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Pablo Torre punching the air rn
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:00 pm
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Sources: NBA has no evidence Ballmer funneled money to Leonard via sponsors
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The NBA has found no evidence showing LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer funneled money through team sponsors to pay Kawhi Leonard in order to circumvent the salary cap, according to three people with knowledge of discussions between the two sides in recent days.
Instead, the NBA is focused on whether the team's introduction of Leonard to team sponsors constitutes a violation of the league's rules prohibiting salary cap circumvention, two of the sources said. The league is examining whether the Clippers are guilty of "failure to supervise" employees, though it's unclear what specific rule the team would have violated or what the penalties would be, two of the sources said.
The 11-month investigation into salary cap circumvention allegations expanded beyond Leonard's deal with Aspiration, the now-defunct green banking company at the center of the allegations, to at least three other companies that also had deals with the Clippers, two of the sources familiar with the talks told ESPN. However, sources said, the league has presented no evidence that Ballmer funneled money to Leonard.
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Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:03 pm to The Egg
This is what I wanted to look for. This process always seems phony when a conference or school does this. Don't they just hire someone who will sandbag?
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The league presented initial findings of its investigation, led by law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, to the Clippers in late July, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:07 pm to The Egg
This means San Jose State is losing 15 scholarships over the next 2 years
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:28 pm to The Egg
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The NBA has found no evidence showing LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer funneled money through team sponsors to pay Kawhi Leonard in order to circumvent the salary cap
L
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frick this league.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 12:30 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:29 pm to The Egg
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The NBA has found no evidence
No shite the league found zero evidence that one of its owners was circumventing the cap.
They definitely circumvented the cap though.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:32 pm to Broski
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No shite the league found zero evidence that one of its owners was circumventing the cap.
They definitely circumvented the cap thoug
The rest of the owners are do the same thing. The meeting probably went like this
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:34 pm to Dire Wolf
Honestly, best case scenario for Pablo because this news just invites him to dig even further.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:41 pm to Broski
Either outcome in funny
1. Pablo won a Pulitzer for completely fake news
or
2. The NBA went full coverup including the "investigating" law firm
1. Pablo won a Pulitzer for completely fake news
or
2. The NBA went full coverup including the "investigating" law firm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:41 pm to The Egg
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NBA has no evidence Ballmer funneled money to Leonard via sponsors
How convenient
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:42 pm to The Egg
Not surprising. Balmer owns them and Silver is an empty suit. He'll get a $50 fine and have to stay away for some preseason game.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:44 pm to Broski
Not to come across as an NBA apologist, but there is a chance that Pablo Torre either didn't understand the material he reported on or presented it in a way that pushed his own narrative.
By and large sportswriters do not understand matters outside of sport (they have a hard enough time with the sports themselves). They also lie and spin with ease, and in Torre's case has no editor to answer to. I was always kind of skeptical of his reporting on this. It was too nice and neat and obvious. Guys like Ballmer aren't that sloppy.
By and large sportswriters do not understand matters outside of sport (they have a hard enough time with the sports themselves). They also lie and spin with ease, and in Torre's case has no editor to answer to. I was always kind of skeptical of his reporting on this. It was too nice and neat and obvious. Guys like Ballmer aren't that sloppy.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:47 pm to The Egg
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NBA spokesman Mike Bass:
"ESPN's article regarding the LA Clippers investigation - for which the NBA declined to cooperate - contains numerous and significant inaccuracies. The results in this matter will be made clear once the investigation is concluded."
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:47 pm to usc6158
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Either outcome in funny
1. Pablo won a Pulitzer for completely fake news
or
2. The NBA went full coverup including the "investigating" law firm
That would be a shite ton of whistle blowers from Aspiration for this to be fake news.
There was definitely a no-show contract involved, the only question is if Ballmer knew about it, which would make zero sense if he didn't.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:53 pm to Broski
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That would be a shite ton of whistle blowers from Aspiration for this to be fake news.
I think everyone is missing the point.
There were companies that failed.
There were companies that Ballmer exposed his players to that failed.
What the league has said is that there was no evidence of an effort by Balmer to make these connections to get around the salary cap.
I quote Lt. Kaffee from A Few Good Men: "It doesn't matter what I believe. It matters what I can prove."
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:55 pm to bstaceyau19
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Not to come across as an NBA apologist, but there is a chance that Pablo Torre either didn't understand the material he reported on or presented it in a way that pushed his own narrative.
By and large sportswriters do not understand matters outside of sport (they have a hard enough time with the sports themselves). They also lie and spin with ease, and in Torre's case has no editor to answer to. I was always kind of skeptical of his reporting on this. It was too nice and neat and obvious.
Ballmer would have sued Meadowlark into bankruptcy if that was the case.
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Guys like Ballmer aren't that sloppy.
He literally included a cap circumvention proposal to Deandre Jordan during his free agent meeting.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 12:59 pm to The Egg
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Sources: NBA has no evidence Ballmer funneled money to Leonard via sponsors
Posted on 8/17/26 at 1:05 pm to The Egg
LOL @ Pablo
What a waste of time this was
What a waste of time this was
Posted on 8/17/26 at 1:08 pm to bstaceyau19
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Guys like Ballmer aren't that sloppy.
Ballmer's whole career has been a sloppy falling upwards mess since Jobs came back to Apple.
Posted on 8/17/26 at 1:12 pm to The Egg
lol I said that a while ago they would do absolutely nothing
Posted on 8/17/26 at 1:20 pm to The Egg
Ballmer would have to be pretty damn dumb to allow there to be evidence, like go out of his way to make evidence. As in, ask for written confirmation for the 3rd party to do this. A couple lunch meetings to set this up, would be damn near impossible to prove.
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