I know they did. They sent him to TO out of spite and it all turned out great for him.
So? How does him winning a title in Toronto affect the Spurs? They weren’t gonna let him force his way to the Lakers, and we didn’t want wack ass Ingram, Kuzma, and Hart anyway. We got Derozen and he’s good enough to keep us at around 50 wins til he and LMA contracts expire in two years, while we cultivate our young core of Murray, White, Walker, etc.
Obviously losing Kawhi was a massive L, but I don’t have a problem with how they played it. There isn’t a Spurs fan in the world who wanted them to trade him to the Lakers.