{"id":735227,"date":"2026-06-30T17:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/735227\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T17:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:28:11","slug":"windhorst-kawhi-leonard-trade-to-raptors-could-be-finalized-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/735227\/","title":{"rendered":"Windhorst: Kawhi Leonard Trade To Raptors Could Be Finalized Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

A trade sending Kawhi Leonard<\/a> from the Clippers to the Raptors could be completed as soon as today, ESPN\u2019s Brian Windhorst said Tuesday morning on Get Up (Twitter video link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\"\"Windhorst added that the teams have \u201cagreed on player compensation,\u201d with Brandon Ingram<\/a> part of the package that would be headed to Los Angeles. Gradey Dick has also been mentioned<\/a> as being in Toronto\u2019s offer.<\/p>\n

However, the two teams are still negotiating on the draft picks that will be involved, Windhorst says. Toronto controls all of its first-round choices through 2033 and can include up to four of them in the deal. Windhorst states that L.A. wants \u201cmultiple of those,\u201d but that part of the trade is still being worked out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe key part of this is that the Raptors are willing to offer Leonard an extension, and Leonard is willing to sign in Toronto,\u201d Windhorst said. \u201cThose are two big checkmarks. What\u2019s interesting is that despite him coming off a brilliant season, the Clippers, I am told, are not willing to offer Kawhi Leonard an extension right now of any sort. There\u2019s not one on the table; he\u2019s not rejecting one to go with another, and that is what is forcing this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clippers officials want to \u201cmaximize\u201d Leonard\u2019s value and are concerned that the current deal may be \u201cone-sided,\u201d according to Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints (Twitter link<\/a>), which is why they\u2019re demanding more than one first-rounder. They view Leonard as a top-15 player in the league and remain hesitant to complete the deal without more draft compensation included, Siegel adds (Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Leonard is coming off one of the best seasons of his career, averaging 27.9 PPG in 65 games and earning second-team All-NBA honors. However, he turned 35 on Monday and has a lengthy injury history that helps explain the Clippers\u2019 reluctance to make a long-term commitment.<\/p>\n

Sources who spoke to Marc Stein and Jake Fischer of The Stein Line<\/a> (subscription required) indicated \u201ca clear sense of momentum\u201d in talks between Toronto and L.A. late Monday night. They also hear that the Clippers haven\u2019t pursued Jaylen Brown<\/a> as a possible Leonard replacement and have no plans to make an offer for the Celtics star.<\/p>\n

Windhorst suggests that L.A. could be setting up another big move. The Clippers generated about $25MM in cap flexibility on Monday by declining their options<\/a> on Bogdan Bogdanovic<\/a> and Nicolas Batum<\/a>, while Bradley Beal<\/a> turned down<\/a> his player option.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A trade sending Kawhi Leonard from the Clippers to the Raptors could be completed as soon as today,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[107827,11653,99],"class_list":["post-735227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-brandon-ingram","tag-kawhi-leonard","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}