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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 …

Last week, as Week 1 of the regular season was beginning, my unofficial NFL collusion colleague Pablo Torre dropped a turd in the NBA’s punchbowl. Pablo reported that Clippers star Kawhi Leonard had a “no-show” job with Aspiration, a failed start-up into which Clippers owner Steve Ballmer had invested $50 million. The company also had a $300 million endorsement deal …