They should lose 7 picks and pay $7-$10 million dollar fine. Contract should be voided. Ballmer should be suspended from attending games for a year. Sad, Clippers had a chance to make the final 4 this season. With this over the team, watch them stink.
The fine should be Kawhi leanord is automatically a free agent, contract voided and can’t sign with clippers, the clippers salary cap drops by what Kawhis contract would have been plus $7M a year or whatever the difference he was being paid yearly was for the life of the contract he had signed and they lose at least 3 picks in the first round.
Joe smith’s case wasn’t discovered by a routine audit. His former co-agent who was partnered with another agent in his former agency had a falling out. That former co-agent turned over an absolute paper trail to prove Joe smith signed a below the market deal, but also signed a contract worth 114 million dollar deal that can’t be enforced until after his 3rd year of Minnesota deal. That deal even got the owner and Kevin McHale signature, letters of agreement and other signed documents to prove a deal was in place way before he agreed to a below market deal. His former co agent was pissed and thought he and Joe smith had a financial understanding until Joe smith fired him and choose the other co agent instead to represent him.
The kawhai deal need that informant with tons of documents to implicate the clippers on wrong doings, not just some random bankrupt marketing firm with no paper trails
This short doesn't account the fact that the CBA rules now are more forgiving though. At worst, the Clippers get a first offense $4.5M fine (Sec 1), lose ONE 1st-round pick (commissioner discretion) and a $7.5M fine for violating Sec 2 of the CBA. That's chump change to them. Source: Article XIII Sec.1 and Sec 2 of the CBA
Fraudulent? Question. Why does it matter so much that ballmer paid kawhi 28 mil through a third party endorsement? All this case did for me is confirm to me what i have already suspected from the beginning about athletes getting paid under the table. Which to me isnt even a problem, if the owner or whoever is willing to pay the player under the table, then im all for it. It happens in all sports for every athlete.
Here’s the thing though if you into every team I am sure you’re going to find this being done in every sport. You have to be naive to actually be shocked by this.
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They should lose 7 picks and pay $7-$10 million dollar fine. Contract should be voided. Ballmer should be suspended from attending games for a year. Sad, Clippers had a chance to make the final 4 this season. With this over the team, watch them stink.
Punish him. Send him back to the Raptors
Nah, force Steve Ballmer to sell the Clippers. Clippers can't play games until they have a new owner.
The fine should be Kawhi leanord is automatically a free agent, contract voided and can’t sign with clippers, the clippers salary cap drops by what Kawhis contract would have been plus $7M a year or whatever the difference he was being paid yearly was for the life of the contract he had signed and they lose at least 3 picks in the first round.
Send Kawhi back to the Raptors
No points for Gryffindor!
Now you see how Steve Balmer is a billionaire
But how does this affect LeBron’s legacy?
Nba can't just sweep this under the carpet!
Joe smith’s case wasn’t discovered by a routine audit. His former co-agent who was partnered with another agent in his former agency had a falling out. That former co-agent turned over an absolute paper trail to prove Joe smith signed a below the market deal, but also signed a contract worth 114 million dollar deal that can’t be enforced until after his 3rd year of Minnesota deal. That deal even got the owner and Kevin McHale signature, letters of agreement and other signed documents to prove a deal was in place way before he agreed to a below market deal. His former co agent was pissed and thought he and Joe smith had a financial understanding until Joe smith fired him and choose the other co agent instead to represent him.
The kawhai deal need that informant with tons of documents to implicate the clippers on wrong doings, not just some random bankrupt marketing firm with no paper trails
You know ball? This instrumental is Jamie Foxx and Drake’s Fall for your type. 🤨
All this to not even sniff the finals
Yeah no
The ASG is in Intuit this year lol, the clippers punishment about to be two gentle taps on the bum
This short doesn't account the fact that the CBA rules now are more forgiving though. At worst, the Clippers get a first offense $4.5M fine (Sec 1), lose ONE 1st-round pick (commissioner discretion) and a $7.5M fine for violating Sec 2 of the CBA. That's chump change to them. Source: Article XIII Sec.1 and Sec 2 of the CBA
Why would you need an audit when youre watching a player sign for peanuts? Bird rights are obvious.
Fraudulent? Question. Why does it matter so much that ballmer paid kawhi 28 mil through a third party endorsement? All this case did for me is confirm to me what i have already suspected from the beginning about athletes getting paid under the table. Which to me isnt even a problem, if the owner or whoever is willing to pay the player under the table, then im all for it. It happens in all sports for every athlete.
Why are you fucking up that dudes money when they ain't even winning playoff games!!!! HATER!!!!
Imagine losing your reputation and your teams future for khawi non playing ass.
Damn. That's rough. Deduct 90 points from Juventus and relegate them to Serie D.
You really think anything's gonna happen?Then you are a pigeon.You're a filthy filthy pigeon.Nothing will happen
Joe smith treatment
Sounds criminal to me
How will this affect the Thunder’s picks that they got from the clippers?
NBA should investigate all 30 teams but first the clippers
Death penalty 😅😅😅😅
Kawhi is just a fun guy!!
You people are haters if he was white it would not matter
The difference is Adam Silver kisses the players *ss
Hot take – this is far more egregious than what got the old owner ousted.
Clippers don’t even have 5 FRPs to give out now 💀
Other teams have done this!! But haven't gotten caught!
But the clippers denied it.
They would never lie.
Bro we wanted you to stay in Toronto so badly after 2019 😢
if u can lose the clippers for saying u dont want ur girl Blacked u surley should lose ur team for this
Here’s the thing though if you into every team I am sure you’re going to find this being done in every sport. You have to be naive to actually be shocked by this.
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Real question is how they got caught. Kwahi doesn’t talk. Owner won’t either.
This was going to be the clippers best roster
How is it cap manipulation when Kawhi signed a max deal? What are they manipulating?
We run LA right Kawhi …😂😂😂😂 You could have had it all ….
Would the NBA even notice if the Clippers cease to exist?
I do believe punishment should be that the Clippers are relegated
Donald Sterling should have never been removed adam sliver you f up.
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Kawhi’s punishment? Play all 82 games!