Everyone has a theory about the Celtics' trade interest in Kawhi Leonard

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The Celtics and the Lakers are reportedly in trade talks with the Spurs centered on Kawhi Leonard, according to Adrian Wojnarowski. 

Now, we all know that Leonard, who can become a free agent next summer, wants to play for the Lakers and most likely will not give a team like the Celtics any sort of assurance of him staying beyond the coming season. That led every single user on twitter.com to raise an interesting thought: 

https://twitter.com/Freak_Ke/status/1012365901071609856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/joonlee/status/1012364593128198144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

In all seriousness, everyone arrived at this thought for a reason: The Celtics don't need to trade for Kawhi. The Lakers might need to in order to land LeBron James. The Lakers, should they end up with a trio of James, Kawhi and Paul George, would be a threat to the Celtics' title hopes in the coming seasons. It would be in the Celtics' best interests to do whatever they can to weaken that supporting cast. 

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