{"id":743858,"date":"2026-05-25T20:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/743858\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T20:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:45:27","slug":"kawhi-leonard-facing-uncertain-future-with-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/743858\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard Facing Uncertain Future With Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Los Angeles Clippers <\/a>face a long summer full of lingering question marks.<\/p>\n

After trading away James Harden<\/a> for Darius Garland<\/a> and after finishing with a loss in the NBA Play-In Tournament, LA needs to figure out which direction they want to go.<\/p>\n

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A big question has emerged about the future of superstar Kawhi Leonard<\/a>, and this isn’t even taking into consideration the ongoing investigation due to the Aspiration situation.<\/p>\n

Regarding Leonard, there is a scenario where the Clippers trade the superstar forward, according to Michael Scotto of Hoops Hype<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“With the Clippers trending towards a youth movement in their recent blockbuster transactions, rival executives are monitoring Leonard\u2019s future closely as the seven-time All-Star turns 35 in June,” Scotto wrote.<\/p>\n

“In fact, several executives have put Leonard and\u00a0Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a>\u00a0neck-and-neck for the best player to try to acquire on the trade market if Leonard indeed becomes available,” Scotto added.<\/p>\n

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Leonard is still productive, and he averaged 27.9 points with 6.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists this season in 65 games, the second-most he’s played in a season since he came to LA.<\/p>\n

What Do the Clippers Do With the No. 5 Pick?\"LosLos Angeles Clippers Head Coach Tyronn Lue (left) talks to forward Kawhi Leonard (2) during the third quarter against the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> at Intuit Dome. Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

The Clippers almost lost their draft pick to the Indiana Pacers<\/a>, but they lucked out and saw the pick fall to them at No. 5 in the NBA Draft lottery.<\/p>\n

So, do the Clippers trade away the fifth pick and land a contributor who can push this team in one playoff race?<\/p>\n

Or do the Clippers move Leonard and start a rebuild with their eyes on the future?<\/p>\n

Scotto wrote that Illinois star Keaton Wagler<\/a> is the consensus top choice for the Clippers with the No. 5 pick, if they decide to keep it.<\/p>\n

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What exactly Leonard could net in a trade remains to be seen, but contending teams might give up quite a bit to add Leonard in hopes of making an NBA title push.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of options for the Clippers, and Leonard should be at the center of these discussions.<\/p>\n

Related: Clippers’ Assistant Linked to ACC Head Coaching Job<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published by Lindys Sports<\/a> on May 25, 2026, where it first appeared in the NBA<\/a> section. Add Lindys Sports as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Los Angeles Clippers face a long summer full of lingering question marks. After trading away James Harden…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,559,791,123,126,560,529,42824,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,177,7057,6],"class_list":["post-743858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-clippers","tag-basketball","tag-clippers","tag-darius-garland","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-james-harden","tag-kawhi-leonard","tag-keaton-wagler","tag-la","tag-la-clippers","tag-laclippers","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesclippers","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-michael-scotto","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116637173467806735","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}