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Trade Radar · open rumor · Tuesday, September 8 · 16 h ago

Latest On Kawhi Leonard Trade

via hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗

Shortly after the NBA announced the findings of its cap circumvention investigation into the Clippers last Wednesday, Shams Charania of ESPN stated that the trade sending Kawhi Leonard to the Raptors would likely be completed within “the next couple of days.” The two teams reached an agreement on that blockbuster deal on June 30, but […]

Confidence
45%
Reporter starting tier45unattributed report
Corroboration+0nobody else has reported this yet
Age01 day old · a rumor loses 1.2 points a day, up to 25
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Who it involves
Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard
Clippers · 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 LeonardRaptors
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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