Amick On his 2019 Kawhi-Clippers story I happened to run into a few franchises during my reporting that certainly weren't all the way clean but were pissed off enough about the level of dirtiness the Clippers had that they were vocal and wanted to do something about it

Quotes from Brian Windhorst Tim MacMahon Zach Lowe Chris Mannix and Jon Krawczynski describing how Clippers acted and lied personally to the media during the investigation Krawczynski It was a behind the scenes ferocious defense that was accusatory to anyone who dared question them

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

Tim MacMahon On the Clippers lying about Kawhi Leonard's health following dismissal from Team USA practice in July 2024 The Clippers organizational philosophy was kissing Kawhi's butt regardless of circumstances and factsThe guiding light was Find Kawhi's butt plant your lips on it

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

PTFO The NBA was looking forward to settling and negotiating down the Clippers' punishment The Clippers fundamentally refused to settle and undercut the investigation at every turn giving the version of their defense to ESPN as the NBA's findings

Law Murray The shocking thing for me is that the Clippers really thought the NBA was going to be on their side the whole time I think they operated in that wayIt just feels like the Clippers didn't expect this