Samson Ballmer made an investment sat next to the founder who had done the 300 mill sponsorship deal like they were bosom buddies and Aspiration looks around and they say We don't need to talk to Steve about it Let's just sign Kawhi to a 28 mill 4-yr deal Do you realize how absurd that is

Steve Ballmer In an exclusive interview with Ramona Shelburne and ESPN last year following Pablo Torres reporting on the Clippers alleged salary-cap circumvention through Aspiration They conned me

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

Owner of LA Clippers Steve Ballmer laughing at his competition

2021 Steve Ballmer nearly leaves Mark Jackson speechless with a deeply strange celebration after a Clippers run

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

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