The idea of a team, even a team I like, having three top seven players in the league (at worst) is kind of gross to me.
That said, the Lakers apparently have a meeting with Kawhi Leonard. I would have six people in the room: Jeanie Buss, Rob Pelinka, Frank Vogel, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and Kobe Bryant.
Here’s the pitch: Pelinka opens by staying the max contract is on the table and that Leonard will unquestionably be the first option. Buss, Vogel, James, and Davis state they’re all on the same page. Vogel, James, and Davis talk shop, how Leonard fits into what they’re planning to do (offense, defense, scheduled “rest days” etc. etc.). Bryant and Leonard are apparently close friends, they work out together etc. etc. Bryant talks about how the Lakers took care of him after his Achilles injury and how they always take care of their superstar players etc. etc. James and Davis bring out a list of players they’ve tampered with spoken to who have agreed to join on minimum deals if Leonard signs.
It has to be about basketball, what matters to Leonard, and what the Lakers can do/have done that the Spurs/Raptors didn’t and other teams can’t. One of the low-key best things going for the Lakers is that they gave Bryant a near-max contract back when he clearly wasn’t worth that much as a current player because of how much he meant to the team and city and how grossly underpaid he was considering how much money he brought in. Contrast that to how Leonard views the Spurs. They didn’t want to give him the supermax while dunking all over him regarding his injury.