Given how ESPN handled their reporting on the LA Clippers and Kawhi Leonard story, Pablo Torre’s independent work has put a negative spotlight on the sports giant.
ESPN is entering September with more than the usual pressure that comes with being the biggest name in sports media. The network has spent the summer dealing with layoffs and editorial restructuring, but a disputed report surrounding the LA Clippers has now created another problem inside the company.
How many of the players to score the most points in one game for each NBA team in the 2025-26 season can you name in five minutes?
They'll have to get creative.
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.
In 2000, when David Stern stripped the Minnesota Timberwolves of five first-round picks for cap circumvention, the franchise had no answer. Minnesota’s front office was thin, under-resourced, and spent the next decade cycling through executives who couldn’t overcome the deficit.
The Clippers agreed to trade Kawhi Leonard to the Raptors on June 30, but that blockbuster deal has been on hold until the NBA competed its investigation into whether the Clippers circumvented the salary cap to pay Leonard through a series of “no-show” endorsement deals.
It's time for the Los Angeles Clippers to focus on the on-court product in the 2026-27 season. Things will undoubtedly be more challenging now that the league has dealt a very harsh punishment to the organization, but the Clippers have no choice but to focus on the task at hand.
Draymond Green has definitely built a reputation for being one of the NBA’s strongest advocates for players, and he is once again defending one of his peers in the Kawhi Leonard–Los Angeles Clippers salary cap circumvention scandal.
Los Angeles Clippers forward Max Strus has admitted to not having ‘a bag’ in an interview about his NBA career. Players are often judged on their ability to entertain fans with their skills, but the reality of professional basketball can be very different.
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 Los Angeles Clippers‘ salary cap circumvention scandal has already destroyed the franchise on the court, in the league office, and its reputation. But several prominent NBA insiders are now speaking about how ugly things were behind the scenes when reporters tried to ask questions.
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.
Kawhi Leonard walked away from the NBA’s investigation into the LA Clippers’ salary cap circumvention with a $700,000 fine, while the Clippers absorbed a $30 million penalty and lost five future first-round picks.
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.
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 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 a lot of damage control to do regarding their reputation as a franchise. But the embarrassing Kawhi Leonard saga that cost them five first-round picks is not the only public relations hit they took in 2026.
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 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.
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.
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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