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Latest Sporzzio coverage, playoff reads, and explainers about the Toronto Raptors.
Explainer
The NBA can void Kawhi Leonard’s contract for salary-cap circumvention, but only after both Leonard’s side and the Clippers’ side are found responsible. That demanding standard explains why Toronto is waiting—and why recent reporting does not settle the trade.
Explainer
The 2026 NBA Cup begins October 30, sends eight teams to single-elimination play and ends December 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Here are the groups, national TV schedule, tiebreakers and impact on the 82-game season.
Explainer
The Clippers and Raptors paused their proposed Kawhi Leonard trade while an NBA investigation remains unresolved. The league has not formally blocked the deal.
Explainer
A trade hold does not mean a deal is dead. It means the risk changed before completion, and the team taking the player has to decide what it is really accepting.
Explainer
Kyle Lowry’s Raptors retirement shows what a one-day NBA contract really is: ceremonial closure, not a normal roster move.
Team Pulse
Kawhi Leonard's agent change should be read as a Raptors contract-decision signal, not just another nostalgia chapter in his Toronto return.
Team Pulse
Toronto's Darko Rajakovic extension is a continuity bet: the Raptors raised expectations, then chose the coach who has to organize the next version.
Debate
Toronto tied the series by turning Game 4 into a low-margin possession fight, which makes Cleveland's 18 turnovers the harder issue than Donovan Mitchell's late misses.