TORReceived
PKawhi LeonardToronto Raptors
PDanny Green
One-year championship bet · July 18, 2018
Toronto's one-year Kawhi Leonard championship wager
Toronto acquired Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green for franchise icon DeMar DeRozan, Jakob Poeltl and a protected 2019 first.
See where this happened in the 2018 offseason →The original receipt
Every asset in the deal
The arrows show what each team received—not which direction a player left.
SASReceived
PDeMar DeRozanSan Antonio Spurs
PJakob Poeltl
#Protected 2019 Toronto first
Why it happened
The bet each side made
The Raptors exchanged continuity and a beloved star for a player coming off a lost season with only one guaranteed contract year.
Why history remembers it
Leonard delivered the 2019 championship before leaving in free agency. San Antonio received an All-Star scorer, a starting center and the pick that became Keldon Johnson.
The family tree
Where the picks and rights went
Selections, swaps and later trades are traced separately so a downstream player is not mistaken for a direct one-for-one return.
- 01
2019 Toronto first · selected
Keldon Johnson · No. 29
San Antonio used the conveyed selection on a future starter and Olympian.
- 02
Jakob Poeltl branch · traded
Returned to Toronto for another protected first and two seconds
The Spurs later reused Poeltl in a 2023 transaction, extending the original value tree.
What changed
The consequences
- Toronto won the first championship in franchise history.
- Leonard earned Finals MVP after one season with the Raptors.
- DeRozan spent three seasons as San Antonio's lead scorer before another sign-and-trade branch.
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