Mark Cuban Defends Clippers’ Steve Ballmer Amid $300 Million Scam Allegations

The Cost Plus Drugs founder believes Steve Ballmer has been caught up in this just because he invested in the company, Aspiration, which ended up going bankrupt. What they did on the side with Kawhi Leonard might not be his fault.

Mark Cuban slams Pablo Torre for pinning the blame on Steve Ballmer

Investigative journalist Pablo Torre and his team got their hands on more than 3000 pages worth of possible proof that Aspiration, the company Steve Ballmer invested in, paid $28 million to Kawhi Leonard.

The investigation talks about how the 34-year-old star received that money despite not showing up for a single commercial or photo shoot. But Mark Cuban believes the Clippers owner has been needlessly pointed out as the culprit.

It’s sad that Pablo Torre didn’t take the time to find out how these scammers pulled off their scam. The idea that the default is Ballmer is the bad guy is going to backfire on him.

Mark Cuban wrote on X

It seems the Mavericks’ minority owner is asking why his fellow NBA team owner is being blamed for this. It is as if the Microsoft investor did not intentionally do anything to send an underhanded payment to his star player.

In any sport, it is not uncommon for team owners to support each other, but in this case, Mark Cuban might have asked a question that could turn the NBA’s investigation into another area. After all, Kawhi Leonard’s questionable actions and demands in the past have caused some raised eyebrows.

Kawhi Leonard allegedly asked Raptors owner for $15 million to re-sign with them

Now that Steve Ballmer, the Los Angeles Clippers, and Kawhi Leonard are squarely in the frame of everyone who has a fair idea about the NBA, it will not be a surprise if other allegations surface.

From what I know from sources – when Kawhi signed with the Clippers the Toronto owner Larry Tannebaum was beside himself. Because he believed he bent over backwards for Kawhi – including calling three sponsors to meet Kawhi’s demand of an extra $15 million in endorsement money.

John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Phoenix wrote on X

These are just his sources telling John Gambadoro about an alleged underhanded endorsement money that Kawhi Leonard demanded. The radio host also revealed that this had been brought to the attention of the NBA.

However, it was understood that Toronto Raptors owner Larry Tanenbaum did not fully understand what he was getting into. Once he realized, he backed out of it, and Leonard returned to Los Angeles after winning a championship with the Raptors.