Sports Business Analyst Joe Pompliano outlines a scam that Aspiration was running They were doing endorsement deals with celebrities to pay them money but in return those celebrities would send them back a portion of the money as business Maybe that happened with Kawhi maybe it didn't

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

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

Adam Silver answers Pablo Torre's question regarding the growing concern that wealthy individuals and entities are using the approval of the NBA to purchase credibility in the eyes of the public meaning fans and whether he plans on changing anything about the due diligence process

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

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