The Toronto Raptors are not about bells and whistles and fireworks lighting up the skies extolling the virtues of the franchise, its record, its method of operation, its place in the NBA pecking order.

So, as they make a pitch to free-agent Kawhi Leonard — likely on Wednesday, as far as anyone can ascertain in these odd and intensely quiet times — they are certain to go soft on their selling job.

All team president Masai Ujiri has ever said publicly about how they will convince Leonard to stay after one memorable, championship season is that the Raptors “will be who we are” and that is certain to be the message they convey.

How that sits with Leonard, his family and his advisers is impossible to tell, but the best thing the Raptors can do is be true to themselves.

How that compares to the way the Los Angeles Clippers and Lakers represent themselves will be telling, and may ultimately determine where Leonard plays starting in September.

According to every reputable report — and the cone of silence that has dropped over all three teams is like nothing many have seen — the Clippers and Lakers were also expected to meet with Leonard on Tuesday and perhaps Wednesday, the final step in a long process of wooing the two-time NBA champion and two-time NBA Finals most valuable player.

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When Leonard will decide is an equally well-guarded secret, and since there have been as many ridiculously premature “reports” as ones based in any semblance of fact, trying to put a time frame on it is a waste of time. The best and most well-connected journalists who cover the three teams and the league have been trying unsuccessfully for days to unearth even a snippet of usable information, and have come up empty.

Unprecedented times, indeed.

Adding to the intense scrutiny and high level of anxiety around the Raptors fan base, at least, is the fact that this is an unprecedented free agency period in franchise history — nothing close in 25 years.

In 2016, DeMar DeRozan was a free agent and didn’t even meet with another team before agreeing to remain in Toronto, on the contract that was eventually part of the deal that brought Leonard to town.

Kyle Lowry investigated other possible destinations — Minnesota chief among them — in 2017, but a collapsing point-guard market that summer and the Timberwolves’ desire to avoid paying luxury tax conspired to send him back to the Raptors on a three-year, $100-million U.S. deal that expires at the end of next season.

Even back in the relative infancy of the franchise, there was nothing like this. Fans started an ill-fated “Come Back, T-Mac” campaign aimed at keeping Tracy McGrady in 2000, but he blew out of town the first chance he got, and even negotiations on new deals with Vince Carter and Chris Bosh did not match the magnitude of the current situation.

The other side of the Raptors equation is more fascinating than Leonard, who will obviously be handsomely compensated wherever he goes for as long as he wants to go there.

Danny Green, the 32-year-old forward who is also an unrestricted free agent, has put his future on hold since the negotiation period began on Sunday night. Green has been touring Canada since the Raptors finished their celebrations after the parade more than a week ago — visiting Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax and Winnipeg as part of a camp and clinic tour while listening to pitches from a handful of suitors.

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He hasn’t, however, committed to any team and seems content to wait out Leonard’s decision. Green is very much involved in discussions with the Dallas Mavericks, but with so few key free agents left on the market — and the Mavericks with some very specific needs to fit around Kristaps Porzingis and Luca Doncic — there is no rush on either side of those talks, either.

Ujiri and general manager Bobby Webster have also put any other discussions on hold, even though they have one order of business significant enough that it might otherwise take their full attention.

Pascal Siakam, whose emergence as a potential all-star last season earned him the NBA’s most improved player award a week ago, can at least begin talking about a long-term contract extension that would kick in after the 2019-20 season.

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