NBA punishes LA Clippers over Kawhi Leonard deals
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Kawhi Leonard’s $700,000 penalty is just the beginning of the fallout from his NBA salary cap circumvention scandal. The seven-time All-Star issued a carefully crafted public statement, claiming “integrity and respect” as core values while taking responsibility for “lapses in judgment by people within my inner circle.
"You just feel that they will always be the laughingstock," said actor and Clippers fan Paul Scheer after the cap circumvention ruling.
Journalist Pablo Torre spurred a law firm's probe that found the Clippers circumvented the NBA's salary cap. Torre says there is "more to come ...''
The Los Angeles Clippers' future draft capital took a major hit after the team was penalized by the NBA for violating the salary cap circumvention rules in the league's collective bargaining agreement on Wednesday.
Torre spoke to The Athletic the day after the NBA released its report on the Clippers, the culmination of a saga that began on his podcast.
The Clippers, docked five first-round picks for breaking salary cap rules, are in a bad position, but it could be much worse
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HSTP sat down with Asseo to talk through how the Clippers scandal may impact the Celtics, and how the league is changing due to this shift in ownership.
The LA Clippers will primarily target free agents through 2033 after the NBA stripped them of all their draft capital over the next seven years as punishment for circumventing the cap to pay Kawhi Leonard.