🚨 BREAKING: A deal is being finalized that sends Kawhi Leonard to the Raptors for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, 2 first-round picks, 1 pick swap and 2 second-rounders, per Shams.
Seven years after walking away from the franchise he turned into champions, The Klaw is heading back north.
The Kawhi era in Los Angeles will forever be defined by two words: What if?
When he was healthy, he was an absolute cyborg.
He gave the Clippers their first-ever Western Conference Finals berth in 2021, earned four All-NBA nods, and just came off a vintage 2025–26 season where he dropped a career-high 27.9 points per game.
But the championship parade the city was promised never arrived, repeatedly derailed by brutal postseason injury luck.
With LA pivoting to a new era, the front office finally pulled the trigger.
Now, he returns to the place where he is immortalized.
Raptors fans don't need a reminder of what happened in 2019.
They remember the four bounces against Philly.
They remember the absolute destruction of the Bucks and Warriors.
They remember Kawhi averaging 30.5 points per game on one leg to bring Larry O'Brien across the border for the first time in history.
The Fun Guy is back in Canada.
Buckle up, NBA fans.
This is going to be wild.
🚨 BREAKING: A deal is being finalized that sends Kawhi Leonard to the Raptors for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, 2 first-round picks, 1 pick swap and 2 second-rounders, per Shams.
Seven years after walking away from the franchise he turned into champions, The Klaw is heading back north.
The Kawhi era in Los Angeles will forever be defined by two words: What if?
When he was healthy, he was an absolute cyborg.
He gave the Clippers their first-ever Western Conference Finals berth in 2021, earned four All-NBA nods, and just came off a vintage 2025–26 season where he dropped a career-high 27.9 points per game.
But the championship parade the city was promised never arrived, repeatedly derailed by brutal postseason injury luck.
With LA pivoting to a new era, the front office finally pulled the trigger.
Now, he returns to the place where he is immortalized.
Raptors fans don't need a reminder of what happened in 2019.
They remember the four bounces against Philly.
They remember the absolute destruction of the Bucks and Warriors.
They remember Kawhi averaging 30.5 points per game on one leg to bring Larry O'Brien across the border for the first time in history.
The Fun Guy is back in Canada.
Buckle up, NBA fans.
This is going to be wild.
