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Trade Radar · confirmed · Saturday, September 12 · 3 d ago

Atlantic Notes: Raptors, Kawhi, M. Brown, Philon

confirmed · roster changevia hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗

Within his Raptors season primer, Michael Grange of Sportsnet.ca continues to hear from people familiar with the matter that the trade sending Kawhi Leonard to Toronto — and Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, two first-round picks, two second-rounders and one first-round swap to Los Angeles — “will go through sooner rather than later.” As Grange writes, […]

Confidence
51%
Reporter starting tier45unattributed report
Corroboration+81 other reporter on the same player within 7 days
Age33 days old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25
The score is recomputed every 30 minutes; a matching roster move marks it confirmed, an on-record denial marks it denied, 30 quiet days expire it. How every reporter scores →
Who it involves
Brandon Ingram
Brandon Ingram
Clippers · F · 21.5 pts · 5.6 reb · 3.7 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $40.00M · next season $41.90M
Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard
Raptors · F · 27.9 pts · 6.4 reb · 3.6 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $50.30M · expiring
Gradey Dick
Gradey Dick
Clippers · G-F · 6.0 pts · 1.9 reb · 0.7 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $7.13M · expiring
Toronto Raptors
$202.7M · in the tax · 17 contracts · cap sheet

What would have to happen

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Brandon IngramRaptors
Send out at least $31.80M
The Raptors are in the tax, so to take on $40.00M they need to send out $31.80M or more under the 125% + $250k rule.
Gradey DickRaptors
Send out at least $3.44M
The Raptors are in the tax, so to take on $7.13M they need to send out $3.44M or more under the 200% + $250k rule.

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