Since I am a Thunder fan I kind of had the worst luck since this week's challenge is to bring Kawhi to your favorite team but this is probably the best pitch I have made to bring the claw to OKC. I will only be explaining on the Thunder's behalf but at the end of my explanation, there is a reasoning on why this trade is fair for all teams. Do I think this will happen in real life? No, but for a pitch to get Kawhi to OKC, it's the best I have.
Thunders Explanation: The Thunder gets in this trade Kawhi Leonard, Serge Ibaka, Danny Green, Ben Simmons, Tony Snell, Jonathon Simmons (Not in the System), and Jeremy Castleberry (LA Assistant Coach). Now if you don't know, Kawhi considers Jeremy Castleberry his best friend, and when you look at his records, he has followed Kawhi every time he moved to a new team, so I just see him doing the same in this situation. He also considers Jonathon Simmons, Tony Snell, and Serge Ibaka close friends. I don't know the reasoning behind him and Jonathon but I do know that Kawhi played on the High School Basketball Team with Tony Snell, and they were said to be a great duo. In Serge Ibaka's case, He was on the team with Kawhi when he won a championship and followed him to LA, It is known publically that they text a lot. Now with Danny Green and Ben Simmons, Danny Green has played with Kawhi the most in his career, playing with him for an outstanding 551 games, which is almost 7 years together, and what most people don't know is when Kawhi was being traded out of San Antonio, he wanted to team up with Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid pretty badly. Now I know that Joel is untouchable but Ben could most certainly be traded to OKC. So if the Thunder bring in some of Kawhi's close friends, bets teammates, and someone he wanted to team up with. There is a good chance we could get him to sign with OKC now that we can be classified as a contending team. Now not only does the players convince Kawhi to come to OKC, but the rookies OKC has picked in this year's draft. Josh Giddey and Tre Mann are great Playmakers so they can set up Kawhi and his teammates to get some easy points, Also Josh has played in the NBL so unlike college he plays with people that have experience in the game and plays against grown men, and Tre Mann is one of the best shooters in the draft and probably was one of the best shot creators in the draft as well. So they will work nicely with the team, and I can't forget to mention Jeremiah Robinson Earl, who is a rebounding machine. So not only does Kawhi not have to worry about getting bad passes or a lot of shots, but not all the rebounds as well. OKC has made with the trades and drafting the best possible fit for Kawhi. And before people say the trade is unfair, look under this explanation and I have done a really easy-to-understand explanation on why everyone benefits from this trade.
Rating works like this, 0.5 points per FRP, 0.25 points per SRP, If a player is worth 0.75, they are worth a first and a second, if they are worth 1.5, they are worth 3 firsts. You understand it.
OKC Gives Up:
Derrick Favors - 0.75, Tony Bradley - 0.5, Kenrich Williams - 0.25, Darius Bazley - 0.75, 6 First Round Picks - 3, 3 Second Round Picks - 0.75,
Total OKC Gives Up: 6,
OKC Gets:
Kawhi Leonard - 2.75, Danny Green - 0.75, Tony Snell - 0.25, Ben Simmons - 1.5, Serge Ibaka - 0.75, Jonathon Simmons - 0.25,
Total OKC Gets: 6.25,
Total Income: +0.5,
76ers Gives Up:
Matisse Thybulle - 1, Ben Simmons - 1.5, Shake Milton - 0.75, Danny Green - 0.75, Tyrese Maxey - 1, 1 SRP - 0.25,
Total 76ers Give Up: 5.25,
76ers Get:
Kenrich Williams - 0.25, Lauri Markkanen - 1, Delon Wright - 1, Cam Reddish - 1.25, Patrick Beverley - 0.75, 2 FRP - 1, 2 SRP - 0.5,
76ers Gets: 5.75,
Total Income: +0.5,
Hawks Give Up:
Cam Reddish - 1.25, Kevin Huerter - 0.75, Delon Wright - 1, Tony Snell - 0.25, 2 SRP - 0.5,
Total Hawks Give Up: 3.75,
Hawks Get:
Derrick Favors - 0.75, Shake Milton - 0.75, Matisse Thybulle - 1, Demarcus Cousins - 0.5, Elfrid Payton - 0.75, 2 FRP - 0.5, 3 SRP - 0.75,
Total Hawks Get: 4.25,
Total Income: +0.5,
Clippers Give Up:
Kawhi Leonard - 3, Serge Ibaka - 0.75, Patrick Beverley - 0.75, Demarcus Cousins - 0.5, 1 SRP - 0.25, 1 FRP - 0.5,
Total Clippers Give Up: 5.75,
Clippers Get:
Tyrese Maxey - 1, Tony Bradley - 0.5, Darius Bazley - 0.75, Kevin Huerter - 0.75, Dennis Schroder - 1, 3 FRP - 1.5, 3 SRP - 0.25,
Total Clippers Get: 6.25,
Total Income: +0.5,
This is why not only is the trade fair, but the trade convinces Kawhi to become a member of the Thunder.