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Kawhi Leonard held out of Raptors’ pre-season game

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Digital, G. (2026, October 3). Kawhi Leonard held out of Raptors’ pre-season game. Global News. https://globalnews.ca/news/12086793/kawhi-leonard-held-out-of-raptors-pre-season-game/

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Kawhi Leonard did not participate in the Toronto Raptors' pre-season game against the Miami Heat on Saturday in Quebec City. Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic confirmed that Leonard will also miss an upcoming game on October 10th against the Clippers in Vancouver. Leonard, who led the Raptors to their NBA championship title in 2019 and was recently traded back to Toronto from the Los Angeles Clippers, has a strong track record with averages of 27.9 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.9 steals, and 0.4 blocks per game last season.

Written by AI on 2026-10-03, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

The Toronto Raptors held their final practice at Laval University on Friday before playing a pre-season game against the Miami Heat in Quebec City on Saturday. The key question was whether star player Kawhi Leonard, who helped Toronto win the 2019 NBA championship, would play after being traded back to the team from the Los Angeles Clippers this past summer. Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic initially said he might consider playing Leonard but later confirmed that Leonard wouldn't participate in the game due to injury concerns and hadn't yet participated in full-contact drills. Despite a very light drill against Rajakovic on Friday, Leonard was held out of the pre-season match at the Videotron Centre.

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Clippers NBA Quebec City Raptors Toronto

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NBA ORG · 4× Clippers ORG · 3× Leonard PERSON · 3× Quebec City GPE · 2× Raptors ORG · 2× Toronto GPE · 2× Kawhi Leonard PERSON · 1× QUÉBEC GPE · 1× the Miami Heat ORG · 1× the Toronto Raptors’ ORG · 1×

Narrative

The 35-year-old averaged 27.9 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.9 steals and 0.4 blocks in 65 games for the Clippers and was named to the all-NBA second team last season This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 3, 2026.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-03

🔮 Raptors head coach head coach Darko Rajakovic told reporters before the game Leonard wouldn’t play and also likely won’t Oct. 10 against the Clippers in Vancouver.

2026-10-03 · Global News

Kawhi Leonard held out of Raptors’ pre-season game · assertive framing

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Leonard, who helped the Raptors win the 2019 NBA championship, was traded back to Toronto from the Los Angeles Clippers this past summer. asserted

Raptors → help → Clippers

Raptors head coach head coach Darko Rajakovic told reporters before the game Leonard wouldn’t play and also likely won’t Oct. 10 against the Clippers in Vancouver. asserted

Leonard → tell → Vancouver

Leonard’s June trade to Toronto was paused for two months while the NBA investigated him and the Clippers for salary-cap circumvention. asserted

NBA → pause → circumvention

report → average → Press