Will the Kawhi Trade Go Through? Plus, Donovan Mitchell Extends, and Summer League Debuts
7/10/20261 hr 10 min
Zach is joined by Howard Beck to discuss the Kawhi Leonard trade possibly not going through due to the NBA's ongoing investigation. Next, they discuss Donovan Mitchell's contract extension, where LeBron could end up, and the Summer League debuts of AJ Dybantsa and Darryn Peterson.
(0:00) Welcome to The Zach Lowe Show!
(03:12) Will the Kawhi trade go through?
(21:58) Donovan Mitchell's contract extension
(44:41) LeBron's next team
(53:16) Summer League debuts
Host: Zach Lowe
Guests: Howard Beck
Producers: Jonathan Frias, Michael Szokoli, Mike Wargon, and Billy Gil
Social: Keith Fujimoto and Michael Szokoli
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First 90 secondsZach Lowe· Host0:01
[upbeat music] Coming up on the Zach Lowe Show from my hotel room in Las Vegas, oh boy, another Kawhi Leonard bombshell, or something like a bombshell dropped today right when I got to Las Vegas. The trade to Toronto not happening quite yet. Will it happen? Why isn't it happening? What's going on? Why is everything with Kawhi so confusing? Who stands to, to lose the most here if this somehow gets undone? Do we think it's gonna get undone? Ugh, Toronto, the Clippers, the league office, a law firm that won't stop billing hours, the Kawhi Leonard story of 2026, maybe going into 2027. Howard Beck is here to get into all of that. We talk about Donovan Mitchell's contract extension, which broke during our last episode. We get a little bit more in-depth to that, how it's similar and dissimilar maybe from the Jaylen Brown contract that just got traded. Yes, there is more Jaylen Brown content to come. Some summer league observations. AJ Dabansa played against Darren Peterson tonight. That is to say, the Jazz played against the Wizards. What did we see? What do we think of those teams? LeBron, yep, more LeBron talk. He hasn't signed yet as we're recording this. Where is he gonna sign? Should he go to Cleveland? How does that interact with Donovan Mitchell? And then we talk a little bit about the relegation zone and, uh, the teams that are facing it, how they will behave. Lots to talk about. Never stops, this NBA. That's all coming up on the Zach Lowe Show. [upbeat music] Welcome to