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Bill Plaschke: Kawhi Leonard could be the first major step in Lakers' renovation

LOS ANGELES_This is it, Magic. You're up.

What was proposed in this column space two months ago can now happen. At this seminal moment in franchise history, the Lakers need to do everything possible to make it happen.

The long-expected news has finally broken that Kawhi Leonard is asking out of San Antonio, and he wants to come home to Southern California, and his first choice would be the Lakers and ...

DO IT NOW!

Magic Johnson needs to drop everything, grab his buddy Rob Pelinka, disappear into a back room, dial up the Spurs, and get to work. Make them

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