The NBA just handed the Los Angeles Clippers one of the harshest punishments in league history. The investigation ruled that the franchise violated salary-cap rules through a series of improper endorsement arrangements involving Kawhi Leonard.
Max Strus, the NBA sharpshooter who joined the Clippers as part of a five-team trade earlier this summer, recently sat down with Jared Brownridge for an interview where he dove into his own career.
The Clippers are losing five first-round picks as part of their historic punishment from the NBA. One pick they aren’t losing could become particularly interesting to the 76ers.
Even though the fallout from the Kawhi Leonard investigation is still dominating all things LA Clippers, the NBA season is right around the corner. With less than a month and a half left before the start of the season, the Clippers have to focus on the 2026-27 campaign.
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The Los Angeles Clippers have received one of the biggest punishments in sports history for salary cap circumvention. They broke the NBA’s strict rules when signing Kawhi Leonard to a four-year, $176 million extension in 2021.
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 hammer could result in further drastic consequences for the LA Clippers. The LA Clippers could potentially place guard Darius Garland “firmly” on the trade block, Sean Deveney of Heavy Sports reports this weekend.
The Los Angeles Clippers have been the talk of basketball, and maybe even the world of sports, over the past week as they were punished for salary cap circumvention that involved Kawhi Leonard.
The hunger to become a championship-level franchise pushed the LA Clippers into trouble. After leading the Toronto Raptors to their first-ever championship title in June, Kawhi Leonard became an absolute favorite of the team.
The results of the NBA’s investigation into Steve Ballmer and the Los Angeles Clippers have reverberated around the NBA. Last week, the NBA concluded its
Lost in the discussion surrounding the L.A. Clippers following their historic punishment is the long-term ramifications of the Kawhi Leonard debacle. In some ways, they got off easier than many might expect even despite losing five personal picks.
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.
The Clippers have had better weeks. But eventually they will have to get back to playing basketball, and when they do, a couple of familiar faces to Cavaliers fans could have significant roles.
The Los Angeles Clippers were hit with an enormous punishment for salary cap circumvention earlier this week. The NBA concluded that the Clippers had violated salary cap rules when they signed Kawhi Leonard to an extension in 2021.
The NBA may have delivered one of the harshest punishments in league history to the Los Angeles Clippers. But many believe it was only a slap on the wrist for Kawhi Leonard.
David Stern bringing the hammer down on the Minnesota Timberwolves in the late ’90s didn’t become the example Adam Silver might be making the LA Clippers. The Milwaukee Bucks, champions of the 2021 NBA season, rebuilding without Giannis Antetokounmpo, and under a new head coach, suddenly find themselves staring down an uncertain future.
The NBA just dropped the hammer on the LA Clippers, but Kawhi Leonard may be walking away from the fallout with something far more valuable than a clean slate.
Steve Ballmer’s suspension is the clearest sign yet that the NBA is willing to punish even its most powerful owners. On Sept. 2, the league suspended the Clippers owner for one year after an independent investigation found multiple salary-cap circumvention violations involving Kawhi Leonard.
The future Hall of Famer finally broke the silence on his exit.
So much for Adam Silver going soft on his wealthiest and most influential owner.
There appears to be minimal overlap between J. Cole fans and supporters of the Los Angeles Clippers. The Grammy Award winner was performing Friday as part of his ongoing “Fall-Off” world tour at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.
Chris Paul has opened up about the bleak truth he learned following his unceremonious exit from the Los Angeles Clippers organization. Paul signed with the Clippers for the 2025-26 season in what was supposed to be the swan song of his 21-year NBA career.
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.
The Clippers are now without Leonard and five years of first-round picks. That will leave plenty of fans furious over his tenure that never even involved a trip to the NBA Finals.
Simmons is officially back in the NBA after agreeing to a one-year deal with the Sacramento Kings.
A year-long investigation found that the Los Angeles Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer skirted the NBA's salary-cap rules to pay Leonard more money than they were allowed to do over a period stretching all the way back to 2020.
There's little doubt that the Los Angeles Clippers broke NBA rules by helping Kawhi Leonard land lucrative secret endorsement deals. There's also little doubt that their dishonesty led to bigger penalties.
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