Sep 11, 2025, 12:00 PM ET A limited partner with the LA Clippers reportedly sent nearly $2 million to a now-bankrupt company that allegedly gave Kawhi Leonard an endorsement deal for a “no-show job” less than 10 days before the star forward was paid $1.75 million by the company, the podcast “Pablo Torre Finds Out” reported Thursday. The company, Aspiration, …
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On Wednesday, after a meeting with all the NBA owners, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sounded cautious, patient and a little bit zen about the investigation into the Clippers trying to circumvent the salary cap with team sponsor Aspiration. “I’m a big believer in due process and fairness, and we need to now let the investigation run its course,” Silver said. …
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NEW YORK — Adam Silver was far from rattled. In fact, sitting in the second row of the same midtown Manhattan ballroom where the NBA commissioner has routinely addressed a media audience following Board of Governors meetings, I was struck by how Silver took the podium behind that blue, white and red logo as if there hasn’t been deafening noise …
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In December 2022, Kawhi Leonard reportedly received a quarterly payment for his endorsement deal with Aspiration days after Los Angeles Clippers vice chairman Dennis J. Wong made an investment as the company was heading toward bankruptcy. On the latest episode of Pablo Torre Finds Out (starts at 22:05 mark), newly obtained documents obtained by Pablo Torre showed Leonard received a …
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In December 2022, Aspiration, a San Francisco-based environmental firm, was running out of money. Employees, including executives, were laid off. Outgoing payments were on hold, including to the firm’s expensive endorsement partner, LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard. That same month, according to the latest allegations made on the “Pablo Torre Finds Out” podcast that aired Thursday morning, Clippers minority owner …
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The funny thing about the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement is that with every CBA renewal, you can guarantee that history will repeat itself in one crucially important way: Every new CBA is first and foremost a response to the errors, omissions and unintended consequences of the previous one. You can see that in all manner of places in the 2023 …
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Kawhi Leonard’s representation asked for a number of things — including a stake in an NHL team — during free agency negotiations with the Raptors in 2019 that exceeded what teams are able to offer, a new report revealed. The Toronto Star reported Tuesday that Leonard’s uncle and manager Dennis Robertson was involved in negotiations, asked for an ownership stake …
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Kawhi Leonard’s 2019 free agency just got a lot juicier thanks to a new report in the Toronto Star. According to Bruce Arthur, Kawhi Leonard, through his uncle Dennis Robertson, made a number of demands while negotiating with the Raptors. Some of them very similar to what Pablo Torre reported Leonard had received from Aspiration that now has Steve Ballmer …
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NBANBAThe NBA’s investigation of the Los Angeles Clippers will almost certainly take center stage at the board of governors meeting this week. We canvassed sources around the league to gauge what’s next for Kawhi, Steve Ballmer, Adam Silver, and more. Getty Images/Ringer illustration By Howard BeckSept. 9, 3:23 pm UTC • 9 min There were two universal reactions to last …
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The NBA has hired New York-based law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to conduct an investigation into allegations that LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard’s endorsement deal with a now-bankrupt environmental company was made to help his team and its billionaire owner, Steve Ballmer, circumvent the salary cap, a source with knowledge of the situation told The Athletic. The decision …
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