Cris Carter and Nick Wright on Kawhi Leonard's trade to Toronto Raptors | NBA | FIRST THINGS FIRST

Cris Carter, Nick Wright and Jenna Wolfe discuss on First Things First the breaking news that the San Antonio Spurs have traded Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto Raptors. The Spurs have agreed to trade Leonard and Danny Green to the Raptors for guard DeMar DeRozan, center Jakob Poeltl and a protected first-round pick in 2019. Cris and Nick react.
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[@FirstThingsFirst]

What are your thoughts on Kawhi Leonard's trade to the Toronto Raptors?

[@fellowblack6333]

First Things First: Cris Carter and Nick Wright Zaza will injure him because Zaza is on the pistons

[@nlkoala9292]

Raptors made a big move they could even be the favorites to beat

[@therealist2798]

First Things First: Cris Carter and Nick Wright if you're telling me that getting DeRozan is a better package deal than getting Ingram, Kuzma and two first round pick from the Lakers, you're clearly on drugs. DeRozan is a good scorer, but he doesn't have another gear, he doesn't get better as the stage gets bigger, he instead shrinks in big moments.

[@jwordxyz]

The Realist lakers werent offering that. They offered deng and hart

[@jwordxyz]

The Realist lakers were offering kawhi a trash package. If they offered ingram and kuzma Kawhi would be in LA by now.

[@jwh2333]

Nick Wright: "Toronto can't win a title" 🤔🤔🤔so much for that expert prediction!!! 🇨🇦🏆

[@jamesanastasia3237]

jwh2333 no doubt!!!😄😄😄

[@jonathanlaque4248]

Pretty sure he didn't see KD and Klay getting hurt😆

[@jwh2333]

@@jonathanlaque4248 Fair enough lmao😉👍

[@Joes35]

@@jonathanlaque4248 klay getting hurt for the last 12 mins of the series was inconsequential. They outplayed them with klay games 1,2, 4 and 5. The only game warriors out played them was first half of game 5 when kd was on the court

[@chestnutsroasting1602]

“They can’t win a title” Kawhi- “A HA HA HA HA”

[@nchan4679]

Aha ha haaa

[@jamesanastasia3237]

Chestnuts Roasting some people had to eat their words!!!😄😄😄😄

[@goatinaroun1944]

Kawhii told pop he didn’t wanna be in SA. So pop took it a step further and sent him out the country😂. That’s tuff

[@rael6974]

Goatin Aroun 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MsMrapplepie]

Don’t play around with pop lmao 🤣

[@djgolf3256]

Yeah sent him to one of best cities in North America which isn't exactly a loss for Kawhi lol...

[@errolwayne]

right!! lol

[@rome7570]

😂😂

[@tonytse4905]

Ok boys nd lady. We're now on the eve of the NBA Champions parade in Toronto led by Kawhi Leonard. What say you now??

[@daraiderhater7131]

Spurs didn’t care about the return they sent that man as far as possible!!!

[@fcdl61]

garrick whitley yup. Part of Pop’s philosophy is to trade assets to the East and not making a West team better.

[@fcdl61]

To add to insult, Kawhi went from a “no state tax” state to paying taxes in Canada.

[@csmit04]

Lmfao Kawhi is common back to the west next year tho. Then he's gonna beat down the Spurs during the playoffs and reg season.

[@1RobertSmith]

im not gonna open the door for a Western Conf team with Kawhi to knock me off in the 1st round of the playoffs. Spurs logic makes sense

[@datsumcrzysht]

Thank you, I thought this would be obvious to all of these people arguing about trade value. It was just about giving him the finger.

[@LARRY113Z]

It'd be really interesting if Toronto is trying to trade with the Lakers to get their young pieces

[@r.d.vaughan4541]

As far as I'm concerned this MUST be the plan (Lakers or Clippers) especially after at around the 5 min mark, finding out Leonard's people hadn't been contacted by the Raptors. I had assumed they had talk to him. If they hadn't then he's just a trading chip to start their rebuild (cap space, youth and picks), a year early and maybe a lot better off than waiting until next summer. At least that is what I'm hoping. Heck if they trade him and they sink in the standings as you'd expect then they played the Spurs for suckers as the protected 2019 1st round pick turns into two second round picks. The Raptors GM has been known to scam other GM's in his day.

[@kevinwilliams9978]

For Lakers, it would be dumb to trade if it's a forsure thing Kawhi will sign next offseason.

[@edresenodora8549]

Kevin Williams how long can you bank on Lebrons health though, that hypothetical next summer, and next season would be his 17th season. He might not even get through his 16th this year.

[@briansm20]

Exactly what I was thinking!

[@JuanVega-fm1vf]

Raptors are not gonna want the kings ransom. Maybe just ingram and 2 1st rounders. They keep green. Lakers keep kuzma and hart. And the lakers get kawai now to help lebron vs warriors.

[@MegaDboy7]

Didn't CC say yesterday that Kawhi definitely isn't going to Toronto?😂😂

[@michaeledwards1552]

CC isnt credible talking about basketball only football

[@Icecube88]

michael edwards this is true

[@niiokweiquist-therson4368]

MegaDboy7 so true....haahhaha

[@panblacksolutions]

And he said today he might not show up for training camp. He clearly has a connection to kwahis camp, doubt he meant he could predict what the Spurs would do

[@b-fxdthegod9745]

Lol they both said there was no way he's getting traded to raptors and put down people for saying that was the spot 😒 nicks a clown cc just talk to talk

[@rbishop95]

Lol these guys acting like Canada is on a different planet. Toronto is the fourth largest city in NA lmao.

[@001spring]

Vince loved it in Toronto. And Toronto isn't the highest tax in the NBA

[@organicsoulgumbo]

Jeff Brisson where these guys getting their info?

[@freddycalipari4242]

Oliver Davis he’s right they don’t pay the most tax in the nba.

[@bobjeff6899]

Food Appeal You’re literally the only Canadian in here. 99% of NBA fans are Americans.

[@applesugar2051]

@bob Jeff... you’re an idiot

[@001spring]

@@bobjeff6899 99%? So the second most global sport in the world and 99% of the fans are American? 😂😂😂 American education at it's finest.

[@Vanquish79]

8:50-8:58 Oh this didnt age well lol

[@KleinpeterHank]

“They can’t win he east, or a title” Kawhi: HAUHEHAHEAHE

[@jamesanastasia3237]

Adam Bull no doubt!!😄😄😄

[@kabagemayannick5097]

Adam Bull u mean without the injuries in the finals, right?

[@austinneveau9387]

@@kabagemayannick5097 injuries that occur every single postseason? We can play the what if game my dude. Pretend the raps weren't banged up themselves. A big storyline for half that postseason was the fact that KAWHI was hobbled. Get outta here

[@kabagemayannick5097]

Austin Neveau i know it was....but what if he was healthy? What if GS was healthy? The Raptors path to the Chip was very impressive but everybody knows GS wins when healthy no matter what. Denial of that just speaks to the unobjectivity of some fans probably including you too. If you think am wrong, imagine a fully healthy kawhi and Raptors team beating a fully healthy battle tested ( over the last years) GS team . Kawhi would be THE UNDISPUTED BEST PLAYER ON THE PLANET and Toronto might be an all time great team ( for 1 year) as the 83' sixers. But you know why it didn't happen? Because GS was at least missing one or two starters each game of the finals and even some of the starters were hobbled too ( Cousins) ; so no matter what happened in the '19 finals, everything the Raptors could do with those circumstances will always have an Asterisk by its side like ( ironically) GS in '15 . But hey y'all got a Chip and it will always be like that in NBA HISTORY. Let's just move on from it.

[@quarterbackin3262]

It seems like these dudes are mad he didn’t go to LA.

[@ree572]

CC's clearly frustrated with this trade.

[@connorbrown1844]

Taxes in ontario arent even that bad such a dumb argument

[@malachialston3609]

connor brown this is The TORONTO Raptors bruh lol

[@nb89.46]

connor brown I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not lol

[@connorbrown1844]

Nick B lol youll never know

[@gregorycunningham6160]

Chris Carter acts like hes so plugged in with Leonard....lololololol. What a fool.

[@myakhon]

cris carter has a conference call scheduled? it seems like he not only knows Kawhi's camp, it sounds like he's part of that camp lol

[@beardedbronco]

matt.t his brother his Kawhi's agent or works for his agency. Chris mentioned it on an episode a few weeks ago.

[@pvalerio79415]

If I did not know better I would think CC is Kawhi s agent

[@pvalerio79415]

Let him not show up and sit out a year. I don't see that happening although CC seems to imply that he will not show up

[@alk4262]

Vince and Tracy didn’t hate it in Toronto. They all say the opposite in interviews. They say they loved it but the front office was wack.

[@adamd8118]

These guys just talk, doing research and knowing what you're talking about is apparently not a job requirement

[@bdl2546]

I wonder how long before lebron James is mentioned

[@chainreaction1703]

LOL...the narrative tomorrow will be no star wants to play with LBJ.

[@Icecube88]

Morgan Z Treme yeah right. No way would they talk about that.

[@young_scisloving9789]

😂

[@AHMAD-2324]

Morgan Z Treme Nick would go into a full fledge tantrum on national TV. If they were to mention that...

[@dylanjohnson2327]

Pop is a savage. This dude sent Kawhi to a whole different country

[@12345678906987]

The watched him celebrate right? Hahahahaa funny how things work

[@qqqspx]

Oh how things have changed in a year. Raps are 2019 NBA Champs, Kawhi is healthy - the best player in the league, and he wants to stay in TO.

[@kabagemayannick5097]

GTAGamer 😂😂😂

[@richborn6700]

😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@user-jv6pl1pc7t]

So we are just gonna ignore that cris carter said not too long ago that he has insiders in the spurs and he knew for a fact this trade wasn’t gonna happen 🤔 well where are those insiders now?

[@JoseGarcia-rv5zd]

Good trade for spurs

[@jwordxyz]

Yep

[@csmit04]

Yea it was, but next year Kawhi is comming back to the west. No one on the Spurs can stop Kawhi, but he can stop any of their players.

[@ramirobenavidez7871]

Jose Garcia -cut we got the shaft. to trade Kawhi for what they got only..and green for Free..The Spurs number 1and 2 defense player.. and Boths can hits the 3..it was a bad deal. but teams got cry baby in your team now.poor green will be miss here in SA -TX more.

[@Flowerz__]

It's okay. No good picks. Even tho SA does pick good late in the draft. Derozan is good. Except he's a shoot guard who can't shoot the 3... Which is really bad in today's leauge. If u think about it the trade mine as well be for derozan for kawahi and that's actually terrible Trade... You get a pick thay is outside of top 20 and a player who will make a VERY minimal impact... It's a bad trade for everybody lol.

[@Flowerz__]

Ramiro Benavidez I agree.. It was a bad deal. For both teams actually lol.

[@mrfeast391]

Good trade by both teams.. given the circumstancds

[@jeromepersaud7367]

The tax situation is always overstated. LA players pay more in taxes than Toronto players.

[@bourgoziejones6108]

Why does Nick keep saying Tracy hated it in Toronto?? He was traded after his rookie season, and is on record talking about how much he loves toronto

[@TJZiel]

11 months later and Kawhi Leonard is one win away from winning the NBA Championship.

[@nothingspecial8114]

Tj Zielman ANNNNDDD HE DID IT

[@ShotDead247]

Poetl will be good in the spurs system. Compare his first two seasons with Clint Capelas first two

[@XxXScadeXxX]

Not only did Kawhi show up, but i think we in the finals right now my dude CC. Lmao

[@cloudyboy45]

I'm ready for some Derozan reference on a Drake song

[@nathancardenas2719]

cloudyboy45 drake gonna sing about how kawhi broke his heart a year from now

[@acebrodee588]

Lived in the 6 but get love in Texas like I’m derozan ( drake v )

[@PR1NCETD0T]

There's already a song called fake love; "I got fake people showin' fake love to me Straight up to my face, straight up to my face"

[@danielj4567]

Props to Carter and whoever his sources are. He was the only talking head, talking about this possibly happening.

[@LARRY113Z]

Wow great job San Antonio

[@timocruz510]

Derozan isn't consistent. don't be surprised if he averages 17 a game in the playoffs taking 20 shots and playing sub par defence. I love my boy Demar, but it's just the truth. LA and Demar together isn't the freshest combo

[@kingrobinho777]

Spurs won. Nick Wrong is salty because the spurs are now better than 'his' lakers.

[@MsMrapplepie]

Spurs organization and coaching staff can get the most out of DeMar. All they need is his scoring and playmaking ability. The defense will come.

[@brianditto7678]

Why? This trade is trash for them.

[@edresenodora8549]

Derozan & Pop equals 28ppg and a 4 seed in the West. BOOK IT.

[@3000amps]

WE THE CHAMPS !!! 🇨🇦🥂❤️ Haahhhaaahhaa y'all are dumb.

[@kabagemayannick5097]

Amps3000 u mean without the injuries in the finals, right? FOH

[@Benjiefrenzy]

Drake's gonna have to finesse an extension out of Kawhi

[@MrTinum82]

Sorry chris..kawhi showed up...probably will win a 2nd championship monday in game 5 with a 2nd mvp under his belt!!

[@bronxmusic0]

Can't wait to see Kawhi face

[@LeeBo318]

mrtrapmusic100 it'll be the same old poker face 😂😂😂

[@zbtyn]

U should see it now after that championship 😂😂😂😂😂

[@quinjackson1713]

😂😂😂😂

[@bluejays6922]

Take an extra good look at his face now ahaha

[@tylerhatch8962]

Toronto is a very cool city, it's a long shot but they could pull it off.

[@dez4three617]

Tyler Hatch I doubt it. They just traded a dude who they told they would never trade. Why would kawhi trust an organization in a city he doesn’t want to play for or be in? At least they got D Green.

[@quinjackson1713]

Tyler hatch.....they did sir lol

[@javawsey]

CC- "I talked to Kawhi's people, he may not show up", as they are talking at that moment, Kawhi is texting Lowry saying let's go win the chip. LOL, Carter and Wright and all of them fools need to get off their high horse, read real time comments and listen to fans who know much, much more and would crush them on these shows in a debate.

[@azaidi30]

5:45 Jenna gagging in the back like 😂😂

[@Goldorak722]

Cris Carter seems to know a lot lol Kawhi not gonna show up lol yeah he surely did and WON the Raptors a Championship lmfao... I sometimes wonder if these clowns go back and re run the predictions hahhahahaa

[@lordfarquad420]

considering kawhi Leonard disappeared last season as a spurs fan this trade to me is basically danny green for derozan, poeltl, and a pick and I can't complain about that

[@heydude1643]

Players pay more taxes, but the players expenses are in Canadian dollars. It a 30% discount ......

[@26Cortez]

😂😂 kawhi to Toronto oh yea and yo uncle too

[@vinh8464]

cortez thompson what a great trade for Toronto 😂😂😂

[@Y29314]

whos laughin now

[@quinjackson1713]

His uncle gets a ring too?

[@grantkennedy9870]

Wrong Vince embraced Toronto. Made business deals there and opened a playground so kids could hoop

[@karnige5804]

raptors only have 2 years left with their core. it was gonna be a rebuild mode anyways. have to take a chance. is what it is. demar might be passionate about wanting to stay but he choked the last 2 playoffs.... wasnt working in TO.

[@rkneegordon6316]

Have the people of FTF not been following their own story lines? Kawhi didn’t want to be a Spur, pop took it from there and granted his wish.

[@hansj.severino6182]

Canadians would gladly welcome Kawhi Leonard, whether he plays or not! He would Love it here! Toronto is the wealthiest city in Canada.

[@cuabyfbaby7433]

the fact that Masai didnt trade any of toronto's top 4 youngest players (vanvleet, siakam, OG ANUNOBY, delon) whilst landing Kawhi + Green, makes Ujiri a LEGEND. Toronto STOLE Kawhi, arguably the best player in the East, a 2X DPOY, 2X ALLSTAR, 1X FINALS MVP (youngest player to do so in NBA history), and he has a championship ring. People forget that the last time he was healthy he was in discussion on who was the 2nd best player in the LEAGUE. PLUS a 3 and D guy in Danny Green who both have played for Greg's winning system. We can learn a lot from these 2. Obviously, a 1 year rental does not sit well for us Toronto fans but we could seriously make a push for the NBA Finals now that Lebron has left the east. From a business perspective,this was a brilliant move. We as Toronto fans must support Kawhi even if he does plan on leaving next year, we have 1 season to win Kawhi's heart, STAND UP CANADA!!! #WETHEKLAW

[@joshjacobs4403]

9:36 Cris Carter says Kawhi Leonard doesn't want to join a super team or position himself 2 just win championships in this video but now he says kawhi going 2 the Lakers is a done deal and all he wanna do is win championships 😂🤣😂🤣🤦🏾‍♂️

[@ShadowExe007Vageta]

Let's try to get more Canadian players to help with retaining them in Toronto

[@Gamingwithunc]

I’m still getting use to ex football legends covering basketball.

[@dwaynep7246]

Nick the only one think Toronto made a good decision

[@VolcardoReviewer]

Jalen Rose does too.

[@HQ8RRG]

It was good only because they got that contract gone and and can rebuild...cant rebuild wit bug contract players on roster

[@dwaynep7246]

Hakeem Legend you free up cap space but what free agent is coming to Toronto.

[@manuntd373]

Literally all of the smart minds on basketball twitter (writers, former front office executives, etc) all think this was a great deal for Toronto.

[@VolcardoReviewer]

Draft stars and sign role players.

[@mariano3460]

I’m happy with this trade,both kawhi and spurs have their fair share in this conflict,but kawhi really put san antonio in a really rough spot,only wanting to go to la limited a lot his trade value,he acted as a kid and pop sent him to a galaxy far far away and still got derozan

[@fanvalryinc6527]

Gather here for a selfie if you are here after the Raptors won the championship

[@raptorswinraptorswin6245]

Poeltl is an extremely good athlete for a 7 ft...young...He can fly if he gets some steam and dunk with authority....Pops is gonna develop him into a starter no problem...Dudes wrong about him....Not saying an all star..but a quality starter...not just a rotation guy.

[@Krokodilius]

san antonio saying kawhi was faking...well, vince carter actually did because they wouldn't hire Dr J.

[@gregduarte5989]

Chris Carter is the best sports annalist right now

[@LJ023]

I think Derozan will be a great player under coach Pop, right now he is a good player.

[@najirban]

It's win win for raptors whether Leonard stays off goes. Super stars won't come north outright. This gets them a meeting next off-season. He declined, then quick rebuild. Masai might get Lonzo, Ingram, and Kuzma. Who knows

[@DanielRGonza]

I think Kawhi not wanting to be in Toronto , he’s going to be uninspired the whole year

[@DanielRGonza]

I said “I think” which means my opinion , like he’s going to be outta there after 1 year watch

[@Flyguykeeman]

That Kawhi Leonard raptors jersey bouta be fire

[@keystonestatewarrior3358]

Didn't see that coming...

[@whisperienced]

8:55 ouch.

[@dxrated619]

The Raptors have actually has a history of letting franchise player leave or being traded away starting with Damon Stoudamire followed by Marcus Camby, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, Chris Bosh and now DeMar DeRozan

[@freddrickcriddell9973]

so the smart thing to do would be make a deal with a l.a team to get a couple good player's

[@mndubuisi2]

Toronto won this trade.. easily.. they did Derozan wrong but they won the deal

[@guandongmai3832]

if Toronto wants to use kawhi as a resource to trade other players, that would be a very good deal for Toronto.

[@Sensorrr]

idiot

[@SapphicTwist]

Good analysis. Add to everything, if the Raptors get to the Finals (Leonard>DeRozan by factor of about 3), it's going to be emotionally hard for Leonard to leave. Carter, McGrady and Bosh were immature and not part of contending teams...

[@meatwoodflac4526]

I think Danny Greens gonna go off this year in Toronto

[@fatal_phx]

I didn’t know Tom Green was into NBA news casting 😝

[@dennya599]

Poeltl is a solid player

[@williamalbertsanchez]

Cris Carter’s words take a hit..bc he was saying without a doubt Kawhi was not going to Toronto..don’t ask Kawhi’s people were Kawhi is going ask me. And then Kawhi is traded..I feel like CC was just trying to get clout for the show but he didn’t know really that much.. plus him going to LA next year doesn’t seem like a forsure thing.. he went from supermax deal that was 221 mill in San Antonio, now he can only get 189 mill in a max deal with the raptors and if he goes to la next season he can only get 147mill in a max deal

[@bambam5733]

When you just wanted to go to la but they trade you to a different country

[@fcdl61]

Is it better? The United States is more free than Canada.

[@michaeledwards1552]

he would have to get used to the cable up there

[@ripvanced]

Canada is so much more free and waaay less guns and shooting lmaoooo

[@hughhefner5348]

dog is god backwards guns are great

[@fcdl61]

Like how you can go to jail for using the wrong pronoun or you criticize the LBGT community? Some dude in Toronto got 2 years for handing out anti-LBGT pamphlets at a pride parade.

[@raptors2019]

Taxes are higher but expenses are lower in CAD

[@FavreIKnOw]

some real A plus quality reporting there cris carter. I quote you as saying "call me and ask me not kawhi. He will not play in toronto".

[@Realg401]

I think spurs could’ve got more , for sure and they gave up Danny green? Wow I’m upset

[@JaysBestDeals]

Now the spurs just need to get Lowry for Pau and Patty.

[@marshallbrooks312]

They just wanted to send him as far away from where he wanted to be. The league decided that. He was flexing to much power as a player.

[@todhysteria]

Only thing Spurs gonna do is Pull Up midrange jumpers with DeRozan and Aldridge

[@mayor2016]

I agree with the tax comment of Cris. Toronto isn't bad. I think the market is better than San Antonio for Kawhi if he wants to take advantage of it.

[@unholydiver1095]

Toronto is a great place to live. Nice neighborhoods, not that hot weather, good places to eat, and a lot of pretty ladies

[@1960taylor]

When Carter left it wasn't the Raptors of today. New everything, biggest crowds in the league, 3rd largest city in the NBA.

[@SurprisedPingu]

Kawhi showed up

[@vanishing_girl]

Derozan has been much better as a Raptor than T-Mac ever was as a Raptor, and T-Mac is my fav player ever

[@ps5andseriesx]

I can finally play with the Raptors on 2K. Thanks Pop

[@tigerhoods7927]

Lol they said nick stirs his drinks with his nose 😂😂😂

[@uncletony6210]

now watch LAL make a deal with TOR and get KL.

[@vovsports5402]

8:53 lol

[@yumitokushige8486]

Is passive aggressive Kawhi Leonard still active? DeMar DeRozan & Kyle Lowry are separated.

[@inquizative44]

It's true, Kawhi Leonard lowered his stock value by limiting his availability. If Leonard wanted to win championships, he should played with the Sixers with Simmons, Embiid and Fultz, that is a budding dynasty. Now Kawhi is up in the tundra of Toronto with a huge wage tax near 50%.

[@miggslor9985]

1.Wrong...Raptors are the champs 2.Toronto is as far north as Detroit, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, Seattle 3.California and Ontario are about the same in income tax

[@nanox4]

Don’t sleep on Jakob.

[@shawtchurchjr]

Out of spite Pop picked the furthest destination available to send Leonard.

[@abrahamali115]

WHAT A STEAL FOR THE RAPTORS!!!

[@youssefsalloum]

Great show, Nick has gotta lean to let others finish or make their point he keeps on interrupting

[@keithb7240]

He got traded AND

[@notstevelam]

THIS DIDNT AGE WELL.

[@MNSkillz]

DeMar is the best player in Raptor period

[@organicsoulgumbo]

Oh Chris has a conference call after the show guys... 😒

[@Lexyboogie]

Masai got Kawhi so he could trade him to the Lakers for Ingram and Hart before the deadline, I am sure of it. Why else would you decide to trade away those pieces for a one year rental? It is straight up management malpractice if they traded for him just to let him walk and get nothing in return.

[@Dinobot2]

I really wish people would actually do research on the taxes issue. Yeah, it's true that Canada's taxes are higher than the United States broadly speaking, on the aggregate. But we're not talking aggregates when it comes to what city you are playing in and what team you play for, because the state that Kawhi wants to play in, California, has taxes that are just as high (if not higher) than what the taxes are in the province of Ontario. Not to mention the cost of living in Toronto, while high compared to average North American standars, is not nearly as high as they are in Los Angeles. If Kawhi really cared about his taxes, he'd stay in an tax-free state like Texas.

[@romienails]

Let pop be pop. Respect for pop 4 life.