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Toronto announced via press release that Kawhi Leonard will play for the Raptors this season, ending hours of uncertainty about his status. No contract terms were disclosed.
+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.
Domantas Sabonis wants out of Sacramento and is pushing for another extension, according to Jake Fischer, who named Charlotte as a team to watch. Sacramento reportedly had more advanced trade talks with Toronto around last season's deadline.
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.
Domantas Sabonis wants out of Sacramento, according to Jake Fischer, who cites Sabonis switching agents this summer as one sign.
+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.
With the NBA's salary cap circumvention findings against the Clippers now final, the Raptors have paused the previously agreed trade sending Kawhi Leonard back to Toronto, reportedly wary his contract could be voided.
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.
