It has been ten days since the NBA dealt its severe punishment to the LA Clippers, stemming from the cap circumvention investigation. The initial expectation was that the trade sending Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto Raptors would be finalized in the ensuing few days, but that hasn't been the case.
Michael Weinstein, a former Department of Justice prosecutor now at Cole Schotz, was among the two former prosecutors who recently spoke to Front Office Sports and shared their views on the ongoing federal investigation into Kawhi Leonard, Steve Ballmer, and the Clippers.
As the Los Angeles Clippers try to recover from the NBA’s brutal cap circumvention penalties, it’s unclear which players will be around for the long-term.
If Kawhi Leonard remains with the Clippers, don’t blame the NBA. The Clippers and Raptors are free to submit their agreed-upon trade for league approval at any time, according to Marc Stein of The Stein Line.
The regular season is important, but NBA legends are made in the playoffs. More specifically, it's the Finals where the all-time greats have built their otherworldly reputations.
The NBA’s team owners will gather in New York on Monday and Tuesday, and this particular Board of Governors meeting could involve considerably more than catered lunches and PowerPoint slides.
The NBA Cup winner getting a Los Angeles Clippers first-round pick would turn a fun midseason tournament into a league-altering event. Could the NBA actually give the Cup champion one of the Clippers’ forfeited first-round picks?
The Los Angeles Clippers stole the headlines in the offseason for all the wrong reasons. It is, therefore, understandable that there would be little hype about the actual on-court product in the 2026-27 season.
Things have gone from bad to worse for Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. On the heels of crippling punishments from the NBA front office over cap circumvention, the wealthiest man in the league now seems to have the U.S.
Pablo Torre was having a regular night shopping for a plant when the investigation he unraveled took a surprising turn. When news broke that federal prosecutors
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
Bradley Beal has already gotten plenty of criticism and mockery for taking Chris Paul’s number 3 jersey with the Los Angeles Clippers, but The Athletic’s Law Murray thinks the anger is being directed at the wrong person.
The Los Angeles Clippers‘ fight with the NBA over Kawhi Leonard’s salary cap circumvention scandal might not just end with appeals, lawsuits, and public statements.
Pablo Torre, the sports investigator who first broke the allegations that led the NBA to unveil the Clippers’ salary cap circumvention schemes, has now responded after a new report claimed the Department of Justice (DoJ) has opened an inquiry into dealings between Kawhi Leonard, Steve Ballmer, and the team.
The Clippers have already rejected the NBA’s findings. Now they’re considering whether to ask a court to do something about them. Steve Ballmer and the organization are discussing a potential lawsuit against the league that could include seeking a restraining order, according to Michael S.
The NBA finished investigating the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard. The federal government apparently has not. Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have opened a
The feud between Chris Paul and the LA Clippers is continuing well into the former’s retirement. The Clippers decided this week to pull a petty move on their former star Paul.
The New York Times reported that federal prosecutors are opening a criminal investigation into the Clippers over the alleged salary-cap circumvention practices.
The Los Angeles Clippers are dealing with so much. Not just the obvious things (i.e., investigations and sanctions). Bradley Beal agreed to come back for two years, and franchise legend Chris Paul is retired.
With the Raptors no longer the ones holding up the deal, the delay raises serious questions about how prepared the Clippers organization is to handle this critical next chapter in their franchise's history.
The LA Clippers appear to have decided on their temporary fill-in for the suspended Lawrence Frank. Clippers general manager Trent Redden is expected to step in for Frank as the franchise’s new lead decision-maker, Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer reported on Tuesday.
The Los Angeles Clippers are, without a doubt, a sizzling hot mess right now. Following the conclusion of the Kawhi Leonard controversy, they are staring at a pretty bleak present and future as a team.