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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 …

The Falcons’ Week 2 hero is so new to the team that he apparently still doesn’t know who some of his teammates are. Kicker Parker Romo went 5-for-5 on field goals in Atlanta’s 22-6 road win over the Vikings Sunday night, including a 54-yarder, after being elevated from the practice squad on Saturday. During a postgame interview with NBC’s Melissa …

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 …

Clippers’ owner Steve Ballmer’s defense in the Kawhi Leonard salary cap circumvention and “no show” endorsement scandal has been “plausible deniability.” Ballmer said he was “duped” like other investors when he put $50 million into the green bank company Aspiration (a company that had become a $300 million Clippers team sponsor back in 2021, but now is bankrupt with its …

Kawhi Leonard has made no shortage of headlines in recent weeks. But according to Bill Simmons, the stories may have also come as news to Leonard too. On the latest episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast, The Ringer founder discussed the recent saga surrounding the Los Angeles Clippers star stemming from Pablo Torre’s reporting on an alleged no-show endorsement deal …

In March 2023, LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer invested almost $10 million into financial technology and sustainability services company Aspiration, according to legal filings reviewed by The Athletic and corroborated by a former Aspiration executive. The previously unreported investment came 18 months after Ballmer’s $50 million investment in the firm now at the heart of an NBA investigation into whether …

The Clippers-Kawhi Leonard scandal, explained  The Washington Post Report links Kawhi’s late pay to Clippers partner  ESPN Adam Silver says NBA needs clear evidence Clippers made secret deal before lowering boom on Ballmer  Los Angeles Times Adam Silver strikes bold tone, for him, on Clippers investigation  The New York Times Yes, the NFL has experienced salary-cap circumvention  NBC Sports Source link