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 on the ESPN report regarding the negotiations between Steve Balmer and the NBA This is typically not how investigations work whether in the criminal justice system or in journalism The subject of the investigation does not get to negotiate with the group that is doing the investigatin

Pablo Torre On Ballmers apology He is not admitting to wrongdoing that has been investigated and proven on our show and by the NBA And that is notable Its because the question of his own admission of guilt is at the heart of what the DOJ is looking into It is key to what the SEC is probing

Pablo Torre on ESPN's report regarding negotiations between Steve Balmer and the NBA This is typically not how investigations work whether in the criminal justice system or in journalism The subject of the investigation does not get to negotiate with the group that is doing the investigating

Goodwill Steve Ballmer is expected to aggressively fight the NBA legally if penalties are levied against him in the Kawhi Leonard investigation Steve Ballmer can lawyer up as well as anybody

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 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