Jerry West Leaked Audio Proves He Tried To Sway Kawhi To Clips

Sounds like Former Los Angeles Lakers great Jerry West did what he had to do in order to persuade Kawhi Leonard to play for the Clippers. A man is currently suing Jerry West and the Clippers for his  role in landing Kawhi. The man says Jerry West left him a voicemail message in 2019 that pretty much trashed the Lakers.

Via TMZ:

Wilkes says, “In the same message, Jerry thanked me for all my efforts in getting Kawhi to sign with the Clippers.”

TMZ Sports has obtained the voicemail — in which a man who sounds like West says, “Hey there, this is Jerry calling. I really want to thank you a lot for trying to help. I heard this morning that everyone over in the Lakers camp thinks they’re gonna get him.”

“I just find it hard to believe that he would want to go to that sh*t show where he would not even be … wouldn’t even get his name in the paper and he wouldn’t be the face of the franchise that’s for sure.”

“He might be the best player on the team, but hope things are well and again, I really really appreciate everything you’ve done.”

The man believed to be West is seemingly referring to the fact LeBron James is with the Lakers — and there’s zero shot Kawhi would overtake him as the face of the team.

You can listen to the audio below:

The Clippers previously issued a statement saying:

“The lawsuit filed by Johnny Wilkes is replete with inaccuracies and the allegations are baseless. The Clippers are fully cooperating with the NBA in its investigation, which is standard when these types of allegations are made.

Jerry West is an executive board member with the Clippers, so yea, naturally he wanted Kawhi to come play for the team.

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