Bill Plaschke: How'd Lakers lose Kawhi?
LOS ANGELES - As the balloons continue to fall upon the most joyous party in Clippers history, it is time to acknowledge the purple-faced elephant in the room.
How on earth did the Lakers blow this?
The Clippers pulled off an incredible Friday night heist in reaching an agreement to sign Kawhi Leonard and trading for Paul George, they've earned every bit of the awe that's being showered upon them, but above the buzzing local basketball landscape looms an aching question.
How could the Lakers have let this happen?
How could the NBA's most glamorous franchise fail to acquire either of the two Southern California kids when, in the previous two years, both
