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• Steve Ballmer and the Clippers Face NBA’s Toughest Test Yet
The NBA has launched a high-stakes investigation into whether the Los Angeles Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer secretly funneled millions to Kawhi Leonard through a bankrupt sustainability firm. Ballmer has admitted he invested $50 million into Aspiration Partners, a company that later signed Leonard to a $28 million endorsement deal. Bankruptcy filings show Leonard was […] The post Steve Ba...2025
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• Kawhi Leonard Breaks Silence on Alleged $48 Million Scandal Involving Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer
During Clippers' Media Day, Kawhi Leonard gave his first thoughts on the ongoing investigation involving himself, the team, and Steve Ballmer....2025
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• Clippers Notes: Ballmer, Aspiration, Frank, Kawhi, Beal, Collins
Through his philanthropic arm, the Ballmer Group, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer donated $1.875MM to the Golden State Opportunity Fund, a charity whose founder is disgraced former Aspiration co-founder Joe Sanberg, Pablo Torre reported on Monday on his Pablo Torre Finds Out podcast (YouTube link). Ballmer’s donation came in December 2024, more than a year-and-a-half after […]...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...2025
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• Kawhi Leonard saga: Steve Ballmer donated to Aspiration co-founder's charity after being 'duped,' per report

The timing of Ballmer's grant calls into question the validity of his defense...2025
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• Inside the NBA investigation into Steve Ballmer's Clippers

The 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

• Will NBA Void Kawhi Leonard’s $149.5M Contract? Insider Reveals Potential Punishments for Clippers’ Scandal
The NBA investigation could void Kawhi Leonard's $149.5 million contract and suspend Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for up to one year....2025
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• Adam Silver Confirms 'Burden' Of Proof On NBA In Kawhi Leonard Probe

NBA 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...2025
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• NBA Hires Law Firm To Investigate Kawhi Leonard Endorsement Deal

The 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...2025
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• Not letting Paul George dictate his next contract is smart for the Clippers

Steve Ballmer and the Clippers front office won't want to overpay an injury-prone forward with no championship experience....2024
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• Reload or Rebuild? What will the Suns, Lakers and every other first-round loser do now?

Original photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The Suns, Lakers, Sixers and every other team to lose in the first round of the NBA playoffs are facing big decisions this summer. LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard and Khris Middleton. Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal.Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, Paul George and Russell Westbrook.Joel Embiid a...2024
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• The Clippers went all-in, and it’s paying off

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Forget a two-timelines approach. They Clippers are showing the value of going all-in. The Los Angeles Clippers have yet to enjoy the success they envisioned when Kawhi Leonard and Paul George returned to their Southern California roots in 2019. Despite having two complimentary superstars in the prime of their careers, they are one of only five teams to ha...2024
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• The Clippers’ Eric Gordon trade is a bust that will hurt for years to come
Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images The Eric Gordon trade will be painful for the Clippers for a long time. The Los Angeles Clippers’ trade for Eric Gordon seemed sensible enough when it happened at last season’s February deal deadline. The Clippers were sitting at the No. 5 seed on the day of the trade, and were hoping to make an NBA Finals run with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George most...2023
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• Kawhi Leonard injury update: Clippers owner Steve Ballmer calls midseason return for star forward 'possible'
Leonard suffered a partially torn ACL during the NBA playoffs...2021
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• Steve Ballmer’s cryptic response on Kawhi Leonard’s return to Clippers in 2021-22
Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard suffered an ACL injury in the playoffs last season, and the surgery will knock him out for at least a good chunk of the 2021-22 season. Given his history, there’s also the possibility of Leonard missing the entire season. The Clippers star will surely be extremely cautious when it […] The post Steve Ballmer’s cryptic response on Kawhi Leona...2021
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• Steve Ballmer says Clippers will lose at least $10 million due to COVID-19 suspension
The NBA season has been suspended nearly three weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the United States. The suspension came after Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert tested positive for the novel coronavirus. There’s no telling when the NBA season will resume, if at all. In talking about the work stoppage with Bloomberg, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer indicated that his team is set to lose a...2020
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• Clips Have Good Reason to Think They Can Beat Warriors, but Do They Believe It?
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• Matias Testi to Rejoin Clippers After Incident with Blake Griffin
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• Off-Court Fight Keeps Clippers, NBA Wondering Who Blake Griffin Really Is
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• Clippers Release Statement on Blake Griffin Incident with Team Staff Member
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• DeAndre Jordan Free-Agent Saga Ends with Clippers Retaining Contender Status
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"Remember when Steve Ballmer bought the L."

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"Months after Steve Ballmer purchased the LA Clippers, he reconsidered everything about the franchise."

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"Gordon remains a good player who could have helped LA next season, but he wasn’t worth $110 million to owner Steve Ballmer."

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"For the eighth consecutive year, the Clippers' Steve Ballmer is ranked as the richest owner in professional sports, according to Forbes."

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"The event allowed fans, players, and media an inside look at what Steve Ballmer and the organization have up their sleeves for the world-class stadium scheduled to open in time for the 2024-25 season."

2020
"Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has reached an agreement to purchase the Forum in Inglewood for $400 million in cash from The Madison Square Garden Company, clearing the biggest obstacle in the franchise's way of building a new arena in the area."

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"Team owner Steve Ballmer intends to hang on to Doc for “a long time."

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"The Pistons desperately want to make the playoffs, and Steve Ballmer may have realized it's time to blow the Clippers up."

2017
"The Clippers are 8-14, but owner Steve Ballmer doesn't want a new coach, according to USA Today."

2016
" Team owner Steve Ballmer told Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times that there "needs to be consequences" for Griffin's actions."

2015
"NBA teams soared in value after Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft (MSFT, Tech30) CEO, paid $2 billion for the Los Angeles Clippers."

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" By selling the team of his own volition, Levenson has allowed himself some control over the sales process—something that wouldn't have been afforded to Sterling had his wife, Shelly, not made a deal with Steve Ballmer."

• Steve Ballmer Gave $1.875M Grant To Joe Sanberg's Nonprofit In December 2024
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• Inside the NBA investigation into Steve Ballmer's Clippers
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• Clippers Release Statement After Pablo Torre’s Viral Report Linking Steve Ballmer’s Transactions to Aspiration Controversy
Pablo Torre reports Steve Ballmer and the Los Angeles Clippers made a $21 million Aspiration payment, prompting an NBA salary cap investigation....2025
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• Report: Steve Ballmer, Clippers Funded $118M To Aspiration Over 18 Months
Steve 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...2025
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• Clippers 'Done Building Around' Kawhi Leonard

While 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...2025
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• Will NBA Void Kawhi Leonard’s $149.5M Contract? Insider Reveals Potential Punishments for Clippers’ Scandal
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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...2025
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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...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....2025
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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...2025
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• Chris Paul Non-Committal About Retirement Timeline Upon Return To Clippers

Chris Paul did not commit to retiring after the 2025-26 season during his official reintroduction with the LA Clippers on Monday. The 40-year-old point guard signed a one-year, $3.6 million veteran minimum contract after eight years away from the franchise. When addressing nearly 1,000 fans at Intuit Dome, Paul expressed his approach to the upcoming season without finalizing future plans. "I am ap...2025
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• Chris Paul Non-Committal About Retirement Plans Upon Return To Clippers

Chris Paul did not commit to retiring after the 2025-26 season during his official reintroduction with the LA Clippers on Monday. The 40-year-old point guard signed a one-year, $3.6 million veteran minimum contract after eight years away from the franchise. When addressing nearly 1,000 fans at Intuit Dome, Paul expressed his approach to the upcoming season without finalizing future plans. "I am ap...2025
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• The Clippers’ new arena gimmick even had Kevin Durant missing clutch free throws

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images ‘The Wall’ is an innovative feature at the Clippers’ new arena, and Kevin Durant was its first victim. Los Angeles Clippers governor Steve Ballmer spent $2 billion in an attempt to finally get out of the Lakers’ shadow. The Intuit Dome — the Clippers’ state-of-the-art arena — is the result, and on Wednesday night it hosted its first ever game as LA’s other t...2024
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• Forbes ranks Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones as only second-wealthiest person in world of sports

Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Jerry Jones lost out on the top spot of Forbes’ wealthiest people in the world of sports. If you ain’t first, you’re last. Ricky Bobby told us this many moons ago and since then it has served as the disposition for people all across the world of sports. Obviously there is some solace to take in finishing in places like second and third, but the ultimate goal is...2024
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• The Clippers shed their loser branding, and finally look like a real NBA team

The Clippers’ new rebrand is a big improvement. The Los Angeles Clippers don’t exactly strike fear into their opponents, historically-speaking. The franchise that was founded as the Buffalo Braves in 1970, became the Clippers in a move to San Diego in 1978, and then landed in LA in 1984, has never reached the NBA Finals. The franchise’s all-time winning percentage for both regular season and posts...2024
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• The Clippers went all-in, and it’s paying off
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• The Clippers’ Eric Gordon trade is a bust that will hurt for years to come
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• VIDEO: Clippers owner Steve Ballmer’s heartbroken reaction to Paul George free throw miss
The Los Angeles Clippers fell short in Game 4, and nobody’s more disappointed than their team owner Steve Ballmer. With the Clippers down three points with just a shade over six seconds remaining, Paul George had two free throws to potentially inch LA closer to overtime. Unfortunately, PG was a little short on the attempt, […] The post VIDEO: Clippers owner Steve Ballmer’s heartb...2021
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• Clippers might be Knicks' toughest competitors in free agency
Today’s game with the Clippers barely mattered to the Knicks; it’s the summer battle over free agents that’s going to be important, writes Marc Berman of The New York Post. There have been whispers around the league that New York is in good position to land Kevin Durant and another elite free agent after clearing tons of cap room with the Kristaps Porzingis trade. However, the Clippers could be th...2019
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• Blake Griffin denies snubbing Clippers’ owner
Blake Griffin insists he wasn’t deliberately avoiding Clippers’ owner Steve Ballmer when he sprinted to the locker room prior to this afternoon’s game in Los Angeles, relays Ben Golliver of The Washington Post. In a video that quickly went viral, Ballmer approaches his former player for a pre-game handshake, but Griffin turns and runs away. “For nine years now, as soon as I’m done with my pregame ...2019
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• Chris Paul Non-Committal About Retirement Timeline Upon Return To Clippers
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• Buss Family Sells Lakers Majority Ownership Amid Rising NBA Costs

The Buss family has sold their majority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers amid escalating operational costs in today's NBA landscape. Mark Walter will purchase the Lakers at a $10 billion valuation and is better positioned from a cash perspective than the Buss siblings. The transaction addresses financial constraints that have limited the franchise's competitiveness against deep-pocketed ownership g...2025
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• List of NBA Owners: Every Team Governor As of 2025
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• Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer, Wife Connie Donate $15M to Wildfire Relief
Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie, are donating an initial $15 million in emergency funding for people affected by the deadly Los Angeles wildfires, according to The Associated Press. Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, wife Connie said the donation would support the community of Altadena The Ballmer Group announced the […] The post Clippers Owner Steve Ball...2025
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• The Clippers shed their loser branding, and finally look like a real NBA team
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• Clippers’ New Home Will Strive to Keep Fans Engaged

How do you get people to pay attention as well as admission? Owner Steve Ballmer is designing a new arena in Inglewood that will help fans stay in the moment....2023
• Royals Rumblings - News for March 8, 2023
I hope someone adopted this very good dog | Minda Haas Kuhlmann Outside of this very website, reading a comment section can quickly become disheartening. But I saw this wholesome exchange in the comments of Andy McCullough’s story at The Athletic announcing Lorenzo Cain’s retirement: Cole R. Even as a Brewer fan, he definitely needs to retire as a Royal. That’s where he’s known of, and t...2023
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• Clippers owner Steve Ballmer’s ill-advised nut grab hilariously goes viral
For a brief shining moment, the Los Angeles Clippers battled back against the Phoenix Suns in Game 6. In a game that the Suns led nearly wire-to-wire, LAC looked like they were in the midst of another epic comeback. Nic Batum hit a triple with less than two minutes remaining in the 3rd quarter to […] The post Clippers owner Steve Ballmer’s ill-advised nut grab hilariously goes viral ap...2021
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• Michael Jordan Appears on Forbes' World's Richest Billionaires List for 1st Time
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• DeAndre Jordan Signs with Clippers Despite Prior Agreement with Mavericks
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• Ballmer to buy Forum, clearing path for new arena
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• Blake Griffin Won't Stop Dunking on San Antonio's Aron Baynes
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• Clippers Owner on Unpopular New Uniforms: ‘Change is Always Hard’
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• WATCH: LA Clippers Unveil New Logos and Uniforms
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• Blake Griffin Trade Rumors: Latest News, Speculation on Clippers Star
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• Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer and Mark Cuban Wind Up on Kiss Cam
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• Clippers make biggest gamble in NBA history on James Harden

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has built a fantasy basketball team, trading a handful of draft picks and another filled with expiring contracts to the 76ers for one-time NBA MVP James Harden, but has he compiled it five years too late?...2023
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• NBA Insider: Criticism of Mark Jackson May Not Be Simply a Matter of Xs and Os
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• Steve Ballmer: Just Your Average, Everyday Billionaire Who Saved the Clippers
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• Clippers Notes: Ballmer, Aspiration, Frank, Kawhi, Beal, Collins
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• Clippers 'Done Building Around' 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...2025
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• Chris Paul Non-Committal About Retirement Timeline Upon Return To Clippers
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• List of NBA Owners: Every Team Governor As of 2025
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• Reload or Rebuild? What will the Suns, Lakers and every other first-round loser do now?
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• The Clippers went all-in, and it’s paying off
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• The Clippers’ Eric Gordon trade is a bust that will hurt for years to come
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• Royals Rumblings - News for March 8, 2023
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• Suns Owner Mat Ishbia Issues Staunch Defense of Steve Ballmer Amid Kawhi Leonard Controversy
Find out more on what Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia had to say when asked about the scandal involving Steve Ballmer and Kawhi Leonard....2025
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• Clippers’ $21 million Aspiration paper trail discovered in Kawhi Leonard no-show scandal

It's going to be hard for the Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer to explain their way out of the latest evidence against them in the Kawhi Leonard Aspiration scandal....2025
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• Steve Ballmer Makes Feelings Clear on NBA’s Investigation Into Clippers’ Alleged $48 Million Scandal Involving Kawhi Leonard
Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer believes the NBA will find no wrongdoing amid the Kawhi Leonard investigation....2025
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• Pablo Torre Boldly Questions Mark Cuban As Mavericks Minority Owner Publicly Defends Steve Ballmer
Pablo Torre questioned Mark Cuban as Mavericks minority owner fiercely defended Steve Ballmer amid Kawhi Leonard’s alleged Clippers scandal....2025
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• Adam Silver Confirms 'Burden' Of Proof On NBA In Kawhi Leonard Probe
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• Clippers, Kawhi Leonard scandal intensifies with latest report

The 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....2025
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• Silver: Burden on NBA to show violation by Clips
Adam Silver said it's up to the NBA to prove wrongdoing during its investigation of potential cap circumvention by the Clippers, Steve Ballmer and Kawhi Leonard....2025
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• Kawhi Leonard Spotted at US Open Amid Viral $48M Scandal With Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer
Kawhi Leonard spotted at the US Open amid Clippers’ $48M scandal with owner Steve Ballmer, sparking fresh fan and media buzz....2025
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• Mark Cuban lashes out at Pablo Torre after defending Steve Ballmer amid Kawhi Leonard scandal

Mark Cuban lashed out at Pablo Torre after the two got into a heated debate regarding Torre's reporting on the alleged Kawhi Leonard scandal....2025
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• Clippers owner denies any wrongdoing in Kawhi Leonard’s deal with Aspiration

Clippers 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....2025
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