{"id":898,"date":"2025-09-05T14:21:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T14:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/?p=898"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:28:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:28:28","slug":"steve-ballmer-breaks-silence-on-kawhi-leonard-clippers-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/steve-ballmer-breaks-silence-on-kawhi-leonard-clippers-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Ballmer Breaks Silence On Kawhi Leonard, Clippers Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_466120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-466120\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-466120 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"San Antonio Spurs v Los Angeles Clippers - Game Seven\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1716\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-472017162-scaled-1.jpg\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-466120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Stephen Dunn\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NBA fans around the league were stunned by a recent jaw-dropping report that stated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/sports\/nba\/los-angeles-clippers\/\">Los Angeles Clippers<\/a> circumvented salary cap rules with Kawhi Leonard.<\/p>\n<p>Clippers owner Steve Ballmer claims that he was just as shocked as everyone else, and denied any fault on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPablo\u2019s podcast, I don\u2019t know anything about the court documents on this. I haven\u2019t seen them and I don\u2019t know. I really don\u2019t know. The speculation is what it is. These are guys who committed fraud. They conned me. I made an investment in these guys,\u201d Ballmer said on ESPN.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ballmer knows this isn\u2019t the end of the story, but he is ready to defend himself, his staff, and his team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-twitter-script=\"true\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Clippers owner Steve Ballmer denies paying Kawhi Leonard under the table despite the way it looks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey committed fraud. They conned me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ramonashelburne?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ramonashelburne<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vbbCodEVbp\">pic.twitter.com\/vbbCodEVbp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegionHoops\/status\/1963827242066403750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Torre\u2019s theory is that this was a way for the Clippers to pay Leonard more money than salary cap rules would allow.<\/p>\n<p>Ballmer states that simply isn\u2019t the case and claims that he was conned by the company, just like others were.<\/p>\n<p>But just because he made this defiant statement doesn\u2019t mean the scandal is going away.<\/p>\n<p>If anything, it\u2019s only heating up, and now the NBA is officially investigating.<\/p>\n<p>If they find that the team did something wrong, they could slap them with severe penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Ballmer and his team might have to pay millions, they could lose draft picks, and contracts could be voided.<\/p>\n<p>Ballmer himself could be suspended if the league determines he was involved.<\/p>\n<p>A lot is riding on this investigation, and Ballmer is trying to get out ahead of it, stating his innocence and claiming the team knew nothing.<\/p>\n<p>However, the league is now looking into these allegations, and the judgment could be harsh.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\/steve-ballmer-breaks-silence-on-kawhi-leonard-clippers-allegations\/\">Steve Ballmer Breaks Silence On Kawhi Leonard, Clippers Allegations<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecoldwire.com\">The Cold Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Stephen Dunn\/Getty Images) \u00a0 NBA fans around the league were stunned by a recent jaw-dropping report that stated the Los Angeles Clippers circumvented salary cap rules with Kawhi Leonard. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/05\/steve-ballmer-breaks-silence-on-kawhi-leonard-clippers-allegations\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Steve Ballmer Breaks Silence On Kawhi Leonard, Clippers Allegations&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":901,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions\/901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.osteodomicile.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}