Kawhi Leonard trade to the Toronto Raptors
Event in Basketball
Kawhi Leonard trade to the Toronto Raptors has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Bill Simmons Podcast. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Joe HouseRinger podcaster and longtime friend of Bill Simmons, known for sports betting talk
House predicted the NBA would conclude it could not prove the Clippers knowingly circumvented the cap.
“the league is going to say we investigated it extremely thoroughly and we couldn't connect any of the dots”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Kawhi in Flux, Embiid’s Next Team, Jaylen vs. Advanced Numbers, and a Mini-Mailbag With Joe House (Jul 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:20
House criticized the NBA for pausing the Kawhi trade a week after it was made, questioning what the long investigation still needed.
“This trade happened a week ago. How much more time do they need? What are we getting to the bottom of at this point?”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Kawhi in Flux, Embiid’s Next Team, Jaylen vs. Advanced Numbers, and a Mini-Mailbag With Joe House (Jul 9, 2026) · Listen from 3:02
Bill SimmonsSportswriter and founder of The Ringer, host of The Bill Simmons Podcast
Simmons argued the Raptors' statement signaled for the first time that Leonard himself could be punished.
“This is the first time it feels like Kawhi might also be punished in this. There's no other way to interpret this”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Kawhi in Flux, Embiid’s Next Team, Jaylen vs. Advanced Numbers, and a Mini-Mailbag With Joe House (Jul 9, 2026) · Listen from 4:15
Podcasts
- The Bill Simmons Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
Kawhi in Flux, Embiid’s Next Team, Jaylen vs. Advanced Numbers, and a Mini-Mailbag With Joe HouseThe Bill Simmons Podcast · Jul 9, 2026 · 1 h 56 min
Bill Simmons and Joe House discuss the paused Kawhi Leonard trade, Jaylen Brown's poor advanced metrics, a possible Joel Embiid trade, and mailbag questions.