They will cover it up. Balmer is too big to be punished. The atmosphere in 2025 is so different from 2000s. From sports to public life (eg NFLPA) is all buried under the carpet
I’m ok with this because there are some players that are juts lost causes, Paul George in the NBA, Christian MaCfrey in the NFL, it’s just a waste for a teams shot and their fans, I’m not saying mistake is correct or perfect, but I just wan to see the best games and talent possible
This is so much worse than the Joe Smith deal. Kawhi was Finals MVP and multiple time champion and the best 2way player in basketball when healthy. He took $40 mill less to leave Toronto. Now we know why.
I hate that everyone is phrasing everything in ways that best protects the NBA and condones cheating and not rooting it out where it can be found. I want accountability and transparency and for them to be honest after getting caught instead of doing damage control and trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube. Clearly many insiders have knowledge there are a ton of rule breaking and violations going on and they should all be embarrassed of themselves. I hope you are not raising your children the same way and sending them out in society making sure they all lie for each other and are dishonest people who cant be trusted to do the right thing and probably should be avoided or kept an eye on for the short cuts they are willing to take or the back doors they are willing to use or leave unlocked for their friends. No integrity whatsoever. They are more concerned about the image of the NBA than they are about cleaning it up and making sure its a fair league. No wonder Lebron can be on PEDs his whole entire career and even fans know but ESPN tries to bury those stories like they are doing with Balner. Its shameless behavior. If they are willing to lie for other people no telling ehat kind of skeletons any of them have in their closet. People with something to hide are the worst kind of people because they will do things that others wont to avoid getting caught. They become dangerous what happens if the cant buy everyone off with Balmers money? Then their safety may be in jeopardy so this rich fool can put a team on the floor and cheat to win a game. There is so much money involved people could lose their lives speaking out and not willing to cover it up like Rachel, Perk, RJ, and the other losers that cover the NBA. The level of downplaying while openly admitting is crazy work. Investigate everyone and clean it up now. They cant take all the picks from all the teams. If they dont clean it all up they will just tell them how to do it without getting caught. Whats the point of telling fans there are rules teams will follow to gain their confidence only to always look the other way when they break their own rules they create, put in place and agree to follow. Thats a contract you agreed to and by not following a signed contract is a form of breaking the law. Law is contract and contract is law. Any court will tell you that. You have an obligation to uphold. If people can agree to contracts and agreements and not follow them now what? Why should anyone pay their loans or mortgages the rich dont follow the contracts and rules they set in place. Rules for me not for thee times are dead and gone. Stop covering the NBA if you are going to be a degenerate while doing it. We are tired of the BS. Not enough for all the rich owners to do wealth transfers from the poor to the rich, now we have to swallow it with them ALL talking to us like we are stupid when lots of fans know more than they do and they dont get paid anything to do it. Because they care about it and its not for how it can profit them financially. Starting to believe if they are on ESPN or covering the NBA and their lips are moving means they are lying. No matter what they say Im going to look at it through the lens that they are lying because its in their best interests and most profitable to do so. Sold their souls when they got to Los Angeles exactly why its named what it is. Bunch of de-mans who will lie to you through their teeth for the fun of it.
You sports clowns are becoming more and more of a joke with this story. There is ZERO evidence of any wrong doing just this moron Pablo’s strung together assumptions. It would be awesome if after this Ballmer and Kawhi sue all of you and the companies you work for for defamation 😂
As if Nike etc does not influence which team gets whom? The goat stayed with the bulls and honored his team contract while earning much more from his sponsorship deals
I like how their social media kid included a picture of that devious bastard Dan Gilbert. The kid got it right. Gilbert should have the word "SOCIOPATH" tattooed on his forehead.
Toronto Raptors Laid a complaint to the NBA about Uncle Dennis making same demand for corporate sponsorship with no publicity just silent payments. Nothing was done by the NBA.
If the allegations are true, Kawhi needs to be hammered too. He needs to be, at the very least, fined every cent of the ill gotten money. That shouldn't even be a question.
They need to punish the Clippers Ike they did the Wolves. They also then need to say, this is the one and only warning to other teams. Get your team in order. Then, from here on out we will randomly pick a team every 5 years to do a deep, deep dive into the books. Keep everybody on the up and up.
In order for NBA to save face, they have to come down hard on Clippers. If Silver doesn’t, then that means majority owners pressured Silver to sweep it under the rug to keep it out of the news, which could result in the same repercussions as the scandal that rocked MLB with steroids. Clippers will be made an example to save the other owners from possible investigations. Punish Clippers as the sacrificial lamb, move on will be their best approach.
Finally someone telling the real story: every team does this. It starts in high school. And let’s do real drug testing while we are at it. The league has zero moral authority
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They’re only gonna investigate the Clippers. There’s no cause to look into any other team. This is just nonsense.
You can't kill something that isn't alive
What the hell is Rachel talking about? There will be no discovery for other teams because it is not a lawsuit.
The investigation will be on the Clippers only. When deflategate happened, the other 31 teams were not investigated to see if they did it too.
Amateur hour!
This ain’t new Kraft in New England has been known for this shit
They will cover it up. Balmer is too big to be punished. The atmosphere in 2025 is so different from 2000s. From sports to public life (eg NFLPA) is all buried under the carpet
Did Rachel get punched in the eye or a bad dose of botox
If balmer is guilty Adam silver has to make balmer sell the team
They been doing this in pro and collegiate sports for decades 😂😂
I’m ok with this because there are some players that are juts lost causes, Paul George in the NBA, Christian MaCfrey in the NFL, it’s just a waste for a teams shot and their fans, I’m not saying mistake is correct or perfect, but I just wan to see the best games and talent possible
This is so much worse than the Joe Smith deal. Kawhi was Finals MVP and multiple time champion and the best 2way player in basketball when healthy. He took $40 mill less to leave Toronto. Now we know why.
I hate that everyone is phrasing everything in ways that best protects the NBA and condones cheating and not rooting it out where it can be found. I want accountability and transparency and for them to be honest after getting caught instead of doing damage control and trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube. Clearly many insiders have knowledge there are a ton of rule breaking and violations going on and they should all be embarrassed of themselves. I hope you are not raising your children the same way and sending them out in society making sure they all lie for each other and are dishonest people who cant be trusted to do the right thing and probably should be avoided or kept an eye on for the short cuts they are willing to take or the back doors they are willing to use or leave unlocked for their friends. No integrity whatsoever. They are more concerned about the image of the NBA than they are about cleaning it up and making sure its a fair league. No wonder Lebron can be on PEDs his whole entire career and even fans know but ESPN tries to bury those stories like they are doing with Balner. Its shameless behavior. If they are willing to lie for other people no telling ehat kind of skeletons any of them have in their closet. People with something to hide are the worst kind of people because they will do things that others wont to avoid getting caught. They become dangerous what happens if the cant buy everyone off with Balmers money? Then their safety may be in jeopardy so this rich fool can put a team on the floor and cheat to win a game. There is so much money involved people could lose their lives speaking out and not willing to cover it up like Rachel, Perk, RJ, and the other losers that cover the NBA. The level of downplaying while openly admitting is crazy work. Investigate everyone and clean it up now. They cant take all the picks from all the teams. If they dont clean it all up they will just tell them how to do it without getting caught. Whats the point of telling fans there are rules teams will follow to gain their confidence only to always look the other way when they break their own rules they create, put in place and agree to follow. Thats a contract you agreed to and by not following a signed contract is a form of breaking the law. Law is contract and contract is law. Any court will tell you that. You have an obligation to uphold. If people can agree to contracts and agreements and not follow them now what? Why should anyone pay their loans or mortgages the rich dont follow the contracts and rules they set in place. Rules for me not for thee times are dead and gone. Stop covering the NBA if you are going to be a degenerate while doing it. We are tired of the BS. Not enough for all the rich owners to do wealth transfers from the poor to the rich, now we have to swallow it with them ALL talking to us like we are stupid when lots of fans know more than they do and they dont get paid anything to do it. Because they care about it and its not for how it can profit them financially. Starting to believe if they are on ESPN or covering the NBA and their lips are moving means they are lying. No matter what they say Im going to look at it through the lens that they are lying because its in their best interests and most profitable to do so. Sold their souls when they got to Los Angeles exactly why its named what it is. Bunch of de-mans who will lie to you through their teeth for the fun of it.
I hope they look into the Knicks. I want Dolan gone
BTW
The law firm picked to investigate the rumor is the same that investigated Donald Sterling 😂
You sports clowns are becoming more and more of a joke with this story. There is ZERO evidence of any wrong doing just this moron Pablo’s strung together assumptions. It would be awesome if after this Ballmer and Kawhi sue all of you and the companies you work for for defamation 😂
As if Nike etc does not influence which team gets whom? The goat stayed with the bulls and honored his team contract while earning much more from his sponsorship deals
Will they force him to sell like they did the last Clippers owner?
I like how their social media kid included a picture of that devious bastard Dan Gilbert. The kid got it right. Gilbert should have the word "SOCIOPATH" tattooed on his forehead.
Clippers being the Clippers
Toronto Raptors Laid a complaint to the NBA about Uncle Dennis making same demand for corporate sponsorship with no publicity just silent payments.
Nothing was done by the NBA.
If the allegations are true, Kawhi needs to be hammered too. He needs to be, at the very least, fined every cent of the ill gotten money. That shouldn't even be a question.
Ballmer is a billionaire. There are no negative consequences in the USA for billionaires. At worst it'll be a slap on the wrist.
Why doeso many people who've seen this salivating over the death of the NBA? Or is this the usual case of envy because Steve Balmer is so wealthy?
They need to punish the Clippers Ike they did the Wolves. They also then need to say, this is the one and only warning to other teams. Get your team in order. Then, from here on out we will randomly pick a team every 5 years to do a deep, deep dive into the books. Keep everybody on the up and up.
In order for NBA to save face, they have to come down hard on Clippers. If Silver doesn’t, then that means majority owners pressured Silver to sweep it under the rug to keep it out of the news, which could result in the same repercussions as the scandal that rocked MLB with steroids. Clippers will be made an example to save the other owners from possible investigations. Punish Clippers as the sacrificial lamb, move on will be their best approach.
What a joke. This has always existed. Ridiculous
The first one to be punished should be Kawhi. Both Kawhi and Ballmer should be banned from NBA business for 1 or 2 years.
Finally someone telling the real story: every team does this. It starts in high school. And let’s do real drug testing while we are at it. The league has zero moral authority
Instead of death penalty, can we just put fat bald gorilla ballmer in jail for 5yrs? Plus 7 picks.
Is Rachel’s eye ok?
Rip up the contract and dock draft picks, also lower their player budget