Mark Cuban last year Ballmer if he did something illicit and under the table then he's got to be shitting bricks

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

Owner of LA Clippers Steve Ballmer laughing at his competition

Pablo Torre On the DOJ investigation while holding the new plant he just bought The reason Ive been anticipating this is because as Ive repeatedly said on the show the main reason Ballmer would not want to admit any kind of guilt is everything else thats happening to him in the real world

PTFO The DOJ could build a criminal conspiracy case against Steve Ballmer and the Clippers for securities fraud in the Kawhi Leonard scandal per former federal prosecutors Even in 2026 a creative theory could map out a road to jail time And thats before the US president gets involved

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

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