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• Steve Ballmer Gave $1.875M Grant To Joe Sanberg's Nonprofit In December 2024Steve 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...2025See more articles Pablo Torre -
• Inside the NBA investigation into Steve Ballmer's ClippersThe NBA is in the midst of a high-stakes investigation of the Clippers over allegations of violating the salary cap. Here is what it could mean to the team and its owner Steve Ballmer....2025
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• Report: Steve Ballmer, Clippers Funded $118M To Aspiration Over 18 MonthsSteve Ballmer and the Los Angeles Clippers funded a total of $118 million in Aspiration over an 18-month period, according to new reporting from Pablo Torre. Ballmer invested $10 million in Aspiration as late as March 9, 2023 shortly before the government opened their investigation into the company. While Ballmer's $50 million investment in September 2021 and Dennis Wong's $2 million investment in...2025Check it out Los Angeles Clippers
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• 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...2025Check it out Kawhi Leonard -
• 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 also Kawhi Leonard
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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...2025Continue with Kawhi Leonard
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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....2025Continue with Kawhi Leonard
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• Steve Ballmer Invested Another $10M In Aspiration In March 2023Steve 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...2025Check it out Los Angeles Clippers
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• NBA Commissioner Addresses Clippers, Kawhi Leonard Allegations
NBA commissioner Adam Silver suggested Wednesday that a league investigation would need to uncover substantial evidence linking the Los Angeles Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer to deals worth up to $48 million between Kawhi Leonard and former team sponsor Aspiration in order for Silver to penalize the Clippers. “The burden is on the league if […] The post NBA Commissioner Addresses Cli...2025See more articles Adam Silver
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• NBA commissioner Adam Silver stresses due process in Clippers probeNBA commissioner Adam Silver made it clear Wednesday that the league will carry the burden of proof in its investigation of the Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer. At issue is whether Kawhi Leonard’s $28 million “no-show” job with the now-bankrupt company Aspiration amounted to an effort to circumvent the salary cap. “The burden is on […] The post NBA commissioner Adam Silver stresses due proc...2025Check it out Adam Silver
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• Adam Silver says NBA needs clear evidence Clippers made secret deal before lowering boom on BallmerNBA commissioner Adam Silver said clear evidence must be found that the Clippers violated salary cap rules for owner Steve Ballmer to be punished....2025Check it out Adam Silver
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• Adam Silver Confirms 'Burden' Of Proof On NBA In Kawhi Leonard ProbeNBA Commissioner Adam Silver emphasized the league bears the burden of proof in its investigation of the Los Angeles Clippers' potential salary cap circumvention involving Kawhi Leonard's $28 million Aspiration endorsement deal. Aspiration had a $300 million sponsorship deal with the Clippers and touted Steve Ballmer as an investor. The commissioner made clear that fundamental fairness requires th...2025Click for news about Adam Silver -
• Clippers, Kawhi Leonard scandal intensifies with latest reportThe Los Angeles Clippers may have committed a cardinal sin by Adam Silver's standards. Pablo Torre's thorough, seven-month-long investigation revealed that Clippers owner Steve Ballmer may have used a now-bankrupt company called Aspiration to circumvent the salary cap and pay Kawhi Leonard for a no-show job....2025See more Kawhi Leonard -
• Kawhi Leonard's Camp Asked Raptors For No-Show Endorsement Deal, EquityDuring Kawhi Leonard's 2019 free agency, his uncle Dennis Robertson made demands to the Toronto Raptors that line up almost perfectly with the terms of the star player's endorsement deal with Aspiration, sources tell Bruce Arthur of The Toronto Star. Robertson reportedly requested that the Raptors trade for Paul George plus give them an ownership stake in the Toronto Maple Leafs. Robertson also as...2025Click for news about Kawhi Leonard -
• Aspiration Bid More Than Double Intuit For Clippers' Arena Naming Rights
The Los Angeles Clippers received a bid from Aspiration for naming rights to their new arena worth nearly double that Intuit eventually paid, which was $550 million over 23 years. The Clippers decided to move forward with the offer from Intuit as they were the most established company. Aspiration instead executed a jersey patch sponsorship with the Clippers and other promotional activations. Aspir...2025Check it out Los Angeles Clippers
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• NBA Hires Law Firm To Investigate Kawhi Leonard Endorsement DealThe NBA hired New York-based law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to investigate allegations that Kawhi Leonard's endorsement deal with a tree-planting company called Aspiration was made to circumvent the Los Angeles Clippers salary cap, sources told The Athletic. Pablo Torre originally reported that Leonard signed a four-year, $28 million deal with Aspiration that contractually required no ser...2025See also Kawhi Leonard -
• NBA hires law firm to investigate Kawhi Leonard, Clippers in Aspiration dealThe NBA has retained New York law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to conduct its investigation into Kawhi Leonard’s controversial endorsement contract with Aspiration, a now-bankrupt environmental finance company. According to The Athletic, the move is the clearest sign yet that the league is treating the allegations against the Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer […] The post NBA hires...2025See also Kawhi Leonard -
• Clippers considered naming dome after bankrupt firm at center of Kawhi Leonard allegationsClippers owner Steve Ballmer denied circumventing NBA salary cap rules in an ESPN interview, saying he didn't know any details of Kawhi Leonard's deal with Aspiration Partners....2025See more articles Kawhi Leonard
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• Steve Ballmer insists Clippers had no role in Kawhi Leonard’s Aspiration dealClippers owner Steve Ballmer is pushing back on the idea that the team had anything to do with Kawhi Leonard’s controversial endorsement contract with Aspiration. In an interview with ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne on SportsCenter, Ballmer said Aspiration simply asked him to connect them with Leonard back in November 2021. That happened not long after Leonard […] The post Steve Ballmer insists Clip...2025See more Kawhi Leonard
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• Steve Ballmer: Clippers Have 'Always Done The Right Thing'
Steve Ballmer addressed allegations of possible cap circumvention committed by the Los Angeles Clippers involving a Kawhi Leonard endorsement contract in a sit-down interview on Thursday with ESPN's Ramona Shelburne. Ballmer said Aspiration asked him to make an introduction to Leonard in November 2021, which was three months after the Clippers signed him to a four-year, $173 million extension. Asp...2025Visit the page Los Angeles Clippers
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• Clippers owner denies any wrongdoing in Kawhi Leonard’s deal with AspirationClippers owner Steve Ballmer explained the origins of Kawhi Leonard‘s endorsement deal with Aspiration during an interview with Ramona Shelburne of ESPN Thursday night on "SportsCenter," but he denied that the team did anything inappropriate to circumvent the salary cap....2025Check it out Kawhi Leonard -
• Clippers Owner Denies Any Wrongdoing In Kawhi Leonard’s Deal With AspirationClippers owner Steve Ballmer explained the origins of Kawhi Leonard‘s endorsement deal with Aspiration during an interview with Ramona Shelburne of ESPN Thursday night on SportsCenter, but he denied that the team did anything inappropriate to circumvent the salary cap. During the 16-minute interview, Ballmer said the company asked him to provide an introduction to […]...2025See more Kawhi Leonard -
• ‘Embarrassed’ Clippers owner Steve Ballmer breaks silence over Kawhi Leonard endorsement scandal"I'd want the league to investigate, take it seriously. Salary cap circumvention rules are important to the league, and I'd want the league to investigate," Ballmer told ESPN Thursday....2025See also Kawhi Leonard -
• Clippers owner Steve Ballmer doubles down on denial of Kawhi Leonard salary cap circumvention allegationsThe Clippers are accused of facilitating a $28 million "no-show" endorsement deal for Leonard...2025Click for news about Kawhi Leonard -
• Clippers' Steve Ballmer claims ignorance over reported $28M Kawhi Leonard deal, says third-party company 'conned me'Ballmer insisted that the Clippers didn't circumvent the salary cap and that he'd been 'conned' by a company whose co-founder recently pleaded guilty to fraud....2025Check it out Kawhi Leonard
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• Ballmer: Clips 'always done right thing' with Kawhi
Clippers owner Steve Ballmer told ESPN that he would "want the league to investigate" if another owner and another team were accused of circumventing the NBA's salary cap, as the Clippers were Wednesday in a podcast by Pablo Torre....2025See also Pablo Torre
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• Mark Cuban Defends Steve Ballmer Against Cap Circumvention AllegationsMark Cuban publicly defended Steve Ballmer following reports that the Los Angeles Clippers potentially circumvented salary cap rules through an endorsement deal with Kawhi Leonard. Cuban made his remarks on X, dismissing allegations that Ballmer orchestrated the scheme. The controversy stems from Pablo Torre's report regarding the Clippers' relationship with now-bankrupt company Aspiration. Torre ...2025Click for news about Mark Cuban -
• Clippers Deny Any Involvement In Kawhi Leonard's Endorsement Deal With Aspiration
The Los Angeles Clippers responded to allegations made in a report from Pablo Torre that the franchise possibly circumvented the salary cap with payments made to Kawhi Leonard via an endorsement deal. "Neither the Clippers nor Steve Ballmer circumvented the salary cap," said the Clippers in the statement. "The notion that Steve invested in Aspiration in order to funnel money to Kawhi Leonard is ab...2025Continue with Kawhi Leonard
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• NBA launches investigation into alleged Kawhi Leonard 'no show' endorsement deal to skirt salary cap
The NBA is investigating claims Clippers owner Steve Ballmer invested in the company that endorsed Leonard to get around cap....2025See more articles Kawhi Leonard
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• NBA Launching Investigation Into Possible Cap Circumvention By Clippers
The NBA is launching an investigation into allegations that Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers committed a salary cap circumvention violation. "We are aware of this morning's media report regarding the LA Clippers and are commencing an investigation," said NBA spokesman Mike Bass. Leonard allegedly received an endorsement deal worth $28 million over four years from a company with ties to S...2025See also Kawhi Leonard