Kawhi Leonard Injury, Return Timeline Updated by Raptors amid Reconditioning for Knee

Kawhi Leonard will sit out at least one more week with the knee injury that has sidelined him for all but two games of his first season back with the Toronto Raptors.

Leonard "is continuing the reconditioning process after treatment to address left knee swelling" and will have his status updated in a week, the Raptors announced Tuesday.

Leonard last played Oct. 23 and has since missed eight games of the Raptors' 5-5 start to the season.

The Raptors said last week Leonard had completed treatment on his left knee and would now "begin the return to play process."

TSN's Josh Lewenberg reported Leonard has yet to progress to on-court work as of Tuesday.

The Raptors are playing four games against Eastern Conference opponents over the next week, starting with a back-to-back against the visiting Boston Celtics and host Philadelphia 76ers.

Toronto is then slated to face the defending champion New York Knicks twice, both at home, before Leonard's next update.

Leonard had averaged 19.5 points in 26 minutes per game over his first two contests with the Raptors.

Coach Darko Rajaković had previously indicated Leonard would slowly ramp up his workload as he continued adjusting from his late start to training camp stemming from his delayed trade from the Los Angeles Clippers.

Leonard's trade was approved in late September, about a month before the Raptors opened the season Oct. 21.

The Raptors announced ahead of the third game of the season on Oct. 25 Leonard would be a late scratch due to left knee swelling.

The team said two days later Leonard had undergone medical imaging that "revealed no acute injury" and would now begin treatment and rehabilitation while planning to be reevaluated in one week.

ESPN's Shams Charania reported the same day Leonard was expected to miss "a period of weeks."

The Raptors will hope Ja'Kobe Walter, who has averaged 11.6 points per game since replacing Leonard in the starting lineup, can contribute more consistent offensive production in the short term as Toronto looks to stay in contention to make it out of the East this spring.