Have the Los Angeles Clipperers try to trick the salary limit in the NBA? According to a report, Salar is said to have been cheated by Kawhi Leonard’s salary.
The NBA-franchise have that Salary Cap The North American basketball league deliberately avoided, superstar Leonard is said to have received $ 28 million for a job in addition to his regular content. This was reported by the well -networked journalist Pablo Torre in his podcast “Pablo Torre Finds out“.
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In his report, the journalist quoted legal documents, according to which Leonard was paid for through an insolvent company called “Aspiration”, for which the Clipper’s owner and well-known US billionaire Steve Ballmer acted as an investor. Leonard is said to have signed an advertising contract for nine months after the signature of his game contract ($ 176.3 million in four years) – but ultimately never advertised for the company.
According to the Podcaster, a source from the company’s environment reports that this was what happened for the ground to avoid the salary limit that had prevented Leonard’s higher contract. Leonard, who won the NBA title with the San Antonio Spurs and the Toronto Raptors, switched to the Clipperers in 2019 to play in his hometown.
He accepted an offer that earned him a lower salary when it would have been possible with his previous team in Toronto. In 2024 he signed a new contract that will bring him $ 153 million in three years.
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The Clippers have already reacted to the allegations and rejected them. “Neither Mr. Ballmer nor the Clipperers avoided the salary upper limit or behaved wrong in any way in connection with aspiration”it said in a message. Every opposite claim is “demonstrably false”.
An NBA spokesman shared “ESPN” on Wednesday: “We are aware of the media report from this morning via the La Clipperers and we will initiate an investigation.”