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FW advises the Clippers to trade Leonard, and can he be exchanged for the Cavaliers two players + the first round?

11:33am, 24 September 2025【Basketball】

Perhaps no one would have thought that in the past six years since Leonard joined the Clippers, he has not even entered the finals again, let alone led the team to win the championship. Even though the Clippers' management maintained a high level of trust in him, the Yin-Yang contract incident this summer was exposed, which once again put the Clippers and Leonard in the forefront.

So the media FW simply asked the Clippers to trade Leonard at this critical moment. The Cavaliers in the East may be an ideal partner. On the one hand, both sides are in different divisions, and the Clippers do not directly invest in the enemy. Moreover, the Cavaliers are in the East and are also a potential championship team. Naturally, they will consider introducing Leonard to increase their hopes of winning the championship. From the specific plan, the Clippers can exchange him for the Cavaliers' two major players Jaret Allen and DeAndre Hunter, plus a 2031 first-round pick. If Leonard can exchange so many assets now, the Clippers will definitely be satisfied.

We all know that Leonard is still the top superstar in the league in health, but this condition is difficult to meet. Since Leonard joined the Clippers, there are basically two plots, either Leonard has full firepower in the regular season or the first round, so he is likely to be reimbursed in advance due to injury. Or like last season, the Clippers' protection against Leonard was simply textbook level, which made him beat the four sides in the first round of the playoffs, but the Clippers still lost to the Nuggets, and this tests his teammates too much. The Cavaliers may be one of the most suitable teams in today's league that need Leonard at the same time, especially the Eastern Conference has limited competitiveness, and Leonard can just lie straight in the regular season. But the Cavaliers' performance in high-end games has been hard to describe in recent years. The Raptors' successful experience may have made the Cavaliers fight and pursue Leonard at this time.

The Clippers changed their thinking and admitted that they failed to build a team with Leonard as the core. However, with the current lineup depth, even if the Clippers do not have Leonard, their strength should not be underestimated. If Jaret Allen is introduced, the Clippers' inside strength will be improved. Since Lopez is old, he will never be able to count on it for a long time. Jarret Allen is completely different. He complements Zubac and the Clippers' inside will become a real no-fly zone.

Hunt is a low-end version of Leonard, and his fame and strength are definitely slightly worse. But Hunter also has both skills and size, and he can perform stably whether as a starter or a substitute, not to mention that he is younger. As for the future first round pick, it means that even if the Clippers rebuild in the future, they will have more team building assets.

source:7m vn1