The NBA has ruled on the Los Angeles Clippers in for salary cap circumvention investigations on Kawhi Leonard after yearlong probe – stripping the franchise of 5 first-round picks, issuing a $30 million fine to owner Steve Ballmer and suspensions for Ballmer, Lawrence Frank and Gillian Zucker, sources tell ESPN. Kawhi Leonard will have to pay $700,000 in restitution for improper benefits by the Clippers for his uncle and former business rep, Dennis Robertson.
Wow really glad they threw the book at Ballmer and the Clippers.
Would have really lost my interest in the league if they had let this slide since it just makes the richest teams have a massive advantage. Really glad they did this.
WhiteRabbit@lemmy.today 5 hours ago
ESPN is so shady. They put out that report a few weeks ago that there was no wrongdoing found. Meanwhile, the NBA almost immediately refuted the report and here we are a few weeks later with this huge punishment. I wonder how much Ballmer paid them to make the Clippers look good so they could still make free agent signings without them realizing the shitstorm that was coming lol.