The Aporia · Kawhi Leonard held out of Raptors’ pre-season game

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 locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-03, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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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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Raptors coach Rajakovic leaves the door open a crack for Leonard to play against Heat same event · 95%

Toronto Star · 0.86 cosine similarity

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“Both articles discuss Kawhi Leonard not playing in the pre-season game between the Toronto Raptors and Miami Heat on Saturday, indicating they are reporting on the same specific incident.”

Rajakovic: ‘Day-to-day thing’ with Leonard same event · 95%

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“Both articles discuss Kawhi Leonard not playing in the Raptors' pre-season game against the Miami Heat on Saturday at Videotron Centre.”

Raptors vs. Heat: The pre-season education of Collin Murray-Boyles begins against Miami different event · 95%

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“The articles describe different aspects of the same pre-season game but do not focus on the same specific incident or outcome.”

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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.

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🔮 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.

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

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

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. asserted

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