The commerce that may ship Kawhi Leonard from the Clippers again to the Raptors stays on maintain whereas the NBA completes its ongoing investigation into the Clippers.
In an announcement to ESPN, the Clippers mentioned they’ve absolutely cooperated with the league over the previous 10 months, taking part in interviews, offering 1000’s of paperwork, and giving investigators entry to group personnel.
The group mentioned it reached an settlement in precept to commerce Leonard on June 30 however was later knowledgeable by the NBA that the deal can’t be finalized until the Raptors settle for the danger of any potential penalties tied to Leonard’s contract that might end result from the investigation.
The Clippers additionally denied the allegations in opposition to them, saying the investigation facilities on Joe Sanberg and Aspiration.
“On the coronary heart of this investigation are Joe Sanberg and Aspiration. We didn’t funnel cash to Kawhi Leonard by Aspiration. Like many subtle buyers, monetary establishments, and enterprise companions, we had been victims of a fraud initiated by Sanberg, who has been convicted and sentenced to 14 years in jail.”
The group added that it expects to be cleared.
“We stay assured that, when the details are evaluated pretty and completely, the NBA will affirm precisely what we now have mentioned from the start: We’ve got not finished what we’re accused of doing.”
The Raptors confirmed they had been knowledgeable they might assume any potential legal responsibility if the commerce had been accomplished earlier than the investigation ends.
“… the NBA league workplace knowledgeable us that because of the continuing investigation involving the Clippers, we might assume the danger of any potential consequence of the investigation impacting Kawhi.”
Due to that, Toronto mentioned it’ll wait till the league finishes its investigation earlier than finishing the commerce.
Raptors: “…the NBA league workplace knowledgeable us that because of the continuing investigation involving the Clippers, we might assume the danger of any potential consequence of the investigation impacting Kawhi.
In mild of this, we are going to wait till the league’s investigation is… https://t.co/8Zl5qLtscW
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 9, 2026
