Plenty of drama is unfolding in the NBA Draft right now. Some trades have already pushed through, including that of the Atlanta Hawks swapping their no. 3 pick to the Dallas Mavericks for the Mavs’ no. 5 selection and their 2019 first-round pick (top-five protected).

One rumor that also sprouted concerns the L.A. Clippers, who are reportedly making a concerted effort to woo the San Antonio Spurs into giving up embattled forward Kawhi Leonard for two of their first-round picks packaged with swingman Tobias Harris, per Marc Stein of The New York Times.

League sources say the Clippers have been trying to lure the Spurs into Kawhi Leonard trade talks with an offer featuring their two lotto picks and Tobias Harris, but it appears they'll be making the 12th and 13th pick for themselves — with Michael Porter Jr. still on the board.

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However, any possibility of that happening is now out of the window as the Clippers have already agreed to ship their no. 12 pick and a couple more second-round selections to the Charlotte Hornets instead for Kentucky Wildcats product Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

As of this writing, the Clippers have already used up their two picks in the first round, selecting Miles Bridges of Michigan State (who goes to Charlotte) and Jerome Robinson of Boston College.

As it stands, Kawhi Leonard remains a San Antonio Spurs commodity, but with how sour his relationship with the team has gone of late, him getting traded somewhere else may come sooner than later.