{"id":896317,"date":"2026-09-15T06:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T06:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/896317\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T06:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T06:02:11","slug":"timeline-kawhi-leonards-road-to-from-and-back-to-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/896317\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline: Kawhi Leonard\u2019s road to, from and back to Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nov. 29, 2018 \u2014 Leonard returns to San Antonio for the first time since requesting a trade. The Spurs defeat the Raptors 125-107.<\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789452131_170_indicator-big.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>May 12, 2019 \u2014 Leonard hits a buzzer-beating shot over Philadelphia\u2019s Joel Embiid to lift Toronto to a 92-90 Game 7 victory and its first Eastern Conference final appearance.<\/p>\n<p>June 13, 2019 \u2014 Leonard scores 22 points as the Raptors defeat the Golden State Warriors 114-110 in Game 6, winning the franchise\u2019s first NBA title. He is named NBA Finals MVP.<\/p>\n<p>June 17, 2019 \u2014 More than two million people attend the Raptors\u2019 championship parade in downtown Toronto. Leonard\u2019s \u201cWhat it do, baby?\u201d greeting to the crowd becomes another memorable moment from his lone season with the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>July 6, 2019 \u2014 Leonard leaves Toronto after one season, signing as a free agent with the Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n<p>July 10, 2019 \u2014 The Clippers formally introduce Leonard after his return to his home state of California.<\/p>\n<p>uly 2021 \u2014 Leonard undergoes surgery to repair a torn ACL suffered during the Clippers\u2019 playoff run, causing him to miss the entire 2021-22 season.<\/p>\n<p>September 2025 \u2014 The NBA opens an investigation following allegations first reported by journalist Pablo Torre that Leonard signed a US$28-million \u201cno-show\u201d endorsement deal with Aspiration, an environmental financial technology company, that required no work beyond remaining with the Clippers.<\/p>\n<p>2019-26 \u2014 Leonard battles injuries throughout his seven years with the Los Angeles Clippers but averages a career-high 27.9 points in 65 games in the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>June 30, 2026 \u2014 The Clippers agree to trade Leonard to the Raptors for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, unprotected first-round picks in 2031 and 2033, a 2027 first-round pick swap and two second-round picks.<\/p>\n<p>July 9, 2026 \u2014 The Raptors put the trade on hold after the NBA said the team would assume the risk of any outcome from the league\u2019s ongoing investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n<p>Sept. 2, 2026 \u2014 The NBA declined to suspend Leonard or void his contract after its salary-cap circumvention investigation into the Clippers, clearing the way for his trade to Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Sept. 14, 2026 \u2014 The Raptors and Clippers make the deal official.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 14, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nov. 29, 2018 \u2014 Leonard returns to San Antonio for the first time since requesting a trade. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":896318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-896317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896317","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=896317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/896318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}