Pa Rory Maher | on November 8, 2026 at 2:39 p.m
Predators forward Kawhi Leonard is back with the team and undergoing treatment in Toronto, but he has not yet been cleared to take the field, according to TSN.ca’s Josh Levenberg (Link to Twitter).
Raptors announced on Tuesday that Leonard has successfully completed treatment and will begin the return-to-play process. Preliminary reporting revealed that the 35-year-old is expected to miss several weeks with left knee swelling.
Leonard has been limited to two appearances so far in his second stint with the Raptors. He last played on October 23.
We have other NBA injury news:
- Lakers superstar Luka Doncicwho leads the league in scoring with 40.1 points per game, was ruled out of Sunday’s contest in Detroit with lower back strain, relay ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. McMenamin writes that this is the front end of the meeting in Los Angeles, and Doncic was inactive under similar circumstances when he missed his first game of the season on October 28. The Slovenian guard was initially listed as questionable ahead of Sunday’s game.
- Veterans Center Nick Claxton will do his own thing season debut in Sunday morning’s game against Philadelphia, Bykov head coach Tiago Splitter confirmed (Link to Twitter via Joel Lorenzi of The Athletic ). Claxton, who has been rehabbing from a strained hamstring, will come off the bench in his first game as a Bull and be limited to approximately 16 to 20 minutes, according to Lorenzi. Norman Powell (inflammation/soreness in right shoulder), Zach Collins (respiratory diseases) and Daleen Swain (right disc irritation) eliminated in Chicago.
- Wizards center Deandre Ayton suffered a lower leg injury Saturday in the second quarter of Washington’s lopsided loss against Oklahoma City, the team announced (via Twitter). It’s unclear whether Ayton, who was ruled out for the rest of Saturday’s game, will miss extra time with the injury. The Bahamian big man will become an unrestricted free agent next summer.
- Josh Hart missed his second straight game on Saturday with a sore right ankle and there is no official timetable for his return, writes Christian Winfield of The New York Daily News. however, Nix head coach Mike Brown played down the severity of Hart’s injury before the win over Cleveland, telling reporters it was “nothing serious” (Link to Twitter via Fred Katz of The Athletic ).
