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+2A hypothetical three-team trade would send Domantas Sabonis from Sacramento to Toronto, with Jakob Poeltl landing at the Clippers and RJ Barrett, Max Strus and Ja'Kobe Walter going to the Kings.
A trade sending Kawhi Leonard to Toronto is reportedly a done deal in principle, per league sources cited by NBC Sports, and won't fall apart.
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.
+2Sam Amick of The Athletic named Paolo Banchero as a possible next star on the move, alongside usual suspects like Anthony Davis and Domantas Sabonis.
Sean Deveney of Heavy Sports reports the Clippers could eventually shop Darius Garland as they try to rebuild their pick stockpile after losing their own firsts through 2033. One mock framework sends Garland to Atlanta for CJ McCollum, Corey Kispert, Ryan Nembhard and two first-round picks.
The Denver Post reports Kris Dunn came up in trade talks between the Nuggets and Clippers. Denver only wanted in if the Clippers attached draft capital, and Los Angeles wasn't willing to meet that price. Dunn stays with the Clippers for now, entering the final year of his contract at $5.6 million.
+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.
A trade idea floated by Fadeaway World's Fran Levia would send Kris Dunn from the Clippers to Boston for second-round picks in 2028, 2030 and 2031, coming from Milwaukee, Washington and Boston.
Philadelphia will retain its 2029 first-round pick swap with the Clippers, sources told Chris Hine of The Philadelphia Inquirer. The NBA is stripping Los Angeles of five first-round picks from 2029 to 2033 as punishment for cap circumvention.
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.
