FearBuck: Dillon Brooks tells Neon that the Kawhi Leonard trade to the Toronto Raptors WON’T happen
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Kawhi's odds of playing for the Toronto Raptors in 2026-27 have tumbled from 67.2% to 49.0% in the past 6 hours on Polymarket, an 18.2-point move. — 7/31/2026 HoopsMatic
NBABase: The Raptors are refusing to complete the trade for Kawhi Leonard because they are unwilling to take on the risk of potential NBA penalties, per @ramonashelburne "They are not willing to assume those risks." — 7/30/2026 x.com
NBABase: Steve Ballmer is expected to aggressively fight the NBA legally if penalties are levied against him in the Kawhi Leonard investigation, per @VinceGoodwill "Steve Ballmer can lawyer up as well as anybody." — 7/30/2026 x.com
Oh No He
Didn't: Baxter Holmes on the Kawhi/Clippers investigation: "I think the NBA wants to get this right. People have said to me all throughout that Adam Silver has forecast that in all his comments about how the burden of proof is on the league, that we're gonna follow the facts. They wanna be thorough so that at the end of the day, this process can look fair, transparent, accurate and that everybody can feel at peace with what happened" — 7/30/2026 x.com
Oh No He Didn't: Ramona Shelburne on whether the Raptors would back out of the Kawhi trade: "I haven't heard them trying to back out. I think the discussion is more of a league wide discussion which is when you have a trade that gets held up, whether it's a failed physical or something like that you can modify the trade" — 7/30/2026 x.com
Oh No He Didn't: Ramona Shelburne on the Kawhi/Clippers investigation: "I can see a world in which Kawhi Leonard is back on the Clippers if this trade doesn't go through and the Clippers quite frankly are fine with that" — 7/30/2026 x.com
Josh Lewenberg: Given the recent discourse and length of investigation, I can understand the skepticism but reality is the likelihood of Kawhi becoming a Raptor hasn't changed. Would still take a massive penalty (void contract or max suspension) to jeopardize the trade. Possible but don't see it. Voiding the contract would punish the league as much as it would punish Kawhi, and the only players who have ever been suspended 30+ games either punched a fan or brought guns into the locker room. NBA would need to build one hell of a case against Kawhi to drop the hammer on him. As I noted yesterday, Raptors wouldn't necessarily need to wait on arbitration for the trade to be completed. If they're comfortable inheriting whatever Kawhi discipline the league hands down, they could theoretically sign off on the deal (or renegotiate) before appeals are heard. — 7/30/2026 x.com
Former Los Angeles Clippers center Daniel Theis has emerged as another NBA figure connected to Rhode Island FC amid Pablo Torre's ongoing investigation into Kawhi Leonard's business relationships. On the latest episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out, Torre highlighted that Rhode Island FC publicly welcomed Theis into its ownership group in March 2023. The connection attracted attention because, according to Torre's reporting, Leonard, his uncle and business adviser Dennis Robertson, and Leonard's former agent Mitch Frankel also acquired ownership interests in the soccer club – but their involvement was never publicly promoted by RIFC. There is no evidence presented in the podcast that Theis committed any wrongdoing or that his investment was connected to the LA Clippers. — 7/30/2026 BasketNews
Kawhi's odds of playing for the Los Angeles Clippers in 2026-27 have jumped from 8.5% to 29.1% in the past 6 hours on Polymarket, a 20.6-point move. — 7/30/2026 HoopsMatic
Sources who have known and worked with Silver for years have repeatedly told ESPN that they do not expect him to be swayed by public attention in this case, one way or another. As one source explained, if the league ignored evidence that implicated the Clippers, then the cover-up would become a story; and if the league sought punishment without evidence, then the overreach would become a story. The source said they had full confidence that Silver would "play it straight," based on the facts, as Silver has said he would do throughout the inquiry. — 7/29/2026 ESPN
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