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

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

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

Owner of LA Clippers Steve Ballmer laughing at his competition

John Hollinger Nate Duncan Breaking down how the Clippers clearly circumvented the NBA salary cap with Bradley Beal similar to the Gary Trent situation and lost Ben Mathurin as a result

Puck Hamby If big mainstream media outlets arent touching your Pablo Torre scoop to me thats not defending Steve Ballmer the NBA or the Clippers Thats like Is there anything here and are you just presenting this story for your audiencefor clout and clicks and building your audience

Pablo Torre For a year Clippers through their personal relationship with media compliant outlets have tried to sell a story in which I have been lying And what those media sources should have known was that it was the opposite They were being fed a story that couldnt be rationally explained