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Trade Radar · confirmed · Monday, September 14 · 23 h ago

Kawhi Leonard Trade To Raptors May Be Close To Completion

confirmed · roster changevia hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗

Steve Ballmer’s acceptance of the league’s penalties for salary cap circumvention could clear the way for the Kawhi Leonard trade to be completed soon. A source close to Leonard told Sam Amick and Matt Schubert of The Athletic that he expects the deal to be finalized “in the coming days.” The Clippers and Raptors agreed […]

Confidence
53%
Reporter starting tier45unattributed report
Corroboration+81 other reporter on the same player within 7 days
Age11 day 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
Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard
Raptors · F · 27.9 pts · 6.4 reb · 3.6 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $50.30M · expiring
LA Clippers
$196.9M · over the cap · 18 contracts · cap sheet
Toronto Raptors
$202.7M · in the tax · 17 contracts · cap sheet

What would have to happen

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Kawhi LeonardClippers
Send out at least $40.04M
The Clippers are over the cap, so to take on $50.30M they need to send out $40.04M or more under the 125% + $250k rule.

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