The NBA is reportedly using the pending Kawhi Leonard trade between the Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors as leverage in negotiations with the Clippers, potentially seeking a broader settlement that could prevent owner Steve Ballmer from pursuing legal action against the league. David Samson said the NBA and Clippers are likely negotiating both the […]
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The case has now gone federal
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The Raptors stood out in Kawhi Leonard trade talks, offering the Clippers top future draft value among a limited group of suitors.
Los Angeles Clippers could be pausing Kawhi trade as payback against Kawhi Leonard.
The Clippers have already had a rough summer. The NBA hit the franchise with a $30 million fine, suspended owner Steve Ballmer and president Lawrence Frank, and stripped the team of five future first-round picks after a year-long investigation into cap circumvention involving Kawhi Leonard. The Leonard trade to the Raptors still hasn’t even been […]
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The Raptors' hopes of landing Walter Clayton Jr. appears to be dead after Marc Stein's latest report about his Grizzlies future.
Raptors The Raptors want Kawhi Leonard. Leonard wants the Raptors. The Clippers are apparently asking everyone to wait. According to Marc Stein of The Stein Line, Toronto and Leonard are eager to complete the agreed-upon trade that will send him back to the franchise he led to the 2019 championship. Los Angeles is believed to […]
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The Los Angeles Clippers have had quite the summer. The NBA finally handed down a substantial punishment last week after wrapping up a year-long investigation into cap circumvention involving Kawhi Leonard. The league hit the Clippers with a $50 million fine, suspended Steve Ballmer and Lawrence Frank and, most importantly, stripped them of five future first-round picks. Despite the apparent resolution of Leonard’s situation, the Clippers have yet to finalize their trade of Leonard to the Rapt...
A stunning new rumor claims the Los Angeles Clippers might scrap the planned trade sending Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto […]
Another day, another Kawhi Leonard and Clippers rumor. And this one is sounding more ominous for the Toronto Raptors and the pending trade that's been on hold for couple of months. It was thought that the resolution of the cap circumvention scandal with last week's punishments imposed by the NBA would free up the trade to go through. But Insider Marc Stein suggests that the Clippers are holding off on the trade and perhaps even “considering something even more drastic” to spite Kawhi Leonard. ...
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The Los Angeles Clippers are nobody’s favourite team these days, even Clippers fans. Amidst the fallout from the Aspiration Scandal’s conclusion, the Clips have been stripped of their picks, their leadership, and are potentially about to relinquish their best player to the Raptors. All in all, it’s been a pretty bad couple of days for […]
The NBA has officially announced (via Twitter) its full schedule for the 2026 preseason, which tips off with a Heat/Raptors contest in Quebec City on October 3 and wraps up with a 12-game slate on Oct. 16, including a Nuggets/Lakers matchup that will be televised on ESPN. That Nuggets/Lakers game is one of five preseason […]
Brandon Ingram apparently isn’t being acquired merely so the Clippers can trade him again. At least not immediately. NBA insider Jake Fischer said during a Bleacher Report live stream that he has received no indication Los Angeles is actively exploring another trade involving Ingram. The Clippers are set to acquire the veteran forward from Toronto […]
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The continued delay of Kawhi Leonard’s trade from the Los Angeles Clippers to the Toronto Raptors has become a mystery around the NBA, according to Sam Amick of The Athletic. More than a week after the NBA announced its findings and penalties in the historic salary-cap circumvention case involving Leonard and the Clippers, the trade […]
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By Arthur Hill | at September 9, 2026 9:49 pm 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 the Raptors and all the players involved that they aren’t ready to complete the deal yet because they’re still figu...
The Los Angeles Clippers are fuming. They're angry at the NBA for the heavy-handed punishment handed down to them for the cap circumvention scandal. And they're super peeved at Kawhi Leonard.
But now that the penalties have been handed down by commissioner Adam Silver and Leonard is free of any suspension or contract voiding, it was thought that the paused trade to send Kawhi to the Toronto Raptors would be going through. However, that's not been the case. Jake Fischer of Bleache...
If the Grizzlies' roster crunch forces them to part with Walter Clayton Jr., the Raptors should sign him, as his shooting could be a nice boost at guard.
MIAMI — The trade sending Kawhi Leonard from the LA Clippers to the Toronto Raptors isn’t official yet, but that’s not stopping Leonard from being around his new Raptors teammates. According to The Athletic, Leonard is with Toronto players in Miami. The future Hall of Famer and the Raptors expect the Clippers to finalize the […]
No one in and around the Clippers is happy with Kawhi Leonard at the moment.
The Los Angeles Clippers are still recovering from the aftershocks of the massive punishment that the NBA hammered them with last week as a result of the Kawhi Leonard salary cap circumnavigation scandal. The Clippers will be forced to part with five future first-round picks, in addition to hefty fines and suspensions for key figures […]
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Kawhi Leonard was spotted in Miami on Tuesday night as the star forward awaits the completion of a trade that would send him from the Los Angeles Clippers back to the Toronto Raptors. Leonard’s appearance comes less than a week after the NBA issued its ruling against the Clippers last Wednesday, handing down significant penalties […]
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Samson Folk & Trevon Heath are joined by Steph Noh to investigate if the Raptors are actually contenders with Kawhi Leonard.
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The Kawhi Leonard trade to Toronto was supposed to close after the NBA finished its investigation into the Clippers. Instead, the deal is still on the table, but a new problem is now slowing the process. The latest holdup is coming from inside Los Angeles. Jake Fischer reports that the Clippers are still working through [...]
The Kawhi Leonard trade saga has taken another strange turn. More than a week after the NBA handed down its historic punishment against the Los Angeles Clippers, Leonard still hasn’t officially been traded to the Toronto Raptors, and according to The Athletic’s Sam Amick, people around the league aren’t entirely sure why. The Clippers and […]
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