They gave me like $12,000 a year, no taxes, an apartment and food for the year. That’s too bad, because it would have been an appropriate day to commemorate a significant anniversary for North American soccer. “When I got there, there no players, no goalposts, no uniforms, no soccer balls,” Toye said. MVP Kawhi Leonard effortlessly took the place of Tim Duncan, arguably the greatest player of his generation in what had to be the most taciturn transfer of power in NBA history.