Raptors acquire Kawhi Leonard in stunning trade deal with Clippers

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/leonard-kawhi/d4zqZuLO/"]Leonard[/a], 34, has one year left on his current deal and is set to make $50.3 million this upcoming season before becoming an unrestricted free agent (barring any extensions). [/p][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-clippers/vPeTYlqm/"]Los Angeles[/a] native has spent the past seven years with the Clippers after a one-year championship run with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/toronto-raptors/CxtbCMdU/"]Raptors[/a] during the 2018-2019 season.[/p][p]Now, he's back in The 6.[/p][embed guid="814de53c-0b0f-468b-9f39-6893706969b8" url="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/2072091819035316691?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Leonard spent the first seven years of his career with the Spurs after the team selected him 15th overall in the 2011 draft. The seven-time All-Star and seven-time All-NBA lifted them to their fifth championship when they defeated the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/miami-heat/CQ7AXnT5/"]Miami Heat[/a] in five games in 2014. [/p][p]Leonard will join a Raptors team that finished fifth in the Eastern Conference this past season with a 46-36 record. He'll be bringing over a career-high 27.9 points per game from this past season as Toronto look to make their own push in the East following the massive trade deal with Giannis to the Heat. [/p][embed guid="09bab5ba-0568-4678-8d58-78827ba1d442" url="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/2072045577617998115?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][h2]Ingram & Dick[/h2][p]Ingram, 28, is coming off just his second-ever All-Star season in his 10-year career. The veteran big man posted 21.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game this past season. [/p][p]He has averaged over 20 points per game in each of the last seven seasons, and has also, shockingly, posted exactly 12.1 two-point shot attempts per game in now three straight seasons. [/p][p]Despite battling injuries most of his career, Ingram finally posted a healthy season, playing in a career-best 77 games for the Raptors. [/p][embed guid="fb18fa9e-16ab-4bfc-bf7f-35bf753bd116" url="https://x.com/NBA/status/2042427306958811502?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Ingram is still under contract for the next two seasons and is set to make $40 million this upcoming season and $41.9 million next season with a player option.[/p][p]Dick, 22, on the other hand, had a down year for the Raptors after being switched into a role player position off the bench. He averaged 14.4 points per game over 54 games (54 starts) during the 2024-2025 season, only to see it drop to 6.0 points per game in one start (76 games). [/p][p]The former 13th overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft has one year left on his deal and will make $7.1 million this upcoming season. [/p]