Strange Case of Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers
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The Clippers had been focused on future flexibility for awhile now. Despite losing multiple first-round picks, they still have it.
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.
When J. Cole took the stage at the brand-new Intuit Dome in Inglewood, he expected the usual energy that follows one of rap’s biggest stars.
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.
There is a path forward, but the coming years are not going to be pretty.
The NBA announced major penalties for the Clippers, Kawhi Leonard and Steve Ballmer. Here's a full breakdown of the punishment.
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 $7 million mirror: NBA says Clippers turned sponsors into a shadow payroll
A sustainability agreement would send $7 million a year from the Clippers to Aspiration. The company’s endorsement contract would send exactly $7 million in cash to Kawhi Leonard. That symmetry is at the centre of an extraordinary NBA investigation,
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.