Trade Radar · open rumor · Monday, September 7 · 19 h ago
Significant Transactions That Have Yet To Be Finalized
via hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗
The Clippers agreed to trade Kawhi Leonard to the Raptors on June 30, but that blockbuster deal has been on hold until the NBA competed its investigation into whether the Clippers circumvented the salary cap to pay Leonard through a series of “no-show” endorsement deals. The league announced the results of that investigation last week, […]
Confidence
45%
| Reporter starting tier | 45 | unattributed report |
| Corroboration | +0 | nobody else has reported this yet |
| Age | −0 | 1 day old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25 |
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Who it involves
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
Build it in the Trade Machine →Kawhi Leonard → Raptors
Send out at least $40.04M
The Raptors are in the tax, so to take on $50.30M they need to send out $40.04M or more under the 125% + $250k rule.
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