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• NBA won't move 2026 All-Star Game out of Los Angeles amid Clippers probe
The NBA is investigating whether the Los Angeles Clippers circumvented salary cap rules in regards to Kawhi Leonard....2025Visit the page Los Angeles Clippers
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• 2026 NBA All-Star Game to remain at Intuit Dome despite Clippers investigation, Kawhi Leonard contract sagaNBA commissioner Adam Silver said he will not relocate the February 2026 event...2025Read about Adam Silver -
• NBA Won't Consider Moving All-Star Game Away From ClippersThe NBA will not consider moving the All-Star Game from the Los Angeles Clippers' Intuit Dome amid their investigation into alleged cap circumvention involving Kawhi Leonard. Leonard had a $28 million endorsement contract with Aspiration, a company with ties to Steve Ballmer and Dennis Wong. "There's no contemplation of moving the All-Star Game," Silver said, "and planning for the All-Star Game an...2025See also Los Angeles Clippers -
• And-Ones: All-Star Game, Australia, A. Antetokounmpo, More
Regardless of the findings of the NBA’s investigation into the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard for potential salary cap circumvention, the 2026 All-Star Game won’t be relocated away from Intuit Dome, commissioner Adam Silver confirmed on Monday. There had been some speculation that taking this season’s All-Star Game away from the Clippers could be one form […]...2025See more Adam Silver
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• Adam Silver: All-Star Game staying at Clippers’ Intuit Dome despite investigationNBA commissioner Adam Silver said Monday there’s “no contemplation” of moving the 2026 All-Star Game out of the LA Clippers’ Intuit Dome as the league investigates whether the team violated salary cap rules involving Kawhi Leonard. The investigation was launched last month following journalist Pablo Torre’s report on a $28 million endorsement deal between Leonard […] The post Adam Silver: Al...2025See more articles Adam Silver -
• Clippers and Ballmer Stand Firm Amid NBA Probe
Ongoing Investigation The Los Angeles Clippers face a growing storm. The NBA is investigating whether the franchise violated salary cap rules during its 2019 recruitment of Kawhi Leonard. At the center of the probe is an alleged improper endorsement arrangement that could have influenced Leonard’s decision to join the team. The league hired the law […] The post Clippers and Ballmer Stand Fir...2025See also Los Angeles Clippers
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• Kawhi Leonard Seeks to Impeach Sponsor in Salary-Cap Flap
Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard’s comments at his team’s media day on Monday marked the first time he’s addressed allegations he signed a contract with a team sponsor with the understanding the compensation reflected payments on behalf of the Clippers that were in addition to his player salary. Leonard ridiculed the allegations as far-fetched “conspiracies” that further “clickbait” …...2025Continue with Los Angeles Clippers
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• Kawhi Leonard: None Of Us Did No WrongdoingKawhi Leonard responded to allegations he performed no services for Aspiration, a now-bankrupt green banking company, with whom he had a four-year, $28 million endorsement contract. The NBA has launched an investigation into whether Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers committed a salary cap circumvention involving the company. "I understand the full contract and the services that I had to do. I d...2025Read about Los Angeles Clippers -
• Kawhi Leonard investigation: Everything Clippers star said about NBA's probe into Aspiration endorsement dealLeonard said he doesn't 'do conspiracy theories' but confirmed he hadn't gotten paid his full contract with Aspiration...2025 -
• Kawhi: Allegations of no-show deal not accurate
Kawhi Leonard said that he doesn't "think it's accurate" that he performed no actual services for Aspiration, the now-bankrupt green banking company and Clippers team sponsor that he signed a lucrative endorsement contract with....2025
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Kawhi Leonard trade rumors, contract, salary
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• 'Conspiracy theories': Clippers' Kawhi Leonard denies that his endorsement deal was cheatingKawhi Leonard didn't say much at Clippers media day, but he did refute allegations that his endorsement deal with Aspiration was done to circumvent the salary cap....2025
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• Steve Ballmer Gave $1.875M Grant To Joe Sanberg's Nonprofit In December 2024
Steve Ballmer sent a $1.875 million grant to Joe Sanberg's Golden State Opportunity Foundation in December 2024, reports Pablo Torre. Ballmer sent the funds through Ballmer Group months after the government began to investigate Aspiration, the company that is the center of an NBA investigation into possible salary cap circumvention committed by the Los Angeles Clippers and Kawhi Leonard. The known...2025Read about Steve Ballmer
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• Report: Kawhi Leonard contract demands went well beyond max dealKawhi Leonard’s ongoing situation with the Clippers continues to peel back layers. What started with Pablo Torre’s reporting on the Aspiration scandal — where the Clippers are accused of funneling money through a defunct bank to pay Leonard — has now widened into a look at what Leonard’s camp was asking for in contract talks. […] The post Report: Kawhi Leonard contract demands we...2025Continue with Pablo Torre -
• Future of Kawhi Leonard with Clippers in question?The Clippers keep saying there’s nothing unusual about Kawhi Leonard’s $28 million endorsement deal with Aspiration. The problem? Every new report makes it look more unusual. From alleged “no-show” payments, to side stock agreements, to the NBA digging into whether it all amounted to salary-cap circumvention, the controversy just won’t go away. That alone has […] The post Future of Kawhi Leo...2025 -
• NBA not likely to wrap Kawhi Leonard investigation until after All-Star Game, hosted by ClippersThe NBA isn’t expected to reach a resolution on the Kawhi Leonard salary-cap circumvention case until after the 2026 All-Star Game — an event, fittingly enough, hosted by the Clippers. As Pablo Torre of Pablo Torre Finds Out has reported, bankrupt financial firm Aspiration allegedly paid Leonard $48 million for what amounted to a “no-show […] The post NBA not likely to wrap Kawhi Leona...2025Visit the page Pablo Torre -
• Clippers concessions to superstar may have cost Raptors a dynastyKawhi Leonard and his uncle made extraordinary demands when he became a free agent in 2019. When the Los Angeles Clippers met many of them, it may have cost the Toronto Raptors multiple titles....2025See also Los Angeles Clippers -
• Clippers 'Done Building Around' Kawhi LeonardWhile the Los Angeles Clippers badly wanted to sign Kawhi Leonard during the 2019 offseason, sources tell ESPN that a sense of "fear" began kicking in shortly after they managed to do so based on the price they had to pay in terms of trading for Paul George and the cost of having Leonard as their franchise player. The Clippers were the favorites to win the 2020 NBA championship, but blew a 3-1 lea...2025See more Los Angeles Clippers -
• Clippers Notes: Derrick Jones Jr., Kawhi Leonard investigationClippers forward Derrick Jones Jr. has been ordered to pay his former agent, Aaron Turner, the full 4% commission from his current contract, per Michael McCann of Sportico. An arbitrator ruled that Jones failed to give Turner the required 15 days’ written notice before terminating their agreement. That means Turner is owed $1.2 million from […] The post Clippers Notes: Derrick Jones Jr., Kaw...2025See more articles Derrick Jones -
• NBA Investigation Into Clippers and Kawhi Leonard Could Bring Historic Punishments
Scandal at the Center of the Season The Los Angeles Clippers have not played a single game this year, but they are already facing one of the league’s most significant controversies in decades. The NBA is investigating whether the organization funneled money to Kawhi Leonard through the bankrupt financial firm Aspiration, potentially violating salary cap […] The post NBA Investigation Into Cl...2025Read about Los Angeles Clippers
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• Kawhi Leonard contract drama, explained: Latest news as NBA investigates Clippers for salary cap circumventionLeonard allegedly received millions for a 'no-show job'...2025
Kawhi Leonard trade rumors, contract, salary
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• Former Aspiration CEO Breaks Silence on Kawhi Leonard Scandal
The NBA’s ongoing investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer centers on whether Kawhi Leonard had what some have called a “no-show” endorsement deal with former team sponsor Aspiration. That contract reportedly paid Leonard $48 million, yet league investigators have found no evidence of promotional work tied to the deal. Former Aspiration […] The post Former Aspirati...2025See more articles Los Angeles Clippers
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• Former Aspiration CEO Defends Kawhi Leonard Deal Structure
Internal emails revealed Aspiration executives expressed concerns about Kawhi Leonard's endorsement contract, which required minimal promotional work while allowing the Clippers star significant control over his obligations, according to documents obtained by The Athletic. The deal specified Leonard would participate in one eight-hour production day, one four-hour PR session, two community service...2025Continue with Leonardo DiCaprio
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• Ex-Aspiration CEO disputes ‘no-show’ label on Kawhi Leonard deal
Former Aspiration CEO Andrei Cherny is pushing back on the idea that Clippers star Kawhi Leonard had a so-called “no-show” endorsement agreement with the now-bankrupt “green bank” company. In comments relayed by Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic and in a statement posted to social media, Cherny argued that Leonard’s $28 million contract with Aspiration included […] The post Ex-Aspiration CEO dis...2025Continue with Mike Vorkunov
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• Former Aspiration CEO denies allegations that Kawhi Leonard signed ‘no-show’ dealAndrei Cherny, who resigned from his role in 2022, wrote on X that the “claim that the contract with Kawhi Leonard as a ‘no show’ contract is false."...2025 -
• Former Aspiration CEO says idea Kawhi Leonard had 'no-show contract is false'
Andrei Cherny said Leonard's contract contained provisions for him to do work for company, there was no talk of NBA salary cap....2025
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• Ex-Aspiration CEO Denies Kawhi Leonard Signed No-Show Deal
The former chief executive officer of Aspiration said Friday that Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard did not sign a no-show contract with his former company. “The contract contained three pages of extensive obligations that Leonard had to perform,” Andrei Cherny, who left the company in 2022, wrote in a statement posted on X. “And […] The post Ex-Aspiration CEO Denies ...2025See more Los Angeles Clippers
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• Latest On Clippers, Kawhi Leonard
Clippers owner Steve Ballmer made a second investment worth nearly $10MM in the now-bankrupt “green bank” company Aspiration, according to legal filings reviewed by Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic. The previously unreported investment, which occurred in March 2023 when the company was “hemorrhaging cash, laying off employees and struggling to raise funds,” was corroborated by...2025Check it out Steve Ballmer
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• What is Aspiration, the company behind the Kawhi Leonard deal?
Here's what we know about now-defunct Aspiration, the company at the center of the salary cap-circumvention accusations....2025
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• Ex-Aspiration CEO denies Kawhi had no-show deal
The former chief executive officer of Aspiration, the company that LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is accused of using to circumvent the salary cap, said Friday that claims that Kawhi Leonard signed a no-show contract with his former company are false....2025Visit the page Steve Ballmer
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• Steve Ballmer Invested Another $10M In Aspiration In March 2023
Steve Ballmer invested nearly $10 million into Aspiration in March 2023, which followed his initial $50 million investment 18 months earlier, according to legal filings reviewed by The Athletic and corroborated by a former executive with the company. Ballmer's $10 million investment came as Aspiration was quickly losing cash, laying off employees and struggling to raise funds. The March 2023 inve...2025Click for news about Steve Ballmer