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Fred VanVleet Knew Toronto’s Title Dream Was Real the Moment Kawhi Leonard Arrived

VanVleet said the DeMar DeRozan trade shocked Toronto’s young core, especially after Dwane Casey was fired. But once Kawhi arrived, doubt vanished. “It’s real now,” VanVleet recalled thinking. By the first day of training camp, he felt a title in the air. “Everybody believed it,” he said, from players to trainers to security guards, too.

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