The Kawhi Trade Is Done: Picks Come Back, John Says Toronto Gets Worse & the Clippers Reset Begins

It's finally official. Kawhi Leonard is a Raptor, Grady Dick and Brandon Ingram are Clippers, and LA gets a pick swap plus two unprotected first-rounders in 2031 and 2033 — which John Browner says was essential, because going forward with no picks for five years takes the legs out from under a franchise nobody trusts in free agency anymore. Then he drops the take of the night: this Toronto team will be worse than last year's Clippers. Ten Eastern Conference teams he'd put ahead of them, and a vibes-and-chemistry group that loses its chemistry the moment Kawhi walks in. Grant zags hard — 27.9 points a game, All-NBA second team, seventh in MVP voting, added to an already elite defense — and calls Toronto a contender. Beav joins to exhale, and John pitches the reset: shop everybody but Keaton Wagler. Trust the process, and hope you land on your Embiid. David Bloom makes his SportsGrid debut with the prom metaphor that explains the entire Kawhi era, plus the Paul George-for-Jaylen Brown fallout in Boston, a wide-open MLB playoff race, and which Week 1 injury actually changes a season — John says there's only one answer, and it isn't Myles Garrett. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.