A new rumor offers a major update on the potential penalty the NBA will hand out to the Los Angeles Clippers in regards to potential salary cap manipulation for signing Kawhi Leonard in 2019.
The Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer found themselves embroiled in an ugly scandal last year when investigative reporter Pablo Torre broke the news about potential salary cap manipulation by the organization. Obviously, when the team signed Leonard to a three-year, $103 million deal in the summer of 2019, it included a huge amount of off-the-books payment.
During his investigation, Torre found documents that showed the Clippers boss helped create a dummy company called Aspiration, which signed the star forward with a $28 million endorsement deal. Yet he never made any presentation on behalf of the brand. The support price was suspiciously close to making up the difference between what the Clippers could legally make and the maximum competing offer from the Toronto Raptors.
Following the damaging report, the NBA launched an investigation into LA’s possible dirty dealings in signing the seven-time All-Star. Although there has been no update on when a final decision might come from the league, there has been a lot of speculation about what the potential punishment could be for the Clippers. Well, it may have been revealed this week.
LA Clippers could lose 3 first-round picks due to Kawhi Leonard-aspiration scandal
During a new edition of the SiriusXM show starting lineupHosted by Frank Isola and NBA veteran Brian Scalabrine, NBA Insider claimed that sources told them the Clippers could lose three future first-round picks, and could also receive a monetary fine of up to $30 million.
Los Angeles has only three first-round selections in the next five NBA drafts. However, this may change depending on the trades made in the previous month. In any way. For a franchise that began its rebuild this year, losing three first-rounders could set the franchise back by nearly a decade.
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