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Wednesday, September 02, 2026

The NBA has taken five first-round picks from the Los Angeles Clippers and $30 million, as well as suspending owner Steve Ballmer for one year, for circumventing the salary cap when signing Kawhi Leonard four years ago. The league found that Leonard was rewarded with over $28 million in side deals orchestrated by the team. Leonard also has to give back $700,000.

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Let's see Ballmer dance his way out of this one.

#1 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-02 09:01 PM | Reply

Let's see, they gave a guy 28 million and he has to give back 700k. Big money sports is all about the...greed?

#2 | Posted by Hughmass at 2026-09-03 06:35 AM | Reply

He flipped. Threw his own uncle under the bus, too.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-03 11:25 AM | Reply

... suspending owner Steve Ballmer ...

Not really surprised to see Mr Ballmer's name in this.

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-03 12:18 PM | Reply

Pablo Torre needs to investigate Mitch McConnell.

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-03 01:11 PM | Reply

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