Shocking Blockbuster Trade Sends Kawhi Leonard Back To Toronto Raptors
BREAKING: The Los Angeles Clippers are nearing deal sending Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto Raptors for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, 2 first-round picks, 1 pick swap and 2 second-rounders, sources tell ESPN. A return to Canada for the Raptors champion and two-time Finals MVP. pic.twitter.com/VovqGw5qS6
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 30, 2026
The Raptors will send Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, 2 first-round picks, 1 pick swap and 2 second-rounders to the Clippers in return.
They will also need to pony up a huge extension for Kawhi, who has one year remaining on his current deal that will pay him $50M this coming season.
Kawhi Leonard is back in The North, returning to the team he led to the NBA championship in 2019.
Kawhi Leonard intends to end his career as a Toronto Raptor, per ESPN.
— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) June 30, 2026
He should've never left. pic.twitter.com/UtXjrD2gjq
ESPN reports that Kawhi wants to play the rest of his career in Toronto and retire as a Raptor.
Kawhi Leonard and Toronto Raptors will soon engage to structure out the terms on a two-year extension to lock up the future Hall of Famer through the 2028-29 season, sources say. https://t.co/3IrKDAz8hV
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) June 30, 2026
Insider Chris Haynes reports that Kawhi and the Raptors will start to hammer out a new two-year extension which would kick in next summer and lock him up with Toronto through the 2028-29 season.
Leonard, who turned 35 on Monday, is coming off one of the best seasons of his career, averaging a personal best 27.9 points, and after years of injury troubles, also played 65 games, his second-highest of the last nine years.
