{"id":515560,"date":"2026-09-14T21:10:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=515560"},"modified":"2026-09-14T21:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T19:10:33","slug":"kawhi-leonard-to-raptors-official-announcement-expected-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kawhi-leonard-to-raptors-official-announcement-expected-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard to Raptors, Official Announcement Expected Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors have agreed to complete the trade that will send Kawhi Leonard back to Canada in exchange for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, two unprotected first-round picks, a first-round pick swap and two future second-round picks.<\/p>\n<p>The two franchises are now expected to call the NBA offices shortly, allowing them to officially announce the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard spent just one season with the Raptors, leading the franchise to its historic first NBA championship.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Done deal: The LA Clippers and Raptors have both agreed to complete the trade sending Kawhi Leonard to Toronto for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, two unprotected first-round picks, one first-round pick swap and two second-rounders, per ESPN sources. The sides will now schedule a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c0lk5xUGJG\">pic.twitter.com\/c0lk5xUGJG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2099570166963019862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leonard spent just one season with the Raptors, leading the franchise to its historic first NBA championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":515559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[175],"typology":[183],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-515560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","rumors-nba-rumors","typology-rumors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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