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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Hours after the latest allegations dropped in the Kawhi Leonard “no-show” endorsement scandal that has become the talk of the NBA, Leonard himself was defiant during Clippers media day. “I mean, the NBA is going to do their job. None of us did no wrongdoing,” Leonard said. “And, yeah, I mean, that’s it. We invite the investigation …

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — LA Clippers star forward Kawhi Leonard dismissed allegations that the team participated in activities that circumvented the NBA salary cap Monday when he met with the press as part of media day, repeatedly referring to news reports as “conspiracies.” Leonard, the Clippers, team chairman Steve Ballmer and Aspiration, a now-bankrupt environmental company and former team sponsor, are …

It has been clear for a year or more that the Los Angeles Clippers knew they were fast approaching the end of the Kawhi Leonard/James Harden era. The Clippers have been looking to pivot, and the report this week of the Clippers’ frustration with Leonard fits the existing pattern. It’s not a coincidence that the team is set up to …

It’s going to be hard for the Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer to explain their way out of the latest evidence against them in the Kawhi Leonard Aspiration scandal. Pablo Torre revealed a letter from the Clippers with their team logo on it confirming a nearly $21 million withdrawal from an escrow account to be used to fund carbon projects …

As Steve Ballmer and the Los Angeles Clippers insist they did not attempt any salary-cap circumvention related to Kawhi Leonard’s endorsement contract, the details around the organization’s involvement in Aspiration continue to pile up. On the latest episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out, Pablo Torre reported Ballmer and the Clippers invested $118 million in Aspiration in an 18-month period from …

The Clippers have been operating under the fear of upsetting Kawhi Leonard and his representatives ever since he signed with the team in 2019, sources tell Baxter Holmes of ESPN. Landing Leonard was viewed at the time as a major win for the franchise, but Holmes notes that it hasn’t completely worked out that way. Injury problems that began in …

So, if the hammer drops, what does it look like? That’s the big question of the week, even if we may not get an answer for months, as the slow drip of circumstantial evidence continues to accumulate that the LA Clippers might have engaged in brazen salary cap circumvention by funding a no-show endorsement deal for All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard …

Andrei Cherny, who co-founded Aspiration and served as its CEO until 2022, has provided his perspective on the nature of the company’s relationship with Clippers star Kawhi Leonard. In a Twitter post relaying comments he made to Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic, Cherny claims Leonard’s responsibilities with Aspiration have been incorrectly portrayed. “The claim that the contract with Kawhi Leonard …

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer claimed he had no knowledge of the deal between Kawhi Leonard and Aspiration and would “want the league to investigate” if another team were accused of circumventing the NBA’s salary cap. “I’d want the league to investigate, take it seriously,” Ballmer told ESPN on Thursday in his first interview since the story broke following …