Raptors Reacquire Kawhi Leonard in 5-Pick Trade as NBA Caps Probe Ends With $700,000 Fine
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Updated · CBC Sports · Sep 14
Raptors Reacquire Kawhi Leonard in 5-Pick Trade as NBA Caps Probe Ends With $700,000 Fine
3 articles · Updated · CBC Sports · Sep 14
Summary
Toronto and the Clippers agreed to complete a trade sending 35-year-old Kawhi Leonard back to the Raptors, with the deal to become official pending a league trade call.
The move had been paused during an NBA salary-cap circumvention probe that ended Sept. 2 with a $700,000 fine for Leonard, but no suspension and no voiding of his contract.
Los Angeles is set to receive Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, unprotected 2031 and 2033 first-round picks, a 2027 first-round swap and two second-rounders.
Leonard averaged 27.9 points last season and returns to the franchise he led to the 2019 NBA title; he is expected to address reporters at Raptors media day on Sept. 28.
With the NBA dropping historic penalties on the Clippers, will the looming federal criminal probe expose even deeper corruption in Kawhi's 2019 signing?
Stripped of their star and five future draft picks, how can the crippled Clippers possibly survive the most devastating penalties in NBA history?