Why the NBA Probably Won’t Punish the Clippers Over Kawhi Scandal | THE ODD COUPLE
Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington revisit the salary-cap scandal surrounding the Los Angeles Clippers and what it could mean for the franchise — and for Kawhi Leonard.
Reports have detailed an NBA investigation into whether the Clippers improperly provided financial benefits tied to Kawhi’s free-agency signing — which, if proven, could qualify as salary cap circumvention under league rules.
If the league determines violations occurred, potential penalties under the NBA Constitution and Collective Bargaining Agreement could include:
• Multi-million dollar fines
• Loss of future draft picks
• Suspension of team personnel
• Voiding Kawhi Leonard’s current contract
• Prohibition from re-signing him
There is historical precedent for harsh punishment. In 2000, the Minnesota Timberwolves were stripped of five first-round picks for circumventing the salary cap in the Joe Smith case — one of the most severe penalties in modern NBA history.
Is this another franchise-altering scandal? Or will the investigation fall short of major punishment?
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28 Comments
There is no evidence. That dude just put few documents and form his own narrative and call it facts
5:06 a dried dude wipe is hilarious haha
NBA = WWE …
a dry dude wipe is wild 😂😂
Pablo torre acts like hes saving the world with this investigation. He should be putting his energy into pressing the government into the Epstein files but all the people who act like they care about justice will make kawhi look like he deserves to be locked up. It’s weird and pablo torre is supposedly buddies with Sam Presti too
As the recent BIG POLITICAL SCANDAL in Washington, DC right now shows, "Certain" Rich people do NOT GET PUNISHED. Balmer is the Richest Owner in the NBA, he is not going to get punished harshly. They'll probably will take a draft pick, and fine him $10-Milliion, and move on…
Yeah fines for these owners dnt hurt them at all
Giving steve B a fine of 7.5mill thats like a twenty dollar bill to him
Pablo has yet to prove that in 2019 the clippers had anything written to give kawhi incentives all you have are testimony from other teams that benefit from kawhis contract being voided and clippers being a bad team. And were not gonna act like the nba isnt letting Lebron get away with damn near assaulting refs and cussing them out. The idea that kawhi was stopped from going to the lakers and playing with LeBron or staying in Toronto is flat out stupid
Trash commentary from a bunch of click baiters, y’alls is trash, debate that.
Kelvin is completely correct
La Clippers winning a championship with no salary😂😂😂
Like the NBA BILLIONAIRE owners would let David Stern "fine" them $500 million dollars for load management of players. Or the NBAPAlet him fine the players $75Gs for each game missed for load management.
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Bro, the NBA needs Kawhi. Suspending him would be stupid. If anything, a fine makes sense and then keep it rolling. That Pablo dude is trying to make a name for himself off Kawhi.
Saying you want them to void Kawhis deal and make him a fuckin free agent mid szn would ruin the competitive integrity of the entire league immediately way worse than paying Kawhi under the table did lmao
The NBA been doing this for years Gilbert Arenas been saying this was going on with him when he was in the NBA magic had deals yall crazy you think magic was this business savy lol
Hey, I’ll tell you what, salary cap the owners of the NBA teams too and I’ll give a fuck about this bullshit story. Fuck Pablo Torre!
My idea for ending tanking is to draw two teams out of the bottom ten for the 9/10 spots. Every team is subject to losing their spot by 20%. Then draw it out. That would stop the chronic need to tank
Different rules for billionaires….
What I find interesting is the lack of charactetr and honesty by Ballmer. He has so much, but he is still willing to cheat. I would be embarrassed.
Another great pod I agree on all points but I disagree kelvin on salary cap bec the reason they had salary cap get worse and worse for the team bec back in the day the small market team complain that why they need the salary cap bec that rich team win like warriors the bulls back in the day and the Lakers and Celtics that how dynasty created that why the salary cap gets more stricter unlike other pro sports bec the nba doesn't want the rich and great team keep winning the only reason OKC won bec sam presti know how to draft players I agree on Rob on that Adam silver is not the late great commissioner David Stern bec his pro owner and player so they probably won't throw the hammer but the clippers will probably lose kawhi for nothing and not going to be able trade him if they want to rebuild
Balmer would close his eyes and pay the fine
I can’t be only one that doesn’t give a shit about this. Rich people doing shit under wraps 🤷♂️
If this was some PED story ok we’ve got a problem. Clippers suck so who cares
All teams do it
RELEASE THE AIR-EPSTEIN FILES
Rob Parker a clown and don’t want them to be punished
Well the “no cap” idea is going entirely the opposite direction with the salary aprons. They aren’t going to go completely backwards on that.
They have to do something harsh or the NBA is ruined. They have to make it so harsh no one ever thinks about doing it. Like their next 5 years of picks.