On ESPN today Stephen A Smith claimed Kawhi had blackmailed the Clippers subtly shifting the blame to Kawhi and fully away from Ballmer This follows an established pattern as he both blamed Kawhi for taking Ballmers money and held Ballmer blameless when the story came out

Stephen A goes in on Kawhi This is the same guy that blackmailed the Clippers said go get Paul George or Im taking my talents to the Lakers Because of that they ended up trading 5 picks along with SGA Even after this they found a way to pay Kawhi more and still havent been to an NBA Finals

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

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 on Kawhi This is the same guy that blackmailed the Clippers said go get Paul George or Im taking my talents to the Lakers Because of that they ended up trading 5 picks One of which was SGA Even after this they found a way to pay Kawhi more and still havent been to an NBA Finals

Stephen A lists his punishment for Kawhi and the Clippers if the cap circumvention allegations are proven true Void Kawhis contract ban Kawhi from playing next season strip the Clippers of draft picks suspend Steve Ballmer from attending games But I cant imagine Adam Silver going that far

Stephen A Lists his punishment for Kawhi and the Clippers if the cap circumvention allegations are proven true Void Kawhis contract ban Kawhi from playing next season strip the Clippers of draft picks suspend Steve Ballmer from attending games But I cant imagine Adam Silver going that far