LA Clippers · 7 updates
+2A hypothetical trade would send Jimmy Butler III and Moses Moody to the Clippers for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick and Max Strus. The idea leans on injuries: Butler is out until January or February after an ACL tear, and Moody is recovering from a ruptured patellar tendon.
A hypothetical four-team trade would send Miles McBride from New York to Charlotte, with Moussa Diabate coming back to the Knicks. The proposal also routes Miles Bridges and a protected 2027 first-round pick to the Clippers, while Phoenix would land Gradey Dick and Isaiah Jackson.
Bleacher Report's Jake Fischer says the Clippers have no current plan to trade Brandon Ingram, who is set to join them via the pending Kawhi Leonard deal with Toronto.
+3The Clippers' Kawhi Leonard trade to Toronto is expected to close soon now that the league's cap-circumvention probe has ended with a $700K fine and no suspension for Leonard. Under the original terms, the Clippers would get Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, two unprotected first-round picks and other assets back.
Kawhi Leonard was fined $700,000 by the NBA over the Clippers' cap circumvention scandal but avoided suspension or a voided contract, The Athletic's John Hollinger reported.
The NBA's cap-circumvention ruling stripped the Clippers of five first-round picks (2029-2033), fined owner Steve Ballmer $30 million and suspended executives Gillian Zucker and Lawrence Frank over off-court payments steered to Kawhi Leonard.
ESPN's Ramona Shelburne said on ESPN LA's Mason & Ireland that the Clippers are comfortable keeping Kawhi Leonard if Toronto backs out of the trade, which has been on hold since July 9 amid the NBA's investigation into the team.
