First Take Stephen A reacts to a report of Kawhi Leonard's 'no-show job' deal with Clippers

Stephen A Smith in 2019 on allegations against ClippersKawhi - I'm here to tell you right now we don't care we don't care SAS is now outraged at Kawhi for supposedly blackmailing the Clippers

Stephen A Smith on Kawhi Hes a gangster I mean to sit up therehe broke the rules got caught pointed the finger at somebody else threw the organization under the bus got his money and left the country I mean damn how much better can it get than that

Charania I had one executive tell me last night that the Clippers were essentially acting like a power agent brokering deals for Kawhi Leonard That's millions and millions of cash flow coming into Kawhi By mid-2021 Kawhi had pocketed tens of millions of dollars in no-show endorsement deals

Charania Kawhi Leonard reportedly did not have any knowledge of the salary cap circumvention that was going on

Pablo Torre says theres no way Kawhi Leonard didnt know what was going onIm a big fan of treating adults like adults Kawhi Leonard is 35 years old and we have documents Aspiration contract in fact 28 million contract in which his signature is on it We have the money flows

Paul George on why negotiations with the Clippers fell through I never wanted to leave LA The first initial deal was I thought kind of disrespectful 2 years 60 million Im like Just give me what Kawhi got