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Raptors Nightly Desk · transactions · Tuesday, September 15

Kawhi Leonard joins the Raptors, from the Clippers

LA Clippers→Toronto Raptors
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Kawhi Leonard
F · 35 · 15 seasons · 19.5 ppg 2026-27
The move
LAC → TOR
official roster · Sep 15, 2026
2026-27 cap hit
$50.30M
3 seasons on the books through 2028-29
Raptors payroll
$201.2M
in the tax · cap $165.0M · tax $200.4M
Roster
16 players
standard limit 15 + 3 two-way
Part of a trade
Clippers-Raptors trade: the full deal, who goes where and the money on both sides →
Raptors Nightly Desk

This move is part of a multi-player trade: the Hoops Nightly Desk tells the whole deal in one piece, linked above. Below, this player's contract and the cap sheet.

The report that came first · Mon, Sep 14
Shams Charania · confidence 90% · moved
2026-27$50.30M
2027-28$56.10M
2028-29$58.90M

Raptors rotation

tracker →
Scottie Barnes33.3 min · 23.5 pts
RJ Barrett32.6 min · 20.9 pts
Immanuel Quickley31.8 min · 17.4 pts
Ja'Kobe Walter29.1 min · 11.4 pts
Jamal Shead21.6 min · 5.5 pts
Collin Murray-Boyles20.6 min · 9.6 pts

Moves are detected from the official rosters, so the mechanism (trade, signing, waiver claim, two-way conversion) comes from the linked report when there is one. Salary figures are cap hits from public salary data.