The hunger to become a championship-level franchise pushed the LA Clippers into trouble. After leading the Toronto Raptors to their first-ever championship title in June, Kawhi Leonard became an absolute favorite of the team.

As if the Los Angeles Clippers do not have enough problems amid the salary-cap circumvention scandal, they are facing another potential blowback to their broadcast plan. The NBA handed down stiff sanctions on the Clippers after the league’s investigation confirmed that the team had illicit deals with a now-defunct sustainability company.

There is a path forward, but the coming years are not going to be pretty.

The draft picks are from 2029 to 2033, partly because the Clippers already traded their 2028 first and swapped their 2027 pick. The Clippers’ 2029 swap with the Philadelphia 76ers is unaffected, as the penalty from the league cost them their 2029 pick from the Indiana Pacers instead.

A draft pick that the Indiana Pacers sent to the LA Clippers back in February will be stripped as punishment in the Kawhi Laonrd cap circumvention saga.

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The NBA announced major penalties for the Clippers, Kawhi Leonard and Steve Ballmer. Here's a full breakdown of the punishment.

In one of the largest basketball-related penalties ever levied against an NBA franchise in the league’s history, the NBA on Wednesday fined the Los Angeles Clippers $30 million and star Kawhi Leonard $700,

The Clippers had been focused on future flexibility for awhile now. Despite losing multiple first-round picks, they still have it.