Sources told ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith on Friday that Leonard has requested that only Lakers owner Jeanie Buss and Johnson to be present at the upcoming meeting with the organization. Johnson is willing to help out the Lakers, but hasn’t been asked by the Lakers to be involved, he told ESPN. “A friend of mine called and says Kawhi wants to meet with you,” Johnson told ESPN on Friday. “He signed knowing I was here,” Johnson told ESPN. He can still do that.”According to league sources, James has expressed an interest in attending the meeting with Leonard if the Lakers would like him to be there.

Source: National Post June 29, 2019 02:48 UTC