SAS I spoke to Steve Ballmer last night for a second and he's pretty hurt The biggest focal point for all of this should be Kawhi Leonard The No 1 reason this story has credibility is because it implies that Kawhi Leonard got paid for doing nothing and that is what we know him to be

Pablo Torre says the NBA approached Steve Ballmer told him they found wrongdoing and tried to get him to admit to it and accept the punishment Instead Ballmer chose to fight it so the NBA turned around and found a way to settle the matter with Kawhi and the NBPA

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

Brian Windhorst Kawhi Leonard is an unmitigated winner in this He collected tens of millions of dollars in endorsement deals and he was fined 700000 in restitution It's the greatest investment you could ever make

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

Adam Silver I think that in terms of Steve's Ballmer statement I'd say putting aside the precise words he chose to use Most importantly he indicated a willingness to accept the league's decision in this case and the accompanying sanctions so that's initially what I was most focused 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