Source: https://open.substack.com/pub/marcstein/p/the-kawhi-leonard-latest?r=nuq3a&utm\\\_medium=ios

The Raptors made the decision on July 9 to press pause rather than complete the trade until the NBA announces a resolution to the long-running external investigation it has commissioned into allegations of salary-cap circumvention by the Clippers to pay Leonard beyond his contract dating to 2021. Yet league sources tell The Stein Line that Leonard continues to operate under the belief that he will be able to join the Raptors for training camp.    
Hopeful that the additional of Leonard can soon be finalized to compete with rest of a resurgent Eastern Conference, Toronto is scheduled to begin the season with its annual Media Day scheduled for Sept. 28 before team practices commence the following day in Quebec City, Canada.  

Sources say that Leonard's agent, Harrison Gaines, has maintained frequent contact with the NBA Players Association while the firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz — which was hired by the league office last September — proceeds with an investigation that has consumed 11 months.  

And Leonard, sources say, strongly believes that the trade will ultimately go through, enabling him to rejoin the Raptors in time for training camp. The trade was agreed to, sources say, with the idea that the 35-year-old would also negotiate a multiyear extension with Toronto to extend the reunion beyond the coming season. Leonard is due to earn $50.3 million in 2026-27 in the final year of his current contract.  

Sources add that the Clippers, meanwhile, are prepared to go to arbitration depending on the severity of the potential penalties that the league office could order after digesting the investigation's complete findings. At a mid-July news conference at the league's annual summer league in Las Vegas, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he could not provide a firm timeline for a resolution to the long-running saga, saying only "this summer" when asked when he anticipates clarity on Leonard’s future.

The Clippers have maintained from the start that they did not funnel funds to Leonard through Aspiration or otherwise violate the league's collective bargaining agreement and that owner Steve Ballmer will seek any remedies available to them to counter possible sanctions. Leonard, meanwhile, appears to have the support of the players' association, whose new executive director David Kelly told reporters in Las Vegas last month that the union does not believe "there's a there there" when it comes to finding wrongdoing directly from the player regarding the various endorsement deals he secured during his tenure as the Clippers' franchise player.

[Fischer] Kawhi Leonard believes the trade that lands him in Toronto will ultimately go through before training camp. Leonard’s agent has been in constant communication with the NBPA. Leonard has the full support of the NBPA behind him.