The Indiana Pacers are ordered to forfeit a draft pick they owe the Los Angeles Clippers as part of a punishment tied to the Kawhi Leonard cap-circumvention case. Multiple outlets report the forfeiture involves a draft selection the Pacers sent to the Clippers in February, which will now be stripped under the league’s ruling.
The reports frame the action as a consequence of salary-cap violations associated with Leonard’s contract situation. Yahoo Sports and Forbes both describe the same core penalty—removal of the pick—though they provide limited additional detail on the timeline or the specific mechanics of the original trade in their brief summaries. In this reporting, the focus is primarily on what is being taken away, rather than on broader consequences such as future restrictions or additional fines.
Overall, the outlets agree on the outcome: the Pacers’ owed pick to the Clippers is forfeited as part of the Leonard-related punishment, with the February transaction cited as the source of the pick being affected.
