via Kawhidagoat1<\/a> on X. \u201cYeah, me and Top Barry got something dropping.\u201d<\/p>\nLeonard\u2019s Asia schedule has included youth camps, fan events, and a planned 1-on-1 against a Chinese streetballer in Wuhan.<\/p>\n
He gave no specifics, but it marked the first time Leonard has announced a personal track while his NBA career is unsettled. He has been involved in music before, appearing in Drake\u2019s 2021 \u201cWay 2 Sexy\u201d video and executive-producing the Culture Jam project with Lil Uzi Vert and Rod Wave. But he has never teased a personal track.<\/p>\n
The Wait Continues for Raptors and Leonard\u2019s Camp<\/p>\n
The teasing announcement from Leonard came just days after the NBA publicly disputed an ESPN report on the Clippers investigation, while a reported trade sending Leonard back to Toronto remains frozen.<\/p>\n
Leonard averaged a career-high 27.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, and 3.6 assists in 65 games last season. At that level of production, he remains a cornerstone asset, which makes the unresolved probe even more consequential.<\/p>\n
The investigation, now more than 11 months old, centers on and around a $28 million Aspiration endorsement deal described as a possible no-show arrangement tied to Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. Additional reports revealed a separate deal with Daktronics, the company behind Intuit Dome\u2019s video board.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Adam Silver has said he wants the probe wrapped before the 2026\u201327 season. Until then, the Clippers and Raptors cannot finalize the package that would send Leonard to Toronto for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, and draft assets.<\/p>\n
Now, although Leonard is looking to do something new with his music, all eyes would certainly remain on his NBA future. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard\u2019s offseason tour in Asia was expected to be a quiet escape from the storm surrounding the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":869727,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[277399,49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-869726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-basketballnews","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/869727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}