Kawhi Leonard gets best-case scenario, leaves Clippers in the dust after NBA investigation

Leonard gets to flee to Toronto mostly unscathed, while the Clippers are left to pick up the pieces When the hammer finally dropped, the Los Angeles Clippers got clobbered . Almost no one associated with the NBA's nearly year-long investigation of the organization for salary cap circumvention was spared -- except, it seems, for Kawhi Leonard , who will evidently be allowed to make a run for the border and flee to Canada [1].

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1. cbssports.com · Kawhi Leonard gets best-case scenario, leaves Clippers in the dust after NBA investigation Sep 3, 2026
2. cbssports.com · What can the Clippers do now? Rebuilding after NBA's harshest penalties won't be easy, but there's a blueprint Sep 3, 2026
3. cbssports.com · Revelations from NBA's Clippers investigation: What report says about Uncle Dennis, other companies and more Sep 3, 2026
4. cbssports.com · Why wasn't Kawhi Leonard's contract wasn't voided? The differences vs. NBA's last major cap circumvention case Sep 3, 2026
5. cbssports.com · What's next after NBA's Clippers punishment? Five lingering questions about Kawhi Leonard trade, appeals, more Sep 3, 2026
6. cbssports.com · NBA hammers Clippers, Steve Ballmer for salary cap circumvention as Kawhi Leonard avoids suspension Sep 3, 2026
7. cbssports.com · Clippers 'vehemently reject' NBA's findings in Kawhi Leonard investigation, vow to 'fight' punishments Sep 2, 2026
8. cbssports.com · SEC looking into Kawhi Leonard's endorsement deal with Daktronics as NBA probe continues Sep 2, 2026

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