Shelburne They're talking about a settlement conversations have been more about this failure to supervise and the nature of the introductions that were made between the Clippers and Kawhi's people rather than direct evidence of salary cap circumvention done by Steve Ballmer

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

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

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

Pablo Torre Finds Out Kawhi Leonard had a hidden multimillion-dollar sponsorship with Clippers scoreboard-maker sources tell Pablo Torre It was 1000 a way to circumvent the salary cap insider says In our investigation Daktronics Ballmer-linked crisis firm raises NBA probe

Pablo Torre on Ballmers cap circumvention This is not a first-time offense In 2015 Ballmer the Clippers get fined 250k because they tried to offer DeAndre Jordan a marketing deal with Lexus which was a team sponsor Now you have Aspiration Daktronics This is a multiple alleged offender

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