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Posted on 9/5/25 at 1:21 am to GOP_Tiger
I don't have an issue with this. They are far from the first team to circumvent the salary cap. They just happened to get caught. And in retrospect,. overpaying Kawhi is hilarious. It would be like if we were funelling extra money to Zion to almost never play and eat funnel cakes.
Posted on 9/5/25 at 8:51 am to 3PieceSpicy
The "everybody does it so its no big deal" is such a ridiculous take - for any subject. Lots of people rape and murder every year. Why prosecute them?
The Clippers gained a competitive advantage by breaking the rules. They should be punished.
The Clippers gained a competitive advantage by breaking the rules. They should be punished.
Posted on 9/5/25 at 9:20 am to GOP_Tiger
Also allegedly was supposed to giive KL $20M in company stock , total $48M in compensation
Posted on 9/5/25 at 10:20 am to Stamps74
Hope there wasn't a lock-in period on that stock, because then Kawhi got scammed on top of the original scam.
Posted on 9/5/25 at 10:50 am to AOC4PREZ2028
quote:absolutely
The "everybody does it so its no big deal" is such a ridiculous take - for any subject. Lots of people rape and murder every year. Why prosecute them?
The Clippers gained a competitive advantage by breaking the rules. They should be punished.
Posted on 9/5/25 at 11:16 am to NOSHAU
Heard on the radio that Balmer is claiming ignorance and that he didn’t know it was a scam.
Posted on 9/5/25 at 11:34 am to Geauxgurt
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Heard on the radio that Balmer is claiming ignorance and that he didn’t know it was a scam.
Sort of like another denial
https://www.ncronline.org/news/saints-owner-denies-team-had-role-clergy-sex-abuse-list
https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/investigations/david-hammer/saints-pelicans-execs-clergy-abuse-list-emails-church-sex-abuse-scandal-archbishop/289-1e9357b9-1579-4a31-9572-c729d19c627b
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Posted on 9/5/25 at 12:13 pm to PELsu
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This is what they mean and what you should be thinking about when they say “large market” and “small market”.
For sure
Posted on 9/5/25 at 12:22 pm to moneyg
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What’s the luxury tax on 28M
Depends where Clippers’ spending already was.
The rates start at $1.50 per dollar above the line from $0 to $5m, go up to $3.25 per dollar for the $15-20m range, and go up $0.50 per dollar for each $5m past that.
Assuming no tax before this, it starts at around $85 million.
If they were already in the tax, which they assuredly were, it goes even higher and likely throws them into repeater tax as well.
Posted on 9/5/25 at 12:59 pm to teke184
He will get fined that is pretty much it. You really think the NBA is going to death sentence their largest TV market?
Did the NCAA give a tough penalty to the Michigan Football Program? Money and TV market talk!
Did the NCAA give a tough penalty to the Michigan Football Program? Money and TV market talk!
Posted on 9/5/25 at 1:01 pm to Ghost Of Bristow
Clip Show is a secondary team in a major market.
I could see them taking a hit much like I could see them doing the same to the Nets if they fricked up, though not the Lakers or Knicks in those same markets.
I could see them taking a hit much like I could see them doing the same to the Nets if they fricked up, though not the Lakers or Knicks in those same markets.
Posted on 9/5/25 at 3:11 pm to teke184
Yeah, they almost have to fine them at least the amount of tax they avoided. That and a 1st is probably where it lands.
Posted on 9/5/25 at 3:54 pm to Galactic Inquisitor
It won’t hurt him.
Net worth
$ 174 BILLION
# 7 on the list
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/012715/5-richest-people-world.asp
Net worth
$ 174 BILLION
# 7 on the list
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/012715/5-richest-people-world.asp
Posted on 9/5/25 at 4:05 pm to AOC4PREZ2028
Comparing overpaying Kawhi to rape and murder is wild
What the hell is wrong with you?
What the hell is wrong with you?
Posted on 9/5/25 at 5:02 pm to PELsu
quote:
This is what they mean and what you should be thinking about when they say “large market” and “small market”.
There is nothing we can do about that until the team is sold and moved. We are the smallest of the small, and that’s not a good place to be with a cheap incompetent owner.
Posted on 9/8/25 at 7:44 am to 3PieceSpicy
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Comparing overpaying Kawhi to rape and murder is wild
What the hell is wrong with you?
So, he chose a controversial example to illustrate how asinine your point was. It doesn't make your point any less asinine.
Posted on 9/8/25 at 5:03 pm to Delusional
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Losing multiple first round draft picks if caught, like the T'Wolves.
Not anymore they changed it, they most they will lose is a one pick and the fine against the cap they will incur at most is a 1/3 of what the T'Wolves got.
Posted on 9/8/25 at 6:31 pm to TigerintheNO
They may make Ballmer sell the team if they determine the Clippers are guilty.
They made Sterling and other owners sell due to being embarrassments to the league. This guy apparently got caught circumventing the cap and is pleading stupidity as a defense.
Oh BTW, the Kawhi money is up to $48 million now and the Ballmer pledge to the organization was $50m. And Uncle Dennis was apparently calling this group demanding Kawhi’s money once they started having financial issues.
They made Sterling and other owners sell due to being embarrassments to the league. This guy apparently got caught circumventing the cap and is pleading stupidity as a defense.
Oh BTW, the Kawhi money is up to $48 million now and the Ballmer pledge to the organization was $50m. And Uncle Dennis was apparently calling this group demanding Kawhi’s money once they started having financial issues.
Posted on 9/8/25 at 10:05 pm to teke184
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They may make Ballmer sell the team if they determine the Clippers are guilty. They made Sterling and other owners sell due to being embarrassments to the league. This guy apparently got caught circumventing the cap and is pleading stupidity as a defense. Oh BTW, the Kawhi money is up to $48 million now and the Ballmer pledge to the organization was $50m. And Uncle Dennis was apparently calling this group demanding Kawhi’s money once they started having financial issues
Sterling was fired because he was a racist.
Balmer won’t be removed. If you think he is the only team with cap errors. Happens quite often in NFL
https://www.insidehook.com/sports/49ers-cheating-salary-cap-again
https://www.masslive.com/patriots/2017/07/how_each_nfl_franchise_has_che.html
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