Shortly after the league announced the punishment for the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard for their salary cap circumvention controversy, the common media narrative was that while the Clippers got the short end of the stick, Kawhi Leonard got off relatively unscathed for a scheme in which he benefited most.
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.
In what many are calling the worst punishment in NBA history, the Clippers must forfeit five first-round picks and $30 million for their blatant violation of salary cap rules.
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 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 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.
Ben Simmons is officially back. The former No. 1 overall pick Simmons agreed on Friday to sign with the Sacramento Kings as a free agent. Shams Charania of ESPN reported that Simmons will be getting a one-year, $3.5 million from Sacramento (representing the veteran’s minimum).
With only a month and a half left before the start of the 2026-27 regular season, the LA Clippers were hit with a devastating punishment as a result of the league's Kawhi Leonard investigation.
The Clippers are furious with the NBA. Steve Ballmer is furious with the NBA. They believe they’ve been wronged, the investigation was biased and the league reached conclusions it wanted to reach.
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.
Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green reacted to the LA Clippers’ punishment for involvement with Kawhi Leonard in circumventing the cap. Investigative reporter Pablo Torre revealed his findings about Leonard, prompting the NBA to conduct its own investigation into the Clippers.
Steve Ballmer is apparently still furious over the NBA’s punishment of the Clippers. The more interesting question may be whether that anger is getting in his way.
Ben Simmons is officially headed back to the NBA. The former No. 1 overall pick has agreed to a one-year, $3.5 million contract with the Kings, his agents told ESPN’s Shams Charania and Marc J.
It has been a disastrous week for the Los Angeles Clippers, who received the harshest penalty in NBA history for their violation of salary cap rules. But the real disaster starts now.
The 2026 offseason has been an interesting one for the Los Angeles Clippers. Despite the ongoing investigation into Kawhi Leonard‘s salary cap scandal, L.A.
Make sure to subscribe to Clutch Scoops on YouTube and follow @ClutchPoints on X so you don’t miss the weekly live show with all the latest NBA intel every Thursday afternoon. The NBA’s investigation into Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers has resulted in some massive punishments.
Everyone’s forgetting about something crucial… All eyes have been on the NBA’s historic $30 million penalty on the Los Angeles Clippers and how owner Steve Ballmer reacted.
The fallout from the NBA’s historic punishment of the Los Angeles Clippers was not limited to the league. Its repercussions have erupted into a full-scale media civil war amid Pablo Torre’s revenge press tour.
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.