Raptors trade DeMar DeRozan to Spurs

Demar Derozan has been traded by the Toronto Raptors. Yes, the end is nigh for what might have been the greatest NBA bromance since Russell Westbrook met Kevin Durant.

The #RTZ better employ more team therapists...now you gonna have a pissed off Kawhi and a pissed off Kyle Lowry because you traded his best friend on the team, oh and a rookie head coach

— T'Jalla (@TJellyn) July 18, 2018

It's true: DeMar DeRozan is leaving The 6ix after 9 years as a Toronto Raptor, but it's not by choice, he isn't happy about it, and neither is the player he's being traded for.

The Raptors have finalized a deal, according to reports, that will see the beloved, long serving, four-time NBA all-star trade places with San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard.

Spurs have agree to trade Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green to Toronto for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a protected 2019 first-round pick, league sources tell ESPN. Trade call with league office is starting shortly.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 18, 2018

DeRozan, for his part, expressed his apparent displeasure with the move in a series of Instagram Stories Wednesday morning.

"Be told one thing and the outcome another," he wrote. "Can't trust 'em. Ain't no loyalty in this game. Sell you out quick for a little bit of nothing."

Leonard, who is in the final year of his contract and has publicly stated that he wants to play in Los Angeles, is also said to be mad about the trade after expressing "no desire to play in Toronto."

So... you're going to trade a player who's on a multi-year contracr and who WANTS to be here, for a player who only has 1 yeat left on his term and who DOESN'T want to be here and will leave after this season. Are you serious @Raptors ?? Makes absolutely no sense #RTZ

— Ragamuffin (@Lion_Is_King) July 18, 2018

According to ESPN, the trade has been in the works for two weeks. 

by Lauren O'Neil via blogTO