Kawhi Leonard held out of Quebec City preseason game; likely also misses Vancouver exhibition

Raptors are being cautious with Kawhi Leonard’s return after a disrupted off-season and limited live work; he’s expected to be withheld from at least the first two preseason games as the team builds him up.

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- Coach Darko Rajaković told reporters Leonard wouldn’t play in the Quebec City preseason game and likely won’t play Oct. 10 in Vancouver.
- The team is ramping him up cautiously after he missed team on-court activity while the trade was paused and didn’t participate fully in camp.
- This is a managed return rather than an acute injury report.
- Without Leonard, the Raptors’ offence in the Quebec exhibition looked undermanned and will rely more on Quickley, Ja’Kobe Walter and others.
- Leonard’s managed minutes could delay when the team deploys their planned starting lineup and rotation combinations.

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