With Leonard being older and having a large salary, the Clippers could look to free up some cap space. Co-star James Harden is in the same boat but with him only having one year left on his deal compared to two with Leonard, Los Angeles could look to offload Leonard.

NBA trade deadline will be remembered as one of the wildest in league history. The Luka Doncic-for-Anthony Davis swap between the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas Mavericks is just starting to set in, while players like De’Aaron Fox and Zach LaVine have already played multiple games for their new teams.

The final numbers from trade-deadline time: no fewer than eight current and past All-Stars, some of them recent All-NBA selections, some among the league’s highest scorers and even three Olympic gold medalists,