{"id":913135,"date":"2026-09-28T18:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913135\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T18:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:52:21","slug":"leonard-happy-to-be-back-in-toronto-but-doesnt-regret-move-to-l-a-after-title-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/913135\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonard happy to be back in Toronto, but doesn\u2019t regret move to L.A. after title | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790621541_873_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard speaks at the Raptors media day in Toronto on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jon Blacker<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tSep 28, 2026 | 11:22 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Kawhi Leonard says he has no regrets about leaving Toronto for his hometown of Los Angeles 10 years ago, but he\u2019s excited to be back in the city he led to an NBA title.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard spoke to the media Monday for the first time since the Raptors reacquired the star forward in a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers and signed him to a two-year contract extension.<\/p>\n<p>He said signing with the Clippers as a free agent after Toronto\u2019s championship 2018-19 season allowed him to spend time with family and loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>But the 35-year-old said he felt he wasn\u2019t in a competitive situation with the Clippers last year, and feels he is a good fit with a young, defence-first Raptors squad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard speaks at the Raptors media day in Toronto on Monday, Sept. 28, 2026.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,2465,2466,82,3302],"class_list":["post-913135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913135","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=913135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}