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Trade Radar · open rumor · Wednesday, September 9 · 13 h ago

Pacific Notes: Ingram, Butler, Sabonis, Simmons

via hoopsrumorsRead the original report ↗

Once the Kawhi Leonard trade with Toronto is finalized, the Clippers plan to hold onto Brandon Ingram for a while rather than immediately trying to flip him for other players or draft picks, Jake Fischer said on Bleacher Report’s NBA Insider Notebook (video link, hat tip to BasketNews). Fischer confirms that the Clippers have informed […]

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
Brandon Ingram
Brandon Ingram
Raptors · F · 21.5 pts · 5.6 reb · 3.7 ast
Cap hit 2026-27: $40.00M · next season $41.90M
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

What would have to happen

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Brandon IngramClippers
Send out at least $31.80M
The Clippers are over the cap, so to take on $40.00M they need to send out $31.80M or more under the 125% + $250k rule.

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