{"id":1367,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1367","headline":"Kawhi Leonard out weeks with knee swelling, will miss Clippers return","dek":"The Raptors forward hurt his left knee and will sit out the team's only trip to face the Clippers in Los Angeles this season.","body":"Kawhi Leonard's first season in Toronto after an offseason trade is already hitting a snag. Sources tell ESPN's Shams Charania that Leonard is expected to miss a period of weeks due to swelling in his left knee.\n\nThe timing stings for Raptors fans hoping to see Leonard face his former team. He will miss Toronto's only game against the Clippers in Los Angeles this season, meaning his long-awaited return to the Intuit Dome will have to wait at least another year.\n\nThe Raptors maintain they have enough depth at forward to cover for Leonard's absence while he recovers. Still, losing a star acquired specifically to push the roster forward is a blow, even a temporary one, and it fits a pattern that has followed Leonard for much of his career. For now, Toronto will lean on its other wing options and wait for updates on his knee before mapping out next steps.","published_at":"2026-10-27T21:48:13.498377+00:00","source_count":5,"written_from":[{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Kawhi Leonard’s Raptors return already derailed by another injury","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/27/sports/kawhi-leonards-raptors-return-already-derailed-by-another-injury/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"What Kawhi Leonard injury update, return timeline means for Raptors","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kawhi-leonard-injury-return-timeline-164619919.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Kawhi Leonard sidelined with knee injury, which means he'll miss his return to Clippers' Intuit Dome","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/kawhi-leonard-sidelined-knee-injury-miss-return-to-clippers-intuit-dome/"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Kawhi Leonard out at least a week with knee injury, will miss Clippers return game","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7729658/2026/10/27/kawhi-leonard-knee-treatment-raptors-clippers/"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Raptors without Kawhi for weeks due to knee swelling, sources say","url":"https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/50298441/raptors-kawhi-leonard-weeks-due-knee-sources-say"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Kawhi Leonard will be out at least 1 week because of swelling in left knee, Raptors say","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/breaking-news/article/kawhi-leonard-will-be-out-at-least-1-week-because-of-swelling-in-left-knee-raptors-say-154530905.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Kawhi Leonard is out with swelling in left knee, will be re-evaluated in one week","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kawhi-leonard-swelling-left-knee-161641336.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Raptors' Leonard to miss at least a week with swollen knee","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/raptors-leonard-miss-least-week-180023082.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Kawhi Leonard’s Raptors return already derailed by another injury","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kawhi-leonard-raptors-return-already-171520382.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Kawhi Leonard's latest injury setback raises questions for Raptors","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/kawhi-leonards-latest-injury-setback-215354114.html"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}