This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/clippers as Ex-Lakers, Clippers Guard Makes Controversial James Harden Statement.

Kawhi Leonard‘s uncle, Dennis Robertson, asked the Los Angeles Lakers for a specific amount of off-court endorsement money that could be promised in advance, according to NBA insider Sam Amick of The Athletic.

Kawhi Leonard wasn’t reportedly too thrilled playing second fiddle to LeBron James at the Lakers, and ended up joining the Clippers in 2019.

A recent report revealed that LeBron James was a key factor in why the Los Angeles Lakers missed out an a two-time NBA champion during free agency in 2019.

The Los Angeles Lakers count their “blessings” all the time that NBA star Kawhi Leonard didn’t sign with them in 2019, according to Lakers Daily. Leonard left the Toronto Raptors for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2019.

LOS ANGELES -- Three months after a heated recruiting battle that pitted Los Angeles' two NBA teams against one another for the services of Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers and Lakers took the fight to the floor, where talent acquisitions are transformed into ...