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The reports of Kawhi Leonard being traded to the Toronto Raptors<\/a> were premature.<\/p>\n On Thursday, ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania shared a surprising update to the projected Leonard trade that was to send Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, two unprotected firsts (2031, 2033), two second-round picks and a 2027 first-round pick swap to the Los Angeles Clippers<\/a>, with the deal on hold as an investigation into possible cap circumvention continues.<\/p>\n In September 2025, podcaster Pablo Torre reported on an episode of “Pablo Torre Finds Out” that after signing a contract with the Clippers, Leonard received a $28M “no show” endorsement package from Aspiration, a now-defunct green-banking company whose co-founder, Joseph Sanberg, received a 14-year federal prison sentence<\/a> in June following a guilty plea on two wire fraud counts.<\/p>\n Per Torre, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer invested $50M and the Clippers agreed to a $300M deal in the company during the months leading up to Leonard’s sponsorship agreement, which a whistleblower alleged to Torre “was to circumvent the cap,” via ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n Both Leonard and the Clippers have denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n