time capsule in LaMarcus Aldridge, who shares the same proclivity for contested long twos. Given their statistical profiles, it’s not surprising that the pair’s closest statistical analogues (according to Basketball Reference) are Bobby Jones and Fat Lever, who retired in 1986 and 1994, respectively.
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