JFX 💥

🎬📈✌🏿

[JFX 💥 @jfxfilms]

league should be ashamed if it takes that long.

[NBABase @TheNBABase]

It seems possible that Brandon Ingram and Gradey Dick will still technically be Raptors when training camp starts in October while Kawhi Leonard remains a Clipper, per @johnhollinger

The situation remains in complete limbo.

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[THE T'Challa Stan @TChalla_1966]

NOW THIS IS AN AVENGERS TRAILER

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

The first trailer for ‘I PLAY ROCKY’ has been released.

The film follows a young Sylvester Stallone & the dramatic journey it took to get ‘ROCKY’ made.

In theaters on November 20.

[Variety @Variety]

'Top Boy' Star Micheal Ward Found Not Guilty of Rape and Sexual Assault https://t.co/93seFco7UI

[Yaron Weitzman @YaronWeitzman]

This is on Adam Silver and the NBA. It's ridiculous that this investigation has gone on this long. It's not law enforcement--the league is allowed to tell law firms that there's a deadline and things need to be wrapped up. No reason for their to be no clarity by this point

[Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 @big_business_]

“The trade can only be finalized if the Raptors' ownership group assumes the risk of penalties related to Kawhi’s contract”

AYOOOOOOOO Kawhi still got that RICO case on him

[CP24 @CP24]

#BREAKING: Toronto Raptors put Leonard trade on hold pending NBA investigation https://t.co/9GKiS0tXlx

[Raptors Republic @raptorsrepublic]

Lowry’s number 7 will soon hang in Scotiabank Arena forever 🔥

#WeTheNorth

[Toronto Raptors @Raptors]

#7 FOREVER

[SLAM @SLAMonline]

1x NBA Champion
2x ECF Champion
6x NBA All-Star
2016 All-NBA Third Team
2016 Olympic Gold Medalist
NBA's All-Time Leader in Charges Drawn
Raptors' All-Time Leader in Assists, Steals, 3PM, and Triple-Doubles

7 is heading to the rafters up North.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Guard Alijah Martin has agreed to a two-year, $4.8 million deal to return to the Toronto Raptors, sources tell ESPN. Martin was a second-round pick to Toronto in 2025 and enters a multiyear deal after the team and his agents, Todd Ramasar and Jaafar Choufani of Life Sports Agency finalized terms.

[Stevie @RaptorsShaq]

I thoroughly enjoyed Brandon Ingram's time in Toronto, he brought a level of professionalism to the team and was instrumental in them taking the next step. He's got a fan for life, thank you Brandon, best of luck in LA 🙌

[Jonah Sigel | Sports media + streaming @yyzsportsmedia]

This @Raptors news is a massive accomplishment for Bobby Webster - many people said that without Masai and other board members the team wouldn't be able to attract top talent. Also the value of Alex McKechnie here cannot be understated. He is the MVP

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Just in on NBA Today -- the Toronto Raptors land Kawhi Leonard in a trade back from the Los Angeles Clippers:

[NBACentral @TheDunkCentral]

KAWHI IS BACK IN TORONTO

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

BREAKING: The Los Angeles Clippers are nearing deal sending Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto Raptors for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, 2 first-round picks, 1 pick swap and 2 second-rounders, sources tell ESPN. A return to Canada for the Raptors champion and two-time Finals MVP.

[JFX 💥 @jfxfilms]

DON’T FOLD @Raptors
THEY’RE THE LA CLIPPERS, DO NOT GET FINESSED

[Brett Siegel @BrettSiegelNBA]

League sources told @ClutchPoints that negotiations between the Clippers and Raptors involving Kawhi Leonard are ongoing.

The framework of Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, and a 1st-round pick going to LA is said to be agreed upon, but the Clippers have still been pushing for more value.

Sources say the Clippers have been trying to add Jamal Shead in the package as well. LA views him as extra value needed for taking Gradey Dick in the deal.

Draft compensation is the other hold up in negotiations right now. Raptors are wanting to give up an immediate first (2027/2028) instead of one in the future. Clippers have wanted two firsts, one being in the future, especially if Shead is not included.

Whether it's an additional first, a swap, the inclusion of Shead, or some combination of this, the Clippers are still pushing for more than what was originally offered to finalize a trade involving Kawhi Leonard returning to Toronto.

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

MARINA MABREY TIED THE SINGLE-GAME SCORING RECORD 🤯

53 PTS
17/28 FG
9/18 3PT

Insane. (via @realapp)

[Really American 🇺🇸 @ReallyAmerican1]

Former President Barack Obama finally acknowledged Trump's bizarre, creepy obsession with him during an appearance on ALL THE SMOKE with Matt Barnes & Stephen Jackson today.

One of the hosts pointed out that the "leader of this current administration is still very fascinated" with President Obama and his family, despite the fact he's been "out of office [for] nearly 10 years now."

"Look, you gotta ask him what it is — the obsession ... I obviously, you know, have a room in his head —," Obama began.

"Rent free," one of the hosts cut in.

"A suite in his head," Obama agreed. "But the thing about it is that was always clear to me. Look, first of all, when I was president, the last thing I had time to do was worry about what somebody said, somebody said, or what my predecessor did, they're gone."

"I got work to do," Obama continued. "It's hard to describe how, if you're doing the job right every day, you got five, ten things that feel hard, and you have to be constantly focused. The idea that I'd be worrying about came before somebody who came before, and me trying to measure, you know, like what's he done today.

"Look, constantly worrying about that is a strange thing to me. It shows me somebody who's not focused on the American people and the job they're supposed to do," he added.

This is what real leadership looks like — calm, unruffled, and unconcerned with petty grudges.