Legal expert Michael McCann on the no-show clause in Kawhis deal with Aspiration Its irrational behavior and it makes me think that maybe this is the uncle Maybe the company will say We were running out of money We couldnt ask him to do stuff We were worried about these other problems

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

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

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

MacMahon Kawhi is a guy whos played 60 games just three times in the last nine years 115M for a player with those durability issues in his mid-30s that is a massive contract Thats not a discount deal A discount deal is Kevin Durant 2YR 90M extension This is 25M more than that

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

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