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The Raptors are sending Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, two
first-round picks, two second-round picks and pick swap to the
Clippers for Leonard, said the person who spoke to The
Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the trade has
not received the required league approval.
Leonard spent one season in Toronto, and that was the year the
Raptors won their lone title. He turned 35 on Monday but is
coming off the highest-scoring season of his career, averaging
27.9 points for the Clippers in 65 games.
Leonard is a seven-time All-Star, seven-time All-NBA selection,
a two-time NBA champion (also having won in 2014 with San
Antonio) and is generally considered one of the game's top
defensive players.
The trade is the latest in what's becoming a long line of huge
deals getting made between clubs already this summer, one that
has seen Giannis Antetokounmpo getting traded by Milwaukee to
Miami, Ja Morant getting moved to Portland by Memphis and now
this — one where the Raptors will hope that Leonard can weave
his title magic one more time.
Toronto agreeing to make this deal suggests that it isn't
worried about the ongoing probe into an endorsement deal that
Leonard had with a California-based sustainability services
company.
The NBA opened its investigation back in September into whether
a $28 million endorsement contract between Leonard and
Aspiration Fund Adviser, LLC — a company that filed for
bankruptcy earlier this year — broke league rules, following a
report by journalist Pablo Torre. The primary issue for the NBA
to decide is if the deal allowed the Clippers to circumvent
league salary cap rules.
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