More than three weeks later, Kawhi Leonard has spoken, and he really only needed to say two words.

“I have been going back and forth the last few weeks trying to figure out the right things to say, and it comes down to two simple words: THANK YOU!” Leonard wrote in a letter to the San Antonio Express-News on Thursday.

Leonard demanded a trade this summer away from the only team he has known, after seven mostly brilliant seasons in San Antonio. The Spurs then dealt him to Toronto on July 18 for DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a protected 2019 first-round pick. Leonard, who was craving Los Angeles, reportedly was not happy to be shipped out of the country, and his letter did not address the Raptors.

It did address Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, who had a last-ditch meeting with Leonard in June to try to persuade his superstar to stay. The two sides have had tumultuous relationship in the past year, as Leonard played just nine games last season due to a quad injury. Spurs doctors cleared him to return, but Leonard’s own team did not, and as Leonard sat, his relationship with the Spurs grew colder.

“I’ll always be grateful for my growth under your guidance,” Leonard wrote about Popovich.

He also thanked the city of San Antonio, his former teammates and the fans.