The Lakers were incredibly confident internally in recent days that they would be the new home of Kawhi Leonard. The Lakers were selling the best big three the NBA had ever seen: LeBron, Anthony Davis, and Leonard. What the Clippers had — after a year-long pursuit of Leonard — was both his interest in playing for them (not in the brighter spotlight of the Lakers) and inside information: Leonard wanted to play with Paul George, and George wanted out in Oklahoma City.